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Hi gang,
Cyrus here, better known as bongomania. I'm pleased to support TB and get some nice exposure in exchange, for my OVNIFX web store selling pedals by EXAR. Please check it out!

http://www.ovnifx.com

The general idea behind EXAR is you get the same sounds and sound quality as you'd get from Boss, Ibanez, MXR, etc., but with true bypass switching, as well as personal customer service from me, and one of the most generous warranties in the business. Plus a few of EXAR's pedals stomp all over the mainstream competition, and muscle in on boutique pedal territory. :)

The prices posted now are "introductory" deals; the regular price will be $10 to $20 higher, starting in January. That said, TB'ers will get an ongoing 10% discount starting then. For now, October, November, and December, I will be posting sale prices here for specific pedals. And I may have monthly sales in the coming year as well.

This month, the sale deal is on the TaBassCo pedal, a versatile bass-friendly overdrive. http://www.ovnifx.com/exarpedals/tabassco.shtml
Sale price, for TB'ers only, is $115 including postage! That's within the US--add $5 for anywhere outside the US.

The purchase buttons on my website will not reflect that deal, so you can either just PM me here and I'll send you an invoice, or you can pay through the website and I'll refund you the difference.

Let me know if you have any questions!

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Oct 9, 2008
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Hi Bongo,

Nice line of effects! I'm an old fuzz-head, and the Super Fuzz looks pretty cool for bass. Is the circuit germanium or silicon based (either is fine - just curious)? Also, is the Freq/Mix combo a tone stack/clean mix setup?

Best of luck with this! I hope you have one of each on your pedalboard - fun, fun, fun.
 

bongomania

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The Super Fuzz is silicon-based. The Freq knob is actually a control over the center frequency of a steep semi-resonant filter! So it's like the Zoom Ultra Fuzz and other (more "boutique") filtered fuzzes. The higher the Freq knob is turned, the higher the frequency range of the fuzz--and the less the low frequencies get fuzzed, meaning the most bassy setting of this pedal is with the Freq knob near maximum. The Mix knob is a blend with the clean signal, where the max setting is 100% fuzz and the minimum setting is roughly 20% fuzz, 80% clean. So the bassiest setting is with the Mix at minimum. At all of these settings it's still not the deepest bass fuzz I've heard, but it goes reasonably low, and has a powerful cutting tone. I'll post clips of this pedal soon too.
 
Apr 28, 2010
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First, thank you for all the time, effort and dollars you've put in on your compressor reviews. I keep hoping some other TB members will decide to take on comparable reviews for overdrive, fuzz, chorus and other pedals.

Second, I've heard the sound clips for the TaBASSco pedal on your EXAR website, and was impressed. I'll probably order one during the sale.

Third, I would you recommend to your supplier that they either rename the pedal, or (even better, IMHO) put the same pedal in a different box with a different name for the guitar player market. Having "bass" in capital letters in the name has to hurt sales to guitards.
 

bongomania

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We're working on a few name changes. They've already agreed with me that the "Metal Mind" and "Moon Metal" desperately need new names that are not stuck in the '80s. :p

Also, I still haven't done those new clips I promised, but it's at the top of my list.
 

grygrx

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Talk to me about the Octavium on bass, the samples just confuse me. I'm asking because my next 'DIY' project involves this Pink P-Bass I want to replace the electronics with an octave pedal for my noise art stuff. I'd been thinking octron, but this reminds me of the Pearl which I've always heard good things about.
 

bongomania

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Actually, you may get the most useful answers in the short term by inquiring with the guys that have received the tourbox. I haven't compared the Octavium directly against other octavers, and it's such a different thing from my old blue MXR Pitch Transposer... and I'm out of commission for a week recovering from a nose surgery, so I won't be recording samples this week (I'm not allowed to lift anything heavier than a coffee cup).

Some of the tourbox recipients said they were specifically going to A/B the Octavium against the oct pedals they have or are familiar with.
 
Dec 28, 2004
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Here are some clips of the taBASSco:

I didn't make these clips, I got them off the website of a German store that sells Exar. :)

Cyrus, congrats and good luck with your venture !!!


I have met Adrian Maruszczyk several times during in-store workshops and Musikmesse. Excellent bass player and first rate guy !
Btw. you need to get the website admin from Exar to update their distributor page !!!


Of course I won't be buying any Exar pedals from you.... :p




since I'm over on this side of the pond.... but on your side, I totally would !!! :D
 
Oct 15, 2004
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I've got a strange feeling like the EXAR bass compressor is going to become the #1 rated compressor on your website, bongo! Just kidding of course
 

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