5stringwonder
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jbarker : the 442 Red is a bit too subtle for my liking. prefer a more dynamic filter. may eventually sell it for a manual wah or another filter pedal.
The Bassist's Effects Line Up
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Santa
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yeah. i had a byoc clone of the 442, i found that its a bit cmi for bass as the response was very subtle. most of the effect could only be felt when the thing was maxed or close to max, and that usually added distortion to the sound.
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/archive/index.php/t-240729.html
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/archive/index.php/t-240729.html
TidesOfBlood
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ok finally had the bother to take a picture of my set up while in operation, and not in an utter mess.
tonebone (tuner to tuner output) -> distortion -> chorus -> bassballs -> compressor
tonebone (tuner to tuner output) -> distortion -> chorus -> bassballs -> compressor
kerplunk182
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Was that when you were trying to get feedback to annoy the neighbours? Lol.
TidesOfBlood
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hehe this was taken the day after. still can't get no real feedback though =/
lordie
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;p wang wang is crunchy
shinobi
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did it need a mod for bass? i was looking at the byoc 440 clone, and according to talkbass discussions, it need a bass mod in order to be useable for bass, otherwise the filter would not pick up the bass frequencies
bassballs!
good!I normally use the mode without distortion and that knob really high setting like at 3 o'clock. Perhaps I use fingers, so i need high setting to have a better attack to trigger it.
Sounds very different from other auto-wahs and auto-resonance.
Anyways, I found a good use for the distortion mode.... I use that mode to play long 4 beat notes on the lower E and A strings, sustain out to make a demon / beast type of sound during parts of the song, and it works well!!!
TidesOfBlood
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NOTHING BEATS THE BASSBALLS I TELL YOU! NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING
(so that the text up there appears in all caps)
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for bassballs, try b4 you buy... it has a characteristic sound which is not like other filters/followers. you may like it or you may not... so best try b4 u buy
it was a pop song that got me interested in envelope stuff.... i got my zoom b2.1u to test out what the general sound will sound like, then i researched, the good one that fits my budget was didigtech bass synth wah, so i got that... pretty good env, synth, "YA!" sound and also pretty good octave all in 1 pedal.
I never intended to buy the bassballs, just that i happen to have the oppurtunity to try one out... and i like the sound!
so ya.. try it for yourself first... and bassballs, not so hard to find a shop to try out.... it's sold at many places.
BTW i tried the EHX Dr. Q as well.... i don't like it... even with the bass setting (whout the bass setting switch on, there's no sound at all, coz all the bass freqs get filtered out), i can't get it to trigger and get funkys... but the bassballs, it reacts pretty good!
shinobi
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haha i told myself i never needed wah or filters until my band decided to do this disco song... and i decided to do a slap line on it. thought that a filter would be the icing on the cake. so there you have it, gas for a pedal over 1 song
yeah i was told that the bassballs is not an ordinary filter pedal... otherwise the dr Q's would be useless (though i read that they suck on bass)
anyway the 'fixed wah' on the new byoc 440 would be useful for me, because i think it would be useful after a fuzz, to help me get a synth like colouration. i can do the same thing with my SEM (check my sig), but i think a wah would sound alot better than a flange (to me)
i'm ringing the changes on my board
el grande --> arger capricorn
boss LS-2 --> barge vb-jr
multicomp --> barge rc-3
out: ehx SEM
in: byoc 440, a chorus (probably the new modtone aqua chorus)
i tried the modtone aqua chorus at davis, sound more or less like a small clone clone to me, made in china so it's probably cheaper. maybe it lacked the range of depth and rate of the ehx, or maybe it was just the shitty amp and bass i was using it with
yeah i was told that the bassballs is not an ordinary filter pedal... otherwise the dr Q's would be useless (though i read that they suck on bass)
anyway the 'fixed wah' on the new byoc 440 would be useful for me, because i think it would be useful after a fuzz, to help me get a synth like colouration. i can do the same thing with my SEM (check my sig), but i think a wah would sound alot better than a flange (to me)
i'm ringing the changes on my board
el grande --> arger capricorn
boss LS-2 --> barge vb-jr
multicomp --> barge rc-3
out: ehx SEM
in: byoc 440, a chorus (probably the new modtone aqua chorus)
i tried the modtone aqua chorus at davis, sound more or less like a small clone clone to me, made in china so it's probably cheaper. maybe it lacked the range of depth and rate of the ehx, or maybe it was just the shitty amp and bass i was using it with
frenchtoast
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Shinobi why you getting rid of the multicomp? Funny thing is, yesterday i was looking at the vb-jr and rc-3 too! hahaha
5stringwonder
Member
was looking at the rc-3 for the longest time. heard good things about it. unfortunately, getting a bit distracted by the bright yellow of the Diamond Compressor..
5stringwonder
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sorry man, can't help it. been spending way too much time on Talkbass.
rottenramone
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talkbass is addictive. but i resist. maybe for the assmaster, but that's not the top of my priority list right now.
5stringwonder
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yes it is. but there's a lot more information to be gotten there than on local forums.
