Jesus, can't believe how much I missed checking this thread on MI, despite it going quiet on Spud's front!
My Korg Triton started acting up so I picked up a Behringer DeepMind 6. Haven't done a whole pile with it so far but initial impressions are very positive.
Also splurged on a few mini pedals to fill a back-up board, which I think I'll use with my synths.
Sold all my gear bar my guitar (A Fender Jaguar HH JGS86) recently in a fit of self loathing. Now I have to both buy and figure out how I'm going to afford everything else gear wise over the next few months.
I'm still here... lurking.
Picked up an Arturia Minilab mkII recently which is a great bit of kit. Finding it a lot easier to wrap my head around Ableton with that than when I tried after picking up the Focusrite interface. So I might dust that off and try to marry some guitar and synth lines.
Pretty quiet other than that. Starting a new job in Dec though so will see if the budget allows for something in the new year.
Latest gear I picked up was a cheap as fuck aliexpress fuzz face clone kit. It's gonna be great craic trying to put it together only for it to sound like a cats death rattle.
Quote from: liamish on November 22, 2018, 01:52:03 AM
Latest gear I picked up was a cheap as fuck aliexpress fuzz face clone kit. It's gonna be great craic trying to put it together only for it to sound like a cats death rattle.
Like that lovely tube screamer I built, that was more like a tone dampener with added hissing and spitting. That said I bought one of those GCI brutalist kits last week so I can finally build the fuckin pedal. Here's hoping it doesn't end up in the spares pile like the last attempt.
I picked up the new version of Slate Drums. It's fucking amazing. I'm hoping there will be some good deals going around tomorrow. Has everyone set aside some cash?
Lads if ye saw the condition of the setup I have. Spartan as fuck. And yet I still read the gear thread and think about the things I can never have.
Edit: I also used to buy Sound On Sound until I realised that I was too poor for any of it to really apply to me. I have at least 30 issues in a box in the attic and I have read them cover to cover several times each. But I am still too poor for any of it to really apply to me.
Pity about me. I should have done it all differently.
My laptop for recording has finally bitten the bullet. Apart from not being able to flip the screen up and down due to it being sellotaped in place, now it needs to be constantly plugged in. Now half the keyboard has clapped out and it was pretty slow for a long time so picking up a new one in Harvey Norman. Only problem is I had EZ drummer and Guitar rig on the old laptop so have to get those again. Possibly even legally! I think I'll stick with Reaper as my DAW. Any recommendations for software. Drums in particular. I think I might forgo Guitar Rig and record that stuff with my own rig.
Free drums or paid-for drums?
I've been hounding Sound Radix for a sale, and hooray it's happened. Oeksound has one too.
Thanks for setting up this forum on my suggestion - always enjoyed the gear porn on MI
Quote from: Emphyrio on November 23, 2018, 08:12:02 AM
My laptop for recording has finally bitten the bullet. Apart from not being able to flip the screen up and down due to it being sellotaped in place, now it needs to be constantly plugged in. Now half the keyboard has clapped out and it was pretty slow for a long time so picking up a new one in Harvey Norman. Only problem is I had EZ drummer and Guitar rig on the old laptop so have to get those again. Possibly even legally! I think I'll stick with Reaper as my DAW. Any recommendations for software. Drums in particular. I think I might forgo Guitar Rig and record that stuff with my own rig.
Were you using EZ drummer in Reaper? I found the step sequencer in Reaper to be the worst pain in thr hole going for writing drums quickly so use a mix of Reaper and Fruity Loops for recording and mixing.
Was considering picking up Kurt Ballou's drum sample kit in the new year because it sounds great and is fairly cheap, plenty of samples of it in use on the page https://www.roomsound.com/products/kurtballou/ - need to look more into it's compatibility with FL and Reaper but doubt it would be any issue to sort it out.
Also on your laptop, without even seeing Astfgyl's laptop I can guess it's in an identical condition and still in use. The Third Island EP was recorded on a fuckin wreck of a laptop too, had to be plugged in all the time, loose usb ports, monitor completely broken so an external had to be used, missing keys, a half hour to boot up. If you moved the wrong way in the room the USB cable would shift and fall out and stall the whole thing, absolutely horrific considering we were live tracking 10 minute songs off the floor. Suprised it coped at all.
Was kinda hoping for Thomann to do a Black Friday job but no luck. Anyone spotted any Black Friday pedal deals?
Is this a thread for all musical gear or are there any objections to having a seperate thread for drum related gear ?
Quote from: Blizzard Beast on November 23, 2018, 11:10:53 AM
Is this a thread for all musical gear or are there any objections to having a seperate thread for drum related gear ?
No objections, this is just a sort of current purchases, non specific thread - what are you looking at, what did you buy, etc. Definitely fire up a drum specific thread because this always gets overwhelmed by us and pedals :D
Quote from: Pentagrimes on November 23, 2018, 09:57:52 AM
Was kinda hoping for Thomann to do a Black Friday job but no luck. Anyone spotted any Black Friday pedal deals?
In the UK, Andertons, GuitarGuitar, GAK, Dawsons, Coda Music and PMTOnline all have online sales going at the mo.
Musicmaker have an online one on Monday and a Black Saturday sale tomorrow but dunno if that's in-store only or online as well. Savins in Limerick have a sale but nothing amazing showing up. No sign of anything special on the Waltons, Jimi's, Steamboat Music sites.
I really disliked EZdrummer last time I used it. I found it all sounded really plasticy and artificial. The humanize feature in particular was horrible. It was either "off" which made fast drumming sound like machine guns, or "on" which had far too much varation and made it sound really sloppy. Played around with BFD for a little bit, but eventually settled on Addictive Drums which I've been using since.
A few black friday deals:
Waves Sibilance (de-esser) - Free: https://www.waves.com/plugins/sibilance - There's also other plugins discounted - https://www.waves.com/specials
iZotope Neutron Elements - Free with any purchase. I assume this means you can buy some cheap $2 plugin and still get it? I've never used it but iZotope stuff is normally pretty solid: https://www.pluginboutique.com/articles/1401
Eventide - Various discounts - Again, I've never used them, but I've heard great things about the Blackhole reverb: https://www.eventideaudio.com/specials/holiday-sale
iZotope - Various discounts - oZone is great for mastering and Nectar is super handy for vocals: https://www.izotope.com/en/store/deals.html
Native Instruments - Various - Guitar rig is pretty cool, but I prefer Amplitube for distortion: https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/thanksgiving-2018/
Softube - Various - https://www.softube.com/buy.php
Soundtoys - Various - Always highly rated, but I've never found much use for them other than dicking around - https://www.soundtoys.com/
XLN - 50% off everything - Highly recommend Addictive Drums - https://www.xlnaudio.com/
Audio Assault - Various - Never heard of them but they seem to be aimed towards metal. Some amps for $5 - https://www.audio-assault.com/
Anyone know of a decent amp repair person? Preferably near Cork?
I have a Blackstar ID:Core 150 and the USB port on the top is damaged. I bought it as a remaining floor model and have no receipt and never registered it with Blackstar as a result.
I took the back off the amp and took apart the circuit boards to get to the top layer where I discovered the mini USB port itself was ripped from a smaller circuit board. It looks as though the board itself was damaged.
Because of this I can no longer update firmware, recall patches and recently lost the ability to turn on my Effects Loop (needs to be activated using the computer to use with the footswitch).
I would drop it in to any old amp repair place - but my question is: Is this an amp repair or would this be better being handled by a computer repair place? Its literally a damaged USB connection.
Quote from: Hambeast on November 23, 2018, 12:15:10 PM
Eventide - Various discounts - Again, I've never used them, but I've heard great things about the Blackhole reverb: https://www.eventideaudio.com/specials/holiday-sale
Have only used the H9 products but the Blackhole reverb is incredibly good
Quote from: Juggz on November 23, 2018, 08:29:30 AM
Free drums or paid-for drums?
I actually don't mind paying this time. Once it's pretty good and not huge in price or processing requirements.
Gonna have a look-see at the links above when I get home. No harm in a gander.
Quote from: Hambeast on November 23, 2018, 12:15:10 PM
I really disliked EZdrummer last time I used it. I found it all sounded really plasticy and artificial. The humanize feature in particular was horrible. It was either "off" which made fast drumming sound like machine guns, or "on" which had far too much varation and made it sound really sloppy.
You have to work like a dog to get anything natural sounding going with it. I used to use it but now I use a free one called MT Power Drumkit and I can get a handy enough sound out of it. A lot of the time I would mix and match samples with the kit because I'm not looking for the natural sound much, but that machine gun kick thing just never sounds good in any type of music.
The newer versions of EZdrummer might be a lot better. I know they've got stuff like "Superior" now which I assume is an improvement, but I was turned off by EZdrummer and I'm happy with what I use now. Drum Machines aren't something I want to spend too much time tweaking, and AD was immediately 10x better right out of the box.
I really like Devin Townsend's Ziltoid album, but the drums are horrible sounding because he's using EZdrummer. Particularly the faster parts. For example. 1:02 into Ziltoidia Attaxx
https://youtu.be/YtSnXU8DfCA?t=62
I'll let him off with that just because I love that album
Quote from: ochoill on November 23, 2018, 11:31:36 AM
Quote from: Blizzard Beast on November 23, 2018, 11:10:53 AM
Is this a thread for all musical gear or are there any objections to having a seperate thread for drum related gear ?
No objections, this is just a sort of current purchases, non specific thread - what are you looking at, what did you buy, etc. Definitely fire up a drum specific thread because this always gets overwhelmed by us and pedals :D
Grand job,Il post one up in due course.still researching a bit for what I want but will post one up when I have all my info as I have a few queries on electronic drums..
Temptation got the better of me so I've ordered an Akai MPD218 pad machine and a JHS Bonsai, the one with 9 tube screamers in one.
Quote from: Obsidian on November 23, 2018, 01:11:26 PM
Anyone know of a decent amp repair person? Preferably near Cork?
I have a Blackstar ID:Core 150 and the USB port on the top is damaged. I bought it as a remaining floor model and have no receipt and never registered it with Blackstar as a result.
I took the back off the amp and took apart the circuit boards to get to the top layer where I discovered the mini USB port itself was ripped from a smaller circuit board. It looks as though the board itself was damaged.
Because of this I can no longer update firmware, recall patches and recently lost the ability to turn on my Effects Loop (needs to be activated using the computer to use with the footswitch).
I would drop it in to any old amp repair place - but my question is: Is this an amp repair or would this be better being handled by a computer repair place? Its literally a damaged USB connection.
There's a few lads in Cork that fix amps,not sure if Steve Nixon fixes amps as well as guitars.I know a guy in work that does fix amps outside of work who is good.I can ask him for you,not sure how busy he is but can let you know monday if your still stuck.
Nixon doesn't do amps, but his buddy Dave (carrigaline) does so he can link you. There's a guy in Glanmire too I think though....
Did a bit of shopping this week...Upgraded to Cubase 10, some nice looking updates. Got a few drum plugins too (drum Leveller, auto align)... and finally decided to take a punt on some of the Klark Teknik compressors (clones of 1176, LA2A), and their pultec clones.... looking fwd to trying them. Got a good deal on a 7string too, never played one...
Does anyone know if there's any brands that do a decent copy of a Yamaha SG2000 like this one, my dream guitar but only seeing €3000 prices online 😂.
(https://forum.metalwarfare.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuart-adamson.co.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F01%2FYamahaSG2000_11.jpg&hash=578339a9672488ae42d23a6263e1552d38805f8a)
Try ebay, reverb, etc. The beauty of the Yamaha SG is how good they are as guitars moreso than the looks. Getting a lesser guitar which looks like one seems like the exact opposite of the idea of them. The 800s and 1000s are ridiculously good guitars for the money and can be gotten for under a grand with a bit of effort.
Boss Katana 100w head on the way. Was looking for something cheapish with an aux input and an FX loop.
The acoustic channel is also a plus as I'd half an eye on getting a little acoustic amp at some stage anyway.
And........he's back!
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Quote from: Blizzard Beast on November 24, 2018, 02:21:55 PM
There's a few lads in Cork that fix amps,not sure if Steve Nixon fixes amps as well as guitars.I know a guy in work that does fix amps outside of work who is good.I can ask him for you,not sure how busy he is but can let you know monday if your still stuck.
Cheers, man! that would be great if you could find out. I found some lads info from Reddit (apparantly one of the best amp repairers in the country), based in Fermoy and emailed him. The post was about 4 years old though and he never got back to my email, so he's probably no longer in business.
OK,I dropped him a mail there.
Are you living in the City ? Did you See Flossy's post about a guy doing repairs in Carrigaline ?
Quote from: Floss on November 24, 2018, 07:36:59 PM
Nixon doesn't do amps, but his buddy Dave (carrigaline) does so he can link you. There's a guy in Glanmire too I think though....
Cheers for the reply. Got a surname for Dave? I'll see if I can get hold of contact info for him.
Quote from: Blizzard Beast on November 27, 2018, 01:40:08 PM
OK,I dropped him a mail there.
Are you living in the City ? Did you See Flossy's post about a guy doing repairs in Carrigaline ?
Sound for that. I'm based in Midleton, but can drop the amp in anywhere.
I don't have Dave's surname, but I have a landline for him
Pm me and I'll get it to ya...
I know Mick o Sull knows another fixer guy too, I've asked him for name/num for ya
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Picked up a Sennheiser E 906 off Thomann since it was half price. Looking forward to trying it out on some recording.
Slowly starting to rebuild the pedal set up after selling what I had off cheap a few months ago in a fit of quitting. Picked up a Cadavernous Reverb and Electroman Delay used for just under €120 each there on Reverb.com, pretty chuffed!It'll be self oscillation madness all the way...
Although it might be fun, I think starting from scratch again would do my head in.
It's a massive pain in the wallet but I'm really not precious about gear these days.
I also picked up a pair of the Sennheiser E906's as they were half off. Only learned about it with a day or 2 left in Nov so had to pull the trigger. Looks like they've been have a "Mic of the Month" at 99 euro every month for the last good while. It's currently an E602 if anyones in the market for a kick drum mic.
Won't get mine till January though as the mic was outta stock by the time I learned of the sale.
I knew you'd turn up in the gear thread eventually :laugh:
They'll all be back!
Quote from: if6was9 on December 05, 2018, 03:28:43 PM
I also picked up a pair of the Sennheiser E906's as they were half off. Only learned about it with a day or 2 left in Nov so had to pull the trigger. Looks like they've been have a "Mic of the Month" at 99 euro every month for the last good while. It's currently an E602 if anyones in the market for a kick drum mic.
Won't get mine till January though as the mic was outta stock by the time I learned of the sale.
Id say i nearly missed the cutoff too and it went from saying 2-5 days backorder to 7-8 weeks so I emailed them and they said it was fine that they had enough set aside. Might be worth emailing the customer care crowd just to chance your arm.
Quote from: liamish on December 05, 2018, 09:05:25 PM
Quote from: if6was9 on December 05, 2018, 03:28:43 PM
I also picked up a pair of the Sennheiser E906's as they were half off. Only learned about it with a day or 2 left in Nov so had to pull the trigger. Looks like they've been have a "Mic of the Month" at 99 euro every month for the last good while. It's currently an E602 if anyones in the market for a kick drum mic.
Won't get mine till January though as the mic was outta stock by the time I learned of the sale.
Id say i nearly missed the cutoff too and it went from saying 2-5 days backorder to 7-8 weeks so I emailed them and they said it was fine that they had enough set aside. Might be worth emailing the customer care crowd just to chance your arm.
We must have ordered them the same day! In between seeing them and ordering them the wait time changed but I pulled the trigger anyways. I see they've shipped my parcel last week so maybe I'll get the mics soon afterall!
I bought a Les Paul Custom Axcess on adverts.ie about a month ago. Brilliant guitar!!!
I had it tuned to Eb flat but my SG is in Eb flat too, so I decided to get it properly set up in Bb.
I haven't had a six string tuned that low before, looking forward to trying it out when it's done.
What gauges of strings do people use for their lower tunings and how is your string tension?
Could you care less about proper setups or do you just lash a set of strings on and hope for the best?
A couple of beauts on reverb at the moment!!!
https://reverb.com/ie/item/13166794-gibson-flying-v-kahler-red
https://reverb.com/item/17466469-video-2017-limited-run-gibson-modern-les-paul-custom-axcess-rhino-grey
For lower tunings you'll be wanting heavier strings. I'd usually use 13-59 if I'm in B. You might also want to look at getting baritone strings if you're wanting even heavier gauge.
Your guitar might need a bit of tweaking if you're doing such a drastic change in tuning. You might be able to get away with only adjusting the bridge to help with intonation issues.
Yeah, I left it into the guitar workshop to be set up last week. The intonation will be way off and the nut will need a bit of work to accommodate the heavier gauge. I gave him a set of 13 - 56 ernie balls, so I'm hoping the 56 will be enough.
56 would be on the lighter side of things but it should still work
Just stuck a few things up on adverts.ie
Burst Bucker Neck
https://www.adverts.ie/electric-guitars/gibson-burst-bucker-neck-pickup/16939541
Seymour Duncan SH5 Bridge
https://www.adverts.ie/electric-guitars/seymour-duncan-sh5-bridge-pickup/16939484
Pots
https://www.adverts.ie/electric-guitars/pots/16939457
Quote from: TurnTheAirBlue on December 07, 2018, 07:27:47 PM
I bought a Les Paul Custom Axcess on adverts.ie about a month ago. Brilliant guitar!!!
I had it tuned to Eb flat but my SG is in Eb flat too, so I decided to get it properly set up in Bb.
I haven't had a six string tuned that low before, looking forward to trying it out when it's done.
What gauges of strings do people use for their lower tunings and how is your string tension?
Could you care less about proper setups or do you just lash a set of strings on and hope for the best?
A couple of beauts on reverb at the moment!!!
https://reverb.com/ie/item/13166794-gibson-flying-v-kahler-red
https://reverb.com/item/17466469-video-2017-limited-run-gibson-modern-les-paul-custom-axcess-rhino-grey
My Gibson LP Standard was in B for a couple of years, with 12-60 gauge. Had no need for a set up. The tension was not really high, but I liked it this way. The sound was different than my usual sound with EMG(off course), but I loved it.
Seen a few Pod x3 live pedals on adverts. Any cop? Use it more for multi f/x rather than gain tone.
Have an ancient Digitech multi f/x somewhere in the house. Take it the tones have improved since??
Those things are great for time based and modulation effects but always more hassle than they're worth for distortion.
Found my old guitar in my garage a few days ago. I modified it back when I was 15 and played acoustic black metal. I don't like nylon strings, so I took the 6 heaviest strings from my 7 string electric and put them on it. The body is now warped because it couldn't handle the tension. I've named it "The Grimcoustic", due to its ability to be both grim and acoustic simultaneously.
Spray painted the whole thing with B&Q brand outdoor BBQ paint. Protects from rust and withstands heat up to 600 degrees!
(https://i.imgur.com/efsWRf0l.jpg)
Stunningly beautiful inverted cross, lovingly hand carved into the 12 fret. Just like Tommy Iommi!
(https://i.imgur.com/X6GlX7Al.jpg)
Took the bridge out for some of that sweet ibanez-style low action
(https://i.imgur.com/kyemzmwl.jpg)
Finished off with another inverted cross painted subtly onto the back
(https://i.imgur.com/V73fo4pl.jpg)
As you can imagine, it plays like a beaut!
Jesus, I think that guitar qualifies as a hate crime.
Quote from: liamish on December 27, 2018, 03:01:47 PM
Jesus, I think that guitar qualifies as a hate crime.
I dunno, I watched Astfgyl put 8-48 aldi electric strings on a broken acoustic missing a machine head and using matchsticks for a nut, it would definitely give that a run for its money
Never considered a matchstick for a nut. I'd have thought it'd be far too soft. Does it work well?
Quote from: Hambeast on December 28, 2018, 11:43:27 AM
Never considered a matchstick for a nut. I'd have thought it'd be far too soft. Does it work well?
no it was fuckin shocking
I can't believe this thread has stayed quiet since xmas :laugh:
Quote from: Juggz on January 08, 2019, 03:37:35 PM
I can't believe this thread has stayed quiet since xmas :laugh:
I'll have something small for it next week. I got a Behringer X1204 mixer (https://m.thomann.de/ie/behringer_xenyx_x1204_usb.htm?o=5&search=1546962691) last month if that's any interest but likely I'm the only one who finds that exciting. It was nice to be able to completely saturate my vox in reverb and delay at the last practice with it. Really takes the "howling tipp man" sound off me.
No major use for it right now but great little tool for the studio all the same. Going to use it for blending and eq'ing mics on cabs before they hit the interface when we record again.
Ordered the EHX Mod Rex but gonna use it for synths as opposed to guitar, I think. Took my cheap tremolo off the board and put the Line 6 M5 back on it, which will cover that and hoping to use its pattern tremolo patch too. The board is very full now! The Digitech Whammy is taking up a lot of real estate now that I look at it., especially as I'm only using the harmony function.
Nice! Interested to hear the mod rex, I think it'd be rad on synths.
I got a the EHX Russian muff reissue for christmas. Loving it so far but haven't used it with a band yet. I've it setup beside my black box Russian muff and a Moen Fuzz moo which is also a Russian big muff clone. Interestingly they all sound a bit different. I must do a Big muff shoot out video or something!
I also got my Sennheiser e906 mics before christmas. Used em for a couple of live sound gigs and have been super happy with them. Gonna try em in the studio when I get the chance.
Quote from: if6was9 on January 08, 2019, 06:09:46 PM
I got a the EHX Russian muff reissue for christmas. Loving it so far but haven't used it with a band yet. I've it setup beside my black box Russian muff and a Moen Fuzz moo which is also a Russian big muff clone. Interestingly they all sound a bit different. I must do a Big muff shoot out video or something!
Using the reissue myself, great little pedal. On it's own balanced against the gain on the Laney head, it gives an absolute gem of a stoner metal tone. But for sheer sludge horror: I have it after a Mooer Pure Octave on -1 about 1/2 wet, and before a Battlehammer set for my standard sound, mostly with the tone and sustain around 2-3 o'clock each on the Big Muff. Only useful for low octaves but it practically punches you in the guts and sustains endlessly. Absolutely disgusting. I love it.
Picked up a Richwood electro-acoustic in the sales so threw a mini-board together with some spares. Opeth stuff sounds so much better than playing on normal acoustic.
Have a few quid coming back from tax man so will see how things look when that lands. Might be a little more shopping to be done.
Picked up a Zoom G3xn last week. Just for having a chain of f/x patches. Just need to set it up properly
Quote from: ochoill on December 29, 2018, 12:27:09 AM
Quote from: Hambeast on December 28, 2018, 11:43:27 AM
Never considered a matchstick for a nut. I'd have thought it'd be far too soft. Does it work well?
no it was fuckin shocking
It's not so bad the more I play with it. The matchstick was to lift up the nut because I strung it left handed. Fair enough it won't go into tune never mind stay there, but it has a tone all of its' own.
I like to refer to that as "out of tuning", as in: "My guitar is currently out-of-tuned to E"
or "My guitar is out-of-tuned somewhere vaguely between C and E"
https://dublinbridge.com/fender-irish-roots/?fbclid=IwAR04EdINVCGO9bY_WZ-wFFiaL8CIhEt5kE59p-TBAPB7HYVFB23S47VyQLo
Sold
Anyone keeping up to date on NAMM? Not really in the market for anything myself but it's nice to look. Strymon have a new Tape echo yokey which seems to have a lot of people interested. Probably not my thing so much.
Curious to see what Schecter and LTD bring out. Not that I need a new guitar...
Gibson are at this one? I'm curious to see how they're going to repackage the same guitars they've been building for the last 60 years.
I'd imagine Gibson would have to be there alright. But ya, wouldn't be expecting much in the realm of innovation.
They skipped it last year, I thought? What I've seen from their post-bankruptcy output is, basically, doing away with the robot tuning but keeping the chambered bodies.
Those 2019 Schecter E-1 SLS Elites haunt me regularly
Pigtronix released a cool new one. The Resotron. A synthy /filter pedal in the same type of family as the Digitech synth wah/dirty robot with some cool other features. I'll be keeping an eye on this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKH-kbyIeto
I've to buy a Behringer XR18 mixer this week. I need a new desk for my bands jam space and this doubles as an 18 input USB interface so I can multitrack record rehearsals straight into a laptop. I'll also get use of it in work and at some random gigs I'll play where I need a PA so should pay for itself in no time. They halved in price lately too, it's whole lot of stuff for 390 euro!
Of course now that a thomann order is on the cards I've made a wishlist with all the other bits I've been telling myself I need. Looking at the Arturia Keystep midi controller, an EHX silencer and a small basic lighting desk for the metal gigs we do in Dolans.
MusicStore clearly getting the shaft from Klark Teknik..
I ordered an EQP and 76KT there back in early Nov... being told they won't ship til March now at most recent guess. Dropping the price clearly drove huge demand...
Anyone know if there's any guitar shops around Dublin that sell ESP/LTD guitars?
Have me eye on getting an LTD EC1000 later in the year and would like to play one before I buy. Definitely a dream guitar right now, comes loaded with Seymour Duncan's too.
(https://dk1xgl0d43mu1.cloudfront.net/user_files/esp/product_images/000/025/101/xlarge.png?1515191168)
I reckon you'd be perfectly safe buying that without trying it. Those higher end LTDs are brilliant.
They're great guitars. You'll often see one on adverts, maybe keep an eye out there and you might save a bit of cash.
Quote from: ldj on January 30, 2019, 08:40:50 PM
Anyone know if there's any guitar shops around Dublin that sell ESP/LTD guitars?
Have me eye on getting an LTD EC1000 later in the year and would like to play one before I buy. Definitely a dream guitar right now, comes loaded with Seymour Duncan's too.
https://www.musicminds.ie stock LTD. They don't have a lot in stock but I'm sure they could get one in for you.
@Emphyrio - any update on the EHX Mod Rex?
It's grand Spud. Lotsa fiddling around required, which isn't my bag at the best of times. If I was using it on guitar it'd either be a) I annoyed at the amount of tweaking or b) I'd have spent a lot more time trying to get the most out of it.
As it's gonna be for synths I'll get around to using it more once I start recording more stuff.
Well that's underwhelming :laugh: Was kinda hoping it had blown you away
The chorus/flanger sounds aren't as good as dedicated pedals and the pattern tremolo sounds aren't as easy to dial in as on the M5 so I couldn't recommend it for guitar if I was being honest.
Some of the presets are cool and they're all programmable for track's BPM which is handy but I'll keep it for synths.
Quote from: Emphyrio on February 05, 2019, 01:20:08 PM
The chorus/flanger sounds aren't as good as dedicated pedals and the pattern tremolo sounds aren't as easy to dial in as on the M5 so I couldn't recommend it for guitar if I was being honest.
Shame, I saw that Some Neck Guitars had one in stock so was considering a purchase while in Dublin for SP. Took a wander up to the shop but nothing caught my eye...other than this...
https://www.someneckguitars.com/products/gibson-explorer-traditional-pro-2012
Looks like I'm getting a new guitar....
Link in above post no longer working - largely because that's the guitar I bought so it's no longer available :D
Quote from: ldj on January 30, 2019, 08:40:50 PM
Anyone know if there's any guitar shops around Dublin that sell ESP/LTD guitars?
Have me eye on getting an LTD EC1000 later in the year and would like to play one before I buy. Definitely a dream guitar right now, comes loaded with Seymour Duncan's too.
(https://dk1xgl0d43mu1.cloudfront.net/user_files/esp/product_images/000/025/101/xlarge.png?1515191168)
Ive been playing one of these for a few years (it came with EMGs, not SD's though). Its absolutely gorgeous. Would never part with it. I bought it from Thomann without trying a few years back and have gigged it lots and recorded a load with it. Fully recommended.
New baby arrived this morning. Can't wait to get home and give her a whirl later
(https://i.imgur.com/vvYsLji.jpg)
Very nice! Congrats!
Quote from: Spoderman01 on February 12, 2019, 11:04:51 AM
New baby arrived this morning. Can't wait to get home and give her a whirl later
(https://i.imgur.com/vvYsLji.jpg)
And so 2019 begins at last....
I did make it a month....
I am tempted by the Mooer Preamp Live and Radar as well despite swearing I'd never throw them any money again. Having a choice of 50 micro-preamps is very tempting.
I'm actually really liking the Amplifi TT. I've my 4 presets saved to the gizmo itself and a couple of others saved to My Tones saved on the app. I've only really scratched the surface but should be able to get 90% there towards my actual pedalboard. It has all the important effects that are on the M5 with the bonus of being able to use more than 1 effect at a time.
Quote from: Floss on February 12, 2019, 10:22:48 AM
Quote from: ldj on January 30, 2019, 08:40:50 PM
Anyone know if there's any guitar shops around Dublin that sell ESP/LTD guitars?
Have me eye on getting an LTD EC1000 later in the year and would like to play one before I buy. Definitely a dream guitar right now, comes loaded with Seymour Duncan's too.
(https://dk1xgl0d43mu1.cloudfront.net/user_files/esp/product_images/000/025/101/xlarge.png?1515191168)
Second this. Was a dream guitar of mine for years so once I had the funds, bit the bullet and bought it online blind effectively. It's simply perfect, extremely comfortable and looks outstanding. Go for it :)
Ive been playing one of these for a few years (it came with EMGs, not SD's though). Its absolutely gorgeous. Would never part with it. I bought it from Thomann without trying a few years back and have gigged it lots and recorded a load with it. Fully recommended.
Got one of those Harley benton fanfret baritones on the way.
Quote from: Makeshiftatomsmasher on February 18, 2019, 07:39:10 PM
Got one of those Harley benton fanfret baritones on the way.
Just had a look, wow those are dirt cheap and look pretty nice too.
Just flickin around and came across this https://www.thomann.de/ie/harley_benton_r_458_wh_fanfret.htm
159 for an 8 string.. even if you can't play the fucking thing.. for 159 it'd be great to have to pull out at parties for an ould blast of wonderwall :laugh:
Quote from: ochoill on February 18, 2019, 11:05:03 PM
Quote from: Makeshiftatomsmasher on February 18, 2019, 07:39:10 PM
Got one of those Harley benton fanfret baritones on the way.
link?
https://m.thomann.de/ie/harley_benton_fanfret_fbb_2018_dlx.htm?o=0&search=1550546393
Did have my eye on the seven string tele style fan fret, but went with this instead.
https://m.thomann.de/ie/harley_benton_te_7_fanfret_jbb_2018_dlx.htm?o=9&search=1550546637
Quote from: Makeshiftatomsmasher on February 19, 2019, 03:24:52 AM
Quote from: ochoill on February 18, 2019, 11:05:03 PM
Quote from: Makeshiftatomsmasher on February 18, 2019, 07:39:10 PM
Got one of those Harley benton fanfret baritones on the way.
link?
https://m.thomann.de/ie/harley_benton_fanfret_fbb_2018_dlx.htm?o=0&search=1550546393
Did have my eye on the seven string tele style fan fret, but went with this instead.
https://m.thomann.de/ie/harley_benton_te_7_fanfret_jbb_2018_dlx.htm?o=9&search=1550546637
That Tele just looks wrong for some reason
Did a board re-arrange last night and have managed to make room for something kinda Meris Enzo shaped :)
What are the pickup options for fanned-fret guitars? The pickups on those HBs look like they're slanted too, so you probably wouldn't be able to put a standard pickup in there if the stock ones were crap.
Was wondering that myself, looking at a few comments and posts about it it seems the selection (if any) would be pretty limited. Couldn't see anyone giving alternative options.
Came across this thread https://www.reddit.com/r/7String/comments/8lmqwu/i_swapped_the_pickups_in_my_harley_benton_fanfret/
Seems it was fine to replace them on the models prior to 2018 but less options with the current set up
Quote from: Makeshiftatomsmasher on February 19, 2019, 03:24:52 AM
Quote from: ochoill on February 18, 2019, 11:05:03 PM
Quote from: Makeshiftatomsmasher on February 18, 2019, 07:39:10 PM
Got one of those Harley benton fanfret baritones on the way.
link?
https://m.thomann.de/ie/harley_benton_fanfret_fbb_2018_dlx.htm?o=0&search=1550546393
Did have my eye on the seven string tele style fan fret, but went with this instead.
https://m.thomann.de/ie/harley_benton_te_7_fanfret_jbb_2018_dlx.htm?o=9&search=1550546637
Not a bad price for them, keep us updated how it goes. Interested in picking up a new spare guitar later in the year but likely won't have a huge budget and need a 7 string.
Meris Enzo arrived yesterday. Most of the board now wired, missing a few lengthy cables for one of the loops so had to order a new Evidence Audio kit.
And despite my better judgement, I've ordered a Mooer Preamp Live. Looks great, reviews sound great. I've revised my expectations regarding what it can do above and beyond the obvious so wouldn't be expecting a perfect MIDI implementation or anything like that. Worst case, I'll just move it on if it's a pile of balls.
Building pedals at the moment and slowly learning how they do what they do. Going to breadboard another Brutalist Jr. and mod it before building properly. Have some small fuzzes and boosts to try out basically practicing what can be altered on each circuit. But the one I'm in the middle of now is a combination of two pedal kits - an A/B parallel loop blend with a pot for balancing each loop, but I'm adding a footswitch and wet/dry control to the front of it. Should be more useful for heavy modulation than anything else, e.g. parallel infinite delays at different time breaks but with much more dry signal coming through, but am aiming to use it to mess about with my fuzz and octave pre-battlehammer/brutalist combo to fuck with my current tone.
Anyone else suffering delays of Klark Teknik stuff? I ordered their EQP and 76-KT units back in Nov from Music store who send me a monthlyi email now explaining that the manufacturer is late shipping them stock. Current ship date is late April now, (and its moved every month since Nov)... what a joke. My guess is they dropped the sale price, orders spiked and they couldnt ramp production but pretty terrible customer service...
Had the baritone for over a week now. Love the balance and shape of it. Neck is a tad uncomfortable on the thumb, same as on my Ibanez 7string. Also the top of neck/frets is shade rough, but, kinda expect that. Tone is fine from pick ups, and it holds tuning perfectly.
PIcked up the Mooer Preamp Live during the week and so far really enjoying it. Slightly misleading reviews said that it gives access to ALL the Mooer Micro preamps as it's seemingly missing pedals 011 - 017 which includes the Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier preamp...the one I really wanted. But other than that, it's pretty tasty. Sounds great through in-ear headphones as well as into a cab. Might try it with the Focusrite 2i2 tonight and see how that sounds but can't see any reason for why it would be different.
On that note, thinking of picking up a decent pair of over-ear headphones for use with it. Any recommendations that won't bankrupt a small country?
I want new gear!
Picked up a zoom multistomp and a harley benton spaceship80 pedalboard. The joys of rebuilding the pedalboard again. Also picked up a bunch of wall mounts for my guitars since im taking the plunge and buying a gaff. Does a new house count as gear?
Realised last night that I could prob pay off my mortgage if I sold all my spare patch cables
Perhaps, but you'll catch cancer trying to deal with all the mongos on adverts offering you toasters and motorbike handlebars as trades so you might not live long enough to enjoy it. Buy gear and live longer.
Just sell them to people here and in that gear degenerates fb group, where nobody is scaldy
I bought a cheapy LTD 7 string a few months ago (LTD EC-257) which is actually really nice & my first 7 string, but the stock pickups in it (esp the bridge) leave a bit to be desired... so today i bought a set of Duncan black winter pickups for it. Interested to try something other than EMGs for the first time really. ...
Quote from: Floss on February 28, 2019, 03:20:41 PM
I bought a cheapy LTD 7 string a few months ago (LTD EC-257) which is actually really nice & my first 7 string, but the stock pickups in it (esp the bridge) leave a bit to be desired... so today i bought a set of Duncan black winter pickups for it. Interested to try something other than EMGs for the first time really. ...
I don't know if you've come across these.
http://www.entwistlepickups.com/pickup.php?puid=Dark%20Star%207
I put them into my Epiphone V for a test as a friend recommended them when he heard I was going to buy the Black Winter set. I have to say I'm very impressed with them for a fraction of the cost. Maybe worth check out or maybe some of the more experienced musicians here would have a better idea with comparison.
Bought here too & the guy was super easy to deal with:
https://www.eastwestguitars.com/
Interesting to see those Entwhistle pickups, never heard of them. Amazingly cheap... I wonder why?
I have no idea why there are so cheap but I thought I'd post here considering you didn't pay a huge amount for the Guitar & love it - beautiful looking guitar BTW. I thought these might be an option for you at a cheaper price. Have a look at some of the reviews and comparisons on Youtube & see what you think. As I said I have them in my Epiphone at the moment and they are excellent. I built a 7 String V (from a kit) and I have a pair of these in it as well. I'm only at the electronic testing stage so no intonation done yet but what's working sounds great so far.
Quote from: damienk666 on March 05, 2019, 09:15:13 AM
I have no idea why there are so cheap but I thought I'd post here considering you didn't pay a huge amount for the Guitar & love it - beautiful looking guitar BTW. I thought these might be an option for you at a cheaper price. Have a look at some of the reviews and comparisons on Youtube & see what you think. As I said I have them in my Epiphone at the moment and they are excellent. I built a 7 String V (from a kit) and I have a pair of these in it as well. I'm only at the electronic testing stage so no intonation done yet but what's working sounds great so far.
Which 7 string kit are you talking about? Got a link?
I am thinking about getting a new body for my Ibanez S series(I am sure the kit body will not fit, but I would still like to see what is it about).
Here's the link https://www.pitbullguitars.com/
I found them good to deal with. I went for the Gibson Style V with 7 . They are an Australian company with all the factory work being done in China. All the wood for mine is really good quality. I bought with a friend and he got 3 kits all of which were great quality too. Hope this helps.
Quote from: damienk666 on March 05, 2019, 01:20:20 PM
Here's the link https://www.pitbullguitars.com/
I found them good to deal with. I went for the Gibson Style V with 7 . They are an Australian company with all the factory work being done in China. All the wood for mine is really good quality. I bought with a friend and he got 3 kits all of which were great quality too. Hope this helps.
Thanks a bunch for the link. These guys have some interesting shapes to offer........
So, the quality is decent, you say?
I just love Gibson style Vs, having it as a 7 must be hotter than the sun.
I found the quality decent... obviously you are prohibited better upgrading the hardware pickups etc.
Here's my work in progress so far...I'll have to figure out how to post an image so
(https://i.imgur.com/XQZKI6B.jpg)
I hope this works..
Thanks so much for the photos....the guitar is looking very tempting, have to say.
No problem at all. :)
That looks lovely.
I've been looking at LP kits. Would I be better off getting a cheap Harley Benton lp and upgrading pickups etc...?
Is the quality of the kits good for the money?
To be honest I've don't know. I don't own a Harley Benton but I was very tempted to buy one of their 5 string bass guitars last year. What I found about the kit is that it's a learning process from start to finish & I'm not fully finished yet. I didn't know what to expect but I loved working with the wood, sanding and staining and watching the appearance change over the course of the build and then the electrics were new for me too. My friend did most of the wiring but I got loads from it too. To finish off the setting up there is a guy in Dublin who runs one day workshops for about €100 so I'm very tempted to give this a go and learn that side of things. I suppose if you're just into the electric side of things get the HB and change the pickups :)
Fair enough. Sounds like the building part gives it a personal touch.
Quote from: Floss on March 03, 2019, 07:40:49 PM
Interesting to see those Entwhistle pickups, never heard of them. Amazingly cheap... I wonder why?
Are these actually made by Entwhistle or are they the cheap Chinese made pickups with a label slapped on them? I came across a lot of them when I was shopping for pickups in my build. Ended up going for one and it does the job, but it's nothing special.
Fitted the Duncan black winter pick-up in the bridge today... sounds great. Compared it before and after with the "esp designed" ones in the Ltd, night and day difference.
Excellent stuff.
Has anyone here played a Yamaha Revstar? Specifically the RS620 models?
Lovely looking guitars. I was initially looking at maybe getting an LTD EC-1000 at the end of the year but this caught my eye too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKCq_O0Xfx0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKCq_O0Xfx0)
Got myself a Jackson soloist SLX8 a year and a half ago and have massive problems with the intonation which is annoying. Other than that it is amazing to play
I played a few Revstars on a trip to the states a couple of years back and had HUGE gas for one for ages after. I was in the market for an SG type guitar and played loads of Gibsons and Epiphones across the whole range and the Yamaha's smoked all of them. Great playing, really solid and sounded fantastic in every shop I tried it in.
Was gassing after the Billet green p90 loaded model specifically myself.
Picked up a few Marshall pedals in a job lot on adverts recently for cheap. The Jackhammer dist/od, Supervibe and Vibratrem. First impressions are pretty good! Supervibe is a bit noisy but the Jackhammer is a very versatile dirt box that I can see myself using in the future. Trem is pretty nice too, I might try it on synth!
I'm after a fairly unique guitar and while I love LP's I do already own a LP style guitar.
I'll be visiting Wales fairly soon and apparently a shop in Cardiff stocks the Revstar range so hopefully I'll be able to try one there.
Floggin' a couple of guitars,
https://forum.metalwarfare.com/index.php?topic=246.0
Got to try out Laney Ironheart studio. Jesus, some volume for a 15watt amp. Very tempted now. Also bought Helix hx stomp. Was going to use that with four cable method into Joyo, but that Laney. Mighty tempting to get one of them and just have that & helix as simple all in one set up.
Couldn't resist buying a 23" sabian override today (used). Christ its huge, some sound.
I'm looking for a few cheap pedals to play around with. Mostly for bass. I'm noticing a lot of cheap "nano/micro" pedals around the £20 mark and they all look pretty similar. Brands like Mooer, Moskey and Donner. Does anybody have any experience with them? Are they Chinese clones or complete garbage I'd be wasting money on?
By and large they're perfectly adequate. I've had a few Mooer over the years but now Mosky, Donner, Tomsline and a few others are even cheaper but do the same job. I have a Cuvave Chorus and Pitch shifter, Tomsline Flanger and Rat clone that I use on my synths board. The only one that's not great is the Chorus.
Good stuff. Might start off with one of the RAT style clones and see how it works out.
I have a bunch of the cheap chinese pedals and by and large they're solid. Caline, Mosky, Kokko, Mooer, Joyo, Nux, Rowin are all brands I own multiple pedals of and have found them to be good all round. They're cheap as chips on Aliexpress and if you check the stores for vouchers/coupons you can ofter get a few more quid off if you buy a couple of them at the same time. Same if you catch them during a sale, but beware that they often inflate their prices right before a sale so the savings can be misleading!
Generally all kinds of chinese dirt pedals are great- they're simple circuits and have been cloned for years.
Pitch pedals are very hit and miss so make sure you check out some videos before buying one. I have a Mooer that tracks well but any other cheap ones I've tried really really suck.
Simple reverbs and analogue delays are often good. The Mooer pro series stuff is really really good and often less than half the price of what they charge on thomann.
Phasers are generally Phase 90 clones.
Choruses tend to be the sterile, cold sounding type which I personally am not a massive fan of.
The NUX new stuff seems great. I'll probably buy the Atlantic verb/delay when I see it for a good price.
Worst brand i've bought has been ENO. I have a few of their pedals and they're totally shite.
Theres a good video on yourtube in the last few days showing a bunch of the Behringer pedals, and the originals that they emulate, in a nice side by side comparison. Some of them sound completely useable.
Got a notion after seeing Amon Amarth in the castle the other week so pulled the trigger on one of these.Now I just have to wait the 6 weeks for it to arrive
(https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1AxKPXcfrK1RkSnb4q6xHRFXa3/Free-delivery-new-electric-guitar-hand-carved-gold-hardware-customizable.jpg)
Prob swap out the pups at some stage but if all goes well, I'd take a chance on this
(https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1_j_EUcfpK1RjSZFOq6y6nFXag/matte-black-james-hetfield-model-custom-guitars-with-man-to-wolf-inlays-metalic-team-used-diamond.jpg)
Aliexpress??
Yup, I know it ain't gonna be the best guitar in the world but I'm willing to take a punt on it for €300. The AA and Metallica gigs have re-ignited my Explorer-love.
Took delivery of this guitar last week. Got it from a shop in Moscow through reverb.com. Always wanted to get a USA Gibson V, and in particular one of the 67 reissues with an ebony fretboard. The guitar is amazing. I immediately switched out the bridge and tailpiece to a black tonepros one and switched the Kluson tuners to black Hipshot locking ones. Looks class. Had my first practice with it Sunday and it was so much fun to play. Bridge pickup is very hot versus my LP Custom bridge pickup. Will have to adjust my rig to suit.
https://reverb.com/ie/item/24522905-ebony-gibson-flying-v-reissue-67-usa-1995
Just bought a Green Russian Big Muff and the screws on the back won't come off grrr >:(.
Quote from: ldj on July 27, 2019, 12:25:46 PM
Just bought a Green Russian Big Muff and the screws on the back won't come off grrr >:(.
In Soviet Russia, muff screws you?
I saw an ad on ebay a few weeks ago for a1989 Ibanez SR1000 for under €200, in Japan, with free shipping. Too good to be true, for sure, as the ad blurb read...
QuotePlease check photos that show the main damages and flaws on the item by pointing with a ballpoint pen. / This is a used item. There are signs of wear such as scrapes and scratches on the item. Please see all photos. / Screw for strap is missing. / Pre amplifier is faulty. Even after battery replacement, no sound is made from the guitar. The root cause is unclear. / Neck is bent upward. / Truss rod cannot turn almost.
I love these old SRs and the 1000 was the top of the range back then, so asked a mate what he thought as I was a little drunk at the time. He said "He who hesitates is lost" so I bought it. The electronic problem was just a wire had come off the jack lug, a two minute fix, and the truss rod was tight but working just fine and a little grease on the nut did the trick. After a light fret level and dress and a thorough clean - there are some filthy fuckers out there - this thing is a real player and sounds amazing. It's a fine companion for my 89 SR800.
(https://docjgear.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/ibz.jpeg)
After finally getting the back plate off the Green Russian Big Muff, and discovering it actually comes with a rechargeable 9V battery (nice touch), I've beenhaving a lot of fun playing around with it the last few days.
This is a fantastic pedal, and much more versatile than I was expecting. You can get some super filthy doom tones with it, as well as some tighter stoner rock type stuff.
I like to play a bit of blues too and I've found by rolling back the sustain and pushing the tone you can get some really nice lead tones.
Got a Gretsch G2622 streamliner off the brother over the weekend and I reckon that'll be my gigging guitar from now on,used to play one in Lurch. Perfect weight and fret size for me,semi hollow and it actually sounds great with the lower tuning
Been very quiet the last while but picked up a load of deadly stuff lately, the one I'm most shocked with being a little Trace Elliot bass head. 130w solid state, fits in the palm of your hand. Disgracefully loud. Also got a Bugera 5w tube head for home use. Have only got brief goes off each so far but once I get a proper go off them i'll put a clip up online.
Also built an Acapulco Gold clone lately and it's pretty vicious. Testing another with some changes and a mod on it this week, so will also upload a better sample of that version when done, but for now here's a phone mic test of the current one: https://youtu.be/rPUt-d_REl4
Picked up a Whammy, Obscura Delay and on of those boyos to help rebuild the board..exciting times ahead ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrTwHZxmcqE
I've been looking into a new guitar and I quite like matte black finishes but I've heard mixed reviews on them. Is it true they scratch easily and tend to go a bit shiny in the area where your picking arm rubs against it?
Quote from: Hambeast on August 16, 2019, 11:24:47 AM
I've been looking into a new guitar and I quite like matte black finishes but I've heard mixed reviews on them. Is it true they scratch easily and tend to go a bit shiny in the area where your picking arm rubs against it?
I had a Schecter Damien in matt black. It probably would go a slight tad shiny alright but really it'd only be noticeable up close. Spoderman will be able to tell you more. It's a gorgeous finish actually.
I picked up a few bits recently. I sold the Whammy as quite frankly it's huge and would only use it sporadically. Replaced it with a TC Brainwaves which has all the same functions and you can even have 3 voices whereas the whammy can only do 2. The MASH switch isn't as precise as the pedal on the whammy but it sure does the job.
Took the M5 off the main board and put it on the synth board. And while I was doing that I got the notion to extend the synth board and put a few leftover pedals on it, enough that it'll be a fully up and running 2nd guitar board. For home recording I'll use this mainly now, I think. Ordered a few cheapo bits from Aliexpress, phaser, tuner, noise gate, expression pedal to use with the M5 (so I'll essentially have a Whammy on that board too) and power supply so happy with that. It also allows me to bring my Megalith Delta distortion pedal out of retirement.
In all this arsing around I now have space on my main board for stuff. Woo!
Also, the missus was going getting me a guitar for my 40th in Dec. Andertons or GuitarGuitar were doing a Schecter sale recently, so in the interest of saving her a few bob I informed her of said sale and got this one in silver...
https://www.schecterguitars.com/guitars/c-1-platinum-2014-10-27-1087-detail
And finally, I got an Orange Pedalbaby. For those not too fussed about playing through tube amps and get their distortion from pedals, this is the job. Ridiculously loud, simple, small. Will defo be playing gigs with it from now on.
Jesus, now that I see it all written down I got a fair whack of stuff. That'll be it hopefully unless Mr. Black brings out more in the mini pedal line. Without doubt my favourite pedal designer.
"main board" :laugh:
I'm looking a the few pedals I have and thinking of structuring them onto something resembling a board and even the idea of one small board is melting my head as to how to go about it.
Fair play, you can't go wrong with a C1, great guitars.
You're joining the pedal-buying club. I knew you'd eventually succumb!
And both boards together don't come close to d'other fella's.
Quote from: Emphyrio on August 16, 2019, 07:24:33 PM
And both boards together don't come close to d'other fella's.
Not sure if that's aimed at me or not :laugh:
Figured out how to get around the MIDI issues with the Mooer Ocean Machine a few weeks ago. I had the Ocean Machine and the Preamp Live in 2 of the loops of the Helix and was having the usual problem of the OM getting all mixed up with the other MIDI messages going to the Preamp Live. Anyhoo, I stuck a MIDI splitter cable between the Helix and the loops and now that it doesn't have to worry about forwarding other messages, it seems to behave.
Have entered the mobile-home market as well which is severely restricting my gear spend so I've resurrected my old Line6 JM4 and left that down in the mobile Kerry for the occasional night session.
Had my eye on the Boss SY-1 and a TC Eyemaster but then my Hercules triple stand collapsed this morning so priorities have shifted somewhat.
Quote from: Emphyrio on August 16, 2019, 01:14:05 PM
Quote from: Hambeast on August 16, 2019, 11:24:47 AM
I've been looking into a new guitar and I quite like matte black finishes but I've heard mixed reviews on them. Is it true they scratch easily and tend to go a bit shiny in the area where your picking arm rubs against it?
I had a Schecter Damien in matt black. It probably would go a slight tad shiny alright but really it'd only be noticeable up close. Spoderman will be able to tell you more. It's a gorgeous finish actually.
If this is the Damien 6 you're talking about, I still have it. Ended up with 2 of them for a while. Lovely finish, might eventually shine up a bit alright under the right hand but I've barely used this one as I'm not a huge FR fan. Still up for grabs if you were interested.
https://www.adverts.ie/electric-guitars/schecter-damien-6/9814166
Quote from: Emphyrio on August 16, 2019, 01:32:52 PM
I picked up a few bits recently. I sold the Whammy as quite frankly it's huge and would only use it sporadically. Replaced it with a TC Brainwaves which has all the same functions and you can even have 3 voices whereas the whammy can only do 2. The MASH switch isn't as precise as the pedal on the whammy but it sure does the job.
Took the M5 off the main board and put it on the synth board. And while I was doing that I got the notion to extend the synth board and put a few leftover pedals on it, enough that it'll be a fully up and running 2nd guitar board. For home recording I'll use this mainly now, I think. Ordered a few cheapo bits from Aliexpress, phaser, tuner, noise gate, expression pedal to use with the M5 (so I'll essentially have a Whammy on that board too) and power supply so happy with that. It also allows me to bring my Megalith Delta distortion pedal out of retirement.
In all this arsing around I now have space on my main board for stuff. Woo!
Also, the missus was going getting me a guitar for my 40th in Dec. Andertons or GuitarGuitar were doing a Schecter sale recently, so in the interest of saving her a few bob I informed her of said sale and got this one in silver...
https://www.schecterguitars.com/guitars/c-1-platinum-2014-10-27-1087-detail
And finally, I got an Orange Pedalbaby. For those not too fussed about playing through tube amps and get their distortion from pedals, this is the job. Ridiculously loud, simple, small. Will defo be playing gigs with it from now on.
Jesus, now that I see it all written down I got a fair whack of stuff. That'll be it hopefully unless Mr. Black brings out more in the mini pedal line. Without doubt my favourite pedal designer.
Just an FYI a regular expression pedal won't work with the Line 6. I got a Moog one when I ordered mine and then realised it won't work with it when it arrived. Bit of a pain as the EXP pedal with the line 6 is a powerful combination. They have their own one and I think Mission Engineering do one for working with the line 6 stuff too. I plan on getting a TC midi mouse to go with my M5 so I can switch between patches easier and get more use out of it.
I've not really gotten any new bits lately. I redid my board from scratch and swapped a few things around. I stuck an EHX silencer in there and put in a 1 button loop selector with the Moose delay I have into an EHX Holy Grail for a 1 button post rock/ambience/noise sound. Works great!
Been using 2 amps lately taking a split from the pedals in the front end. So now I have a JCM800 on 1 side running dry but with all the pitch FX pedals, then the Orange Rockerverb on the other with all my delays/verbs/chorus/loops only on this side. Sounds big and give more clarity when there's loops etc... going on. This is the setup I plan on using with my 3 piece going forward!
Any of you lads have any advice.
I bought an Orange Rocker 32 second hand from Musicmaker a couple of months ago. It's a 30 watt tube amp and I've noticed the last while that I'm getting some sudden signal/volume drops.
It's not a cable/guitar issue because when I take the guitar cable out of the amp I can hear the hum from the amp dropping.
Any ideas what this could be?
It's my first tube amp, would the tubes maybe need to be changed or something else?
Thanks lads.
Quote from: if6was9 on August 20, 2019, 02:00:13 PM
Just an FYI a regular expression pedal won't work with the Line 6. I got a Moog one when I ordered mine and then realised it won't work with it when it arrived. Bit of a pain as the EXP pedal with the line 6 is a powerful combination. They have their own one and I think Mission Engineering do one for working with the line 6 stuff too. I plan on getting a TC midi mouse to go with my M5 so I can switch between patches easier and get more use out of it.
Were you using a regular patch cable or a TRS one out of curiosity? I'll be very annoyed if my cheapo Exp pedal doesn't work!
Quote from: Spoderman01 on August 19, 2019, 01:36:49 PM
Not sure if that's aimed at me or not :laugh:
How you think it could possibly be anyone other than you..... :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: Emphyrio on August 21, 2019, 01:05:11 PM
Quote from: Spoderman01 on August 19, 2019, 01:36:49 PM
Not sure if that's aimed at me or not :laugh:
How you think it could possibly be anyone other than you..... :laugh: :laugh:
I haven't bought much in a while, you (and a few others) must be catching up :abbath:
Quote from: ldj on August 20, 2019, 05:43:09 PM
Any of you lads have any advice.
I bought an Orange Rocker 32 second hand from Musicmaker a couple of months ago. It's a 30 watt tube amp and I've noticed the last while that I'm getting some sudden signal/volume drops.
It's not a cable/guitar issue because when I take the guitar cable out of the amp I can hear the hum from the amp dropping.
Any ideas what this could be?
It's my first tube amp, would the tubes maybe need to be changed or something else?
Thanks lads.
That's a new one for me. I'd have thought that if the problem was with the tubes, it would be a constant loss of power in the signal rather than drops. Any kind of warranty from MusicMaker on second hand gear?
Quote from: ldj on August 20, 2019, 05:43:09 PM
Any of you lads have any advice.
I bought an Orange Rocker 32 second hand from Musicmaker a couple of months ago. It's a 30 watt tube amp and I've noticed the last while that I'm getting some sudden signal/volume drops.
It's not a cable/guitar issue because when I take the guitar cable out of the amp I can hear the hum from the amp dropping.
Any ideas what this could be?
It's my first tube amp, would the tubes maybe need to be changed or something else?
Thanks lads.
Could be a loose connection on the input jack or a dodgy volume pot rather than tubes. Hazarding a guess as I had a similar issue with a much shittier combo amp. Would best off drop it into someone rather than have a go yourself though.
Thanks lads, I'll give Musicmaker an email and see if they can take a look at it, I think they have a repairs section in there anyway.
Yesterday after I posted about the volume/signal drop I tried turning the amp to full power (I usually use half power at home) and it started making this really loud noise.
Tried it today, played fine for about 5 mins then it started making the noise again.
https://vocaroo.com/i/s16rwsro1X1o
Thats sounds like a tube on the way out. First port of call would be changing the tubes and see how you get on. A quick test is to use a plastic pen to lightly tap the tubes when the amp is on. If one of them makes a weird noise then it's probably microphonic and needs changing. It's not a very definitive test though so even without showing anything it could still be the tubes.
Emphyrio, yeah I tried both. Did some reading after and line 6 just do their EXP pedals differently so you need one to their specs.
Quote from: if6was9 on August 27, 2019, 12:53:28 PM
Emphyrio, yeah I tried both. Did some reading after and line 6 just do their EXP pedals differently so you need one to their specs.
It arrived this morning, and yes, you were quite correct. The first half of the sweep seems to work ok but that's useless for a whammy effect. I'll probably use it as a volume pedal. Maybe. Haven't really felt the need for one of them up til now.
Yeah i was having the same thing. kinda worked a bit and then would stick on a setting or jump to full/off. i was pretty disappointed. I feel an exp pedal and a midi switcher would open up the uses of the M5 dramatically.
In other news, I've somehow been talked into buying a strymon timelive. Mate of mine is selling one and dropped it off for me to try. He knew well what he was doing!
The cute hoor!
Am quite disappointed the Exp pedal didn't work out. Gonna keep an eye out for a second hand Super Shifter or even the Behringer equivalent. I reckon it's only the whammy function I need and don't want a big fuck off exp pedal taking up a loada space.
Quote from: Emphyrio on August 28, 2019, 03:18:27 PM
The cute hoor!
Am quite disappointed the Exp pedal didn't work out. Gonna keep an eye out for a second hand Super Shifter or even the Behringer equivalent. I reckon it's only the whammy function I need and don't want a big fuck off exp pedal taking up a loada space.
i picked up a super shifter on adverts a year or 2 ago. Great pedal. Does LOADS of different stuff. I keep coming back to it.
Ive been back and forth to Kor/Jpn a lot in the last few months and have discovered some excellent music malls / shops for all sorts of new and used gear there. The selection of used pedals on display in countless shops in Tokyo is really mindboggling, plus you can get even the used stuff tax free as a tourist which is nice.... Seoul has what (Im told) is the largest music gear mall in Asia... 4 floors of shops rammed to the ceiling (literally) with gear, completely overwhelming.
I picked up a nice Tech21 SansAmp bass DI pedal, a used dbx160A for a song, an MXL Genesis FET mic and a used AKG 4040 mic... all great value. Lots of stuff (especially guitars) are ridiculously overpriced there though... but great value as you'd expect for many things made in china/japan etc. Highly recommended for anyone heading out there...
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A few recent additions
Moose Battlehammer
Boss MD500
TC Electronic Eyemaster
Empress Midibox
Schecter C-7 Deluxe
Anyone on here ever run an Orange TH30?
It is piquing my interest as a nice big boy amp that I could finally afford, but I've yet to actually play through one. Demos seem nice, but you never really know with amps til you actually take them for a spin, I find
Just picked up Jackson Randy Rhodes v. Love the tone from the pickups. Need to get it properly set up, for low tunings. It's just so awkward to play sitting down.
Quote from: Yung Led Zeppelin on November 06, 2019, 06:31:26 PM
Anyone on here ever run an Orange TH30?
It is piquing my interest as a nice big boy amp that I could finally afford, but I've yet to actually play through one. Demos seem nice, but you never really know with amps til you actually take them for a spin, I find
I've played a TH30 through both a Marshall and, later, an Orange cab. Both times it was my Gibson SG directly into the head.
You can get some seriously filthy Doom/Stoner tones out of it - as you would expect from an Orange. In the neck pick-up position the thing is like clotted cream rolling down a custard hill.
I don't shred so I can't help on that front.
One thing - and this might be a mental block - to my ears it sounded better running through the Orange cab.
Quote from: Yung Led Zeppelin on November 06, 2019, 06:31:26 PM
Anyone on here ever run an Orange TH30?
I've played one a few times, I think there's one in the downstairs of Fibbers. I really really like them. Might just be in my head but it feels like there's a lot of clarity and crispiness to the amp, very mid heavy. I had a tube screamer going into it for a bit more bite, but it could probably be used without with just a little more gain and be just fine. It also responded well to me using the volume pot to get a clean tone (didn't have a footswitch)
Lastly, I love how simple the design is. My main amp is a Laney VH100, which has way too many knobs. So I love how straightforward things are with the Orange
That all sounds good to me lads!
Playing in Fibbers in January (albeit on bass) so I'll keep my eyes peeled for that and get a quick blast in hopefully.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on November 13, 2019, 10:13:38 AM
Quote from: Yung Led Zeppelin on November 06, 2019, 06:31:26 PM
Anyone on here ever run an Orange TH30?
It is piquing my interest as a nice big boy amp that I could finally afford, but I've yet to actually play through one. Demos seem nice, but you never really know with amps til you actually take them for a spin, I find
I've played a TH30 through both a Marshall and, later, an Orange cab. Both times it was my Gibson SG directly into the head.
You can get some seriously filthy Doom/Stoner tones out of it - as you would expect from an Orange. In the neck pick-up position the thing is like clotted cream rolling down a custard hill.
I don't shred so I can't help on that front.
One thing - and this might be a mental block - to my ears it sounded better running through the Orange cab.
Most likely different speakers in the two cabs so it'll sound different alright. Usually Vintage 30s in the Orange and G12T in the Marshall.
Quick question for the people with gear acquisition issues :) Apart from the usuals (that I know of), like Thomann, Musicstore, GAK, Andertons, what other online retailers do people know of that are good in terms of selection and value? By the way, this query comes in from Santa :)
Reverb.com can be good. Shipping can sometimes be prohibitive but the range of stuff they have is second to none. Great for hard to find/discontinued bits n pieces too.
P.S. That you Rory?
Quote from: Emphyrio on November 20, 2019, 03:54:07 PM
Reverb.com can be good. Shipping can sometimes be prohibitive but the range of stuff they have is second to none. Great for hard to find/discontinued bits n pieces too.
P.S. That you Rory?
Sure is Crowley. Amp hunting at the moment and just want to try get the best value. Might wait for black Friday and see what moves.
Anything in particular tickling your fancy?
Quote from: Emphyrio on November 21, 2019, 03:33:39 PM
Anything in particular tickling your fancy?
Peavey 6505 man...need a big amp!
I picked up the 6505 mini head there over xmas. Love it - it has *that* tone, its just not as loud as its big brother (x2 the price new) plus I dont need a loud amp for recording....
Also picked up an eBow (class!) and the TwoNotes Captor box.
Mini heads are where it is most certainly at, especially when you have been used to lugging full sized heads around. I only gigged the Ironball once with TTOW but, despite worrying about it not being up to the task, it was more than ample for a venue with a PA. The samples I heard of the little 6505 have all sounded amazing.
I have another 2x12 at home there to replace the 1x12 but that is completely needless for practice, other than that, this is my current rig. Fuck all i'd change either bar the Brutalist Jr. on the pedalboard - it's a grand pedal, I just have a modded one on the cards here that i keep putting off finishing. Using the DD7 as both a delay and a splitter. Can tweak the set up quickly for either just the Elf, the Laney, or both combined, which is far far too loud for the jam space but does sound fuckin great. I must mix up one of the recent rough jam tracks' guitar soon and show ye.
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Picked up a coupla bits lately. Got the TC Eyemaster. It's missing a bit of the snarl from a HM-2 but it's defo in the same ball park. Also got a Mooer Baby Bomb for my second board set up. It's got a weird sweep on the volume knob. It goes from quiet to fucking LOUD in the space of a 1mm rotation. I'm using a volume switch box to tame it. Defo loud enough to gig with and fits on a pedalboard.
After 18 years of playing guitar I finally bought a tuner :abbath:
Quote from: Emphyrio on May 28, 2020, 10:21:59 AM
Picked up a coupla bits lately. Got the TC Eyemaster. It's missing a bit of the snarl from a HM-2 but it's defo in the same ball park. Also got a Mooer Baby Bomb for my second board set up. It's got a weird sweep on the volume knob. It goes from quiet to fucking LOUD in the space of a 1mm rotation. I'm using a volume switch box to tame it. Defo loud enough to gig with and fits on a pedalboard.
EHX Magnum 44 suffers from the same issue. It's volume goes from off, to barely audible, to too loud in the first part of the knobs rotation!
Have a clone of the Strymon multiswitch from DS custom on the way. I'll be using it as the always-on controls for the Timelines Looper. I was considering getting the official Strymon multiswitch but they're 125 euro for 3 switches. The clone was only 40 including shipping!
Also did a Thomann order I'm waiting on, nothing too exciting though either. I bought a Zoom Q8 camera for recording gigs, rehearsals and video sessions, a Boss FS6 footswitch as I've a few different amps that all take different switches and a little midi controller for programming drums at home as well as usual cables, patch leads, mic leads etc....
Got a Thomann order meself today. Set of Bass strings and a new nut so I can try get the leftie bass I doctored into a right handed one in better shape. Plenty of cables spare for home. Best of all - an Arturia Microfreak. Only barely scratched the surface of it for a few hours today after work, but the sounds out of it are top class. Looking forward to digging in to it. Using it alongside my drumbrute impact, synced them in two seconds and wrote a few bits off the bat, but still need to rig it up the way I want with MIDI in Reaper and get the whole set up operating together. Might need to get something with a few more MIDI in and outs alongside my interface.
Quote from: if6was9 on May 28, 2020, 05:36:33 PM
...A little midi controller for programming drums at home...
I've been using the Drumbrute alongside MT Power Kit in Reaper lately and it is a pure pleasure to write drum parts in it. Obviously the machine itself has its own electronic sounds, and they are great, an added bonus is being able to use it as a controller for MTP, so I can swap between "real" drums and the electro kit alongside/over it for extra sport. The pads play in velocity sensitive, all well and good, bit being able to program polyrhythmic patterns and do full song arrangements on the machine itself and 'play' the MTP with it outside of the DAW is unreal. Couple of odd bits with it you'd have to get used to while writing, eg. if you're recording in sections and your time signature shifts you'd have to toy with it a bit to line it up, but in general it's real class. Must drop it up to you some day so you can have a craic at it, if you like.
Quote from: ochoill on May 28, 2020, 09:00:10 PM
Got a Thomann order meself today. Set of Bass strings and a new nut so I can try get the leftie bass I doctored into a right handed one in better shape. Plenty of cables spare for home. Best of all - an Arturia Microfreak. Only barely scratched the surface of it for a few hours today after work, but the sounds out of it are top class. Looking forward to digging in to it. Using it alongside my drumbrute impact, synced them in two seconds and wrote a few bits off the bat, but still need to rig it up the way I want with MIDI in Reaper and get the whole set up operating together. Might need to get something with a few more MIDI in and outs alongside my interface.
Quote from: if6was9 on May 28, 2020, 05:36:33 PM
...A little midi controller for programming drums at home...
I've been using the Drumbrute alongside MT Power Kit in Reaper lately and it is a pure pleasure to write drum parts in it. Obviously the machine itself has its own electronic sounds, and they are great, an added bonus is being able to use it as a controller for MTP, so I can swap between "real" drums and the electro kit alongside/over it for extra sport. The pads play in velocity sensitive, all well and good, bit being able to program polyrhythmic patterns and do full song arrangements on the machine itself and 'play' the MTP with it outside of the DAW is unreal. Couple of odd bits with it you'd have to get used to while writing, eg. if you're recording in sections and your time signature shifts you'd have to toy with it a bit to line it up, but in general it's real class. Must drop it up to you some day so you can have a craic at it, if you like.
I've never really gelled with drum machines, though they are great for making a beat and then writing on top. My issue with them is that since I play drums I often have a beat in mind already and can get frustrated getting that out of the machine. That being said, it's been a few years since I had a proper go on one too! I wouldn't mind popping up to you when it's appropriate to do so and see it in action!
My hope with this is that it'll be more like playing the drums. If this fucking thomann order ever arrives that is! Did the order 2 and a half weeks ago now
Jesus that's a long wait. I think mine was 10 days total, I know they're running slower but close to 3 weeks is fairly rough. Yeah jesus once this whole craic dies down a bit you should see how I'm using it at least - might not be entirely what you're after either of course especially if you're coming at it from the angle of actually playing drums but I will say I find it unbelievably easier to get particular beat ideas out of my head with this than I have through any other similar method. It has flaws (no midi thru what the actual fuck) and has a fair depth of possible functions to learn but even at its most minor uses it's quick to get a hang of.
Got the Thomann order today. Very happy with the little midi drum pads- Akai LPD8 right out of the box. I've to do a bit of learning with midi about how to get the knobs to do things I'd like in Reaper but the drum pads work pretty well with MT Power kit so even at that it's 40 euro well spent in my mind!
I got to drop into my work a few days ago and brought home a few of my stage lights and have been learning the lighting desk and getting everything to play nice over DMX. A bit of a learning curve for me as I've never done anything lights related but I got it all working now. When gigs come back to being a thing we'll have a right fun time of it!
I have one of those Akai LPD8's for a few years actually, grand handy little thing. The midi-learn feature in cubase is great for assigning the rotary knobs, not sure if Reaper offers the same thing...
Waiting on a few bits to arrive for the studio today - I bought the Bugera 6262 - (a clone of the 6505/5150 but half the price). Bought a B-stock Marshall 1W DSL1HR too for fun...
I was using that Bugera for a while. Really good amp.
Yeah any differences between it and the Peavys seems to be minisule from what Ive heard on decent monitors... early ones seemed to have issues, but not anymore. Lets see.
The very first run had a few issues alright but within a year all that was sorted.
Quote from: Emphyrio on June 23, 2020, 10:54:13 AM
The very first run had a few issues alright but within a year all that was sorted.
Interesting... the 6262 head arrived and while it does indeed sound excellent, mine has a weird bug; the clean channel is never clean - its like a crunch channel, and to get full gain out of the lead channel, the gain on the CLEAN channel has to be turned up. Very weird. Likely gonna return it - hopefully its just my unit and not a design flaw common to all 6262's - because (once both gain knobs are up!) it sounds great on the lead channel (but the clean is unusable) ....
That is very odd. It was the older 6260 I had, and the clean channel also had a crunch button but that was totally separate to the lead channel.
Quote from: Floss on June 23, 2020, 09:04:59 AM
I have one of those Akai LPD8's for a few years actually, grand handy little thing. The midi-learn feature in cubase is great for assigning the rotary knobs, not sure if Reaper offers the same thing...
Waiting on a few bits to arrive for the studio today - I bought the Bugera 6262 - (a clone of the 6505/5150 but half the price). Bought a B-stock Marshall 1W DSL1HR too for fun...
Yeah Reaper has the same midi learn function.
The Bugera stuff sounds great but I know a few folks who've had their newer heads and they all had issues. One mate of mine has the v22 head and it only sees bedroom use and it just died on him about 6 months in!
Well a new 6262 head shipped to me today so let's see. If it has the same problem it can go back and stay back... my guess it was just an issue with that particular head rather than a design bug present in all 6262 units... lets see. The sound from it was savage so fingers crossed.
I picked up a DSL20 head too having returned a 1W DSL one i bought... I only want it (and it's tone) for recording (so the 1W was fine) but for some dumb reason they only offer a 16ohm output on the 1W version which doesnt work well for my setup ( 8ohm captor and 8 ohm cab) so it went back... The 20W version has a better set of specs overall (inc 8 ohm output)....
Quote from: Floss on July 01, 2020, 01:58:00 PM
Well a new 6262 head shipped to me today so let's see. If it has the same problem it can go back and stay back... my guess it was just an issue with that particular head rather than a design bug present in all 6262 units... lets see. The sound from it was savage so fingers crossed.
I picked up a DSL20 head too having returned a 1W DSL one i bought... I only want it (and it's tone) for recording (so the 1W was fine) but for some dumb reason they only offer a 16ohm output on the 1W version which doesnt work well for my setup ( 8ohm captor and 8 ohm cab) so it went back... The 20W version has a better set of specs overall (inc 8 ohm output)....
Thats so silly! If they're gonna just have it at a fixed impedance they should have had it at an impedance that suits hooking up more than just their 4X12.
yup, all amps should be switchable, they're really limiting their market that way, but hey...
New 6262 head - same issue :-\ .... i should've noted the S/N on the first one just to confirm i havent received the same one twice... waiting to hear from the manufacturer at this point, really weird/annoying. Sound is really great, but for live use switching from high gain to lead is impossible... i dont plan on gigging it anyway so I may just hang on to it at this point.... but still...
Quote from: Floss on July 06, 2020, 02:07:21 PM
New 6262 head - same issue :-\ .... i should've noted the S/N on the first one just to confirm i havent received the same one twice... waiting to hear from the manufacturer at this point, really weird/annoying. Sound is really great, but for live use switching from high gain to lead is impossible... i dont plan on gigging it anyway so I may just hang on to it at this point.... but still...
... and it gets worse... on Saturday I tweaked the gain knob on the lead channel and POOF, a flash of light from a power tube and the amp died. Its boxed up and shipping back today... 3rd time lucky eh? Some serious QC problems there for sure. Bugera support confirmed in writing that the two channels should be 100% separate so maybe Thomann were shipped a bad batch... but that's not good enough...
NPD - JPTR Fx - Add Violence fuzz. Filth. I wouldn't be much of an expert on fuzzes apart from a few iterations of the Big Muff. I love the Green Russian but this is slightly better. Also have a second hand Death By Audio - Deep Animation filter type gizmo on the way from Reverb.
Keep the pubs closed!!
Hi lads,
Just wondering if and of you have any experience with the Harley Benton ISO power supplies? https://www.thomann.de/ie/harley_benton_powerplant_iso_1_pro.htm
I've always kept it pretty minimal as far as pedals go but the over drive I'm looking at now (EQD Plumes) doesn't have battery operation so I think it's time to finally put a small board together and get a power supply.
I'm not running anything too mad - polytune>wah>russian big muff>phase 90>carbon copy and then the Plumes will be in there too.
Everything seems ok on the power side just worried about noise/reliability more than anything.
I have that one. It's more than enough to cover those pedals. You'd even power all your pedals off 1 input cos none have a big current draw.
Never seen much of an issue with any of the HB power supplies. I use two of these ones (https://m.thomann.de/ie/harley_benton_powerplant_junior.htm?o=10&search=1595502532) for two different set ups (main board 2nd supply, and home bass board / bench power) and they are top class for the price. Would honestly swap out my AliExpress supply on my main board for another of these but I need the 500mA output on it to run two of my pedals correctly.
Thanks lads, seems like it will do the job.
Picked up a cheap lil' LTD M50 for playing metal with today second hand on Adverts for 100 bux and having never played one of their guitars before, even for a cheapo/entry one I quite like it.
I'm gonna buy one of those Harley Benton ISO supplies myself next time a thomann order is on the cards. My big pedalboard has some silly amount of individual supplies on it for my big draw digital pedals. I'm thinking one of the HB's will cover those nicely on their own and I can use the Aliexpress one for all the "normal" draw pedals.
Latest purchase for me was another set of Ketron midi Bass pedals. The guy threw on a 2nd set along with them since he couldn't find the right lead for them and it was a custom job getting them wired. Love these things for playing Synth with my feet along with my guitar.
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I was gonna get one of those siolid state Orange heads for a bit of variety when the Bugera refund came back (never again...) but I've decided to hold off & pick up either the 6505+ or the 50w EVH 6l6 5150 later this year maybe... both sound awesome...
I've been trying to take up less space in the gaff while being reluctant to move stuff on, a cruel state of affairs. I have an old Ampeg VH140C 2x12 combo which I've had for many years and is something I could never sell. It sounds amazing but it's a heavy solid-state bastard, though, far too heavy to carry to gigs which I discovered by carrying it to gigs. I ended up getting a Fryette Deliverance 60 head for gigging, which I actually sold years ago, when I thought my guitar gigging days were done, as it's way too loud for home use. When I found myself gigging again a couple of years later I managed to get it back and I just love the sound of it but it was also a heavy and ungainly yoke to lug around and, eventually, I picked up a little Engl Ironball 20W head which sounded great and was dead handy for rehearsals. For gigs, I also had a Marshall 1960 Lead 4x12 cab.
Since I'm not gigging anymore I was thinking of moving on the 4x12, it's just too big for using at home, and getting a 2x12 cab but, since the Ampeg is already a 2x12 cab, of sorts, I've been looking at ways of utilising that as a cab, not just a combo. The Fryette is also far, far too loud for home use so I needed an attenuator too. I picked up a Palmer PDI-06 attenuator which has a single input but parallel outputs. I figured out I could hook up the speakers in the Ampeg combo directly to the Palmer but it would leave me with an ohm rating which wouldn't work for all three amps so I've had to replace the speakers with 16ohm models, I went with a Celestion Vintage 20 and G12M Greenback. I'm just about to order this thing which will let me switch between the three heads, output it to the attenuator, which can be bypassed as required, and use the parallel outputs of the attenuator directly to those speakers. I'm still a little weary of switching between multiple heads to one cab. Has anyone used something like this before?
http://www.delisleguitar.com/shop/de-lisle-amp-speaker-selector-v1/
Have a Framus Cobra amp head with a matching 4x12 cab. It is my fave amp.
There's also 6505+ and a 50w JCM900.
Am also having a solid state Ampeg bass head and a 4x10 oversized Hartke cab......plus a "couple" guitars and a bass.
And I keep all of it in the apartment, on 2nd floor, haven't gigged in 4 years.
Jesus fucking christ on a bike.
Picked up a Crate powerblock off adverts last week. Pared it up with my tight metal pedal, boosted by one of those mini tubescreamer knock offs. Sounds ferocious, and that's with the headphones out. Not used it through a cab yet.
Hi lads, I was just wondering do any of you have an experience with the Hiwatt T20 head?
https://www.someneckguitars.com/products/hiwatt-t20-10-head
I'm thinking of maybe getting one, I'm looking for a good clean amp to use as a pedal platform, I have an Orange Rocker 32 right now which is decent but the clean channel is just a volume control with no eq and doesn't seem to like overdrives that much, it's just very shrill sounding. I've been trying to use the drive channel as a 'clean' with the gain only on 3/4 with the volume pushed which is ok but the Green Russian fuzz I'm using just seems to turn to mush on this channel no matter what setting.
If I get the Hiwatt I'm thinking I can just get my gain stages solely from the few pedals I have and then I also have a nice clean channel to work with too.
early xmas presents. Got a Harley Benton Amarok baritone and Grindstein pedal on the way.
Quote from: Makeshiftatomsmasher on December 06, 2020, 03:42:14 AM
early xmas presents. Got a Harley Benton Amarok baritone and Grindstein pedal on the way.
I liked the look of those Amarok models, esp the Baritone (but honestly, do i need another guitar...? yes, yes of course i do... :P ) ... but for their price point they seem pretty solid... Grindstein looks interesting too but seemed pretty expensive for what it was I thought....
Had a Black Arts Toneworks Raw Heart arrive yesterday. Working all week though, so will be the weekend before I get to take it for a spin !
Has anyone played around with the two notes captor x? Considering picking up one to play the tube amps at home and use it to record them for demos etc... Seems like a serious piece of kit!
Serious gas for unnecessary gear. Since Christmas gotten Grindstein, Amt K2 (Preamp of a Krank Krankenstein) Mosky TW (clone of a Wampler Triple wreck) Vht V drive, and on the way, Hughes & Kettner Spirit of metal, and Dr. J Blademaster pedal.
Quote from: ldj on December 02, 2020, 03:29:30 PM
Hi lads, I was just wondering do any of you have an experience with the Hiwatt T20 head?
https://www.someneckguitars.com/products/hiwatt-t20-10-head
I'm thinking of maybe getting one, I'm looking for a good clean amp to use as a pedal platform, I have an Orange Rocker 32 right now which is decent but the clean channel is just a volume control with no eq and doesn't seem to like overdrives that much, it's just very shrill sounding. I've been trying to use the drive channel as a 'clean' with the gain only on 3/4 with the volume pushed which is ok but the Green Russian fuzz I'm using just seems to turn to mush on this channel no matter what setting.
If I get the Hiwatt I'm thinking I can just get my gain stages solely from the few pedals I have and then I also have a nice clean channel to work with too.
Did you pick that up after? Had a s/s Hiwatt years ago. It was clean and when pushed could kinda do mild break up/rock tone. (Barely) It would be perfect for a pedal platform.
Quote from: Makeshiftatomsmasher on March 12, 2021, 11:21:01 PM
Quote from: ldj on December 02, 2020, 03:29:30 PM
Hi lads, I was just wondering do any of you have an experience with the Hiwatt T20 head?
https://www.someneckguitars.com/products/hiwatt-t20-10-head
I'm thinking of maybe getting one, I'm looking for a good clean amp to use as a pedal platform, I have an Orange Rocker 32 right now which is decent but the clean channel is just a volume control with no eq and doesn't seem to like overdrives that much, it's just very shrill sounding. I've been trying to use the drive channel as a 'clean' with the gain only on 3/4 with the volume pushed which is ok but the Green Russian fuzz I'm using just seems to turn to mush on this channel no matter what setting.
If I get the Hiwatt I'm thinking I can just get my gain stages solely from the few pedals I have and then I also have a nice clean channel to work with too.
Did you pick that up after? Had a s/s Hiwatt years ago. It was clean and when pushed could kinda do mild break up/rock tone. (Barely) It would be perfect for a pedal platform.
Nah not yet, just looked up there didn't even realise Some Neck had opened back up yet so I'll try get one soon. Yeah I've seen videos and played one in the shop a while ago and they seem like they'd be great for a pedal platform. The gain on the Orange amp I have is nice but it's a bit one dimensional.
Any guitar nerds on here that give me a bit of advice? I have a guitar that has a bit of rust on the pickups and was wondering what would be the most effective way to clean it? I read that a dab of WD40 on a cotton swap would do the trick. I just don't want to make a mess of the pickups and have to remove them. Sound
Quote from: Drought on March 11, 2021, 05:07:44 PM
Has anyone played around with the two notes captor x? Considering picking up one to play the tube amps at home and use it to record them for demos etc... Seems like a serious piece of kit!
I dont have the latest Captor X, but I have the Torpedo Captor 8 (basically the same thing with a few less features) and its excellent, top class piece of gear. I use it mainly for getting nice DIs to record from my amps and I usually have a speaker cab plugged into the THRU on it ass noise is not an issue for me. But i have used it silent (using it as a true reactive loadbox) and its perfect for that. Great bit of gear.
Im selling a (basically brand new) Peavey 6506mh if anyone's interested - see https://www.adverts.ie/guitar-amps/peavey-6505mh/24730182
I've got a Hartke Ha-3500 bass head that needs fixing. Anyone could recommend a place in Cork?
Quote from: koper on October 02, 2021, 05:47:16 PM
I've got a Hartke Ha-3500 bass head that needs fixing. Anyone could recommend a place in Cork?
If you're willing to ship it - I think Moose in Dublin does amp head repairs/mods.
I can't think of anyone down here in Cork - a buddy of mine sent a Marshall to a guy in Kerry a few years back and said he was delighted with the work. Again though - that involves shipping it.
Quote from: Necro Red on April 02, 2021, 11:21:53 AM
Any guitar nerds on here that give me a bit of advice? I have a guitar that has a bit of rust on the pickups and was wondering what would be the most effective way to clean it? I read that a dab of WD40 on a cotton swap would do the trick. I just don't want to make a mess of the pickups and have to remove them. Sound
Use distilled vinegar for rust, be be sure to rinse and dry it properly afterwards. Some use baking soda and water afterwards just to make sure vinegar is neutralised. Be aware if it's a plated part that the rust will be gone, but you'll probably still see through the plating and it'll still look rough
Cheers bud. It is just a minimal amount of rust on a humbecker is all. I may give it a go and clean up the guitar and c hange strings. Sound
another guitar nerd question:
Getting back to playing again and essentially this is gonna potentially involved 2 or 3 different projects using 2 or 3 spaces. So instead of buying 3 different heads and running myself into debt. I was gonna buy one of these pedal sized power amp jobs.
https://www.thomann.de/ie/harley_benton_gpa_100.htm?glp=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwzLCVBhD3ARIsAPKYTcSqrEK78ootiM72aKg1hWNbUQAgwfnmXASDS-kiHHv53CrTdM-25AoaAiP4EALw_wcB
Anyone got any experience?I presume picking up a pre-amp pedal to run into it is the way to go, or could I just run my usual distortion and delay straight into this lad?
I've gone down that route myself mounting pedalboard-friendly amps. On a small/practice board I'm using the Mooer Baby Bomb. Distortion comes from EQD Hizumitas and Hoof. Neither of which are "preamp pedals" but the results are the finest. On the bigger board I'm using the Seymour Duncan Powerstage, main distortion is an Amptweaker Tight Metal, which I believe is a preamp pedal. There's a coupla other drive pedals on there too and they work perfectly, so I don't think you need a true preamp pedal.
For practice the Mooer is absolutely grand and I reckon your yoke above would be very comparable, likely even better cos of the EQ. I'd use it at a gig if push came to shove too. With my main board it means I absolutely do not need to bring a head with me anymore. The Powerstage is defo more amp-like.
Anyway, I digress. That yoke above should easily do you for practice.
Cheers!Gigging isn't a concern at this stage, so if and when that comes up again I'll be picking up a head but I'm just thinking in terms of a cheap, portable set up for rehearsing in multiple locations.I'm absolutely fucking clueless about the equipment aspect of things, so appreciate the advice. We'll see how it goes.
There's a lot to be said for pedal power amp and a cheap modeler, especially if it's only for practice.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on June 17, 2022, 04:50:30 PM
another guitar nerd question:
Getting back to playing again and essentially this is gonna potentially involved 2 or 3 different projects using 2 or 3 spaces. So instead of buying 3 different heads and running myself into debt. I was gonna buy one of these pedal sized power amp jobs.
https://www.thomann.de/ie/harley_benton_gpa_100.htm?glp=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwzLCVBhD3ARIsAPKYTcSqrEK78ootiM72aKg1hWNbUQAgwfnmXASDS-kiHHv53CrTdM-25AoaAiP4EALw_wcB
Anyone got any experience?I presume picking up a pre-amp pedal to run into it is the way to go, or could I just run my usual distortion and delay straight into this lad?
Looks like a handy piece of gear. I said it to you before but worth reiterating, for a very capable and micro sized head I will stand by the Elf any day.
https://www.thomann.de/ie/trace_elliot_elf_basshead.htm
It's a little pricier but I have even cracked this out live, even recently at the Conan support, and it sounds massive with the right gear stacked in front - I've a Sunn Beta Lead clone preamp pedal on my board going into the front of it, the two together sre my clean sound, and it is crisp and loud. All ditr comes from the rest of my pedals. The amp fits in your back pocket. Dylan Carlson toured with two a few years back, that's what turned me on to them.
Even temptes to replace my Laney 15W head with another Elf and a different preamp too. Happy to give you a spin off it if you're down this neck of the woods any time.
I need to investigate this elf. Ta John!
Actually, went down the micro-head rabbit hole and found a load of DV Mark stuff that seems decent and affordable, so that may be the way to go methinks.
Quote from: Makeshiftatomsmasher on June 18, 2022, 11:28:26 AM
There's a lot to be said for pedal power amp and a cheap modeler, especially if it's only for practice.
Got the GPA 100 in the end. Curious to see how it sounds cranked through a cab in a jam room, but I ran a couple of pedals into it and chanced it at very low volume on headphones now and it sounds grand. Sorted. Well worth 80 bux for home use alone.
Picked up a Marshall DSL20H over the weekend and fuck me it is amazing.
I wanted a small head for gigging with because my beloved Marshall 2x12 combo weighs more than I do. It came down to a coin toss between the DSL and the PRS MT15. After testing both I settled on the Marshall and I'm glad I did. It's perfectly voiced for meta even without pedals, you can literally just turn it up and chug away. It's also disgracefully loud for the size.
Best thing is the switchable fx loop- meaning I can leave all my effects pedals always on and just trigger them collectively from the amp footswitch. (All of the effects I use for soloing - volume boost, gate, EQ and delay - are in the loop of my setup) so I can leave my pedalboard at the back of the stage and only have the amp switch and wah pedal at the front.
Killer tone and no more tap-dancing, in a head that weighs less than 10 kilos. What's not to love?
Those lunchbox amps are great. I'd an Engl Metal master and twas a grand yoke. I'm glad that touring musicians are now using lighter, less cumbersome setups. It gives them a bit more credibility. Of course a Triple Recto on top of two 4x12s looks cool but I'm all about portability now.
Couldn't agree more. While standing in front of a full stack may make you feel like Randy Marsh (ie balls so big they require a wheelbarrow), your back will hate you, your band mates will hate you for taking up all the space on the stage, and the engineer will hate you for your stage volume being unusable.
The wee amps are the way to go. There's been some great advances in them over the last few years too, now everyone from Marshall to Mesa is doing them and doing them well
I think if and when it's time to start gigging again I'd pick up a smaller head as well at this stage. I kinda feel unless you're a professional/touring guitarist or just loaded, it seems kind of excessive to drop 2 grand on a Triple Wreck (much as I'd love one) if you;re just going to be playing the back of a pub for the rest of your life.
I always have it in my head that 20/30w amps aren't going to be loud enough but I guess if you're micing a cab it's fine.
In terms of volume, through a 2x12 the DSL20H is perfectly capable. In rehearsal I'm running it at just over halfway on the master volume, and it sits comfortably with another guitarist, bassist and very loud drummer going full pelt. That's all un-mic'd obv.
Smaller heads are definitely the way to go, particularly for the venue sizes in Ireland. I used to run a Mini rec for a couple of years but recently picked up a Marshall SC20 (20watt JCM800) and I think it's the best live tone I've had.
My backup is a small orange terror stamp, which also blew me away. Gets very close to the main 800 sound and fits in a pocket. Loud enough to gig with too. I ran both in Pharmacia and there was no trouble keeping up.
Recently went the Kemper Stage route and I don't think I'd go back now. Having the option to arrive with just a guitar and one small bag to carry the Kemper was too good to pass up. Sometimes I still bring my own monitor on a pole if I feel like I'll need it, but it's nice to have the option not to. Great for home recording as well with no need to crank a tube amp in an apartment to get it to sound good.
Also got a Zoia about a year ago and going down that synth rabbit hole was almost like discovering music all over again. The most fun I've had in years learning how to use it. Highly recommended if you've got the patience to learn it!
Bought fretless bass the last day. It's weird to get used to playing but I'm looking forward to writing some stuff on it.
Got a sweet deal on a Darkglass B3K a few days ago. Fucking delightful yoke, real subtle, thick overdrive that just beefs up the bass really nicely. Not extreme, but a definite "miss it when it's off" pedal.
Over the last few months Ive sold & bought a bunch of stuff for the studio, got a few great deals too.
-Peavey 6534+ head from a local shop, never sold (brand new but made in 2015) - shop demo only for 550e. Happy days. Killer sounding amp.
-Austrian Audio OC818 mic. Stunning piece of kit. Must save my pennies and get another one to have a pair to use on the kit.
- EVH 50w 5150 iii (EL34, the gold one). Maybe the nicest amp Ive ever owned?
- A couple of 14x8" steel snares (supralite and tama sound lab) - both cheap bout amazing sounding. The 14x8 tama wood snares for 150eur are incredible sounding too for anyone looking for a deep & cheap wooden snare!
- Iconic 4x12 cabinet - sounds cracking!
- Hesu 2x12 cabinet with demon speakers. Very nice speaker voicing & pretty different.
Astfgyl recently broke his bass at a jam, by hitting it until the jack snapped (it was for a riff) and I took it home fo fix it.
He was playing a right handed guitar strung up leftie, with all the electrics hidden out of the way of his hands under the scratch plate. Rather than just replace the jack, I tore the whole thing apart, right down to nuts and bolts, and went to town on it.
I scrubbed all the hardware in the sink then left it sit in WD40 for about four days while I drilled out a new hole in the back for the electrics. I cut up a few cans of extra stout and used the metal to make a cover for the old routed hole, then gorilla taped the hard edges of the whole bass. Copper taped the entire thing inside, and made a double layered can panel to mount the jack and new electrics on the front.
He wanted as little options as possible so all it has is a killswitch on it. I replaced the old pickups since they were actually falling apart inside with the cheapest pair I could get shipped next day online (14 quid?)
The setup on it was horrendous before so I redid it all, filed out the nut, adjusted it, and got it a bit less terrible on the hands.
Enjoy this absolute horror. I think he found it in a shed before so I don't feel too bad making shit of it. Plays grand though, setup in AEAD.
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The Guinness cans look great but I'm slightly disappointed it wasn't Karpackie cans all the same
Quote from: Yung Led Zeppelin on March 03, 2023, 12:11:42 PMThe Guinness cans look great but I'm slightly disappointed it wasn't Karpackie cans all the same
Lol cheers, would you believe I went looking for the black Karpackie that morning in Dunnes and they didn't have it. Since it was for Astfgyl I was looking for something fairly jakey but the Guinness looks nice on the body.
I like it!
Creative use of a few cans :laugh: the black matches well
What gauge strings did ya go with?
Quote from: ochoill on March 01, 2023, 04:32:18 PMAstfgyl recently broke his bass at a jam, by hitting it until the jack snapped (it was for a riff) and I took it home fo fix it.
He was playing a right handed guitar strung up leftie, with all the electrics hidden out of the way of his hands under the scratch plate. Rather than just replace the jack, I tore the whole thing apart, right down to nuts and bolts, and went to town on it.
I scrubbed all the hardware in the sink then left it sit in WD40 for about four days while I drilled out a new hole in the back for the electrics. I cut up a few cans of extra stout and used the metal to make a cover for the old routed hole, then gorilla taped the hard edges of the whole bass. Copper taped the entire thing inside, and made a double layered can panel to mount the jack and new electrics on the front.
He wanted as little options as possible so all it has is a killswitch on it. I replaced the old pickups since they were actually falling apart inside with the cheapest pair I could get shipped next day online (14 quid?)
The setup on it was horrendous before so I redid it all, filed out the nut, adjusted it, and got it a bit less terrible on the hands.
Enjoy this absolute horror. I think he found it in a shed before so I don't feel too bad making shit of it. Plays grand though, setup in AEAD.
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I love guitars beat to hell, but working flawlessly. Fair play for your work on this bass. What's the scope of your meddling, set ups only, or doing bigger jobs too, like building bodies, etc?
Cheers lads!
Quote from: Smythsonian on March 03, 2023, 10:39:53 PMWhat gauge strings did ya go with?
Should be 130, 100, 80, 65 (low 4 off an ernie ball 5 string set)
Quote from: warhead on March 04, 2023, 01:27:56 PMWhat's the scope of your meddling, set ups only, or doing bigger jobs too, like building bodies, etc?
I can do set ups, part swaps, some basic body work (I've no router so all hand drill) but no building from scratch. The main stuff I do anyway gear-related is pedal building so I wired up a few guitars as an extension to that.
Here's another of my own, reworked and re-done a while back. It was in bad need of a clean and setup, and was noisy as fuck, so I pulled the pickups out, cleaned and sanded down the body, oiled it to death, rewired it all (new pots, jack, switch). Put the pup out of a Chapman Baritone in it (found on adverts), set up for B Standard with 12-62s on it. Covered the front cavity since I wasn't using it, copper taped it all, new tuners and knobs, everything else just cleaned. Switch is for parallel/series operation on the pickup. It is oddly bright but I love it, it plays beautifully. Photos of the whole process sure:
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Well I'm absolutely delighted with the outcome before I even start pretending I can play it
Just pulled the trigger on the new Laney Ironheart Loudpedal..looks the business..fucking steal at 220 quid.. the stuff coming out these days is absolutely amazing in the guitar gear world
Any bass pedal recommendations? Thinking tubescreamer TS9B. Love the Bolt Thrower tone and trying to ape it as much as possible.
Quote from: hellfire on April 05, 2023, 05:19:05 PMAny bass pedal recommendations? Thinking tubescreamer TS9B. Love the Bolt Thrower tone and trying to ape it as much as possible.
I'm flogging a pedal (Richter) at the moment that's a heavily modded Fulltone Bassdrive clone, which itself is a little bit TS in its design but heavily changed. Good wide range of tones in it, I use it on my own board for baritone guitar, if you fancy seeing the details:
https://quilleffects.bigcartel.com/product/richter
https://youtu.be/9ACwz3ly_Mk (guitar demo)
https://youtu.be/o2RPgckM9tkPin (bass demo)
I think the Bolt Thrower Bass tone involved a HM2 too mind, looking it up before, after seeing Godflesh live and knowing that was all they had on bass I'd say you can't go wrong with one of those either. Vicious, heavy, snarling. If you didn't want a HM2 outright, Moose was doing bass-oriented versions, his HM23, a while back and might still have some available. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid06ow66L1m1bJSSvzbkhvu3LKP116SUrLY69Jwgz97gxBP7U6a4GExBiN8jxF9QUKhl&id=150000628367274 for some details, I can't find a demo at the moment.
Also Moose but more Rat-ish than HM2, I would recommend his Sledgehammer:
https://www.moosetwentythree.com/shop/sledgehammer
Having used a Battlehammer on bass a lot, this has more options and tweaks to suit bass even more, have heard nothing but good things on it.
Hope any of that helps.
It all helps a lot. Thanks lad. I'll check those.
The Sledgehammer is sold out. That Battle Hammer sounds great though. Slapping in an order later.
Quote from: hellfire on April 05, 2023, 08:42:42 PMThe Sledgehammer is sold out. That Battle Hammer sounds great though. Slapping in an order later.
Good move, let me know how you get on with it!
If you send Moose an email through the site, he might have some Sledgehammer's on the way too, if you'd still prefer it. But having used a Battlehammer for years here on guitar live and recorded bass, you can't fault it at all.
The Battle Hammer sounds good enough for what I want. Glad I asked on here, wasn't 100% on the Tubescreamer.
What's the moose pedal I'm using? If it's the battle hammer it's unreal
Quote from: astfgyl on April 08, 2023, 03:16:02 PMWhat's the moose pedal I'm using? If it's the battle hammer it's unreal
Yeah you have a Battle Hammer in the loop of an LS2. Right job
Yeah that's the one then. That and the Bacchus together are strong as a horse
Anyone here have a go on a Moose Turbo Lover ?? Looks the business.
What does it do?
Cool. Probably won't apply to my bass but good to know
Hey guys on the Turbo Lover it's basically a distortion pedal, Niall has been using at his main dirt for Wild Rocket the last with the Battlehammer now kept for the heavier stuff. Shauny Cads and Chris Fielding have got great use out of them for bass recording. Naoimi is loving her TL for bass in Empire State Bastard too.
I generally go between a Sledgehammer and Sundrive for bass drive/dirt as I stack different pedals a lot so prefer a bit less gain than the TL.
Feel free to drop me a message if yous have any questions about any of my stuff. Either on the socials or moose23 at gmail.com
Picked this up on reverb during the week. Arrived today. BC Rich ASM Pro.
It was refinished in a vintage cream colour.
Nice, have been tempted to scratch an old BC Rich itch myself too :laugh: