PYPB XL: Midlife Crisis

[avvie]

Originally Posted by ryansalmond

Hey cool- first fellow voicetone user I've seen on here.
How are you liking the harmony and mechanic?

The Mechanic is great!... barebones basics ftw. I was a little surprised when I first used it because the EQing seemed thin and shrill to me after being accustomed to the muddiness of a raw mic but after my first gig with it I got some comments on how much more clear I was in the mix. I wasn't sure how well the correction worked when I tested it out of the box, but when I heard my backing vox bounce bouncing back i was amazed at how spot on it was. I leave it set at about 12:00.

I just got the H1 yesterday and haven't played with it much yet. Looks like it can be programmed to provide minor, dorian and mixolydian scale tones but i haven't tried it yet. Right out of the box it sounds really bluegrassy, and you can sing the harmonica intro to Blackfoot's "Train Train" with it

[phatbass30]

hey guys! i miss you all! hahaha! i've been busy at work so i don't have much time for TB nowadays. i'm still using the same board for few months now, and i still enjoy it! i'm a bit shy to post now due to all the awesome boards here at TB! but here it is anyway!

and please do check out my channel if you guys have time!

http://www.youtube.com/user/phatbass37

[EskimoBassist]

Originally Posted by phatbass30

http://www.youtube.com/user/phatbass37

Sick channel. That is all.

[phatbass30]

Originally Posted by EskimoBassist

Sick channel. That is all.

thank you brother! i appreciate it!

[sillyfabe]

Heet Sound Plus-EBOW Electronic Bow
(rarely used) Tortex 0.73mm picks

Pedal-board (CACOPHONY):

Boss OC-2 with synth mod
"Planeta Fuzz" Wooly Mammoth clone
Behringer BSY-600 Bass Synthesizer
Way Huge Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz MK-II
"Blueberry Muff-In Sovtek Russian Big Muff (Guttermouth mod:larger caps, bias, gate, true bypass, feedback switch)
Fuzzrocious Terrordactyl
WMD Geiger Counter with bass mod
Mooer Pitch Box
Tech 21 Red Ripper
"Wah-Wah Whale" Dunlop 105Q Bass Wah
MSLP custom noise suppressor
EHX H.O.G. Harmonic Octave Generator
Boss PH-2 Super Phaser with LFO disable and Pulse mods
WMD Super Fatman
Ibanez SF-10 Swell Flanger
Roland RE-20 Space Echo
"Rabbit Hole" MSLP custom lo-fi delay/cave reverb with tap-tempo, extended delay, LED for repeats, subdivisions, feedback take-off switch mods
Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay
Boss LMB-3 Bass Limiter
"Cutter" MSLP Tremolazer with waveform mod
TC Electronic Polytune Mini

Controllers:
Boss FV-500H (expression)
re-housed HOG foot controller by DannDubblewe

[dharmashawn]

Originally Posted by sillyfabe

Heet Sound Plus-EBOW Electronic Bow
(rarely used) Tortex 0.73mm picks

Pedal-board (CACOPHONY):

Boss OC-2 with synth mod
"Planeta Fuzz" Wooly Mammoth clone
Behringer BSY-600 Bass Synthesizer
Way Huge Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz MK-II
"Blueberry Muff-In Sovtek Russian Big Muff (Guttermouth mod:larger caps, bias, gate, true bypass, feedback switch)
Fuzzrocious Terrordactyl
WMD Geiger Counter with bass mod
Mooer Pitch Box
Tech 21 Red Ripper
"Wah-Wah Whale" Dunlop 105Q Bass Wah
MSLP custom noise suppressor
EHX H.O.G. Harmonic Octave Generator
Boss PH-2 Super Phaser with LFO disable and Pulse mods
WMD Super Fatman
Ibanez SF-10 Swell Flanger
Roland RE-20 Space Echo
"Rabbit Hole" MSLP custom lo-fi delay/cave reverb with tap-tempo, extended delay, LED for repeats, subdivisions, feedback take-off switch mods
Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay
Boss LMB-3 Bass Limiter
"Cutter" MSLP Tremolazer with waveform mod
TC Electronic Polytune Mini

Controllers:
Boss FV-500H (expression)
re-housed HOG foot controller by DannDubblewe

and............um................yr most beloved GR2???

[sillyfabe]

Originally Posted by dharmashawn

and............um................yr most beloved GR2???

it was technically my beloved Groove Regulator MK-I

I sold it about 2 months ago and am currently (VERY HAPPY!) with the WMD Super Fatman. It can do funky, synthy, warbly, nasty, drippy, quacky and much more.

[yaksonator]

I actually have no more GAS... I'm not into the weirder sounds at the moment so this board covers all my needs PERFECTLY! I can honestly say I don't want anything else..?

[fivestringgecko]

Originally Posted by yaksonator

I actually have no more GAS... I'm not into the weirder sounds at the moment so this board covers all my needs PERFECTLY! I can honestly say I don't want anything else..?

That's awesome man! A rare thing, particularly around TB. I'm close I think... A couple more key pedal purchases will allow me to finish both of my boards for good as well.

Congrats!

5sg.

[CrayZee_One]

Originally Posted by yaksonator

I actually have no more GAS... I'm not into the weirder sounds at the moment so this board covers all my needs PERFECTLY! I can honestly say I don't want anything else..?

Nice board man!

Ahhhh, to be GAS free...... tis merely a pipe dream for many of us here.....

[ryansalmond]

Originally Posted by yaksonator

I actually have no more GAS... I'm not into the weirder sounds at the moment so this board covers all my needs PERFECTLY! I can honestly say I don't want anything else..?

Very, very nice board!

[ZombieSpacebat]

Anyone have experience with the line of Mesa Boogie overdrive pedals? I don't know how long they've been out but I've only just found out about them. Any opinions?

[fivestringgecko]

Originally Posted by ZombieSpacebat

Anyone have experience with the line of Mesa Boogie overdrive pedals? I don't know how long they've been out but I've only just found out about them. Any opinions?

I'm pretty sure they just introduced them. I forwarded some information to the guitarist at my church including the Premier Guitar review, and it sounds like he might try out at lest one of them. Maybe I'll get a chance to check it out on bass.......?

5sg.

[OptimusPrime]

New Swollen Pickle. First pedal addition in almost 4 years, starting to resemble a respectable setup again... Gonna have to build a new board. Apartment living has me playing through old guitar practice amps that my old roommate left me, I haven't used my SVT in over a year. But I recently found out that you can bypass the crappiness of the amp and it actually sounds really good through quality headphones. The next step is a Boss LS-2 so I can run the ValveDrive and SP in parallel. Options include fuzz+clean, fuzz+OD and OD+clean...

[ZombieSpacebat]

Originally Posted by fivestringgecko

I'm pretty sure they just introduced them. I forwarded some information to the guitarist at my church including the Premier Guitar review, and it sounds like he might try out at lest one of them. Maybe I'll get a chance to check it out on bass.......?

5sg.

Interesting, I'm going through to Glasgow on Thursday to visit a few places and try a few pedals, if they have any in stock I'll report my findings.

[fivestringgecko]

Originally Posted by ZombieSpacebat

Interesting, I'm going through to Glasgow on Thursday to visit a few places and try a few pedals, if they have any in stock I'll report my findings.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who would appreciate a report if you can get your hands on them.

5sg.

[ZombieSpacebat]

Originally Posted by fivestringgecko

I'm sure I'm not the only one who would appreciate a report if you can get your hands on them.

5sg.

Well their site says they have them in stock, hopefully they won't sell them all by Thursday :P

[s_mcsleazy]

Originally Posted by ZombieSpacebat

Interesting, I'm going through to Glasgow on Thursday to visit a few places and try a few pedals, if they have any in stock I'll report my findings.

long time no speak spacebat. my usuall shop is strung out guitars. good for used gear. sometimes they get in some cool used pedals but at the moment they dont. guitar guitar has been getting alot of nifty pedals lately even if the shop layout is as easy to navigate as a maze inside a maze

[lofreek]

[ZombieSpacebat]

Originally Posted by s_mcsleazy

long time no speak spacebat. my usuall shop is strung out guitars. good for used gear. sometimes they get in some cool used pedals but at the moment they dont. guitar guitar has been getting alot of nifty pedals lately even if the shop layout is as easy to navigate as a maze inside a maze

Yeah dude, the staff on their facebook page are really good with finding out what they have in each store so i know they'll have at least one of each Mesa drive. Hopefully i won't get tempted by anything else while I'm there, but I'm sure something will catch my eye.