I snagged mine from noisesupply.ca when they had a boxing day sale going, so I'd keep an eye out there for a deal. I've had most of the Darkglass line at one point or another and while they sound great, I could never get them to work in either of my bands.
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Fairfield Circuitry - THE CLUB
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I love it. I play all passive and it's a great buffer (I have it always on, but it is buffered bypass with a 2Mohm input impedance) and boosts my level nicely at the start of the chain. Very, very clean but still adds some oomph. I wouldn't use the EQ as a "utility" or to completely alter your tone, but for subtle adjustments it works great.
For reference, the last two I tried were the Providence Dual Bass Station and Empress ParaEQ before coming away satisfied with the Basswitch.
Excellent!
Thanks very much for the info!
A friend who has one of the boosters just told me to get it...he didn't suggest it either...he TOLD me to. ;-)
And... I always use EQ in the way you suggest anyways.
So it looks as though I will have one in the not all too distant future;But then...there is an overdrive and a compressor coming out from Lehle too...
The Barbershop replaced the VMT on my board. Like others I couldn't get the VMT to sit in the mix how I wanted. The Barbershop got me there.
I've been using my Bshop as an "oldschool" pedal lately. Tone switch to the right and set so it just overdrives when you dig in. I like it a lot. Sits really nice in the mix and gives you that motown warmth.
At some point I'll give a Barbershop a try.
What I really like about the VMT, in addition to the tone, is that I can set the gain to the most I'll need with the blend all the way CW. Then I turn the blend CCW to clean it up but the volume stays the same. Makes it very easy to gig with.
That said, I just took in a couple of bass with VERY HOT signals. With these basses, the Accountant is acting more like an overdrive than a compressor. I might not need any dirt pedals with these basses. Just the Accountant!
What I really like about the VMT, in addition to the tone, is that I can set the gain to the most I'll need with the blend all the way CW. Then I turn the blend CCW to clean it up but the volume stays the same. Makes it very easy to gig with.
That said, I just took in a couple of bass with VERY HOT signals. With these basses, the Accountant is acting more like an overdrive than a compressor. I might not need any dirt pedals with these basses. Just the Accountant!
I just picked up a Barbershop (wow), and traded by B7k for a VMTD. I'm using the VMTD's eq with the Barbershop's overdrive and love the result. However, this is just thru headphones via an audio interface. It expect even better results thru my rig.
Very impressed with the Barbershop's touch sensitive drive. Should have picked one up years ago.
Very impressed with the Barbershop's touch sensitive drive. Should have picked one up years ago.
There just so happens to be a nice little Accountant for sale/trade in the classifieds right now.
wink wink cough cough
wink wink cough cough
My band just finished tracking a new song and I've never been so happy with my sound as I am right now with the Accountant and Barbershop 
what are your settings(and set up)?My band just finished tracking a new song and I've never been so happy with my sound as I am right now with the Accountant and Barbershop
It varies depending on the song, but for this particular song I was running:
EWS BMC2 -> Accountant (set at 1&1) ->Barbershop (drive at 12, sag at 4) -> Logic fuzz plugin (while I was building my GGG Tuned BigMuff) -> BBE Sonic Stomp -> DSM Noisemaker OmniCabSim.
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Second rehearsal with the barbershop last night, and that pedal inst going anywhere, ever. I had one of those, "where have you been all my life" moments. The dynamics of this unit is insane.
Paired with a VMTD and a 4003 produces the tone I've been searching for since, well the late 70's.
Paired with a VMTD and a 4003 produces the tone I've been searching for since, well the late 70's.
Well, the Accountant is gone, being replaced by a Diamond Bass Comp.
Barbershop still on the board and running strong.
I can't wait to get my Broughton (@Azure Skies ) HPF to see if it can help tighten things up a little more.
By the time I get the Diamond and the Broughton, I may have to swap the Barbershop for a Modèle B. I'm not working with a lot of pedalboard real estate these days.
Barbershop still on the board and running strong.
I can't wait to get my Broughton (@Azure Skies ) HPF to see if it can help tighten things up a little more.
By the time I get the Diamond and the Broughton, I may have to swap the Barbershop for a Modèle B. I'm not working with a lot of pedalboard real estate these days.
What settings are you all using with your Barbershop? I've got volume at about 11:00, Sag at 4:00 and Drive at 2:00. I just don't feel like I'm getting anything beyond VERY subtle OD which I really like. But if I turn the gain any higher I'm getting the dreaded farting. Are most of you running the Sag full clockwise? My chain is Bass --> tuner --> barbershop --> Diamond compressor --> EP --> Preamp pedal.
I really like the Barbershop for headphone-amp practicing. It helps add a bit of am "amped" feel to the direct signal feeding my headphone amp, and generally makes things sound way less boring.
The way I set it really depends on the material and what bass I'm using.
For my P-Bass/fingerstyle/country/classic rock stuff I like the gain up a bit higher, around 12:00 or so. I may lower the Sag a bit, but typically end up cranking it back up to max CW after a while.
With my J-bass/pick/punk band I keep the gain lower around 10-11:00, Sag all the way up. This keeps some of the "woof" out and helps keep more cut in the high end. Live I like a dirtier tone though, so I may crank it up more and/or engage the lighter High-Cut switch setting, depending on the day.
