Hmmm, I see a 3-tube SBVT II over there on the bottom right.
Also, whenever I see someone use SLO on the board, I always first think of one of these
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The Sushi Box FX Secret Society
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Hmmm, I see a 3-tube SBVT II over there on the bottom right.
Also, whenever I see someone use SLO on the board, I always first think of one of these
Sushiman putting Easter eggs out there for us now!
Yeah it's definitely not my usual style, but it is the quintessential Soldano SLO style. It's not my main amp, but sometimes it's the right amp for the job.Now that's a guitarists stack if ever I saw one!
You'd never catching us bass players going with snakeskin!!
Well spotted
I'm making progress on that one, but it's not quite ready yet. I'm hoping to have it soon, because I really like it.
Stomp is a worthy piece of gear with lots of potential and certainly no harm in having and using both single pedals with a multieffect in combination, IMHO the best of both worlds.
For sure, and before I sell anything I'm going to really work through combos of my individual pedals in the Stomp FX loop.
Hi,
long time shy stalker of this thread / Sushi cult - I’ve been postponing advice questions to Nathan that I thought I would ask here to benefit others, just as I benefited your earlier discussions
but happy to share my experience first,
Why not the other way around ?
I also use an Olympic III, and later on wanted my time-based effects to go stereo (therefore, after the olympic), so I got myself 2 Nobelium kits mounted by a friend to end the chain, and I instantly LOVED this combination
I get the driving character of the SLO and the sweet massage enhancement of the Nobelium (EQing it a lot), lovely !
I can't do the opposite, but I feel there would be less benefit
long time shy stalker of this thread / Sushi cult - I’ve been postponing advice questions to Nathan that I thought I would ask here to benefit others, just as I benefited your earlier discussions
but happy to share my experience first,
Why not the other way around ?
I also use an Olympic III, and later on wanted my time-based effects to go stereo (therefore, after the olympic), so I got myself 2 Nobelium kits mounted by a friend to end the chain, and I instantly LOVED this combination
I get the driving character of the SLO and the sweet massage enhancement of the Nobelium (EQing it a lot), lovely !
I can't do the opposite, but I feel there would be less benefit
I got the Finally V3 in house yesterday. Thank you Nathan for the quick turnaround despite this being a special order. Thanks to this forum as well for the previous posts regarding tube selection. I had the head Sushi chef install a 5751 for what I perceived to be the best compromise between smoothness and that welcome edge of breakup tone. I am really pleased with this selection, and the accuracy of your 5751 descriptions. Sure enough, one to two O'clock brings on a pleasing edge before breaking up to where I hear undesireable hard clipping. I am really loving the adjustable HPF, and my initial settings seem to drift toward the 40-50Hz range. I have connected the pedal to my mixer through both the DI and output connectors to simulate my live setup, which is DI to the board and the output driving my onstage Barefaced FR800 integrated power amp that has no volume control. There is a tremendous amount of gain available through the output jack. I specifically bought the V3 to be able to split these signals and control my stage volume to the desired level. I have been using a Jad Freer Capo live, but all of the buffered outputs have the same volume feeding the board, which constantly puts me at odds with the sound man. While I love the Capo's routing and tone, this omission of a separate output volume is a deal killer for my current setup. If you are curious about my perceived tone differences between the Finally V3 and the Capo, they are surprisingly close given the lack of a tube in the Capo. The V3 has a slight edge in individual note articulation and harmonics. The Capo responds faster and can certainly get more saturation, but I don't usually need more than the edge of breakup. If you have suggestions for a mild overdrive or fuzz that pairs well with the Finally, I'd love to hear about them for the rare edgier covers that I do. (Reference tone would be Ra's cover of Every Little Thing She Does and 99 Red Ballons Goldfinger cover.) The construction of the V3 is first rate, as evidenced by the internal photos. It's really remarkable how much technology has been packed into this form factor. I am very pleased with the functionality and tone, and look forward to hearing this with the band and our next gig on the 15th. Stay tuned...
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I gotta GE grey short plate 12at7 in my finally v2. It's so good I don't even GAS for v3. I do run a Broughton RFE with a boost at 80hz before it. For my usage the set hpf on v2 serves me perfectly, and makes less for me to mess up live accidentally. I run phaser chorus and echo earlier in the chain so not a "normal" set up. Finally not pictured but here's the rest of the board. Just replaced a micro pog with Quint so now there's room for the Finally instead of living on my quilter bb800.
I biamp a "rhythm guitar" with the bottom row. Cheers!
I biamp a "rhythm guitar" with the bottom row. Cheers!
For a milder (or at least capable of very nice mild) OD/Fuzz there's the Fuzzrocious Lil Fella, with the separate gain and drive controls you can dial in some really nice sounds depending on how smooth or gritty you want it, and how much of it in total you want.
A 5751 is about the only tube I haven't tried in my Finally V2, I'm enjoying using a 12AT7 at the moment as I only really want it to reach the slightly driven tone near the end of the range, but I think I need to try a 5751 in there just to be sure...
I tested six different 12A_7-type tubes in my old handwired Finally when I first got it, and my favorites by a landslide were the 5751 and 12AY7.
I also liked the sound/response of the 5751 slightly better than 12AX7 in my Slampegg, but ended up staying with the AX7 just because the Slampegg really needed the little extra output volume that it gives. However, I do like a 12AX7 slightly better than the 5751 in the London Underground...
On paper, a 5751 will place your driven tone on the Gain knob right between where a 12AX7 and a 12AT7 (or AY7) puts it.
I appreciate you dabble across various instruments too. I've been messing around with drums for the last two years and it's possibly been more dangerous than bass gear as of late
Yeah drums are tricky because you can upgrade them slowly here and there, it's so easy to nickel and dime your way into what is eventually a super expensive kit. Drums are actually my primary instrument (shh, don't tell anyone) and I've had the same shells since 2016, but they definitely don't look like they used to. All my stands have been upgraded at least twice, kick pedal upgraded twice, hardware (lugs, rims, etc) have been powdercoated twice. I'm actually still using the stock reso heads, but all the batters have been swapped a couple times. I could sit down and figure out how much I've spent on the kit, but I will not be doing that as I'm sure it would be more than my first couple cars combined.I appreciate you dabble across various instruments too. I've been messing around with drums for the last two years and it's possibly been more dangerous than bass gear as of late
I love guitar and bass and obviously spend lots of time and money on both, but deep down I'm a drummer.
Finally arrived on Monday, first let me thank you when I was searching for the perfect DI for my nano board, very few options wold fit exactly in there and I didn’t want to get rid of the tonex or the mxr I love how they work with the Stomp, the Finally v3 was the sauce I was missing.
I was using a radial J48 while it arrived, but this week I’ve been in love with the sound of this little board, adding that tube warm to the stomp at the end it’s the perfect match.
I won’t be using my bigger boards for while. At least when I’m one the road
Thank you for putting together this awesome piece of gear.
I was using a radial J48 while it arrived, but this week I’ve been in love with the sound of this little board, adding that tube warm to the stomp at the end it’s the perfect match.
I won’t be using my bigger boards for while. At least when I’m one the road
Thank you for putting together this awesome piece of gear.
Yeah I can totally see how that could happen quickly haha. I'm slowly working on upgrading cymbals and that's quite the rabbit hole in and of itself lol. I do enjoy hunting down vintage Zildjian stuff though, it's fun to preserve 60+ year old cymbals and keep them being played.
nathan,
as I get less younger I've discovered the spiel regarding bass being "four string guitar" way bunk and the idea of bass being more like "four string drums" way further happening regarding the reality on the dealio, just my findings...
on bass, watt
mike watt's hoot page
mike watt's hoot page. here's a page put up on the web by me to let folks know what's up in my wack life. I live in pedro. I work the thud staff. I jam econo.
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While that SBVT II looks good I am for some reason more attracted to the cardboard box on the left of the picture, it looks like my dream "Lucky Dip" box.
There are sooooo many goodies in that box that I can identify and that's just on the top.
