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syb-05

sillyfabe

sillyfabe

keeping the low-end silly since '06
Mar 13, 2009
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San Bernardino,CA
#1
just got it today from davio (big thanks btw) and i don't see what everyone complains about with this pedal. everyone says the tracking is off but i'm playing 1/32 notes and it tracks great! the key is to not be sloppy and i'm not. so if anyone has anything to say or even recc. settings then i'm all ears!
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#7
I have it. tracking is bad. especially (for whatever reason) on the higher notes. Anything above A on the D string has a tendency to crap out, and the higher the note, the greater the chance of this happening, in my experience.

It is, however, as I've said in another thread, a great unit for making trippy noises, especially when coupled with other pedals (in my case, it's tuner>SYB>fuzz>wah>overdrive, and I can get a lot of stuff out of it)
 
#8
confession: i'll post the sound clips of the 1/32 notes but in reality: drunk + synth bass equal well... i'm playing it now and it tracks well but not that well. I'll post what i can sometime today whenever i wake up and have time!
 
#11
takfar said:
I have it. tracking is bad. especially (for whatever reason) on the higher notes. Anything above A on the D string has a tendency to crap out, and the higher the note, the greater the chance of this happening, in my experience.

It is, however, as I've said in another thread, a great unit for making trippy noises, especially when coupled with other pedals (in my case, it's tuner>SYB>fuzz>wah>overdrive, and I can get a lot of stuff out of it)
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Sounds like dead spots and/or uneven pickups for it to be crapping out on higher notes.
 
#13
I had one and if anything the tracking was more consistent as you moved up the neck (c#-F on the G string excluded due to dead spots, same with issue with all my other octavers/synths). I assumed that the pick ups may be uneven since you're experiencing the issue on the D string as well, which would leave me to believe that the treble pickup (if a Pbass) might be low, or something along those lines.

Something wrong with your unit then I suppose. If you raise or lower the sensitivity, does this make any difference on the higher notes? What about above the 12th fret?
 
#15
I have an SYB-3, and while I won't make the claim that it'll track 1/32 notes cleanly... I have never really had a problem with the tracking to the point where it was unusable or "terrible."

As long as you have a good, clean technique and give the pedal plenty of input volume from your bass, it'll track fine.
 
#16
3toes said:
I have an SYB-3, and while I won't make the claim that it'll track 1/32 notes cleanly... I have never really had a problem with the tracking to the point where it was unusable or "terrible."

As long as you have a good, clean technique and give the pedal plenty of input volume from your bass, it'll track fine.
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+1 here.
some really useful stuff here.
really comes alive while using an expression pedal!
 
#17
It's hard for me to imagine a situation where you would need a synth patch while playing 32nd notes, and I'm not criticizing. I agree that tracking is not perfect. My tendency is to use the effect on more sustained notes, so it's not a problem for me.

I have an EHX Bass Micro Synth, and I have just acquired a SYB-5. I am actually excited about the difference in tones I hear out of the SYB, compared to the BMS. While the BMS does the "Land of the Lost" thing really well, I began to tire of the sharpness of the waves it creates. The tone is a little more intense than I sometimes want in a synth. The SYB sounds a little more like an 80s DX7 synth bass to my ears, which will make for an interesting change.

Also, the SYB does one thing much better than the BMS - it can pass your direct signal along with your effect signal. The BMS does have a slider for "guitar volume" (or something similar), but I have isolated that slider and the tone coming out of it is not a dry tone. Maybe there is an issue with my unit.

I am not getting rid of my BMS by any stretch. It's a player anyway, and looks a little "rugged". I doubt anyone would buy it. But I am putting the SYB on my pedalboard for a while. Oh, the SYB is also 1/3 the size of the BMS and uses a 9V patch...
 

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