• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join freeLog in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

Thunderbird Club

And another day ends here as it rises in CA.

View attachment 5099823

last Sat afternoon in Pacifica -

upload_2023-6-20_7-54-11.jpeg

Mona lookin' for ground squirrels in all the right places...
upload_2023-6-20_7-54-38.jpeg

nah nah nah nah nah
upload_2023-6-20_7-56-22.jpeg
 
As an eBay Associate, TalkBass may earn a commission from qualifying purchases.
@BklynKen gifted me this Steel Leather.
It’s not a compressor at all, quite the opposite, but, I’ve found a setting where it acts like one. It’s a very cool little piece of kit, never thought I’d go down the pedal rabbit hole.
View attachment 5099824

The Steel Leather is something similar to Enhancers, Sonic Maximizers and other Exciter type pedals, right ? How does the combo HPF/expander coexist ? I like the idea of expanding a cleaned-up tone.
 
Last edited:
Last edited:
As an eBay Associate, TalkBass may earn a commission from qualifying purchases.
The Steel Expander is something similar to Enhancers, Sonic Maximizers and other Exciter type pedals, right ? How does the combo HPF/expander coexist ? I like the idea of expanding a cleaned-up tone.

They coexist extremely well.
Nice nice to clean up the high end a little with HPF.
Also able to add a little more low end, i typically use between 50-80Hz, but now can go to 40 if i want.
They both work very well together.
Now i'm all hot and bothered to replace my Ashly with an Empress ParaEq MKII
 

Attachments

"Interesting" that they never showed the front of the HS.
View attachment 5099929
Ah. @Stealth57 beat me to it.
Besides, I don't like Sliver(?) Burst.
Just for S&G I went back to the ad and scrolled down. Two interesting points: They have a lotta other [stuff]* for sale like a Gene Simmons axe copy and an 8string SG-body bass, and, the company is named Meng Music. The letter "e" in Chinese is pronounced "u", as in fun. That means the outfit is called "Mung" Music. Mung is a small green bean, but is also slang for, basically, whatever you want it to be. For example, I sometimes refer to my van as "the mungmobile".

*[stuff]=:poop:, but y'all already knew that.:smug: