TGEvans Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Hi, does anybody know where I can check out some sounds clips of one of these in action please? Cant find any anywhere. thanks, T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ase_one23 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 just bought one on ebay the other day (£42 ^_^ ) will try get some up tomorrow for u. anything in particular ur after? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm261 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Ebay is the way to go for these little blighters, I got a mint condition one for £35 delivered a few months ago. I really like it, especially running it into a BDDI, but have no way of recording sound clips unfortunately. Luckily he's on the ball ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebassman Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 [quote name='cm261' post='780384' date='Mar 20 2010, 12:39 AM']Ebay is the way to go for these little blighters, I got a mint condition one for £35 delivered a few months ago. I really like it, especially running it into a BDDI, but have no way of recording sound clips unfortunately. Luckily he's on the ball ^ [/quote] I paid full price for one of these about 5 years ago, worth every penny though. I tried lots of other bass distortion and they all dropped out in volume with a full band set up. Not this though. It gives you a wall of distortion and you can still hear the Bass notes. Awesome pedal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceBass3901 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I've got an EHX Bass Big Muff and a Way Huge Pork Loin. How does this pedal compare? I ask becasue I can't find any demo's of it anywhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophano Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Listen to the Karnivool album Sound Awake, as Jon Stockman uses an XXL in a fair bit of that I think. The song Simple Boy is a fav of mine. I've got one and it's brutal. Not as low in the mix as a big muff though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 [quote name='Christophano' post='1081450' date='Jan 7 2011, 07:37 PM']Listen to the Karnivool album Sound Awake, as Jon Stockman uses an XXL in a fair bit of that I think. The song Simple Boy is a fav of mine.[/quote] Love that album! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherairsoft Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Jon Stockman uses a Tech 21 XXL but as part of a rather intricate set up to create his monster dirty sound. The XXL is certainly a strong flavour in the sound. But of you saw his pedal set up - - you'd see he runs multiple pedals at once, as well as a heavily driven ampeg sound to get it. Id describe the XXL as a very aggressive overdrive rather than a distortion as it's often called. I've owned and sold 2, but am sure I'll go back to it again one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 (edited) He uses Ashdown live. I spoke to him after the gig in Manchester in December. He said he only uses two dirt pedals, and which one depends on which bass he uses. I can't remember which way round it was, but for one bass he'd use the XXL, and for the other bass he'd use the ODB-3. EDIT: And no clean blending with those. Edited January 10, 2011 by cheddatom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I won one of these at the SE Bass Bash raffle Very very nice in yer face overdrive at the very least, up to a pretty badass distortion (not really synthy though). I dont have any clips though I'm afraid.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Just played mine 'in anger' for the first time at rehearsal tonight. Awesome, exactly the sound I've been looking for (anyone who's followed my activities on the 'for sale' section knows that last year was a bit of a quest) for ages. Fretless Jazz bass -- Tech 21 XXL -- Sansamp BDDI -- Ampeg SVP1550 -- Hartke 410 Hydrive cab. Just lovely and dirty, but enough mids to detect pitch. I picked mine up fort £50, and it's brilliant - even though I paid slightly over the odds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul j h Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Hi All, i recently bought one of these from a fellow basschatter in mint condition for £50 but i can't get on with it, so if anyone wants mine for what i paid (and that includes postage) its available. Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Nice angry sound but not enough low end for my liking. Legend has it the XXL was designed as a guitar pedal, then they later relabelled it as the bass XXL when they found that bassists liked em then brought out a new lower gain version for guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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