This is TOO cool!So insane. And so right!!!
How are you going to power it and what about tube ventilation?
Are you using a metal pickguard?
Plastic will warp from the heat at that close proximity,
I want to hear clips when you are done.
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The Sushi Box FX Secret Society
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How are you going to power it and what about tube ventilation?
Are you using a metal pickguard?
Plastic will warp from the heat at that close proximity,
I want to hear clips when you are done.
Already answered. Aluminum, custom milled, Rechargeable battery in the big hole in the back.
Obviously not easy or cheap, but a thick (and therefore not fragile) glass cover for the tube compartment would be totally badatz.
Power comes from a rechargeable 9.6V LiPo RC car battery in the back of the bass. I will be using an aluminum pickguard, but the heat coming off a single 12AX7 is minimal, I doubt it would be enough to warp plastic.
I will of course post clips when I'm done. I put the last base coat on the finish last night, planning to start the clear coats tomorrow. The preamp is just a stock UA, so it's not hard to imagine what it will sound like, but it will still be cool.
New HW Slampegg Bee Pre just arrived.
Let's go for a drive!
Let's go for a drive!
I was listening to some Chet Baker singin’ on the radio the other day and noticed quite a bit of tube compression and reverb on his vocals. I rejigger’d my rig to put my “More” through the FX loop of the XLR vocal channel in my amp, cranked the saturation and reverb, and absolutely nailed the tone. Anyone else find their “more” indispensable for their vocal channel?
Would be nice to try that but my setup is not geared that way.
I have 2 solutions for that characteristic. dbx ProVocal I have a patch created that utilizes the mic modeling, compression and tube mic pre and reverb paired with an MXL V63mbp mic. I have also created a setting in the Harrison MixBus8 DAW that I use that is dang close.
I actually built a mic preamp a few weeks ago, but I haven't found time to really put it through paces to see if it's good enough to keep pursuing.
In case anyone here missed it : Geeze, not another one of these things... 
Anyone have experience with tubes dying? Having an issue with More.
Was playing through my beloved More last night; over the last week it has developed some intermittent crackling, which I initially attributed to some RF from my cellphone. Sadly it seems it was actually a failure of some sort, as last night after playing for 20 minutes the crackling worsened quickly and the volume dropped dramatically; this is now it's usual, still passing some signal but with a lot of crackling and distortion.
I didn't get a chance to open it up yet, but I'm curious if this sounds like a typical tube failure. I have a few other tubes I can try in it this evening. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the stages are in parallel for this pedal, so it could just be a single tube dying given that it still passes some signal? Curious for thoughts.
Was playing through my beloved More last night; over the last week it has developed some intermittent crackling, which I initially attributed to some RF from my cellphone. Sadly it seems it was actually a failure of some sort, as last night after playing for 20 minutes the crackling worsened quickly and the volume dropped dramatically; this is now it's usual, still passing some signal but with a lot of crackling and distortion.
I didn't get a chance to open it up yet, but I'm curious if this sounds like a typical tube failure. I have a few other tubes I can try in it this evening. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the stages are in parallel for this pedal, so it could just be a single tube dying given that it still passes some signal? Curious for thoughts.
That does sound like it could be a potential tube failure. Let me know how it goes when you have a chance to open it up and try out some other tubes.
The Slampegg Bee Pre really hits the spot. A/B-ing favorably to a PF50-T, less girth, more sweet dynamic nuance when dialed similarly. I can hear how the players sandwiching other pedals between a Slampegg and Finally are so pleased.
Feel-wise, it wraps finger attack in individual little envelopes, just rounding the edges while improving presence. Not an OD or Gain effect for sure, but a legit clean-to-mildly-warm preamp. Not compression, but not-not compression either
. Doesn't sound modeled or simulated, just organic and responsive like analog should. Great result in front of an older solid state head too.
Add mid control, an input pad, fx loop, a second tube, a transformer, DI out
...
You can name it the "Slampegg Bee All End All"
Feel-wise, it wraps finger attack in individual little envelopes, just rounding the edges while improving presence. Not an OD or Gain effect for sure, but a legit clean-to-mildly-warm preamp. Not compression, but not-not compression either
. Doesn't sound modeled or simulated, just organic and responsive like analog should. Great result in front of an older solid state head too.Add mid control, an input pad, fx loop, a second tube, a transformer, DI out
...You can name it the "Slampegg Bee All End All"
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The Slampegg Bee Pre is hitting the spot.
Add mid control, an input pad, fx loop, a second tube, a transformer, DI out
You can name it the "Slampegg Bee All End All"
As long as I have an active, adjustable mid boost elsewhere in the signal chain, the passive tone stacks are fine. Otherwise, the choice is flat or some degree of relative mid scoop, which never quite satisfies my ears.
I just got the new Diamond Bass Comp/EQ pedal, and the mid control and tilt EQ seem to be hitting the spot nicely in conjunction with the Slampegg. I just have the compression set super lightly to snag some peaks.
Just sent my Finally back to Sushi Box to get it up to the latest spec, but I’m super excited about getting that back and giving my mini tone board a proper run.
Everyone: You said when you finished the Venus X design you would work on Furthermore, please stop getting distracted with other things and just work on Furthermore.
Me: Can't make any promises there.
Me: Can't make any promises there.
Also everyone: those distraction are damn interesting though
Just an update after some more messing around. Found a lot of tones I liked with this combo, but ultimately decided that I preferred either one of them soloed to any of the combinations I tried. They cover some very similar ground, as there's definitely some compression coming from the tube in the Slampegg and both offer nice but very different EQs. Love the Slampegg and it's little bit of grit/saturation that it adds to my PBass, so that's going on my little utility board along with the Strobostomp and Finally DI for use with my P. The Diamond is moving to my bigger effects board that I typically use with my Jazz and Stingray basses.
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I’m late to the party, but it seems like a tube compressor is no longer part of the line-up, or am I missing something?
Right?!?!?!
Correct, I stopped making the Deep Dish compressor as it was effectively a knockoff of the Effectrode LA-1A, and I'm trying to steer clear of knockoffs. A compressor is still on the to-do list (it's one of the aforementioned distractions), but I don't currently have on in the lineup.
