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New MXR pedals

#261
CPplaysBASS said:
I got my MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe today and love it.

Being Canadian and sensing (after talking to a couple of stores) that it may be a few month before we see them up here, I ordered mine from The Mad Ape (located in Washington state, found on eBay) on January 2, received it today and was not charged any customs or sales taxes. Not sure that would be the case with everyone, but the only additional charge I paid over the sale price of $167 Canadian ($169.99 USD) was the $4.95 standard shipping.

The pedal is very sweet and has met my higest expectations ... after owning an EHX Small Clone and an EBS MultiChorus, the chorus I had settled on for the past two years was the MXR Black Label (Zakk Wylde) Chorus. Up until now, I personally felt the Black Label was the perfect chorus for me. I would have never considered changing it but figured the Bass Deluxe had to be at least as good and I was attracted to the flanger option of the Bass Deluxe as well (I actually like flange even more than chorus in general).

The Bass Deluxe definitely retains the lows better although the Black Label was great. In fact, my ears are so calibrated to the Black Label, I thought the Bass Deluxe was actually too bassy at first. I like a lot of top end when using chorus so I had the bass control rolled all the way back and the treble at 3'clock to get to the tone I was used to with the Black Label. The more I played it though, the more I liked it and after 30 minutes I was ready to apply the velcro and commit it to my pedal board! The X-Over works great (although I probably won't use it given my preference for a top-end / glassy tone) and the range of tones overall is awesome.

As for the flanger ... that's when I was truly impressed. If this pedal was a standalone flanger without the chorus, it would be worth the price to me personally.

No QC issues here ... typical "whoosh" noises with the flanger since that's what a flanger does, but no "pops" when activating the pedal or anything like that.

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As one Canadian to another I just want to say thanks for showing us your board, very nice. I am just curious as to why you keep the compressor near the front of your chain. I've been happy using mine at the end of the chain, just to even out the levels before they hit the FOH or my amp. Also it allows me to be dynamic with my pork loin. Volume stays consistent, but the overdrive gets more intense if I play harder.
 
#262
jquinn86 said:
As one Canadian to another I just want to say thanks for showing us your board, very nice. I am just curious as to why you keep the compressor near the front of your chain. I've been happy using mine at the end of the chain, just to even out the levels before they hit the FOH or my amp. Also it allows me to be dynamic with my pork loin. Volume stays consistent, but the overdrive gets more intense if I play harder.
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Thanks for the comment! I always have my comp on in general and found it knocked some of the edge off the Pork Loin if placed after (other than the tuner, those are the only pedals that are not in a loop). I can't say I've thought much about it other than when I kick in another effect, I just want my natural tone compressed signal and then let the other effect do it's thing. I thought most boards typically had the comp near the front of the chain to be honest!
 
#266
CPplaysBASS said:
I got my MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe today and love it.

Being Canadian and sensing (after talking to a couple of stores) that it may be a few month before we see them up here, I ordered mine from The Mad Ape (located in Washington state, found on eBay) on January 2, received it today and was not charged any customs or sales taxes. Not sure that would be the case with everyone, but the only additional charge I paid over the sale price of $167 Canadian ($169.99 USD) was the $4.95 standard shipping.

The pedal is very sweet and has met my higest expectations ... after owning an EHX Small Clone and an EBS MultiChorus, the chorus I had settled on for the past two years was the MXR Black Label (Zakk Wylde) Chorus. Up until now, I personally felt the Black Label was the perfect chorus for me. I would have never considered changing it but figured the Bass Deluxe had to be at least as good and I was attracted to the flanger option of the Bass Deluxe as well (I actually like flange even more than chorus in general).

The Bass Deluxe definitely retains the lows better although the Black Label was great. In fact, my ears are so calibrated to the Black Label, I thought the Bass Deluxe was actually too bassy at first. I like a lot of top end when using chorus so I had the bass control rolled all the way back and the treble at 3'clock to get to the tone I was used to with the Black Label. The more I played it though, the more I liked it and after 30 minutes I was ready to apply the velcro and commit it to my pedal board! The X-Over works great (although I probably won't use it given my preference for a top-end / glassy tone) and the range of tones overall is awesome.

As for the flanger ... that's when I was truly impressed. If this pedal was a standalone flanger without the chorus, it would be worth the price to me personally.

No QC issues here ... typical "whoosh" noises with the flanger since that's what a flanger does, but no "pops" when activating the pedal or anything like that.

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How does the flanger section sound? Like the MXR Micro Flanger? ADA? Maxon FL-9?
 
#268
So I got my replacement Bass Chorus Deluxe and it's misbehaving in the exact same way. I get hiss whenever I play a note (with both tone knobs at noon) and it's even more noticeable on the flanger. If I turn intensity all the way up on the chorus, it adds static to the hiss. Overall the hiss increases at the peak of the sweep. Has anyone critically listened to their pedal to notice the same thing?

This has been totally isolated from my amp and a power source as I've had the same noise while powered from a battery and plugged into my recording interface which would've had absolutely no EQ on it.
 
#271
I just double-checked mine ... cranking the intensity and treble just for the hell of it. In chorus mode, there's no added hiss or distortion or anything other than what is there even without the pedal. In flanger mode, as I mentioned in a previous post, there's a substantial "whooshing" pulse at more extreme settings, which I assume you'd get with any flanger. Mine is powered with a Voodoo Labs PPII.
 
#274
Well, the replacement Bass Chorus Deluxe that I received is now on its way to Dunlop for warranty service. I really hope that this is a defect and not just a design flaw in the pedal. Having two pedals in a row that display hiss/static while playing notes through the pedal unfortunately make me lean toward the latter.
 
#275
Hey, I plugged my headphones right into the 1/4" out on my MXR M80 last night and was pleased that the signal was strong enough to be heard. Not sure if I'll make a habit out of it, but still. One problem, though: I only got sound in the left 'phone, not both. I guess this is because the output jack is mono and my headphone plug is stereo? Any way to get around that? Like, maybe use a mono 1/8-to-1/4 converter at the end of the headphone cord instead of the presumably stereo one I ordinarily use?
 
#276
scottfeldstein said:
Hey, I plugged my headphones right into the 1/4" out on my MXR M80 last night and was pleased that the signal was strong enough to be heard. Not sure if I'll make a habit out of it, but still. One problem, though: I only got sound in the left 'phone, not both. I guess this is because the output jack is mono and my headphone plug is stereo? Any way to get around that? Like, maybe use a mono 1/8-to-1/4 converter at the end of the headphone cord instead of the presumably stereo one I ordinarily use?
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Yep, it's a stereo / mono thing. You want to pick up an adaptor something like this: Invalid Link Removed
 

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