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02-06-2011, 07:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: PL | | | Crowther Audio Hot Cake
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All right, I don't have any clips, not even photos of my personal unit.
Just wanted to say that Hot Cake is the best overdrive on bass I've ever had - it's pretty dark but natural sounding OD, can also be used as clean boost with drive control all the way down.
I really wonder why it isn't more popular here.
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02-06-2011, 08:21 AM
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has too much gas | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: auckland, new zealand/malaysia | | its amazing  |
02-06-2011, 09:14 AM
| | | | I'm also a big Hot Cake fan myself.
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02-06-2011, 11:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | i've been thinking bout buying one.....its one of the few i haven't owned/tried. is it possible to compare it to another od pedal in terms of similarities? how is the low end retention. any roll off of highs? |
02-06-2011, 12:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: PL | | Current production Hot Cake has internal trimpot for guitar/bass mode, so there is no low end loss. It's pretty fat and dark sounding OD, so you won't get that trebly bite some guys are after. I used Hot Cake today in the band and it cut through mix with no problems
I should also add that I'm not fan of bass ODs in general  |
02-06-2011, 01:21 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London, England | | | Kris, you get the Bluesberry/softedge internal switch too?
I loved the HC - i used to boost the presence alot and have it just on the vere of breakup.
For some reason it reminded me of fender amps ie the Bassman.
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02-06-2011, 01:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | i think i might have to pull the trigger on one. ive been dragging my feet for a year or so. |
02-06-2011, 02:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: PL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by DosiYanarchy Kris, you get the Bluesberry/softedge internal switch too?
I loved the HC - i used to boost the presence alot and have it just on the vere of breakup.
For some reason it reminded me of fender amps ie the Bassman. | Yep, that would be the one.
I didn't mess with trimpots, but I though that bluesberry setting is softer. Maybe I'm wrong.
This pedal is very amp like for sure. Very touch sensitive as well. |
02-07-2011, 03:06 AM
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has too much gas | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: auckland, new zealand/malaysia | | | blueberry supposedly more crunchy.
but being a bass player. its pretty close anyway |
02-07-2011, 08:58 AM
|  | Filthy Mutric wangol | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dutchess County, NY | | | Hot Cake lover here. Can't find my sound clips, though...
FWIW, the Bluesberry internal switch mellows the OD tone-it's more creamy and less raspy. The other trim is to select the bass mod (extended freq. range for use with bass).
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02-07-2011, 09:34 PM
| | | | Anyone got some sound clips? |
02-08-2011, 09:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: WMass, USA | | | I used to run my homebuilt HotCake clone in my bass rig, and I liked the sound quite a bit -- TONS of signal gain, useful for pushing the tubes in my amp a bit harder. I rarely used it to add much signal grit, but the HotCake offers plenty of semi-dirty to nasty distortion sounds as the Drive control is increased. For a pedal that derives its distortion from an op-amp, it's quite lively and touch-responsive.
Lately I'm using a SansAmp GT2 to accomplish the same goal (some mid-range coloration and boost), but this thread prompts me to revisit my HotCake.
For those of you familiar with the current HotCake circuit: do you know what part of the circuit the internal trimpot (bass/gtr) impacts? My "stock" HotCake seems to retain bass freqs quite well, but I'm curious what adjusts in current models to better accommodate lower tones. |
02-11-2011, 09:22 AM
| | Filthy Mutric wangol | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dutchess County, NY | | | e-mail Crowther; he's quick to respond!
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02-11-2011, 02:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: PL | | | Does anyone know if I can find Prunes&Custard bass clips somewhere? |
02-12-2011, 02:28 AM
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Originally Posted by jetofuj Does anyone know if I can find Prunes&Custard bass clips somewhere? | Again Talkbass Wiki: http://www.talkbass.com/wiki/index.p...abase#Crowther |
02-12-2011, 03:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: PL | | Thanks! Sometimes obvious places are too obvious |
02-12-2011, 03:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Helsinki rock city, Finland | | Quote:
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