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Old head from late 70's that's a clone of a Peavey Musician 400
It's essentially a clone of the Peavey Bass 400 from the same period, made in New York State. Plenty of volume, two differently voiced channels each with high and low inputs. Six band EQ, effects loop and slave out. Works perfectly and sounds great, nice and clean at reasonable volumes, classic vintage Peavey grind when cranked.
346
Great little tool. Very usefull and cheap.
I've been looking for a tool that helps me shape up my sound and better adjust to the acoustic qualities of certain rooms. Mainly to cut certains frequencies that sometimes mess my sound and take of some clarity to it. This is a simple pedal that allows to select a certain frequency and cut or boost it, and you can select the wide of the band that you're adjusting, the Q. It's perfect for that and it's super cheap for a full parametric pedal. You can also use it as a boost pedal for certain frequencies, like a mid boost or a treble boost. It's such a great tool.
346
A good solution for going direct in a live situation.
I got this pedal to use it as an ampless option for some gigs that don't justify to bring a full rig. And I have to say that it does a great job doing just that. I love the preamp section. Basically it's the VT bass unit, and it's more versatile than the Sansamp BDDI v.1 that I had a couple of years ago. You can get a lot of tones from it by using the character knob and then adjusting with the eq. And it has cab sim, which is great to play with other drive or fuzz pedals. The other features that I really like are the boost, that sounds great pre ou post, and the chorus that sounds really good to my ears. I also like the tuner, really fast tracking and can track lower than a B on a 5 strings. On the low side, you have the filter, octave, fuzz section. You can have a cool synth sound with them all on, but the filter doesn't cut well in a mix, the octave tracks really bad and the fuzz sounds awfull on its own. I've been struggling with the compressor as well, still haven't found the sweet spot, but I think that it will get there. I think that it does exactly what I expected it to do, which is to be a great ampless option that you can take in the gig bag with your bass and simplifies your work. Could have better effects options, but the other options available compensate for this.
346
Good octave, solid construction, great tracking, all in a small package and small price.
This pedal is based on the Boss OC-2 but in a much smaller size. I have to say that I was surprised by it because it sounds really good. The tracking is great, up to the low G in my E string. Almost no glitchness. If you max the volume on both the dry and the -1 octave there's no volume loss. And the octave soloed sounds great. Really subby, sine waved synthy tone. I never tried an OC-2 but this pedal sounds amazing on its own. And it's cheap and mini! The pedal feels solid, well made. The knobs don't fell cheap either. I'd favour a diferent footswitch, but since this pedal is a clone of the OC-2, I guess it stays true to the original Boss design. For it's price and quality it's a winner. Everyone should have one of these.
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346
It's an amazinga sounding P/J bass, really versatile and well built.
I've recently acquired a BB735A and I'm really loving the bass. Everything about it is spot on: the neck is amazing for my hands, I can play on it for hours and I don't get tired; I love the looks on this bass, specially the dark coffee sunburst that looks amazing and combines well with the black chromed hardware; the construction details are amazing, from the convertible bridge to the 6 screws neck joint, to the graphtech nut, everything is spot on; and the sound... man, this thing is punchy and articulate. Everything a bass should be. After playing with it at some gigs, I have to say that this is my perfect workhorse. It covers so many grounds... I read some reviews on this bass saying that the eq was the weakest part of this bass, but I'm really loving it so far. And what I really like about it is that it's more subtle than most eqs that I tryied, and in a good way IMHO. By that I say that the way that I like to set my eq is to make minor adjustments to the tone of the bass, concerning certain songs or to adjust to some of the band settings. And this eq does it in the right way. It doesn't boost drastically the frequencies in a way that's totally unusable, but it goes to where it needs to go, and the frequencies it adjusts are just right for these pickups. And the passive mode sounds so good as well. You can get all the classic tones with this bass in passive mode, and it doesn't loose that much volume compared to the active mode when all eq is flat. When I compare it with my BB1024X I agree to most reviews that I've read here. The BB1024X has a much more vintage sound, warmer, smoother and with more output compared with the passive mode on his younger brother. It sounds great with flats and I almost never change the switch from the front pickup. The BB735A has a brighter tone, more high mids to it, and I frequently have to cut a bit of highs, you can say that it has a more modern sound to it. But it sits so well in the mix. It sounds punchy and with more presence. And it covers so much tonal ground. The guy that I bought this from had set some Fodera rounds on it and they sound really good. Honestly, I could make a living with these two basses only. I have to say that Yamaha really did an amazing job with this bass. I don't know about the other models in the series, but this one is spot on. I believe that in construction quality and sound, this bass is way above its price range. I didn't get a single bad review while using it and everybody said that this was the best sounding bass that I brought to play.
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Great OD for bass, high voltage, versatile, two gain stages, good eq section. Sounds huge!
In my endless quest for the ultimate bass OD, I've found about this company through a thread in Talkbass.com. It's a small company based in Estonia, but there isn't a lot of info or demos available. Nevertheless, those who've got one speak well of it. Since I liked the concept of the high voltage functioning (32v) and it's at a great value, I decided to order one. When I got it in my hands, it felt quite sturdy and well built. It's about the same size of my TAFM but I would prefer that it had top jacks to be more board friendly. I tried it with my Tagima Jazz Bass modded with a J-retro preamp. And this thing sounds HUGE!!! It has two gain knobs that can be stacked as 2 gain stages. The gain 1 is the first stage and it's a higher gain structure that can get into distortion territory. The gain 2 is a lower gain and it adds upon the gain 1. You can use gain 1 with gain 2 fully cutted but you need to open a bit of gain 1 to use gain 2. Both sound awesome on their own but it's the way that both interact that make this pedal cover such a vast ground of drive territory, from low OD to full distortion. It has a fat and bright switch and let me tell you, this thing has so much low end in fat mode, but it is quite usable in high mode has well for more grindy distortion or a more cuttable drive. The eq is quite usable, but it's more subtle than other pedals. Nevertheless, it's all you need to make the drive suit your tonal needs. In both passive and active modes in my bass, this pedal sounded awesome. In passive, it sounded more open, less compressed, and I liked it with low OD using it as a preamp to fatten up the sound or giving more presence. In active mode, it sounded more compressed but in a good way, with more punch. I guess the higher headroom due to the higher voltage helps retain the gain structure with a hotter input signal. Overall, I'm really happy with my purchase. I got a really awesome and versatile pedal at a great price. For now, it's a keeper for sure.
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A great overdrive that sounds awesome on guitar and bass.
The Bizarre Engeneering is a portuguese company that produces high quality pedals. The Bizarre is an overdrive/distortion pedal that was built inicially for guitar but I really like how it sounds on bass also. It has an independent clean volume, a general volume and a gain, and also has an eq section that only afects the overdriven signal and leaves the clean untouched. It also has certain cool features, like top jacks, a connection for a remote switch and a footswitch that functions in latch or momentary (and is super quiet). I already knew the first version and I think it's one of the best overdrives that I've heard for guitar. But I was always curious about how it sounded with bass, specially this new version. Last friday, I went to a local shop that had this pedal for sale and I was fortunate that the guy that makes them was also there. I asked to try the pedal with the bass and choose a P-bass that was at the store. I setted al the knobs at noon and just turned it on. I sounded awesome, full and super gritty. It doesn't loose any low end but it ads a bit a mids that gives some bite to the tone and helps cutting through whaterver you need. It sounded great with the clean cutted, but I really liked how it sounded with the clean full up. The two signals blended perfectly, and it helped keep the definition and the low end. The eq is also super usefull and, although I only played a bit with it, it's not difficult to shape your sound with it. The bass helps to fatten up the sound, but does not get muddy, the mids brings more presence and definition to the drive, and the highs gives more clarity without thinning the sound too much. The drive sounds great also, really organic and not too much compressed, and it's really sensitive to the playing dynamics. I liked how it sounds with low gain and with higher gain settings, and It's a great sounding overdrive for bass.