My first post!

lee_UK · Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 12:02 pm Post subject:

to the thousands who are interested, this Tennis match has now moved to 'Bassleft1 is a big bollock' posting (centre court).
No rush to get there im sure this one will run and run.

1bassleft · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:20 am Post subject:

Back on topic.

I noticed that Ryan (Toad)'s products are single-use pedals for a specific purpose, not the multi-FX type. Now, I'm only a bass player, but I've gone off the "99 patches" unit - certainly for live work. My guitarist bought the Boss variant of the Roland VG8 or 88 type rack (don't ask me for the Boss model #) some while back, but now it also gathers dust. If he uses anything, it's a rather good valve OD (more later).

For me, I simply want to step on/off a really good OD, and similarly a flange/phaser/synthythingy. That's it, really. In my limited exp, the multis do a rotten job of OD - losing the bottom end in partic. My guitarist has a horrendously expensive Matchless Dirtbox, but it is God's own distortion. Better than the V-twin, and the least bottom-loss I know of.

I can see the point of the "Thinline Tele, Bassman, 2x15" type of patch in recording, but maybe they should be bought by studios and/or regular recorders? I can't use them at a gig but, hey, I can rarely play more than one string at a time so maybe it's just me. What're your ops?

lee_UK · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:59 pm Post subject:

Ive noticed that with Multi-FX units, the distortions are always fizzy and lifeless, if i use my ME50 i always use my ProCat Turbo-rat for the fuzzy bits, hit the toe switch and it sounds like the Hoover dam crumbling into meltdown after a simultaneous Japanese torpedo and German Stuker bomber attack! well maybe a little bit less fuzzy, i sometimes get a bit carried away. Laughing

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