silvercult's Reviews

Not fantastic

I will begin with a little disclaimer:

I do not like 6 string basses. They make my wrist hurt like hell and I do think that the top C string is unnecessary in almost all circumstances - go for a 5 string.

Now, that aside, I am not a huge fan of this bass. The construction is reasonably good (although the treble pot on mine has broken), and for the most part, the hardware seems reasonably high quality. The issue comes when you plug it in. The bass, to put it plainly, sounds rather cheap. There are numerous settings you can toggle to create a sound you like - however the problem arises when none of those sounds are that good. They either sound muffled and boomy or too thin.

I hold on to it as in all fairness it is one of the better 6 string basses for the price (a little under £350) and who knows? That top C string may come in handy one day or another. However, for any potential purchasers, I would recommend either spending a little more money on a better 6 string alternative, or perhaps just get a 5 string instead.

Thanks for your time.

Warm

This is a fantastic pedal. My one complaint with it is that due to its 22v power supply, it cannot run on batteries. That aside, no complaints.

Does the job

Absolutely fine for what it is designed for. Wonderfully cheap as well. I tried the Boss Tremolo alternative and this was just as effective.

Good

I use this microphone for recording guitar amps as well as recording acoustic guitar. It provides a very clean sound that is very pure. I would definitely recommend.

Sounds a little unauthentic

This pedal does the job in a live circumstance, although I have found that it sometimes (with particularly high or low notes) sounds rather un-authentic and sounds too synthesised for my liking.

A good start

This is a great pedal for trying out sounds and finding your voice as a bassist. Having owned one for a couple of years now though, I am finding I have the urge to move on to individual pedals that can give me a higher level of the same sounds, for example the modulation effects. They do the job, but they reduce the original tone of the bass very badly. In fact, I have found that all of the effects that this provides sound less good than individual pedals, as they seem to tamper with the bass tone to an unpleasant level.

Not glamorous, but oh so useful.

This pedal does the job that it intends to flawlessly. It is very very “malleable”, meaning that you can truly get whatever sort of compression you want from it. I am very impressed.

Controversial opinion

I don’t think it’s all that good. I may just have a faulty unit, but my muff hisses like god knows what. I would personally not recommend, and would instead suggest either the bass big muff deluxe, or the Russian big muff.

Does the job

Can’t really ask for more from a noise suppressor. It suppresses noise.

Not exactly subtle

Excellent for its purpose - a slightly trashy metal-in-a-box pedal. I have actually found that this is really good on bass as well, adding a clear distortion.

Awesome

Awesome on guitar or bass. Really really programmable to create whatever sort of fuzz you want, from a harsh (intentionally) thin sound, to a warm crunchy more mellow classic sound.

Nice nice nice

I like this guitar very much. For cleans it sounds whimsical and for that classic soft grunt sound, it is great for the price. Tuning stability is a bit hit and miss though, and it can sound boxy. Weirdly sounds good with heavy distortion too.

My favourite pedal. Ever.

As the title would suggest, this is without a doubt my favourite pedal. It’s just a shame that it is such a niche sound and therefore I cannot really use it anywhere near as much as I would like to.

Good but not perfect.

This is a good head, without a doubt. It’s very versatile and oh so loud. The difficulty comes when you try to get a specific sound you are searching for - sometimes it just turns out sounding mushy and dull.

Excellent

Really brilliant for all styles I’ve tried on it.