In reply to Tony Sestito :
Crate has been gone for years now, they made some good stuff.
A bx100 was used for a long time and got pretty loud
In reply to Tony Sestito :
Crate has been gone for years now, they made some good stuff.
A bx100 was used for a long time and got pretty loud
When I see weird stuff from the 90's, I just can't say no...
Thanks all for the input a while back. My kid bought a Crate BX 25 locally from FB. A little smaller than suggested but he saved some money and is happy. Mission accomplished.
In reply to Crxpilot :
25w will be fine, even with a drummer, for at home practice. Should be good.
I came home from work a little early and found bass brother playing with drum brother. Snuck this pic to avoid stopping their session. Normally they fight like comic book rivals every day. I hope they can keep this going while they're both still at home ~3 years or so.
Okay, Hive...
Eldest ReconKid is looking into building a pedal board for his bass shenanigans. First pedal he wants is distortion, with a focus on decent quality.
What recommendations do you all have?
It's more of a fuzz than a distortion, but the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff is one of my go-to's. They also have a dedicated bass flavor:
The gold standard in dirty bass sounds.
The one I personally have is actually the older "Black Russian" one:
But any of those is a great start.
In reply to Recon1342 :
I call "loaded question"
but seriously, it depends. A good fuzz can do a lot, where a true "distortion" pedal is more one dimensional. I'd probably recommend an overdrive, sort of the best of both (and some of the cheapest options). Or something like the old Jackel/Hyde units.
Which are just both in one
Really depends what the goal is. Rhett Shull has a few really good videos on OD, boost, and distortion. Mostly for guitar, but the concepts are the same-ish.
A lot depends on the rest of the rig too. Details? Amp? Bass make/model?
And most importantly, what is the desired sound? Favorite player? Favorite song?
*edit for stuff
also consider a kit of y'all are the Lego type. I built my OD at home and it's great. Also, cheap.
Thunderdrive it gets pretty deep into fuzz territory, and has a really lovely midrange. Absolutely love it with my J-bass.
In reply to Recon1342 :
The best I've played for bass are:
Boss Obd-3. The clean blend helps a lot with clarity.
Wooly Mammoth, mines actually a clone but it's nice and seemingly well made. Here's one on Reverb Mammoth
IdiotBox Blower Box, I got to play a early preproduction model and was very impressed.
None of these are mild though so your mileage may very. My favorite was custom built by a small company for my dad years ago and I don't think you could get another sadly
To add a little grit to my bass setup, I use a Vintage Van Driving is Very Fun pedal from Animal. I’m using a ’60s Univox amp. Technically I guess it’s an overdrive pedal.
You know, I don’t have a distortion pedal plugged in at the moment. Several overdrives, though.
My old bass player hasn't dozens (at least 100) dirt pedals of various types. For recording, he usually gets his dirt from a cranked vintage SVT. For live, he has switched to a Tech 21 Geddy Lee rack preamp with a solid state power amp.
In other news... the local guitar store in NH strikes again. Pretty much as soon as I picked it up and strummed a few notes, it said to me, "I'm going home with you..."
1989 American Standard Strat in my favorite color - black. Me being me who cannot leave a guitar alone, I'll do my standard mods: locking tuners and Wilkinson locking saddles. I've been hankering to try an EMG David Gilmore setup, so that may happen as well. Another pickup thought is a Duncan YJM set. The nice thing about Strats is I can just buy pre-loaded pick guards which makes swapping relatively easy.
This showed up today. Definitely a, "How have I gone this long without having one in the pedal chain," moment.
As some of you may know, I've been out of my house since April, as we're rebuilding it completely from the ground up. And all the way up in the attic, I will be setting up a music room of sorts. I had been storing all my gear in the garage since we broke ground, but the garage is going to be fixed up next. Although the house isn't done yet, I got the go-ahead to start moving my gear up there.
All my drums and stringed things are up there now, up 3 flights of stairs. Phew. I still need to get the amps and drum hardware up there, but it's a start! I cannot wait until I can move back in early next year so I can set this all up.
This is pretty much the Holy Grail of Les Pauls for me. I play Les Pauls because of Steve Clark from Def Leppard. I honestly never really thought about the actual model he used in the three Pyromania videos until YouTuber bwm5150 did a video for Mirror Mirror last week using a model I hadn't heard of: the XR-1 - which you can now easily spot in the videos. The moment the video ended I was on Reverb... and this 1981 example was for sale by a dealer in Canada. Less than a week later and it's in my hands. The neck is a little beefier than I was expecting for the era, but I'll live. It's in "player's grade" condition, which is fine with me. The coil tap/split switch is factory. No binding, but the maple top edge is exposed in the tobacco sunburst finish.
In reply to Ian F (Forum Supporter) :
You know, I was too busy paying attention to the absolutely SICK Ibanez Destroyer Phil Collen played to look at what Steve Clark was actually playing for a Les Paul. That thing is cool as hell! Love it. Looks ready to rip!
BTW, similarly, Phil Collen and that Destroyer is probably the reason I started playing music myself. That's why I have an affinity for Explorers and offsets. I'll probably never get one of those, but I have my Epi Goth Explorer, and that's close enough.
Ian F (Forum Supporter) said:This is pretty much the Holy Grail of Les Pauls for me.
Never seen this model before, pretty cool guitar!
In reply to Tony Sestito :
That's cool. I have seen Phil playing a Jackson version of his old Destroyer, but not a Floyd equipped Ibanez version. I have two Explorers at the moment: a 1994 I bought new and a 1984 3-P90 Kahler equipped model I bought a few years ago. I had at least one Destroyer back in the early 90's, but passed them on for whatever reason. I went through so many guitars back in the early 90's when I worked next to a music store.
When I get caught up on guitar projects (ha!) I'd like to build a Warmoth "Nomad" which is their cross between a Destroyer and an Explorer.
I haven't found much info about the XR-1 model, but from what I can tell it was the pre-cursor to the Studio model. The specs are similar other than the XR-1 has the same thickness body as a Standard vs. the slightly thinner Studio. Only made in 81 and 82 and doesn't seem like Gibson made very many.
In an amusing coincidence, the serial number of the XR-1 starts with 80561 - indicating it was made on the 56th day of 1981. Another guitar I have is a Firebrand "The Paul" Deluxe project I bought some years ago for cheap (it has a poor paint job over a headstock repair). Its number is 80571 - indicating it was built the next day.
I fun thing to do is to find a Gibson guitar built on your birthday. Since Gibson didn't start the numbering system to look for that until 1978, I can't really look for a 1970 guitar, but some day I'd like to find a 1980 Gibson built on day 204.
Anyone have any experience building stewmac kits? I have a need for a cheap couch guitar and there are sales right now.
I guess we're gonna find out. Got the Peavey shipped out and a Stewmac T-style kit ordered. Intrigued by the mahogany body and neck (laurel fretboard) on a telecaster. I'll likely take my time deciding on finish. I still want a white on white on white tele, but I may just oil the whole thing and play it raw. Or who knows. For $150, I won't be too emotionally invested.
PSA
Such sparkle.
Also, decided the stewmac kit is gonna get a proper shiny finish with extra shiny. Gold sparkle. Because I can.
In reply to barefootcyborg5000 :
You know, if you are looking for a white on white Tele......
I own a thin line by them and it's great.$139 is worth it.
Or this cool as hell blue flame one
I need to get a heavy tones p90 pickup soon, the BFGs bridge pickup is meh.
Going between the BareKnuckle 'Pig 90, or supermassive or maybe a Lace Aluma p90 Riffian.
Finding clips of them compared is kinda sucky
In reply to Antihero :
Oh that's awesome. Already bought the stewmac kit though.
And I just learned the Fender tele set is only $79! So we'll see. So many good options.
Tele pickups? I really like the GFS "fatbody" single coils I've currently got in the classic vibe Squier. Simple but versatile with more punch
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