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TmcB wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:34 pm

foal30 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 9:24 pm Shiftline Olympic on TM

My old one

Have you fired up the Beta OD?

I have!

Very warm drive, and a good preamp “Louder” option when switched to that

Unsure if it’s the one for me but I felt pretty happy about it

foal30 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 10:26 pm

synchromesh wrote: ↑Thu May 19, 2022 3:40 pm I've just bought an EBS Billy Sheehan Signature Drive Deluxe pedal from a guy on German eBay. [...]

How did you get on or still waiting?

Still waiting - turns out Deutsche Post -> DHL -> NZ Post means "DHL flies it to the 'Middle East' and then puts it on a boat" so it could take 50+ days to get here. I should've known that €10 worldwide shipping was too good to be true...

Good luck

Wait times can be super frustrating

I think I need a bass equalizer pedal

My educated guess is the signal from the bass to the amp will benefit, but can someone explain in more detail?

Also, which one are the good ones?

EQ is tone improvement

Bass to Amp May be a Boost or Pre Amp

Toany has major experience with various Bass Pre-Amps

I’ve used the old Boss Brown Bass PQ-3B pedal for decades , a Parametric EQ can be handy in a live situation

Pre-Amp with my Passive Basses, Sadowsky BP1 is the go.

crowbgood1 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 7:27 am I think I need a bass equalizer pedal

My educated guess is the signal from the bass to the amp will benefit, but can someone explain in more detail?

Also, which one are the good ones?

Always a good idea. You can go a long way down the rabbit hole here.

Cheap: Joyo American Sound $60ish
Kinda cheap: Ampeg classic analog $200ish new, Tech 21 VT Bass
Mid price: Aguilar Tone Hammer $300ish
Pricey: Shiftline Olympic, Darkglass pedals $500ish
Very: HX Stomp, Noble preamp $1000ish

They’re all adding a bit of grit or tubiness. The higher you go the more entire amp in a box you go.

Personally I have a Tonehammer, a Darkglass X Ultra, and a Line 6 Helix (big brother to HX Stomp)

I would grab and American sound first and see if that’s the ticket

A good Compressor definitely helps too in my opinion.

Also it may be an idea to decide if you want the pedal to do 4 things ok or 1 thing world class.

NBPD!

Cheers Toany

Solid Gold FX Overdrive Beta Germanium

https://www.diamondpedals.com/

Well you know

So I want to put 12 pedals on the board now

A major roadblock is positioning of the power input.
6x North
2x NE
1x EN
1x E
2x WS

A uniform approach to this would (in my instance at least) be more useful. Input/Output being top or side might be beneficial as well

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS yes....

foal30 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 7:44 am EQ is tone improvement

Bass to Amp May be a Boost or Pre Amp

Toany has major experience with various Bass Pre-Amps

I’ve used the old Boss Brown Bass PQ-3B pedal for decades , a Parametric EQ can be handy in a live situation

Pre-Amp with my Passive Basses, Sadowsky BP1 is the go.

Yes, but I was meaning tone improvement to the signal from the instrument to the amp. The amp has tone knobs as well (though only two on my Bassman 50).
I have a Sansamp YYZ that does pre-amp and equalizing and a MXR M87 compressor coming, so maybe that combination will be all I need, ever!

crowbgood1 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:46 am

foal30 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 7:44 am EQ is tone improvement

Bass to Amp May be a Boost or Pre Amp

Toany has major experience with various Bass Pre-Amps

I’ve used the old Boss Brown Bass PQ-3B pedal for decades , a Parametric EQ can be handy in a live situation

Pre-Amp with my Passive Basses, Sadowsky BP1 is the go.

Yes, but I was meaning tone improvement to the signal from the instrument to the amp. The amp has tone knobs as well (though only two on my Bassman 50).
I have a Sansamp YYZ that does pre-amp and equalizing and a MXR M87 compressor coming, so maybe that combination will be all I need, ever!

A good EQ option and a Great Compressor definitely make life better.

I used to record a bit using a Jansen 50
1x15” Ashdown ABM microphone plus DI

Precision - Flats - Diamond BCP1

IIRC you can patch over the front of the Jansen to give more EQ options (?)

crowbgood1 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:46 am

foal30 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 7:44 am EQ is tone improvement

Bass to Amp May be a Boost or Pre Amp

Toany has major experience with various Bass Pre-Amps

I’ve used the old Boss Brown Bass PQ-3B pedal for decades , a Parametric EQ can be handy in a live situation

Pre-Amp with my Passive Basses, Sadowsky BP1 is the go.

Yes, but I was meaning tone improvement to the signal from the instrument to the amp. The amp has tone knobs as well (though only two on my Bassman 50).
I have a Sansamp YYZ that does pre-amp and equalizing and a MXR M87 compressor coming, so maybe that combination will be all I need, ever!

Oh yeah, YYZ is all you need - same preamp vibe. I really liked my one. MXR bass comp is great too - very fast attack if that’s your thing

Combo sounds very good.