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Fairfield Circuitry - THE CLUB
- Thread starter liveburning274
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Yeah it's very useful for that. I didn't have much time to spend with it yet but I used as a resonant low and high pass filter or as a parametric eq in general depending of the song I was playing. It's useful to have mid control since my bass only has bass and treble eq
Other interesting uses I found are:
- as a drone, it's very interesting but you have to play with the q and the gain to find the sweetspot
- as a low frequency boost for my mantic hulk combined with a high pass filter to preserve my speaker. It made the whole room tremble
- as a cocked wah for my fuzz. Really fun to play for whom the bell tolls or anasthesia. Again playing with the q you can find a lot of wah-like tones out of the pedal
I kind of wish this thing had presets because it's so versatile that I can use it in so many different ways. My next step is to try to boost the signal in front of it and see how (and if) it breaks up
it does break up, really nicely. i have mine just on the verge. kind of like a low gain overdrive
Yes I tried it with the accountant in front of it acting like a boost and it's a very nice low gain overdrive, really warm.
Not really needed, I would say the HPF is a nice addition to the hulk, it helps it bring out more and preserve your amp. The boost of the low frequencies is just for fun, to make the stage tremble (sort of a "brown note")
Does the barbershop at 18v handle flats better? Ive seen that a lot of people say the barbershop gets farty with flats, but I dont know that anyone has said that after trying it at a higher voltage as well.
Not for me. I did try one, and it sounds great on bass, but not my style of fuzz.
My personal favorites are Brassmaster style fuzzes. Currently have a BEAD v2 on the way. I also love the unpleasant surprise, but I'd need a blend pedal to make it work for me. I like the most crushed settings which also remove lots of lowend.
Thanks!
What are some brassmaster style fuzz pedals I need to try ?
Not to derail, but I really am curious!
It let's through plenty IMO. It has a subtle roll off below 35hz, but that's about it.
Im really digging the Modele B! I only got about 30 minutes with it yesterday. I was trying to pin down what the controls were doing with the sound, but couldnt really figure it out. With drive low and volume up, it was really punchy! I think where I ended up last night was volume around 1 or 2, drive about 3 and sag about 9 or off.
Im using a passive stacked humbucker jazz bass. Anyone have some settings to try, and why you like them?
Im using a passive stacked humbucker jazz bass. Anyone have some settings to try, and why you like them?
My new favorite setting, for a current project/track with my barbershop pedal is Drive all the way clockwise and sag all teh way counter clockwise , with the toggle in teh middle and volume at unity.
I use a single coil P with 9 year old rounds.
Not sure I'm seeing numbers handed out....but that's OK!! Having the box is what matters!!
After reading so many good things (mostly here----so thanks TB!!!) about these units I had to see for myself what the fuss was all about. Have absolutely NO way to describe it....but this non-descript but very cool looking little box adds that touch of "je ne sais quoi" to the great things that the VTBD (and my VTBASS500) do.
Some words that do come to mind are "punch", "clarity", and of course "that little bit of breakup when strings are struck harder". And...it's kinda cool that this Guillaume gentleman lives/operates 30-ish minutes from where I grew up.
Will try it in a band rehearsal setting tomorrow night, but so far I keep coming back to vol @ unity, sag at 10:30 ish, and drive at 1:30 ish, hi cut switch to the right (Single Coil P-bass...by nature a little brighter than split coils). It's not that other settings sound worse....but this seems to be "home". Will see tomorrow night when the band gets here.
Have cycled through a handful of compressors too (used mostly for gentle levelling, presence, not for super squishiness---I'm a pretty straight ahead fingerstyle player)....and am now without one. Part of me says I no longer need one/want one. Part of me says ya....go get some little box to squeeze in there. Torn though with getting something "cleanish" versus biting the bullet and grabbing an Accountant... Will keep y'all posted!!
After reading so many good things (mostly here----so thanks TB!!!) about these units I had to see for myself what the fuss was all about. Have absolutely NO way to describe it....but this non-descript but very cool looking little box adds that touch of "je ne sais quoi" to the great things that the VTBD (and my VTBASS500) do.
Some words that do come to mind are "punch", "clarity", and of course "that little bit of breakup when strings are struck harder". And...it's kinda cool that this Guillaume gentleman lives/operates 30-ish minutes from where I grew up.
Will try it in a band rehearsal setting tomorrow night, but so far I keep coming back to vol @ unity, sag at 10:30 ish, and drive at 1:30 ish, hi cut switch to the right (Single Coil P-bass...by nature a little brighter than split coils). It's not that other settings sound worse....but this seems to be "home". Will see tomorrow night when the band gets here.
Have cycled through a handful of compressors too (used mostly for gentle levelling, presence, not for super squishiness---I'm a pretty straight ahead fingerstyle player)....and am now without one. Part of me says I no longer need one/want one. Part of me says ya....go get some little box to squeeze in there. Torn though with getting something "cleanish" versus biting the bullet and grabbing an Accountant... Will keep y'all posted!!
Awesome! I still love my Barbershop all these years later...
