bnt Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 (edited) This is Electro-Harmonix's new distortion pedal. It's not a spoof: it's on their official website as a [url="http://www.ehx.com/2008/"]new product[/url] for 2008. Of course, you can guess where I read about it: on the [url="http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2008/06/electro-harmonix-makes-bass-blogger.html"]Music Thing[/url] Blog. edit: they also have one called Bass Metaphors: distortion + compression + EQ with DI, in one box. What are they smoking over there, and can I have some? Edited June 18, 2008 by bnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Why two outputs instead of a blend pot? It will annoy some and please others I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 [quote name='cheddatom' post='221297' date='Jun 18 2008, 12:18 PM']Why two outputs instead of a blend pot? It will annoy some and please others I guess.[/quote] a buffered dry output is pretty handy for recording - saves a bit of messing around with more cables / boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 [quote name='rmorris' post='221312' date='Jun 18 2008, 12:35 PM']a buffered dry output is pretty handy for recording - saves a bit of messing around with more cables / boxes.[/quote] Obviously. I would never record with just one pedal though, so a DI box for the desk, and a blend pot for the pedal to go through my amps would have been nice. I suppose I could just mix the two outputs with something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 wonder how different this will be to the bass muff pi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 It looks like the switch changes from OD to Fuzz. I think building a footswitch in instead would be a good idea, but there might be a bit of a volume difference as there's only one set of controls. Anyway, the switch should make it more versatile than the bass muff no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 [quote name='cheddatom' post='221363' date='Jun 18 2008, 01:31 PM']Obviously. I would never record with just one pedal though, so a DI box for the desk, and a blend pot for the pedal to go through my amps would have been nice. I suppose I could just mix the two outputs with something else.[/quote] Indeed - always good to be able to have blend control rather than needing external mixer etc where you'd rather not have to bother and want to keep the gear level / setup hassle down. Would be good to have all options - pure effect / effect-dry blend / buffered dry signal. But I guess it all comes down to cost / target price. Blend / mix controls are not that easy to engineer - well they sort of are but it takes a fair few components to do it 'properly' - and if you want 'good' components then the cost can become significant when you consider that a raw component cost probably ends up at retail at something like x4 the cost to the manufacturer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleamail Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I can't wait for the new ehx bass pedals, guitareffectspedals has already the new microsynth in stock [url="http://www.guitareffectspedals.com/electro-harmonix.html"]http://www.guitareffectspedals.com/electro-harmonix.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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