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#118,101
And it’s not even close to Thursday. Well, kinda is.

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#118,103
Miles_ONeal said:
We have three bass players at church, and someone else (an excellent player with serious band experience) was playing this morning. He said his bass went quiet half way through the first set (we came for second service), so he dug out his mini-keyboard and played that. I [pointed out that the third bass player leaves a bass at church (forgetting that we also have a Yamaha bass of unknown ownership there as well). He said he didn't know if it was the bass or his pedalboard, so that wouldn't work. Alas, I didn't get a chance to discuss it further.

While I like my board, I have no problem plugging straight in. When my board developed a problem mid-set a while back, I did exactly that. I practice without any effects most of the time, and occasionally play that way just because.

Just curious- do any of you feel you have to have pedals? My compressor and EQ are on most of the time, but the only thing I *have* to have is the bass.
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I've bought a few over the years and eventually get rid them them. One, I don't like a lot of crap under my feet that's not really being used but once in a while. Two, let's be honest, the vast majority of the time people in the audience won't notice the difference unless we are soloing or beginning a song largely by ourselves. There are some exceptions, I know, but they are exceptions--from my experience in being on either side of the FOH.

At church I do use an EBS Octave pedal to thicken up upper strings at times, and an old MXR Phase 90 that I tend to use in soft parts of some songs. I've had the Phase 90 forever and won't get rid of it. (The best octave effect I've used was actually on an Ashdown head I took on trade once.)

Everything we add can be the source of a problem, so I prefer simple. Like me. Bass > two pedals > PolyTuner > Ampeg all tube head (of some variety) and cab = Simple and good. Works for me.
 
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dagrev said:
I've bought a few over the years and eventually get rid them them. One, I don't like a lot of crap under my feet that's not really being used but once in a while. Two, let's be honest, the vast majority of the time people in the audience won't notice the difference unless we are soloing or beginning a song largely by ourselves. There are some exceptions, I know, but they are exceptions--from my experience in being on either side of the FOH.

At church I do use an EBS Octave pedal to thicken up upper strings at times, and an old MXR Phase 90 that I tend to use in soft parts of some songs. I've had the Phase 90 forever and won't get rid of it. (The best octave effect I've used was actually on an Ashdown head I took on trade once.)

Everything we add can be the source of a problem, so I prefer simple. Like me. Bass > two pedals > Ampeg all tube head (of some variety) and cab = Simple and good. Works for me.
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totally agree on the octaver on the Ashdowns...HUGE...they call it SUB-HARMONICS....all analog believe it or not..
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
totally agree on the octaver on the Ashdowns...HUGE...they call it SUB-HARMONICS....all analog believe it or not..
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Easy to believe.

Recently, I went back to review circuits to see how to make an octave divider and an octave multiplier circuit. I had a passing thought of making my own analog up and down. Then I recalled the price I would pay for components and thought a little about the time and effort that would go into sourcing components, bread boarding, and assembly and quickly realized that I am much further ahead to just buy what I want/need.
 
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So, at CosmoFest, I stopped by the Electroharmonix booth. They told me that after several years of work, they can finally sell this
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in Canada. I suspect that the hold up was translating everything into French...

I have impure thoughts about one of these, especially considering that I was told that the price point would be about US$500. At that price, I could buy two cheaper than a 100W Ampeg V4-B.
 
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PillO said:
So, at CosmoFest, I stopped by the Electroharmonix booth. They told me that after several years of work, they can finally sell this
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in Canada. I suspect that the hold up was translating everything into French...

I have impure thoughts about one of these, especially considering that I was told that the price point would be about US$500. At that price, I could buy two cheaper than a 100W Ampeg V4-B.
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I've seen vintage V4-B's with the matching 215 folded horn cab for less than $1000.
 
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PillO said:
So, at CosmoFest, I stopped by the Electroharmonix booth. They told me that after several years of work, they can finally sell this
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in Canada. I suspect that the hold up was translating everything into French...

I have impure thoughts about one of these, especially considering that I was told that the price point would be about US$500. At that price, I could buy two cheaper than a 100W Ampeg V4-B.
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I used to hear good things about those amps. Hopefully the new versions are as good.
I didn't realize that EH now owned the TungSol brand for tubes.
 
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PillO said:
So, at CosmoFest, I stopped by the Electroharmonix booth. They told me that after several years of work, they can finally sell this
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in Canada. I suspect that the hold up was translating everything into French...

I have impure thoughts about one of these, especially considering that I was told that the price point would be about US$500. At that price, I could buy two cheaper than a 100W Ampeg V4-B.
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Very interesting. I'm more than happy with the creamy tone of my Ampeg V4-Bs and V4-BHs, but would like to hear one.
 
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PillO said:
Both are made in not USA and so will use not USA measures. Any imperial measures would be close, perhaps even close enough. But metric will fit.
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Actually, I found the opposite with my Chinese Goth. 5/16ths I think it is. The metric was just ‘off’ in comparison.

In all things though... if it don’t fit, don’t force it.

@Miles_ONeal
 
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