NEW PEDAL: alien-bass-station

[sk8]

Anyone tried one yet?

 

[monsterthompson]

curious. i am uncertain how i feel about the fuzz.

 

[monsterthompson]

Bunch of clips up on the company site now.


"Comparison is the thief of joy."
- Theodore Roosevelt

 

[Inertialsky]

Really? It says "Videos Coming Soon" on their site...

 

[dannybuoy]

They need to work on their site! The link to the pedal is just a blog post entry, then soon after that they posted this:

Link Removed

 

[Mosfed]

If they threw a DI in, it could be a great only pedal for someone who doesn't want to build a pedal board.

Pity.

 

[Inertialsky]

Very cool pedal but no DI is the deal breaker for me also

 

[sk8]

Ordered

 

[telecopy]

Ordered

Tell us about it when you get it. $400 though. Eeek! Bass Player said it's pretty nize. They said some LEDs for the compressor would help.

 

[sk8]

Tell us about it when you get it. $400 though. Eeek! Bass Player said it's pretty nize. They said some LEDs for the compressor would help.

Okay. I've had limited time with it, some through phones and a small amount of time with it 'live' but hit in my full band context. It's nicely packaged in an Analog Alien Coolbag and comes with a one spot as the powersupply. Nice touch although being in the UK I've had to get a converter as its a U.S. one. It's a compact pedal, maybe the width of two boss pedals. It has to me what I want as a minimum, comp, amp/OD and fuzz. The limiter/comp appears to function well and isn't overbearing on sound and it would be nice to have an led like I had on my maxon CP9pro+ to indicate when compression was happening. The amp generator appears nice with a good range of tones from clean to OD with everything and grit in between. The EQ is subtle but effective enough. The fuzz is a very different beast for me. I like Big Muff type fuzzes. I just ditched a Wren & Cuff box of war in favour of a tall font russian and the gamma isn't any of these! Maxed out it screams a bit like a muff and turned down its dirty and nasty. Combined with the amp generator it sounds sweeter again. I think I need more time to get to know it. One touch I liked was that each LED colour corresponds with the knob colours of each function.

Live I've used it in church but only used the comp and amp. I plug into a keyboard amp so used the amp generator to set my tone and the comp to, well compress I found that if I turned the fuzz right down I could use it as a mute which was useful.
Overall I'm pleased with it. It's quirky but I like it. Not cheap but a cool box of tricks.

 

[bongomania]

I emailed them a long time ago asking for a loaner to review, but they never got back to me.

 

[Mosfed]

I'll say it again - what a pity they didn't stick a DI in that bad boy. It could have been a perfect single pedal for someone looking to go light.

 

[sk8]

I emailed them a long time ago asking for a loaner to review, but they never got back to me.

That's a shame.

 

[giglawyer]

Check the Fisher Price website for demos;-)

I completely agree. I couldn't use this pedal.

 

[sk8]

I completely agree. I couldn't use this pedal.

I listen with my ears, not my eyes

 

[friendlybass]

That fuzz got funk man. Not a huge fan of the amp generator but as a colour thing on the fuzz I dig it

 

[sk8]

That fuzz got funk man. Not a huge fan of the amp generator but as a colour thing on the fuzz I dig it

I envisage using the amp generator as more for OD than anp generation per se

 

[friendlybass]

I envisage using the amp generator as more for OD than anp generation per se

Makes sense, my dream fuzz would be a fuzz where I can switch between germanium and silicone circuits and before that have a tube preamp (bypassable) to either drive it or act as an od by itself.

 

[sk8]

Makes sense, my dream fuzz would be a fuzz where I can switch between germanium and silicone circuits and before that have a tube preamp (bypassable) to either drive it or act as an od by itself.

The interaction between the amp generator and the fuzz gives a doorway to a huge amount of tones

 

[friendlybass]

The interaction between the amp generator and the fuzz gives a doorway to a huge amount of tones

Sounds like running a fuzz in the FX loop of an amp