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10-04-2008, 02:08 PM
| | | | is a bass balls a bass balls a bass balls? if you know what i mean
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So I'm looking into purchasing a bass balls pedal but there are so any out there, which model would you say on the used market is best for the money and gives the classic sound??
thanks,
Alex
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10-04-2008, 02:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: York, UK | | | I've had a USA reissue and I've currently got the Nano. I actually think the bigger unit sounded better, but maybe I'm imagining things. |
10-04-2008, 02:36 PM
| | | | okay thanks for the input, so you like the usa reissue better
is that the black one with the blue font?
thanks, anyone else?
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10-04-2008, 03:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ankh-Morpork | | | nope, the US one is the brushed aluminum or whatever it is one with the red label. The black/blue version is the Russian one.
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10-04-2008, 04:07 PM
| | | | alright, what are the differences soundwise between the US and russian one?
and what's this "el nino" one i am hearing about? is that the same as the nano?
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10-04-2008, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by almix12  alright, what are the differences soundwise between the US and russian one?
and what's this "el nino" one i am hearing about? is that the same as the nano? | Can't help you there; i've only tried the US and Nano ones. Both sound pretty much alike to me.
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10-04-2008, 07:06 PM
| | | | alright thanks
so has anyone AB'd the russian vs the US?
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10-04-2008, 07:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: self banned from talkbass.... | | The Russian one can double as a brick if you are in a riot or a chock block if you are parking on a hill  |
10-04-2008, 07:31 PM
| | | | HAH thanks
but tonally nothing??? i've gotta sovtek big muff for the brick/chock block qualities and a vintage morley pwo wah
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10-04-2008, 07:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey | | | I'd say go with whatever you could find cheapest. The only real difference is between the US and the Russian versions, IMO.
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10-04-2008, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by almix12 HAH thanks
but tonally nothing??? | Not enough to mention, I know one member said they liked the distortion on the nano better then the Sovtek. I haven't tried the nano because I all ready have a Sovtek one and I don't use it live so I don't need a smaller one, and I got mine before they did the US reissue so..................... |
10-05-2008, 03:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Mudfuzz Not enough to mention, I know one member said they liked the distortion on the nano better then the Sovtek. I haven't tried the nano because I all ready have a Sovtek one and I don't use it live so I don't need a smaller one, and I got mine before they did the US reissue so..................... | right so i'm still a LITTLE confused.
Is there a tonal difference (lets say distortion aside for the sake of argument) between the Russian one and the USA one?
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10-05-2008, 01:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ankh-Morpork | | | I wouldn't be surprised if there is one-- but then again, I'm basing that on there historically being a tonal difference between the US and Russian versions, especially when it comes to things like Big Muffs.
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10-05-2008, 02:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: York, UK | | | Actually I've just realised that I use my Nano Bassballs in a totally different way to my old USA R/I, and in a different place in my chain, so that could account for my thinking that they sound different.
If I were you I'd get the Nano, it certainly doesn't sound bad, it's smaller, and of course it's got a boss-style power socket so there's no messing around with silly jack converters or battery clip converters. |
10-05-2008, 06:52 PM
| | | | the nanos seem to be generally more expensive, however
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10-06-2008, 06:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: self banned from talkbass.... | | | Eh.
Look, just get all three plus a 70's one and see which one you like the best, it is the only way to really answer your question. |
10-06-2008, 07:17 PM
| | | | now THAT sounds expensive
i'm amazed nobody has a sovtek and a usa reissue
i found a good deal on a sovtek so i might just go for that one
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10-06-2008, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by almix12 now THAT sounds expensive
i'm amazed nobody has a sovtek and a usa reissue | Maybe collectors do, but I don't know of any 'players' that have both. This likely means the sonic differences aren't worth having both. I doubt one sounds 'better' than another, it's just a matter of preference.
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10-06-2008, 08:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oakland, California, USA | | | From my limited experience with the USA Reissue and the Nano versions, they sound pretty much identical.
As far as "classic" sounds go, I don't see how you could go wrong with the Nano version. The Russian versions are usually farther from the originals anyway. It's usually due not to a different circuit, but a lower level of part and build quality.
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10-06-2008, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by almix12 i found a good deal on a sovtek so i might just go for that one | Go for it. Certainly none of the different Bassballs are famously bad-sounding, so if you can get one cheaper than the others you should just get that one. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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