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Divine Intervention

Bassline_Delux

Bassline_Delux

Dec 24, 2003
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#1
Ever try to get rid of something, and not be able to? And then realise if you had gotten rid of it you would have been making a huge mistake? Here's my story:

A long time ago, when I first started playing I got myself some effects pedals. The pedals included a Boss DD-5 delay and a Boss DS-2 Distorsion pedal. Few months later, ebing the n00b that I was, I traded them for a Boss ME-30 Multi effects. Well, total price was about the same, delay isn't an 'effect' anyway and I was trading two effects for loads, so great deal. At first it was fun, but then I learned a bit and felt, ops my bad.


Then over 4 years I repeatedly tried to sell, trade, lose, whatever, it. The otehr day I plugged into it, and OMG! this thing rules. I guess its for guitar, but it works great for my bass. Really nice distortion, fazer, and some other cool stuff.

Three pedals so I can swtich between three combinations of effects in one quick step. Especially now that I have an ls-2 and some other tasty effects, I can basically have 5 effects loops, or 4 effects loops and clean, just like that. Plus it rules.

Anyway, that my story, whats yours?
 
#2
Same sorta thing happend with my Punch Factory and English Muff'n. I just couldn't get the sound I wan'ted out of the muff'n (direct, anyway) and the compressor just sounded weird with the amp I have. Then I was reading a thread about what effect would go well with comp/dist. I suggested chorus before the distortion and was asked to do a sound clip. That's when I decided to try the PF and EM again with the CEB-3 I had just acquired. Rigged it up and ran the PF so that it only sent the comp effect through the XLR. Fiddled with it for a little bit, and then BAM!!!!, I had the sound I was looking for. And I could record it direct, so even if or when I get a new amp, the sound I love will still be "available" to record!

I then proceeded to put the setup on a board, added a power-strip, and velcro'd the PF into place cus it kept moving:

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Now, if only that could happen with my wah...
 
#3
DarkHarted said:
... Then I was reading a thread about what effect would go well with comp/dist. I suggested chorus before the distortion and was asked to do a sound clip. That's when I decided to try the PF and EM again with the CEB-3 I had just acquired. Rigged it up and ran the PF so that it only sent the comp effect through the XLR. Fiddled with it for a little bit, and then BAM!!!!, I had the sound I was looking for...
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Well I'm glad I've helped you man! You helped me in a way by making that sound clip... it was not the sound I was looking for. So I got myself a flanger and put it after the distortion. Nice and fun sound!

On topic: I had such a thing with a little Ibanez guitar practice amp... wanted to get rid of it because since I'm focusing on bass, I didn't really play it much anymore. But then I plugged my old guitar back in 'to say goodbye'... Man! I tell you, that thing sounds great!! Playing guitar again at least 2 hours a week (still focusing on bass;) ).
 
#4
Buying a SAPBDDI and a Gibson Thunderbird was my tone-epiphany ;)

Always been looking for that sound the SOAD bassist had on "Live at Big Day Out 2002" if anyone have seen it. The thunderbird gives me the growl and the sapbddi gives me the presence for that clanky/percussive sound.

Me dig!
 

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