Winter NAMM 2011 rumour mill!

[Jared Lash]

NAMM wishlist:
Basswitch
Malekko 919
Fishman Fission Bass

Things I'd love to try
Way Huge Ringworm
EHX Talking Box
Malekko Bitcrusher and Octaver

Not for me but fantastic ideas:
Empress Multidrive
Source Audio Graphic EQ

 

[Joe Gress]

(and Holley Erectus?)

Some may call me a dreamer, but I'm the only one...

 

[Jared Lash]

Some may call me a dreamer, but I'm the only one...

Here's the only reason I started thinking about it again:

Yeah...ditto. I'm actually going to pick up that new Bit Crusher of theirs, too. It tracks fantastically on bass. I'm also doomed because Paul told me that they have some germanium transistors now that are as powerful as the silicon. Germ + insane gain = pure win!!

 

[Joe Gress]

Here's the only reason I started thinking about it again:

Heh, yeah I know, me too. Quite frankly if its as good as vegas says it is, I'll prolly end up picking one up. But it wont have the badass fantastic graphics and name.

 

[Jared Lash]

Heh, yeah I know, me too. Quite frankly if its as good as vegas says it is, I'll prolly end up picking one up. But it wont have the badass fantastic graphics and name.

Maybe, maybe not.

It looks like the pedals that Malekko contracts out (Omicrons and 616/919) all have that same aesthetic but the B:Assmaster (which is still made in house AFAIK) has it's own look as did the Ekko Dark and Light. We'll see.

 

[vegas532]

Here's the only reason I started thinking about it again:

No, no...don't read into it. There's a new omicron Bit Crusher that arrived a little late, but was most definitely there in all its tiny glory. It sounds way cool on bass and guitar equally.

 

[FutureTense]

I'm pretty pumped about the Tech 21 Bass Boost Chorus. I think I'll be picking that one up when it hits the shelves in April.

 

[Jared Lash]

No, no...don't read into it. There's a new omicron Bit Crusher that arrived a little late, but was most definitely there in all its tiny glory. It sounds way cool on bass and guitar equally.

Gotcha. Still cool news.

 

[vegas532]

Yeah, it was pretty badass. The new line up includes the Ekko 919 and Omicron Attack/Decay, Compressor, Bit Crusher, Octave Down, Envelope Filter, and Spring Reverb.

 

[trainyourhuman]

The most impressive piece to me at NAMM was the Basswitch. It includes:

A/B switcher
two channel one dry/one EQ input
Double para metric mid high end studio EQ section
Two effects loops one straight/one mixable (dry/effects)
Controllable level clean boost
Lehle sound DI with ground switch/pre/post/attenuation pad
Tuner out
Mute switch

Burk! Bro, did you get a chance to try one out?

 

[Smallequestrian]

Maybe, maybe not.

It looks like the pedals that Malekko contracts out (Omicrons and 616/919) all have that same aesthetic but the B:Assmaster (which is still made in house AFAIK) has it's own look as did the Ekko Dark and Light. We'll see.

I don't want people to misread this. Josh still does the design and layouts, he has the PCB/SMD construction contracted out to a place that is doing it with automated machinery. I think some people may see that phrase and take it negatively.

 

[Smallequestrian]

Yeah, it was pretty badass. The new line up includes the Ekko 919 and Omicron Attack/Decay, Compressor, Bit Crusher, Octave Down, Envelope Filter, and Spring Reverb.

Did you get a chance to try out the Octave Down?

 

[burk48237]

Burk! Bro, did you get a chance to try one out?

No, But in all sincerity, NAMM is a terrible place to really test stuff. Imagine Guitar Center on a Saturday with a contest for fastest tasteless speed metal lick. The ambient noise is super high.

To me this has a few huge advantages over the Bassbone (which I own), 1) Dual Parametric EQ with 18db boost-cut, bassbone is passive 2) Mute Switch 3) Two effects loops, one mixable 3) pad for DI 4) Runnable on ANY power from 9-20 volts (bassbone requires 15v power supply which most power supplies don't have). 5) The boost switch can be clean internal or can trigger the mixed effects loop. Lehle is building it with their componants, and their stuff is first class. The transformer is internally rectified to 18v to provide lots of headroom and the S/N ratio is 94db at 1khz. As I recall it's going to come in under $600 which makes it cheaper then the EBS but pricier then the Bassbone

How are you doing anyway G, longtime no see?

 

[gillento]

No, But in all sincerity, NAMM is a terrible place to really test stuff. Imagine Guitar Center on a Saturday with a contest for fastest tasteless speed metal lick. The ambient noise is super high.

To me this has a few huge advantages over the Bassbone (which I own), 1) Dual Parametric EQ with 18db boost-cut, bassbone is passive 2) Mute Switch 3) Two effects loops, one mixable 3) pad for DI 4) Runnable on ANY power from 9-20 volts (bassbone requires 15v power supply which most power supplies don't have). 5) The boost switch can be clean internal or can trigger the mixed effects loop. Lehle is building it with their componants, and their stuff is first class. The transformer is internally rectified to 18v to provide lots of headroom and the S/N ratio is 94db at 1khz. As I recall it's going to come in under $600 which makes it cheaper then the EBS but pricier then the Bassbone

How are you doing anyway G, longtime no see?

I can confirm all this : I have been doing beta testing for 2 weeks!
It sounds really tansparent!

I think I read somewhere on TB, Jacques (the developper) quoted a price of $500

 

[Mad Maestro]

Just when I think my effects collection is complete, NAMM shows up and reveals so many great products. I'm impressed each year with all the new wizardy these builders show.

 

[warwick.hoy]

101 new effects on DiscoFreq's site.

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[jetofuj]

This looks intersting (but I'm a Dead Meadow fanboy):

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[Bryan R. Tyler]

101 new effects on DiscoFreq's site.

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There's several cool things in there that haven't been mentioned yet. The Mooer Audio Super Bender and Morpheous FX Bomber look like Whammys on steroids. Vox of all people look to have made a two-track looper, and Schumann finally put something out, which looks like a beat-up feedback loop.

 

[*insertcoolname]

There's several cool things in there that haven't been mentioned yet. The Mooer Audio Super Bender and Morpheous FX Bomber look like Whammys on steroids. Vox of all people look to have made a two-track looper, and Schumann finally put something out, which looks like a beat-up feedback loop.

Well, assuming that the Mooer is semi affordable or the Morpheous does harmony and not only whammy functions, I'll have to snatch either one up.

 

[Smallequestrian]

NAMM wishlist:
Basswitch
Malekko 919
Fishman Fission Bass

Things I'd love to try
Way Huge Ringworm
EHX Talking Box
Malekko Bitcrusher and Octaver

Not for me but fantastic ideas:
Empress Multidrive
Source Audio Graphic EQ

Your list is very similar to mine, though my biggest interest are the two Malekko pedals.