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Quote:Great, now I’m having Soul Preacher G.A.S. I’d been eyeing them for a long time, but I ended up finding a great deal on a White Finger in its original wooden box, so I jumped on that instead. I don’t regret it, but now I want both
Speaking of Soul Preachers, I have a Deluxe Big Muff Pi (blend switch version), which has a Soul Preacher built into the circuit. The compression used in isolation (without the fuzz) doesn’t do a very good job of compressing the attack. The compression kicks in just after the attack, and it’s pretty noticeable in an unpleasant way.
Does anyone know the Dlx BMP well enough to know if it’s supposed to be that way, or if there’s a way to adjust it?
you don’t need a white finger, black finger and BM deluxe W/SP and soul preacher!!!!
….but….does the BMD have a attack knob/switch or whatever?
Great, now I’m having Soul Preacher G.A.S. I’d been eyeing them for a long time, but I ended up finding a great deal on a White Finger in its original wooden box, so I jumped on that instead. I don’t regret it, but now I want both
Speaking of Soul Preachers, I have a Deluxe Big Muff Pi (blend switch version), which has a Soul Preacher built into the circuit. The compression used in isolation (without the fuzz) doesn’t do a very good job of compressing the attack. The compression kicks in just after the attack, and it’s pretty noticeable in an unpleasant way.
Does anyone know the Dlx BMP well enough to know if it’s supposed to be that way, or if there’s a way to adjust it?
Quote:Quote:here’s my ‘under construction’ pic. (a mess of wires and pedals at the mo!!)It will have my wiggler on it and an XO graphic fuzz and Big Muff/TW before the end of the month hopefully…I’ll have my whammy and wah off board and maybe the tuner if there isn’t room for it.
Looking good there, mate. Now that I see the Punkifier in context to the rest of the board, it does stand out quite a bit. Still, it always freaks me out to see people rehouse vintage pedals 😥 But I agree, somehow it seems out of place visually.
yeah, I know what you mean…ideally I’ll pick up another to rehouse….or get someone to clone it (I have a schematic)
I dunno…..there might not be room for it anyway, we’ll see down the line….I’d like it to look like this.
and with knobs etc..
here’s my ‘under construction’ pic. (a mess of wires and pedals at the mo!!)
It will have my wiggler on it and an XO graphic fuzz and Big Muff/TW before the end of the month hopefully…I’ll have my whammy and wah off board and maybe the tuner if there isn’t room for it.
Quote:EHX pre-1983:
Crying Tone Wah (3006A)
Deluxe Big Muff Pi
Deluxe Electric Mistress (w/ green on black graphics)
Deluxe Memory Man, ’78 blue 4-knob (Howard Davis delay time mod)
Deluxe Memory Man, ’78? blue 5-knob
Electric Mistress (18v)
Electric Mistress (9v)
HotFoot
Instant Replay w/ Trigger Pad
Little Muff Pi
LPB-2
Mini Mixer
PolyPhase (Howard Davis LFO rate mod)
PolyFlange
Small Stone v.1
Small Stone v.3
Switchblade x2
Volume Pedal
Zipper
10 Band Graphic Equalizer (black)
10 Band Graphic Equalizer (silver)EHX: post-1983
16 Second Digital Delay with Foot Controller
Big Muff Pi, NYC RI (stock)
Big Muff Pi, NYC RI (RonSound Classic Hairpie mod)
Blackfinger (tube)
Deluxe Memory Man (built in power, Howard Davis delay time mod)
Flanger Hoax X 2
Germanium O.D.
HOG
Holy Grail
Holiest Grail
Hot Tubes (PureTube version)
Micro Synthesizer
Octave Multiplexer
Pulsar
Q-Tron +
Stereo PolyChorus
Stereo Memory Man w/ Hazarai
Tube EQ
Tube Zipper
Wiggler
WormBOSS:
PS-3 Pitch-shifter/delay
PN-2 Tremelo/pan
GE-7 Graphic EQ
LS-2 Line Selector
TU-2 TunerMisc:
Digitech Synth Wah
Digitech XP-1000
DOD FX80B Comp/Sust
Dunlop GCB-95 Crybaby
M-Audio EX P (x2)
Labyrinth (DIY)
Roland RE-101 Space Echo
ZVex Fuzz Factory (gold sparkle)
ZVex Lofi Loop JunkySlacker
Here’s a soundclip I posted using 3 different EHX distortions: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6820524
Deluxe Big Muff Pi, Reissue Hot Tubes, Germanium OD
There are only 2 different riffs, each played 3 times.
Can you guess which distortion was used with which riff?
Riff 1a
Riff 1b
Riff 1c
Riff 2a
Riff 2b
Riff 2cOk, as promised, I managed to find the camera (hidden in the strange compartment at the top of a chest of draws with a door that opens from the bottom that i used to call the “cakey” when i was a kid).
Some mysterious stuff there. I tried to get my amp in the pic as much as possible without showing up how much of a mess of boxes and cables there is next to it – and excuse the random jar of small change – that is my dad’s, i don’t know what its doing there really.
For the sake of any questions – the squiffy little guitar is a hofner shorty that i bought on tuesday. Its actually lovely to play and sounds pretty good too. Simply put in the photo because it was small enough to fit.
Then the pedals: The wah is first in the chain – its a vintage JEN “mister crybaby super” that i managed to get for £15. The 2 silver pedals are a Marshall JH-1 OD/Distortion and ED-1 Compressor. The vox is just a channel/reverb switch for my amp. That odd colourful pedal is a Danelectro Talkbox, it does the job, although i wish i’d got something a little better. The orange pedal is a Boss DS-2, which is very underrated IMO. The next 3 need no introduction – EHX Big Muff and small stone, and a small clone in the FX loop. Also in the FX loop is that bashed up danelectro delay pedal which cost me £2. All these are powered by a godlyke PA-9UK or a SoundLab Pedal Power 450.
The amp is a laney VC30. I run all my distortions into a very slightly overdriven amp all the time – it just thickens up the sound and smooths off the harshness that comes from the transistors and diodes.
Long post, but i love discussing gear a bit too much
Here’s one of my reviews, copied from the Talkbass effects forum.
Here’s the second of my reviews. This time we’ll discuss the Deluxe Electric Mistress.
Size This pedal is old large style. Same as the old Micro Synths, Old Frequency Analyzer, Memory Man, etc
Power: I have a mid-90s unit that has an attached power cord. I believe the newer versions have an adapter, but I cannot confirm that.
Bypass and Tone Suck It is not true bypass. It has a slight loss of low end when engaged. It adds a small bit of noise when the color knob is increased as well as going into Filter Matrix Mode. The newer models are now true bypass.
LED: No LED. You have no way of knowing it’s on unless you’re paying attention to the sound.
Controls 3 knobs, 1 switch. The knobs are: Color, Range and Rate. The switch is for Filter Matrix
The Color knob adds a sort of trebly sound and makes the high end stand out a bit more. I’m not actually sure of what it does technically.
The Range knob allows you to set the lower limit of the sweep.
The Rate knob controls how fast the sweep is.
Sound: The effect is very subtle through my practice amp here at the dorm. Through my GK rig it is more pronounced. It seems to respond best when my pickups are fully open. I’ve recorded 3 samples on my sound click page which you can find here
The Flanger clip is a sort of Tool-esque riff/ripoff in D minor. Its played with a pick and gives you an idea for the extent of the flange. I had to remove some noise from this track. For some reason, the pedal was incredibly noisy when plugged into my sound card.
The Filter Matrix clips shows off the metallic sounds possible in filter matrix. Then I play some chords and manually sweep using the depth knob. The Filter Matrix mode takes out the rate control.
The 3rd clip is Flanger+Big Muff for some EVH style sort of sound. I really had no idea what to play, so take it with a grain of salt. You can hear a lot of the noise from the pedal in this clip. This noise actually does not come out of the amp whenever I’m playing. I’m not sure why it was there. My dorm room does however pick up a lot of radio interference.
My Opinion: It’s a very subtle flanger that does the “jetplane swoosh” if you play with hard dynamics at a higher volume. Without your pickups on full and playing moderately loud, I think the effect is kind of lost. It can also do near-chorus sounds which is pretty cool. The noise is tolerable, when you do hear it. Filter Matrix mode is great for ambient noise fests. You can ever make the metallic overtone out of tune with the fundamental you’re playing.
One again, I’m open to any questions or criticisms. Hope this helps.
Topic: Bass Blogger Review
This is taken from my initial review from Talkbass’s effects forum. This was written before I had a chance to run the blogger through my rig, and now I no longer have the blogger. I’ll put my impressions on sound at the bottom.
So, I go to check the mail today and in the package compartment is a feisty little box, hopping all around. I figured this had to be the Bass Blogger.
When I brought it inside and opened the box, the Blogger leaped out of the box and began searching for a keyboard to blog at.
Unfortunately the first one it found happened to be the keyboard of a 1970s Baldwin Fun Machine. The blogger was confused to say the least.
I calmly collected the confused Blogger and led it to my computer, where it immediately sat down and began blogging.
Eventually, tired out from blogging, the Blogger passed out and allowed me to start writing this thread.
So, I haven’t actually had the chance to hear the blogger yet. I have rehearsal later tonight and I’ll do it there.
I’ll add in a real review when I get a chance, but here are my initial impressions.
Appearance The Blogger looks pretty cool. Its the same size, shape, etc as all the other XO pedals.
Controls: The Blogger has 3 knobs, and 1 switch. The knobs are Volume, Tone, and Drive. The switch changes from Fuzz and Drive. According to the EHX manual the knobs have the following functions:
Drive Knob: In both Drive and Fuzz modes, turning the drive knob clockwise will increase the amount of distortion or fuzz
Tone Knob: The tone knob rotates from left to right. As the knob is rotated the filter changes from dark to bright through a linear frequency range.This tone knob was designed to react with certain frequencies that are geared for bass and made to apply to both the fuzz and drive designs
Volume Knob: In the fuzz mode, this is a master volume control after the gain stages. In the drive mode, the volume is inactive and remains at unity gain for optimal performance.
The blogger has wet and dry outputs and mono input.
One possible problem: The pedal itself is labeled above the power jack with “Do not use daisy-chained power”. The manual also suggests to not use the Blogger with anything but the battery, or with a dedicated power supply. Typical 9V center negative 200ma stuff.
I may try daisy chaining just to see if it really works, but I am scared of possibly blowing my brand new pedal. I may just run on battery for tonight.
I’ll try and make some clips as soon as I can, as well as actually hear the pedal. I have no cables and no amp at my house, so I’ve just been sitting here looking at it. It’s been fun to look at at least.
So, I’ve rehearsed and gigged with the Blogger now. At first I was a little underwhelmed with it. When I was practicing around before rehearsal started, it seemed to lack any and all balls. However, once you get the amp volume up, the balls were very pronounced.The Fuzz circuit seems to be the Muff circuit, since I was able to dial in the exact same tones on the Blogger and my Muff. The OD has a nice edge, but I think I may not be too big a fan of OD since my favorite setting is having the drive and tone cranked. The Tone knob really changes this pedal’s sound, the filter it goes through is huge, so you can get a lot of different OD sounds.
It sounds great as an OD, preferably at high volumes
I also found, you cannot daisy chain the pedal. If you put it on a daisy chain, it will not power on.
If you want to hear the fuzz side of the blogger, you can check out my band’s myspace (linked in my sig). I turn on the blogger near the end of the track “Not so Distant Future”
