Yeah, the only “REAL” reason I don’t have one, is I, self proclaimed, “King of the Low End Bargain hunter”
Just have not found one for the right price.
Considering my other compressors
San June Optical, amazon $66 new (1 of my favorite pedal buys ever)
Keeley Basist - Offer Up for like $75
Boss Bass Comp BC-1x - traded for stuff that cost me under $60
Markbass Compressore - $100 on offer up
The Markbass, is as solid gold as a pedal can be. I think it might be the best compressor I have ever touched.
Problem is it is about the size of 3-4 other pedals.
But it has fat rich deep bass, limiting with no low end loss, very sweet organic drive. I can’t say enough good things about it, and still could end up striking it cuz of the size
Anyway, one day, if I find an MXR, I am sure to get one, at least give one a try, but probably get one some day.
FunkZilla, did you get it new?
Solid Gold FX is the brand? right?
how do they go for.
I am completely happy with mine, MXR bass envelope filter actually
but I like the looks of the controls and features on this one.
lots of wave form toggles and plenty of control,
I bet it sure is a Godzilla of a Funk Pedal.
Nice.
So is the common wisdom that a fuzz pedal should go after an envelope filter? I have an MXR Bass Envelope on the way and was thinking it should go after the Bass Big Muff (like a chorus would).
so actually I realized after I made that post that one of the dumbest things to do on a forum is to say I don’t remember what it was called but… so then you have a ton of people trying to be helpful going was it this? was it this? so the first person that posted I said, yep that’s it. truth is it wasn’t it. what I was trying to remember was your post a while ago and this pedal. so, thanx . and how does it work BTW?
It works just fine. There’s a phase flip switch for using with a distortion pedal that inverts the signal. That keeps everything adding back together nicely instead of making a hole at crossover. I suppose there still could be a partial problem if using with a pedal that has some latency other than 180 degrees. The x-over point between the send and the keep can be set to the preference of the comments above.
I bought it so I could use something like a Blues Driver or the Tubeworks Blue Tube. The tube I ended up liking the best (Effectrode Blackbird) passes bass just fine so the Sugar Britches isn’t doing anything at the moment. I have a Corona Chorus sitting around so I’m going to see if I care about it with that any.
The Tyler pedal was bigger, more expensive and did more than I needed. I wasn’t planning to send the low end on its own loop, so that section didn’t add anything for me.
most pedals will have a phase shift of 0° or 180° , at least if we’re talking about classic overdrive and distorsion effects. I remember a fuzz circuit with an octave-up and a phase shift of 90°, but that’s really unusual.
Envelope filters are interesting because I could see them working well before and after distortion. But they really are sensitive to and change with dynamics so I would try it before the distortion first myself. Think of it like a wah pedal in that regard.
Yeah after I posted that I did some more research and you’re right, envelope filter needs the uncompressed dynamics to work as intended. Though I’m sure there’s some fun sounds placing it after distortion. Looking forward to trying it out.
I don’t have a pedalboard, and at my level of skill (Lesson 54) there ain’t no kill like overkill. However, I did just buy the Zoom B1 Four multi-effect pedal box. It’s got everything I could need as a basement bassist, and I don’t plant to gig so no worries there.
It’s got decent reviews on Scamazon and on YT, and so far after a few days I’m pleased. Tuner, compressor, overdrive and beats all built in, plus a bunch of other things I’ll never use too
you did yourself a huge favor. you are right, it is all you would ever need, and could get buy in many if not most situations with it, even gigging live.
And if you decide to do a pedal board, some day, because, like many here, you decide to separate sounds a little further and find elements that are not so great in the Zoom, and you want to improve upon (for instance, the Zoom, IMHO does not have great OD or Fuzz) and you may want something that it can’t offer, or just because it can be very fun to do.
well
the Zoom box is a great way to learn about each type of effect individually and when chaining them by putting it in Stomp mode and singling out effects, and then creating a chain of your own. You get a chance to change the order around and play with how things sound when you feed one into the other, or the other into the one, etc…
ot of all the FX I have ever spent money on, which is quite a bit, it is possibly the most valuable $80 I spent, just in the education I received out of it.
The compressors are actually really good too. there are like 3-4 loaded on it, which are modeled after high quality, famous, compressors, including like $2000 rack mount systems. now of course, it won’t be the same as the real deal, but it works similar and is not a bad option. I used the MS-60B for a compressor for a while before I could find the ones that I bought for my board, and I have 4 compressors, which I love them all. But I created 5 patches of each different compressor and used the Zoom Stomp Pedal for a while just as the stand alone compressor.
So, just act like you knew exactly what you were doing when you bought that B1-Four, cuz you made a great buy.
Good to know! I was thinking of DSP pedals when I wrote that, but was too lazy to actually investigate. Just spot checking it looks like the DSP latencies I found are too short to care about for bass crossover wavelengths.
I’ve only been messing with it for a few minutes, but it seems like it will work out fine. the hof chorus and subnup sounds exactly like my standalone ones. I was worried about getting rid of the Spectracomp because I love it and the x5 doesn’t have it. but I have to admit the hypergravity compression sounds great. will have to see what funk sounds I can dial up to replace the spectrum. so at this point, the only real “effects” I have is 2 dirt pedals and the X5.
Wow
I am not surprised at all to see you selling and replacing, that is the norm.
but
I was shocked to see the Spectrum Envelope filter go, I mean, Source Audio 1 pedals are AWESOME.
Is there anything in the TC line up that comes close to the envelope filter? maybe the phaser can be used a little like one, or possibly the flanger, but they don’t have a straight up filter do they? or am i missing something, did they release one.?
Sold almost everything, down to the tuner, EBS and Carl Martin. Probably gonna list the valvedrive, compressor, board and power supply this weekend. Keeping the tuner though
. and how does it work BTW?
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