I don’t know about the V2 artwork, not a fan, but I did ask Seth about the V1 artwork. He just said that he likes anime and it looks like the graphic on a T-shirt he used to have.
Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
Dunwich Amplification General Discussion
- Thread starter socialleper
- Start date
I don’t know about the V2 artwork, not a fan, but I did ask Seth about the V1 artwork. He just said that he likes anime and it looks like the graphic on a T-shirt he used to have.
Has anyone got experience of using a Parabellum into a Noble DI? Would that be Tube overkill or could the two play nicely together?
Please feel free to ignore if this is too off the Dunwich thread.
Please feel free to ignore if this is too off the Dunwich thread.
I’ve had both, but not at the same time. I’m sure you could get some good sounds out of the pair, but I’m just guessing.
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
I’m running into a Noble DI and have an Olde Dirty Bass on the way, but I run a couple of boards and a desktop set up for home recording so I’m tempted by a Parabellum v2. It’s most likely I’d run it with the Noble for home recording but not if the end result would be less than the sum of the parts.
I suppose the closest attempt I could make now would be to run the Parabellum into the Edison I have. I might give that a shot just to give it a shot
If you do I would be very keen to hear the results. I’ve not stacked tubes before but Hondo’s demo of the Parabellum has really got my attention.I suppose the closest attempt I could make now would be to run the Parabellum into the Edison I have. I might give that a shot just to give it a shot
I often play into a Darkglass Element headphone amp too so I can make early excuses for trying to get one anyway.
Well, too late now, I’ve just ordered one so I guess I can let people know when it makes it to the U.K.
Also, Parabellum v2s back in stock now.
Also, Parabellum v2s back in stock now.
Agreed. I’ll report back when it works its way here. Hondo’s review on YouTube made it look (and sound) fantastic. I don’t have Hondo’s skill, but even a fraction of the sound would be good.I think you’ll be glad you did
For those with the Parabellum and a DA120, if you haven’t stacked them, you might want to try. For me, it was the 120 with full gain and drive and the Parabellum at lower gain set as a boost and EQ.
I assume some of you here have a Dunwich DIY HM-2? I love mine, and have gone back to shooting out HM-2s again briefly. Got a question about mine. The high knob appears to do nothing. I can literally tell no difference between the maximum and minimum settings. I assume this isn't normal. I looked at the guts, but the pots are obscured by and directly soldered to the board. It all looked good to me, but again, I'm an amateur when it comes to soldering. Hoping that someone here could confirm that the high knob does indeed do something on their pedal. I'd love take it to a local tech and get repaired if necessary, as I also have an old Pharaoh Supreme that has a footswitch going intermittent. Thanks in advance.
It does something on mine, yes, but ... you could put mids and high on one pot, so ... Could you check if the 2 pads between the high and mids pots, labelled "split" on the PCB are connected or left empty?
I think Seth has set a new record for getting a pedal from the US to the UK (it’s been a good week for that actually).
I just played the Parabellum v2 into a compressor and then into a Noble. I played with a pick on a Warwick Streamer LX 5 string, so my experience may only be of limited use to others but I thought I’d share it anyway.
I was deceived by my first impression, which left me feeling like tubes into tubes had robbed the pedals of their fatness and some of the hair on the grit. I maxed out the gain on the Parabellum and turned the bass and treble clockwise on the Noble and all of a sudden the resulting tone was full of heft, power and clarity. Even the low B felt articulate, deep and like it was covered in barbed wire. Having rolled the gain on the Parabellum back some I got exactly the harsh, growling and precise tone I’ve been after.
I’ve not been a fan of overdriven tones from pedals up to now (controversial, I know - I have COVID so maybe put that statement down to delirium) but I can see this being on often. If anyone else is thinking about pairing this with a Noble, do it.
So as not to steer things too far from the Dunwich theme. I have an Olde Dirty Bass wending its way to me so I’ll sneak a comment in on that too.
Photo showing the settings used for reference, to the extent that seeing which way an animal is pointing is helpful.
"Split" is empty. I assume that means my mids and highs are tied together on the mids knob? So whoever built mine added an extra knob that does nothing? Odd. Besides independent control of those two EQ points, is anything else gained by splitting the two? What needs to be done to actually split the two? I think I may want more high end. Thanks for the help, and anything else you may tell me.
If SPLIT is empty, you should have the 3-band EQ, as I understand the schematic, but I could be wrong.
The Original had a 2-band EQ and the PCB just let's you build it it either way.
You could connect the two Split points with a bit of wire or something, just to see, if things change (and if I'm wrong).
To change the high end respone, you could play around with the values of R30 and C20 and C21, I think ... but again my knowledge is pretty limited, this is mostly just a guess, as all the EQ pots are connected (interactive).
Thanks. That's a lot more than I would know for sure. I won't be changing anything myself. Don't trust myself with that, and I'm actually in the process of getting a bass I wired fixed as we speak. Let's just say "clean" does NOT describe my wiring job, and there's a lot more room in a bass cavity than in this pedal. The most successful thing I've done mod-wise is the single cap swap on the Pork Loin.
I filled in "split", and there is MORE treble that way, but the highs knob still does nothing to change the tone... Which is weird, right? Also, I found out a strange little "bug" - if I hit the low B, it occasionally makes a short glitch noise. I had thought this was a problem with a bass at first, because I only heard it on the bass with questionable wiring, but now I've heard it with another bass too, so it's got to be the pedal. Anyway, looks like I need to have somebody dig around in this thing for me and solve some stuff.
Related question - where did you find the build docs and info? The OSHpark website no longer has them, and I can't find them anywhere else.
