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So, bear with me and my monstrosity.

I'd like to get some feedback on an effect, I have a "domain switch" an ON OFF ON, DPDT.

Switch up, low pass filter on the neck, high pass on the bridge,

Switch In the middle both pickup signals are passed through unaltered to the volume,

Switch down, high pass filter on the neck, low pass on the bridge,

Currently the point both filters happen at are hard wired in, future versions might have a pot to adjust this point, im also thinking of adding band pass and band stop as an option.

Does anyone have experience with this? Or find it interesting?

From the little I've tested it you can make either pickup quite twangy and very slap friendly, and also make them very hollow.

Theres a dual gang blend pot to blend between pickups and both, like a normal jazz bass, and a boost which it rather wild.

(Apologies for the soldering job)

I have a few pedals which I don’t use on my main pedalboard, with 11 pedals.

I wanted something simple and quick to just grab, plug and start studying. For me, a looper with a drum-machine is fundamental for that, since it works like a glorified metronome and it’s just so useful to practise over different harmonies, rhythms, all that jazz.

I could have gone a totally different route, but I think I chose what I found “safest”, most straightforward and (in a good way) generic.

Will use it later on today, but since I know these pedals well, I know what it will sound like.

One of these toggles are broken on this Julianna my friend just gave me. Does anyone know what specific type of toggle it is so I can fix it?

Hi there,

I’m making a board for my bassist since he’s not into pedals and I’m too much into it.

Thoses pedals are actually pedals I got for a cheap price, so it’s not necessarily the best one in their category. Most of them are here because I got them on a pack of pedals and decided to keep them for him instead of selling them.

I might add a LMB-3 soon (maybe instead of the steel Leather ?)

Any advice would be welcome, especially about what is specific with a bass.

Thanks !

Matches the floor.

Belongs to Brian from The Thinking Fellers Local 282. He toured the country with it in the late 80's and 90's. But said it looked similar when he picked it up at a pawn shop.

Just bought a used Big Foot Engineering "Trouble Booster" Uno for the equivalent of about USD $60.

This is passive / non powered. Meaning it does not take any batteries, and it does not take power from any pedal power supply.

Its just a transformer and some other little components. It requires at least a buffered pedal to go before it.

In my case, i put an MXR Clean Boost in front it giving about +3db to +4db.

This goes into my Analogman TS9 Silver, and then a DS1, and finally an IR2 running a clean patch.

WOW. It adds some "sauce" into the signal. Seems to push the TS9 and DS1 that little bit more, in the sweet frequencies.

Very pleasant sounding to my ears.

I cant wait to try it at the next band practice. I think this is going to cut through the mix very nicely and pleasantly for solos.

The only bummer is that you cant visually tell if its switched on or off. Theres no LED, and even if i wanted to drill a hole and put an LED in there, i would need to wire up one or more resistors to manage battery power or 9v dc power. I dont think its worth the trouble.

Right now the only way to tell is with my ears. Step on the footswitch once, listen to it, then step again. Its obvious when its on. Theres no other way.

Edit: It sounds nice for clean tones too !! I just bump the mxr boost to +12db (12 oclock position), the treble boost at +12db, and a CS3 with heavy compression, into an IR2 clean patch.

WOAH i cant stop playing the Sultans Of Swing middle solo.

I considered many options in my search to prevent dust buildup.. Ending up discovering that the stretchy keyboard dust covers are PERFECT. They come in many sizes for synths so you should be able to find one to fit your board, and pet hair doesn’t stick to them. I use the 61-Key 38” x 15” x 6” cover from Quality Music Gear to cover my full creation 32 board. The one pictured has been in use for a few months and I have cats

Slo and phase 95 are new to me
Joined a cover band so it was a great excuse to get to the new pedals 😈

This is the MXR Blue Box, which is most notable for being useless and gimmicky. But I just think this thing is crazy, and I love it. I've seen the Blue Box get a lot of dislike for being uncontrollable but I think that really just shows a lack of creativity and how a lot of people in pedal forums mostly just want to replicate old sounds instead of experimenting.

I think the appeal of the Blue Box is that it's unpredictable and quite literally untamable, hence it's love by more alternative noise rock musicians like Rowland S Howard (listen: "Dim Locator" by The Birthday Party, and Sleep Alone by RSH) or Sonic Youth, plus others.

Oftentimes, many are already turned off by the Blue Box before they even think to pair it with other pedal types to make some really cool sounds. Stacking with a really bright overdrive or distortion after it helps boost the volume drop and helps with the octave tracking. It creates an aggressively gnarly sound for angular leads. Putting a shimmer reverb or other weird reverb types and delays after the Blue Box can be really interesting in shoegaze and drone styles and adds some interesting textures to the sound, blending between the octave / fuzz mix knob during playing.

Not to mention she's a beast for playing bass in heavy bands.

I'm convinced the my Blue Box will never leave my board and I'll always find a fun way to play it and have fun.

Figuring this out bit by bit

Finally got an Origin Effects Deluxe 55, after lusting after them for nearly 3 years since they launched. It arrived yesterday, and of course the first thing I did (upon plugging it into the effects return of my Peavey Studio Pro 112 w/ upgraded Jensen Mod 12/70 speaker) was to crank the drive and bash out some classic Neil Young riffs. Unsurprisingly it nailed that tone, though I was surprised that I favored the post EQ on the Marshall amp setting for those high gain sounds, even running straight into the power amp.

But then I flicked off the post EQ, pulled back the gain, and tried to see how clean it could get. Very clean, just a touch of breakup in the bass strings when I dug in on the bridge pickup, but overall still quite clean. But the versatility to go from clean to fuzz wasn’t the most amazing thing.

The cleans were harmonically rich, complex in the midrange, and beautiful in a way that most other clean tones just aren’t, as clear and buttery and lovely as Blackface style cleans for instance are. These cleans instead were burnished, brimming with a midrange liveliness, clear without being harsh, and still full and resonant in the bass. The neck pickup sounded woody and clear, the bridge brash but warm. Everything also felt great under the fingers, just a little sag and give but still highly reactive and responsive.

These cleans were inspiring. I found myself really getting lost in playing and even felt more creative than usual, reaching for arpeggios and chordal voicings I usually would never think of. Truly addictive to play. And after playing with just a clean tone for the better part of an hour, I realized I actually felt truly inspired by a barebones tone; no delay, no reverb, no breakup, nothing but honest and straightforward guitar sound. And it was magical. I’m not kidding when I say I was on the edge of tears, it sounded so beautiful in the room.

Not sure just how well this iphone video will translate the true magnificence of the clean tone, but I hope at least the harmonic nature of the midrange is apparent here.

Origin Effects, you guys have performed magic. This is my favorite dirt pedal of all time.

​​ Tried to do some research on this, I remember going back and forth with a gentleman, Jonathan in England, haven't been able to find anything else about his current status or anything else about this particular pedal which I believe was a riff on the harmonic percolator of Albini fame, hence the graphics... it's a particularly nasty piece of work doesn't match exactly most harmonic percolator clones in fact it has a lower frequency switch that creates quite a volume boost anybody out there want to talk about it or let me know anything about that company Feel Free... I used to have a Tyrant pedal from the same guy, single knob fuzz which was great, but since I also have a creepy fingers fuzzbud which is sort of the ultimate one knob fuzz for me, I ended up passing the Tyrant on... just throwing this out there kind of curious hope the guys okay who made these great graphics by the way

Anybody have one of these? I'm interested in buying one and looking for opinions. Five or Six hundred Canadian is a bit of an investment so looking for some honest opinions.

Thanks!

Look at this lineup: https://www.sweetwater.com/dunlop-xp/series