Seems like a super useful tool, albeit a bit expensive. Thoughts?
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Chase Bliss Audio Condor: How is it not on everyone's board?
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Seems like a super useful tool, albeit a bit expensive. Thoughts?
ah yes... @Proton Lenny is great at selling pedals. Chase Bliss makes some pretty powerful pedals across the board.
I've been looking for a boost/od type of pedal that gets dirty enough. I've also been looking at envelope filters. I don't need one and if I did, I always have my moogerfooger, but I was looking for something to just put on once in a while to have fun with at home. This seems to be a 3-in-1. What do you think @Proton Lenny ? Thanks.
Why isn't it on everyone's board? More specifically, why isn't it on my board?
#1 Because I'd never heard of it until this post.
#2 Because I don't need it.
#1 Because I'd never heard of it until this post.
#2 Because I don't need it.
#3 Chase Bliss pedals are pretty pricey
#4 In order to REALLY get your money's worth w a Chase Bliss pedal, you should get pretty deep with it which means at minimum a favorites switch or MIDI (which are add ons - more $ and real estate - and requires more than just twisting a knob, for some reason MIDI turns a lot of people off)
Because it costs way too much for what it does, and what it does I don't need.
#4 is it for me. I don't mind paying top dollar for gear as long as it does exactly what I want. I'm an old-school gigging bassist, so with the Condor I'd be paying for MIDI, which I don't need and isn't even on my radar. As for the other features: I own a bunch of overdrives that I love as much as (or WAY more than!) the Condor, and I'm not interested in other FX. Also, my bass amps have versatile EQs, and if I need more tone-shaping precision I can use my Darkglass Harmonic Booster.
I'm sure the Condor is a quality pedal, and worthwhile for those who need its feature set.
Why? I have zero use for it.
EDIT: Am I missing something? Do people find a tremolo effect useful? I was expecting something more universal when OP asked why it wasn't on every bassists board.
EDIT: Am I missing something? Do people find a tremolo effect useful? I was expecting something more universal when OP asked why it wasn't on every bassists board.
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It's the best EQ/Pre. I don't even use the dirt side, but the clean "gain" adds just a smidge of color. The EQ is very powerful as well really - I use the mids like a parametric and the low for a little bump. Top I just as a LPF to roll off clank.
EDIT: All the under the hood stuff and top switches are beyond me, but the tone of this guy is excellent - almost like a nice mic pre.
EDIT: All the under the hood stuff and top switches are beyond me, but the tone of this guy is excellent - almost like a nice mic pre.
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Totally speaking, it’s just does not do it for me.
This is not a knock to the OP and people like what they like, it just appears that everyone is doing some kind of dirt/drive thing.
1. Dirt and drive is easy to design and produce (a square wave is not all that and a bag of chips).
2 I would like to see a trend towards fuller or more harmonic coloration like what the RNDI does.
With that being said, that is probably why everyone does not have one...However if you dig it, great.
This is not a knock to the OP and people like what they like, it just appears that everyone is doing some kind of dirt/drive thing.
1. Dirt and drive is easy to design and produce (a square wave is not all that and a bag of chips).
2 I would like to see a trend towards fuller or more harmonic coloration like what the RNDI does.
With that being said, that is probably why everyone does not have one...However if you dig it, great.
That goes in the Plus column for me!
