Roland beebaa

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For bass? Any good? Anyone know much about this pedal?
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[paradigm_shift]

None? Is it that rare? I may have to just buy it and find out then

 

[JBTucci]

I'm pretty sure Barge did a clone but they might be out of business?

 

[BogeyBass]

Never heard one with bass
seen a few demos on youtube with guitar
found this old thread

seems like it has a lot of gain.....and a typical low input impedance like some vintage fuzz pedals do....so it will load down your pickups and make them sound funny.

Most people love true bypass pedals but i have found that putting a buffered bypass pedal in front of old fuzz pedals will actually help get rid of the tone sucking...because the buffer bypass will give a better impedance match to your bass or guitar....

plus a low impedance will kill a wah wah and make it act funny so again a buffered bypass between the fuzz and wah will help

otherwise i found a schematic if you can breadboard and test for yourself no more 2sc828 transistors thou....so a 2n2222a or a 2n3391 might work

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[Swift713]

Yeah, Barge made them but I think Barge has sunk
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I dont understand the load your pickups comment? Will it be better to use a high or low impedance pickups then ? When you say it will make pickups sound funny - i assume you mean in bypassed modes?

 

[BogeyBass]

i mean when the fuzz pedal is operating or is on....typical amp or pedal input for a bass or guitar is 1meg, lots of old fuzz pedals only have 10k to 100k input impedance. so your bass or guitar pickups will lose high end frequency response ,or drop in volume or loose sustain. depends on the pickup. because a passive bass pickup wants to see a high impedance like 1meg not the 100k the fuzz provides.....

so a typical buffered bypass will usually have the proper 1meg input...so placing a buffered bypass pedal in front of the older fuzz pedal will improve the performance. even thou the buffered bypass pedal is just off. It is providing a active buffer for the fuzz pedal that follows. So when you have the fuzz pedal on it wont load down your pickups now, because their is a buffer in front of it....being provided by the buffered bypass pedal in front of it.

confused yet.......?

 

[silky smoove]

Is this an effect to sound like the bass on tracks from that hip new artist Justin Beebaa? ....crickets... I couldn't resist.

 

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i mean when the fuzz pedal is operating or is on....typical amp or pedal input for a bass or guitar is 1meg, lots of old fuzz pedals only have 10k to 100k input impedance. so your bass or guitar pickups will lose high end frequency response ,or drop in volume or loose sustain. depends on the pickup. because a passive bass pickup wants to see a high impedance like 1meg not the 100k the fuzz provides.....

so a typical buffered bypass will usually have the proper 1meg input...so placing a buffered bypass pedal in front of the older fuzz pedal will improve the performance. even thou the buffered bypass pedal is just off. It is providing a active buffer for the fuzz pedal that follows. So when you have the fuzz pedal on it wont load down your pickups now, because their is a buffer in front of it....being provided by the buffered bypass pedal in front of it.

confused yet.......?

That makes sense- what I don't understand is how the buffer helps? Will it not also get the tops knocked off at the point of entry?

 

[Cobaumu]

I have a Stomp Under Foot Beebaa clone. Sounds pretty wicked. I'm interested in trading it for a Green Muff clone or something similar.

 

[andvari7]

Black Cat makes a Bee Baa clone.