3XFX Fatman

[ElephantTalk]

I got mine from grygrx yesterday.
First impression: Very good sounding distortion.
(switch to lead-mode)
Second impression: Oh, My God!!!!
I about soiled myself...the dogs ran out of the room...my wife yelled at me....I'm still waiting for the neighbors to show up.

After tweaking the volumes down I was able to play around at a reasonable level. I was using my Elrick and noticed that the feedback was definitely louder than the volume of the bass in Passive-mode.
I could get my signal above the feedback when I switched to active.
So I then tried putting a gain-stage in front of the Fatman. I unfortunately only had a russian big-muff to use. But using that I was easily able to get above the feedback.

Currently I'm looking into my signal boosting options.

 

[grygrx]

I'm currently using this:
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[ElephantTalk]

I stopped by the local shops today.
Someone mentioned the BBE Boosta Grande.

It's only 20db of boost though.

 

[Alfie]

I got mine yesterday. Fatman doesn't take orders, he tells me what to play- I am not in control.

Have any of you ever used this beast (particularly lead mode) at a gig?

 

[grygrx]

I got mine yesterday. Fatman doesn't take orders, he tells me what to play- I am not in control.

Have any of you ever used this beast (particularly lead mode) at a gig?

Yes, my (ex)band had a song it was used in the intro/outro.

 

[bongomania]

Emphasis on the "ex".

 

[grygrx]

Emphasis on the "ex".

Indeed...

 

[Valerus]

Should I not get this? lol

I have a trade deal going on with coolrunner.

What are your thoughts, guys, after having the pedal for a couple of months?

I want to hear your input!!

 

[elbastardo]

i gave mine away to my guitard playing brother... sounds great on bass... much much much much better on guitard

cheerz

 

[TaySte_2000]

*Awaits Davidmwilson's review*

 

[David Wilson]

*Awaits Davidmwilson's review*

I got mine through the other day, but am travelling with work right now so won't get to it until end of week.
I bought it on the basis of grygrx's clips

 

[Valerus]

I don't know if I'll go through with it.

 

[megadan]

I'm thinking about getting one of these in a trade... it looks like an awesome pedal!

I just have one question. In crazy/lead mode, does the volume knob still function? That is, can you turn down the the whole insanity overall? I'm not too concerned about the bass getting through over the oscillation, as this will probably be an 'end of set noise maker' type use. Just want to make sure I can turn it down so as not to blow my amp when playing with all my pedals on