Well timed response.
Playing Tetris with my board at the moment, and will have to play with positioning for my Heliotropic to see how it’s effected by buffers before getting too attached to the current layout.
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Well timed response.
Playing Tetris with my board at the moment, and will have to play with positioning for my Heliotropic to see how it’s effected by buffers before getting too attached to the current layout.
Glad I could help!! Haha that makes sense too because the helio seems like one of those odd ball fuzzes. I know I think I tried the bassmaster through and it was fine.....or maybe I didn’t....I’ll have to try that one to see for sure. I’ll report back if I think there’s another that could be a possible issue for some.
Setting up a new pedal board. I hope this stays on.
Done for now, until I see the need for one more pedal. People try and get me to get a HPF, but I feel the MBD really tightens things up. Not sure I'll need one.
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I don't drink coffee, but my wife would definitely get a kick out of me gifting her one.
I'd also get a tee-shirt or two.
I'd also get a tee-shirt or two.
You won't. I bought one and almost like it better without. I'm gonna be pulling it off my board and going au naturel.
father of fires
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father of fires
Commercial User
I don't drink coffee, but my wife would definitely get a kick out of me gifting her one.
I'd also get a tee-shirt or two.
I plan on doing some new shirts in April. Maybe I'll add them back then.
I finally pulled the trigger on a Hammertone Blue MBD-2!
Been eyeballing the MBD-2 and Loop Blenders for a while, and am looking forward to getting my hands on it, to check it out after the mountain of overwhelmingly positive reviews!
Been eyeballing the MBD-2 and Loop Blenders for a while, and am looking forward to getting my hands on it, to check it out after the mountain of overwhelmingly positive reviews!
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts. I love my MBD2 so much, I considered buying a second one for the same board. One set to milder OD and one plain dirty. I ended up with a Locus Star for my 2nd dirt pedal to have a different flavor. The MBD2 is pretty much always on for my rock cover band. It's (That) Good Enough!
Consider a loop blender for your Locust Star. I use one with my Cat Tail, and have that before my MBD-2. I have my MBD-2 set for some super light breakup/OD, and the cat tail set as a moderate distortion with some extra beef thanks to the loop blend. They stand alone really well, but one into the other is just chunky and amazing without being too much...
Thanks. I seriously considered the Bloop when I had a Rumblefish. The Locust Star just replaced a Terraformer. Turns out both the Terraformer and LS have plenty of low end without needing a "clean" blend. For the few songs where I need that kind of dirt, the massive low end of the MBD (or Bloop) is not required. And I could always stack it in the MBD2. And I designed a custom board to house everything I need... so I wouldn't add more pedals. lol
Actually, the only thing I would change would be to add a Utility Knife instead of the Freeze. Then again, there is some room under the board for the RFE (which is always on) and I could also fit the Noble under there. I kind of built-in a loophole in my "limiting pedal purchase by limiting board realestate".
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Should have a Locust Star showing up at nearly the same time as the MBD-2. Going to be lots of fun between the two I bet!
Cool. Only use for it I can think of is to tame boom in a room. I'm gonna on a 10-day tour around the east coast next month, so I'll see if that need even comes up.
Oh, cool. Well if you add it back, it looks like you already have two sales.
While yes, the MBD does tighten things up to a point, what it does vs. what an HPF does aren't really comparable.
A good HPF, set correctly, merely cuts frequencies you don't need anyways. Therefore tightening up response, saving your amp from wasting time and power attempting to recreate unnecessary frequencies. Therefore opening up a bit more headroom to actually make useful frequencies. It's also good speaker "insurance" best way to avoid hitting that old Xmax.
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