PYPB 39: San kyu, san kyu very much.

[CrayZee_One]

Originally Posted by behndy

jiggling around preshow last night......



"dood. ever time you did something with that... collection of THINGS.... i was like, i have never heard a bass sound like that. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT BASSES COULD SOUND LIKE THAT."

WOOT.

Nyce Behndus.....Nyce!

The 2 chan setup sounds rad. Hank (Hank and Cupcakes, look em up if you don't know em!) splits his signal to 3x FX/amps!!!
That will be crayzee on 2 boards too. Aren't you already running a PT-pro?

[behndy]

yahpers. i'd love to fit it all on one board, but i'm doing a PT-Pro just for what efx i run now, so i think if i pick up the three or four things i'm thinking of and the routing for two channels would probably necessitate another board. don't REALLY want to lug around two boards, but me and my drummer are thinking about staying with the 2 Doods Making Instrumental Noises thing for a hinute, so more noise, more bettah.

[Basehead]

Originally Posted by behndy

jiggling around preshow last night......

This is a great shot!...

and THAT'S exactly what the Bends needs....MOAR BOARDS!!

[behndy]

lol. realz. IT NEVER ENDS.

i've got a gig this Friday. swapping the PP psu for the Ciokolate today, but not gonna mess with arrangement so close to playing. 3 weeks till the next one though, so i'm all wibbly wobbly about playing with dual outs next weekend.

i know Jean's had basses that sent out different outs. HAWT. i always liked the idea of having 2 pickups wired for different string groups. being able to play fuzz on the high strings whilst running the low through a filter? MEOW.

too much work though.

[My name is Mudd]

Different boards for different pickups...that'll keep one busy. In a good way.

[M Sterling]

Originally Posted by behndy

lol. realz. IT NEVER ENDS.

i've got a gig this Friday. swapping the PP psu for the Ciokolate today, but not gonna mess with arrangement so close to playing. 3 weeks till the next one though, so i'm all wibbly wobbly about playing with dual outs next weekend.

i know Jean's had basses that sent out different outs. HAWT. i always liked the idea of having 2 pickups wired for different string groups. being able to play fuzz on the high strings whilst running the low through a filter? MEOW.

too much work though.

Ive been using the parallel out on my fancy new B7K to split the signal and run two chains. Using my motu interface as a mixer, I can then run each channel into its own input on my stereo power amp and then out to my cabs. It is a lot of work, but sounds awesome for recording or special live occasions.

[behndy]

yah. i've always loved 2/3 piece bands where the bassist runs multiple cabs.... i'm hoping to get a lot of the Gawd I Suck At Keys So I Would Only Be Able To Play Simple Stuff Anyways style accents going to a more movement, modulation board, then my main board for main lines.

want a crappy person playing through effects accompaniment i guess?

[Vlad5]

Originally Posted by behndy

yah. i've always loved 2/3 piece bands where the bassist runs multiple cabs.... i'm hoping to get a lot of the Gawd I Suck At Keys So I Would Only Be Able To Play Simple Stuff Anyways style accents going to a more movement, modulation board, then my main board for main lines.

want a crappy person playing through effects accompaniment i guess?

Looper, phrase sampler?

[behndy]

naw. no samplers. i don't want to get into having to use a click or headphones for mah drummer. mostly just looking at splitting the signal and using the Super Ego for drones.

boooooooooooYAH.

[bassicsax]

So in my journey of going back to a pedal board for bass I am landing on this setup for the moment. The boss pedal is going to go in the bypass looper, I really don't know if I will ever use it, but I borrowed it from a friend and it is entertaining me for the moment... Hopefully I will be getting my carbon copy and pt-jr back from the friend that is borrowing them soon and it will be an actual pedal board (with a carbon copy)... I also have a micro chorus I might throw on there just because...

[Vlad5]

I think my board will stay this way for a while... I'm pretty much dirt satisfied... Pretty much...



Basically, my main signal chain is before and after the Schism, only the B3K and Divided Octave (green ringer) add any dirt outside the mixer.
The Schism is the 'gnarly effects box' of the chain, and mixes upper frequency fuzzstortion and modulation (ch.2) with low/mid frequency fuzzstortion (ch.1).

in > Divided Octave > Schism > BMC > B3K > Timeline > Submarine Designer > out
ch.1: Tall Font Russian > Bluebeard
ch.2: Unpleasant Surprise > Bottom Feeder > Compact Faye Sing

I'm still messing with the mix, and have yet to fully experiment with the Bluebeard, but the TFR and Surprise mixed together is pretty ridiculous; lowend vroom vroom with highend squelch, especially when the Bottom Feeder and Faye Sing come into play.

[jwr]

Originally Posted by Vlad5

I think my board will stay this way for a while... I'm pretty much dirt satisfied... Pretty much...

Is that a blue beard?

What did you decide for distortion?

[DannDubblewe]

Hell yeah it is! Tone bypass FOR LIFE.


Great board Vlad!

[metalinthenight]

Sooo many good boards this thread! Gotta a new board an a few new pedals on the way, until then here is the current board, minus the BOD.

[Vlad5]

Originally Posted by jwr

Is that a blue beard?

What did you decide for distortion?

Why yes, yes it is...

And yeah, still looking for a distortion box that gets me what I'm after: 'boulders rolling around a frost giant's iron cauldron'. The Bluebeard may get me close, with careful eq'ing. I did hear Nolly's sample of the B7K on Doug's (Darkglass) site, and almost pooped myself, as it's damn near dead on to what I'm looking for, damn near. You did offer that I get one, but I'm 'can't make rent on time' kinda broke this month, so that's gonna have to wait. In the mean time, I put the BMC in front of the B3K, to simulate the B7K's low/lowmid/highmid knobs (not all at once, of course).

I'm gonna experiment with it this week and see what I get, especially with the Bluebeard.

I also added my signal path to the above, for more explanation.

Originally Posted by DannDubblewe

Hell yeah it is! Tone bypass FOR LIFE.
Great board Vlad!

Thanks man! Yeah, that tone bypass is a thing of wicked beauty. Goes from muff to I don't know what with the flip of a giant Frankenstein switch. So cool...

I have etching ideas for it too. I may hit you up for advice before I dunk the box. I'm excited about the chemistry experiment, and have 4 boxes that I want to etch, two have designs ready to go, so far... gotta find the time to do it though.

[G3Mitch]

Originally Posted by metalinthenight

Sooo many good boards this thread! Gotta a new board an a few new pedals on the way, until then here is the current board, minus the BOD.

sick..

[Road Bull]

The B3K has landed! And the board gets dirtier.

Still playing with what sounds good together. Anybody have any favorites running with the B3K? Or do most of you push it by itself?

[behndy]

B3k's an interesting guy. it pushes stuff, pretty much any dirt/fuzz, REALLY well. but it also has this reining in quality to it with anything that's going into it. makes insanely wooly and wild stuff more.... tame? but not in a bad way.

lurrrrrrrrrrrrv IT.

[Vlad5]

I didn't have much luck running the B3K first; but after dirt pedals it adds its B3K'ness, and articulates distortion. I think it really adds midrange, which is what helps articulate things.

For example, before the TFR, breakup occurs sooner, so the low-end vroom is less pronounced. While after the TFR, low-end is retained better, but the midrange gets a bump, which helps reduce perceived fizz. Also, it sounds totally different, honkier, and in a good way, so it's like two flavors of TFR, or, 3 effect sounds for the price of 2.

[bassicsax]

And now it is a pedal board instead of pedals on the ground... hopefully i can soon add a mxr bass comp and a better power supply, right now i am rocking the one spot...