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#341
Something you guys might be interested in:
Was in a coffee shop today and saw that there was a new BassPlayer magazine released. Checked it out, saw that their review of the Overdrive and Chorus were published. As I am pretty much only interested in the Overdrive pedal, I was dissapointed to see that while the review was close to two pages long, only a single paragraph was utilized to review the overdrive, basically only going over the functions of the knobs and a little summary of the sound. Despite the relatively short review (the rest of the space was used for the Chorus), the overdrive was still granted the "Editor's Award" :confused:
I don't trust it. Seeing as BassPlayer has a reputation for giving good reviews to gear which they promote in their advertising, I'd take this feedback with a grain of salt.
Then again, I was only in the shop for about 5 minutes, bought my drink and left. So I didn't really take much time to really "check out" the review.
Just something you guys may or may not want to take note of.
 
#344
Connormac123456 said:
Something you guys might be interested in:
Was in a coffee shop today and saw that there was a new BassPlayer magazine released. Checked it out, saw that their review of the Overdrive and Chorus were published. As I am pretty much only interested in the Overdrive pedal, I was dissapointed to see that while the review was close to two pages long, only a single paragraph was utilized to review the overdrive, basically only going over the functions of the knobs and a little summary of the sound. Despite the relatively short review (the rest of the space was used for the Chorus), the overdrive was still granted the "Editor's Award" :confused:
I don't trust it. Seeing as BassPlayer has a reputation for giving good reviews to gear which they promote in their advertising, I'd take this feedback with a grain of salt.
Then again, I was only in the shop for about 5 minutes, bought my drink and left. So I didn't really take much time to really "check out" the review.
Just something you guys may or may not want to take note of.
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+1
I generally like Bass Player Magazine and I have been a subscriber for years. The review on the chorus was good but the review of the overdrive was lightweight to say the least. It felt as if the journalist had run out of time or space.
 
#347
Melvin7822 said:
I don't have my settings anywhere near maxed out, but in flanger mode having the treble anywhere above 11 o'clock is bad. The chorus I can at least turn the treble to 2 o'clock and only have a very small amount of hiss. Again, I have to state that the pedal is completely quiet when engaged without playing anything through it. I think people miss the point that I'm trying to say it's not until you play notes through it that your hear the hiss. At any rate, I managed to come up with a setting that I'm happy with in both chorus and flanger modes even though the treble knob is useless above noon.
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It took me awhile to clue in to what you're getting at, but I do get it. "Something" kicks in that causes the hiss just as the note is hit and lasts the length of the note (almost seems like some sort of gate). I just keep the treble a hair before noon, and I'm still very happy with the pedal overall mainly for the chorus/flanger one-two punch. For straight chorus, I was just as happy if not happier with the MXR Black Label (with which I could dial as much treble as I wanted for a nice glassy tone, no problem). With all that said, the MXR Bass Chorus is firmly velcroed to my board and staying there for a long while :)
 
#348
CPplaysBASS said:
It took me awhile to clue in to what you're getting at, but I do get it. "Something" kicks in that causes the hiss just as the note is hit and lasts the length of the note (almost seems like some sort of gate). I just keep the treble a hair before noon, and I'm still very happy with the pedal overall mainly for the chorus/flanger one-two punch. For straight chorus, I was just as happy if not happier with the MXR Black Label (with which I could dial as much treble as I wanted for a nice glassy tone, no problem). With all that said, the MXR Bass Chorus is firmly velcroed to my board and staying there for a long while :)
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I'm just surprised there's as much hiss as there is on this pedal considering I've not heard any such hiss on any of their other chorus pedals. That said, I found settings that I can live with for now, so it's on my board. Given my experience with MXR's other chorus pedals (Analog Chorus & Stereo Chorus), I still have a hard time accepting the noise level of this pedal overall.
 
#349
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First impressions? It has a nice silvery finish and somehow they managed to assemble it with the back plate upside down.

Sadly, I myself won't be able to test this out for a while yet. I had sold my only current bass to pay some tax debt and the one I had on order is currently 2-3 weeks past due (which is a first).
 
#350
Melvin7822 said:
I'm just surprised there's as much hiss as there is on this pedal considering I've not heard any such hiss on any of their other chorus pedals. That said, I found settings that I can live with for now, so it's on my board. Given my experience with MXR's other chorus pedals (Analog Chorus & Stereo Chorus), I still have a hard time accepting the noise level of this pedal overall. I didn't want to do it, but I ended up making a post on Dunlop's Facebook page to get more exposure on the issue.
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Is the hiss audible in the context of a band mix? It would be interesting if you recorded it to see if we can also hear it. If it's super high pitched hiss a lot of people may just not be able to hear the frequency.
 
#351
ole Jason said:
Is the hiss audible in the context of a band mix? It would be interesting if you recorded it to see if we can also hear it. If it's super high pitched hiss a lot of people may just not be able to hear the frequency.
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In a band mix you'd most likely wouldn't hear it, it's just very annoying on its own. Now I understand why they have a noise reduction circuit in this pedal. The Bass Chorus Deluxe is pretty much a reworked Stereo Chorus. As for the pitch of the hiss, it's easily in the audible range. I typically have my tweeter set flat on the cab and the treble at 11 o'clock on the amp.
 
#352
Melvin7822 said:
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First impressions? It has a nice silvery finish and somehow they managed to assemble it with the back plate upside down.

Sadly, I myself won't be able to test this out for a while yet. I had sold my only current bass to pay some tax debt and the one I had on order is currently 2-3 weeks past due (which is a first).
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where did u pick this up at? :bassist:
 
#354
Melvin7822 said:
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First impressions? It has a nice silvery finish and somehow they managed to assemble it with the back plate upside down.

Sadly, I myself won't be able to test this out for a while yet. I had sold my only current bass to pay some tax debt and the one I had on order is currently 2-3 weeks past due (which is a first).
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So I might not have a bass available, but I did have a tone generator and a number of recorded bass tracks to run through it. My initial impression didn't leave me impressed at all. This pedal is too dark for it's own good. Even with the tone knob cranked it's too dark.

I was skeptical about the pre-set EQ on the clean blend and rightfully so. They are cutting out a lot of highs. And that totally explains why I couldn't hear the effect of the clean blend until it's turned up pretty high.

So make no mistake, this is basically a Pork Loin with a blanket thrown over it and the gain cranked up. I very much prefer the Pork Loin, but I'll reserve final judgement for when I have a bass in my hands again.
 
#356
How's the flanger function? Good enough to be a main flanger? When I buy one I'd like to replace both my chorus and flanger with this one in my chain. I haven't tried it out yet but I'm liking what I hear from YouTube videos, but none of them really go in depth with the flanger.
 
#357
winterburn69 said:
How's the flanger function? Good enough to be a main flanger? When I buy one I'd like to replace both my chorus and flanger with this one in my chain. I haven't tried it out yet but I'm liking what I hear from YouTube videos, but none of them really go in depth with the flanger.
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While the flanger is usable, I don't think it's good enough to be a main flanger. It's not as robust a flanging sound as say the Micro Flanger.
 
#359
winterburn69 said:
How's the flanger function? Good enough to be a main flanger? When I buy one I'd like to replace both my chorus and flanger with this one in my chain. I haven't tried it out yet but I'm liking what I hear from YouTube videos, but none of them really go in depth with the flanger.
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Absolutely. It's a great flanger, one of the best and flanger is one of my pet pedals. I just adore them and I've add pretty much every flanger ever made. What I like about this flanger is the fact that you get plenty of bass if you want to, most flangers tend to take away some of the bottom frequencies. With the X-over fonction, the flanger becomes very stealth and delicate. So you have a choice between full on or subtle. The king of all flangers is the AD/A in my opinion. The MXR was not quite as dramatic in its flange but it stood up to it quality wise.
Tones of flange are a bit like styles of distortions, you have to find what pleases your ears at the end of the day.
Here you get both a great chorus and a great flanger that's why this pedal is such a winner.
Bass Player Magazine gave it an award. The review is a bit light weight, but the pedal deserves the award it received.
It's ground breaking because of the tone controls (can't think of another flanger with tone controls) and the x-over fonction.
 

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