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Carcosa is based on Maestro FZ-1S fuzz with more room for tweaking, quite different fron Fuzz Face circuit

Thanks for the replies! Element sounds way too technological for me, unfortunately

Hello everybody! I will say things straight: I am not a particularly good player, nor do I look for a really nuanced tone. I play a passive PJ bass, I like its natural tone, and when I play through an amp, I ususally push the mids a bit and that's it. I now need to play ampless, and I need a...

Depends on the kit I think. Low quality noname jacks, for example, will make the signal lose a bit of treble and sound duller

It's the same variable resistor, just in different formfactor, so it doesn't affect the sound in any way. My my guess is that the magic is in the germanium transistor. They are quite inconsistent by nature, so maybe he had a more pleasant sounding batch during the era of internal bias vs...

Electrical circuits used in most effects pedals are quite simple, which means that factory production isn't going to improve quality. If a DIY pedal is built properly, it sounds exactly the same as the "proper" one. Plus, a lot of boutique pedal companies advertise their pedals as hand-wired...

Don't worry too much, it's not rocket science :) you'll do good and have a lot of fun! Dirt circuits are usually pretty easy and have only few components. However, adding a clean blend to a circuit may be tricky (simply put, in most cases it requires you to build a separate channel and then...

It looks gorgeous! Thanks for the tip! By the way, I am planning to buy myself a Bass Soul Food, not as an always-on but rather to add some moderate drive to choruses etc. Since SF and Killface are both Klone-style circuits, what do you think? Are extra clipping options on Killface worth...

Thanks everyone for the replies! Seems like most people divided into two groups: some think I've bought the wrond DI, and some give pedal suggestions. Adressing the former - I like my MXR M81, I really do. It is compact and easy to setup and use. The eq on it is spot on in my opinion...

Well, the enclosure was noticeably bigger (back then I didn't know I would need another pedal), had no parametric mids and I didn't like the drive channel on it tbh

Hi folks! Recently the situation called for going ampless, so I got myself an MXR M81 preamp to use DI out. I like it a lot, works very well and I love mid frequency control. However, I find my general tone to be a little sterile now, so to speak. I was thinking to add an always-on pedal to...

Thanks for the input everybody! Walrus and TAFT are slightly out of reach for me. I guess I'll try to get that new reissue by EHX. Could not find a proper bass demo but Andy from PGS made that thing sound vicious and versatile. Just a very thicc sound that makes it ok not having a blend knob...

Hello fellow bassists! I play in a pop (pop-rock maybe? I suck at genres) 4-piece which consists of drums, bass, keys, and vocals. I would like to add a fuzz pedal in order to make my tones more diverse. I am looking for a fuzz tone similar to Muse - Time is running out What kind of pedal...

Good point, thanks!

Hello fellow bassists! I am currently using Yamaha rbx 270j bass. I like it very much, very light (7.5 lbs), well balanced, alder body, pj configuration, jazz type neck, very fast. I mostly use p-pickup with pick, and both pickups with fingers, tone is very satisfying. Wanna replace it only...