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Silent Fly
Commercial User
Unfortunately, the micro Black Dragon is no longer available.
Yes, it is the same.
There are some samples of the micro-Fuzz in the [Invalid or Expired Link Removed].
Silent Fly
Commercial User
You may be right BigBeatNut. I can't remember exacly the sequence of the events
(sorry).
GAS...I'm have a custom bass built and want to do another...and now thanks to Caeman I am transitioning my main pedal board to all boutique/custom. I have a production model pedal order in Max's queue, and after like 30 emails back and forth with Max, now have a custom pedal ordered. And there will be another custom on its heels. Not only is the quality and flexibility tops with Max, but the personal service and communication makes the sky the limit in getting exactly what I want. The ten weeks just can't come quick enough!
Ok...thread revival time and new pedal day. I received my Micro EQ pedal. It is Gain, Bass, and High. Nothing else. According to Max's specs, frequencies between ~440 and ~1.3k are uneffected. That would be a mid plateau or valley floor depending on the cut or boost of the other knobs. It has a considerable amount of boost and cut (+-17dB according to max) and tons of boost in the gain. The curve is gentle and shelving. This updated series features knobs with several (10 or so) gentle detents around them.
I had originally intended to use this to warm up the tone of my U-Bass. I received it one day, threw it I'm my bag and took it to the gig. I plugged it in, cut highs, boosted lows, compensated on gain, and I was disappointed. I went the Red Dragon, dialed the ultra tone back, and was pretty happy. I expressed my disappointment to Max, and he said how that circuit was designed with electric bass and guitar in mind and would not be a good option for piezo instruments.
From the website:
It works equally well with guitar, bass or any other musical instrument.
Guitar: from deep jazz tones to bright funky guitars.
Bass: switch from perfect slap sound to funky Jaco tones
Keyboards: open up the sound of vintage keyboards and gives warmth to modern synths
I took Max's advice and plugged it in with the electric today. I was worried about redundancy. My Electrics are 3-band Stingrays and a P-Bass with the John East P-Retro preamp. I has a rehearsal today with the Stingray 5. I plugged it up, and hit the switch. The first thing I noticed was the it gave a slight boost set flat. And it seemed to stretch out the frequency information on both ends. Not that there was a boost, but it made the bass sound like the lows go deeper and the highs go higher. I ended up with settings of bass 1:30, highs at 9:00, gain at 11:00. the highs on the bass were cut about 25%.
Let me first say, that the low end knob does not add throb or boom so much as it adds warmth and body to my tone. The high cut makes it sound warm too, and it approached 2-band stingray warmth and character. I disengaged it and tried to duplicate it on my bass's preamp and just did not get close. Alone it has that ceramic PU+ 3-band aggressiveness. Set basically flat and this pedal kicked in, to my ears, sounds like that vintage stingray vibe moreso than anything else I have tried. And it seemed to sit in the band mix better than ever too.
I was really struck by how it makes things sound more "active," or more "vintage." It will be a keeper. Especially for the 'Ray. I will use it with the P on Friday and report back. The East preamp still sounds like vintage P-Bass even at extreme settings. I wonder if this will improve on perfection, or at least give me an "active" sounding option. Or if it will simply gently place it even better in the mix and add even more body to its already strong lush tone.
I am a big fan of versatile things with few knobs. Can't wait to get started on my mini pedal board
I had originally intended to use this to warm up the tone of my U-Bass. I received it one day, threw it I'm my bag and took it to the gig. I plugged it in, cut highs, boosted lows, compensated on gain, and I was disappointed. I went the Red Dragon, dialed the ultra tone back, and was pretty happy. I expressed my disappointment to Max, and he said how that circuit was designed with electric bass and guitar in mind and would not be a good option for piezo instruments.
From the website:
It works equally well with guitar, bass or any other musical instrument.
Guitar: from deep jazz tones to bright funky guitars.
Bass: switch from perfect slap sound to funky Jaco tones
Keyboards: open up the sound of vintage keyboards and gives warmth to modern synths
I took Max's advice and plugged it in with the electric today. I was worried about redundancy. My Electrics are 3-band Stingrays and a P-Bass with the John East P-Retro preamp. I has a rehearsal today with the Stingray 5. I plugged it up, and hit the switch. The first thing I noticed was the it gave a slight boost set flat. And it seemed to stretch out the frequency information on both ends. Not that there was a boost, but it made the bass sound like the lows go deeper and the highs go higher. I ended up with settings of bass 1:30, highs at 9:00, gain at 11:00. the highs on the bass were cut about 25%.
Let me first say, that the low end knob does not add throb or boom so much as it adds warmth and body to my tone. The high cut makes it sound warm too, and it approached 2-band stingray warmth and character. I disengaged it and tried to duplicate it on my bass's preamp and just did not get close. Alone it has that ceramic PU+ 3-band aggressiveness. Set basically flat and this pedal kicked in, to my ears, sounds like that vintage stingray vibe moreso than anything else I have tried. And it seemed to sit in the band mix better than ever too.
I was really struck by how it makes things sound more "active," or more "vintage." It will be a keeper. Especially for the 'Ray. I will use it with the P on Friday and report back. The East preamp still sounds like vintage P-Bass even at extreme settings. I wonder if this will improve on perfection, or at least give me an "active" sounding option. Or if it will simply gently place it even better in the mix and add even more body to its already strong lush tone.
I am a big fan of versatile things with few knobs. Can't wait to get started on my mini pedal board
caeman said:
My custom is on Max's bench right now. I will put the Dual up for sale when I get it. Very soon.
coyoteboy said:
No DI. I always knew it was very likely to have something after it in the chain. It has a 5MegOhm buffered input that is always active (not true bypass, just effect bypass). So in many situations this will be the first thing in the chain. So now I have options with input impedance. 5 will be nice for upright and U-Bass. The Mid switch is a boost/flat/scoop around 800-1k. The tone is the "Ultra-Tone" circuit. The channel light stays lit even when bypassed so I know which channel will be active when I kick it.
Basically a buffered 2-channel version of the best OD pedal on the market with more tonal options than the micro. And all connections on the north side so it'll fit on a micro board. Follow it with the [sfx] Micro-EQ, and F-Deck and Aphex Punch Factory. That's my board!
I may have asked this before but does anyone have soundclips of a red dragon?
I only remember being able to find one from that blind-test overdrive shootout in which only a really light setting was used if I recall.
I only remember being able to find one from that blind-test overdrive shootout in which only a really light setting was used if I recall.
Here is a clip I made of the Dual Red Dragon that Tim currently has:
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=11728847
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=11728847
ryansalmond said:
I have a few on the tube. They are extremely light settings. I'll try to get on that pretty soon.
Yes
I now have two setups, both with the Fender TBP-1 and as you can see in the video, this monster wants his lows controlled. Very nice combination.
