vakhimochko

I have 25 scale bass for about 2 years now and I say it again: it has amazing unique sound and gorgeous look. Sound more like double bass rather then electric bass with steel strings. Maybe if you put labella black nylon strings on a fretless electric bass you can get more close to it, but it still be far from polymer rubber aquilla strings which goes on ukulele basses. Actually I was shocked when I first took ukulele bass in my hand on NNAM event in Moscow , cause it was just damn serious for it size. So when I found a 25 fretless version of it I ordered it and still have no days of regretting. Also I want to state that fretless version significantly increased my ears skills. I am not a professional musician and play just for fun, but I do recommend you try this one.

I am not a pedal guru, no no. But sometimes I am just in a right place in a right time. That was happening when I bought this one just couse it has the most knobs rather than the other pedals in shop. It is my experience, I have no other fuzz/distortion gear, I am a bassist after all)) Most often I use that pedal with Gibson sgj 120th anniversary and Grado sp500e headphones. The sound that I have is ... well sometimes it the best, sometime the worst, it depends on the moods after all. I won’t talk about my sound. I want to emphasize that this small pedal along with guitar knobs gives me the variability of possible tones that I couldn’t think of. First “magic” knob for me was “boost” knob. I really don’t want to use some kind of advertising phrases, but turning that switch on just simply reorganize the effect of all others knobs. It just give you very noticeable illusion of having two pedals in one box. Believe this or not. I believe. Also it is not a binal boost switch, you can rotate this knob and get different outcome result. Second mind strike for me was the fact that the pedal doesn’t have “master level” knob. The “level” knob is olso change the character of output sound. Maybe it wasn’t clear for me at first and at second but now I use another bypass pedal just to adjust the final signal. Furthermore I want to add that the pair of two middle frequencies related knobs can do the trick. And it do it for me. Also if you as me think that high gain hardcore related music is a music of flageolet/harmonics finger-technics you should pay strongest attention to the pair of “presence” and “resonance” knobs. So it is a great pedal for me, but also a kind of ...well, some personal related stuff, a real challenge in understanding of things, couse after all when I just want to relax I used to play on manufactured suggestion sample settings from included brochure. I still don’t have complet knowingness of what positions I should finally use when I start turning all knobs here and there. But I do know now that when I get a “dumb stupid hum” sound I just maybe need to slightly or radically adjust one of the knobs to get it right and to be rewarded with pretty that sound from that particular hardcore song. I had that pedal for about 4 years and don’t think of changing it or getting something more. Maybe new guitar or speakers, but this is another story))