I got one of those "Fat Snare" dampener heads you lay on top of the regular head as a $20 experiment. Definitely not something I'm planning on using full time, maybe a song specific application.

It's interesting. It lowers the pitch of the drum considerably and obviously makes it quieter. Definitely demands good kit balance when recording as a quieter snare that might demand an eq boost in the highs would not be great next to some bashy hi hats.

While the Mesa 400+ is out of commission, I got this Darkglass Microtube 900 on loan from a bandmate, all I can say is....damn.

Sounds incredible almost like a GK 800 but modernized with more going on sonically. I am not the biggest solid state guy, but this thing really sounds incredible. Held its own completely at band practice.

seby wrote: Fri Oct 07, 2022 1:25 pm

Mickey242 wrote: Fri Oct 07, 2022 1:12 am Altec transformers. Yes, more.

What are you up to with these?? : )

Well I use them in the equipment they where intended for and have become paranoid that the ones I have are going to either be lost... transformers can't really go bad though right?

Mickey242 wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 9:13 pm

seby wrote: Fri Oct 07, 2022 1:25 pm

Mickey242 wrote: Fri Oct 07, 2022 1:12 am Altec transformers. Yes, more.

What are you up to with these?? : )

Well I use them in the equipment they where intended for and have become paranoid that the ones I have are going to either be lost... transformers can't really go bad though right?

Not unless you blow one up

andyman wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 6:53 am

Nate Dort wrote: Wed Oct 05, 2022 8:41 pm Picked up a broken Verellen Meatsmoke preamp pedal on ebay. Burned up resistors in the power supply.

I emailed Ben asking about schematics or a bare replacement PCB, but he just said “send it back and I’ll fix it.” Forgot that he always had a lifetime warranty on his stuff. Was actually kinda looking forward to having another project to work on, but oh well.

The seller didn't realise this was an option? Did you get it for quite cheap?
Either way, score.

I think I saw that one on Ebay and was also tempted to pick it up and have Ben fix it, but I already own three versions of the Meatsmoke circuit (200 watt all tube head, rackmount preamp, pedal preamp) so that seemed a smidge excessive!

Owen wrote: Sat Oct 08, 2022 5:47 pm

While the Mesa 400+ is out of commission, I got this Darkglass Microtube 900 on loan from a bandmate, all I can say is....damn.

Sounds incredible almost like a GK 800 but modernized with more going on sonically. I am not the biggest solid state guy, but this thing really sounds incredible. Held its own completely at band practice.

Darkglass stuff gets lumped in with the Djenty crowd but it is seriously some of the best new bass gear I've played through in quite some time. The B3K was the first pedal with a clean/dirty mix that really worked in my bass rig and at this point it is an "always on" pedal for me.

WeStartToDrift wrote: Wed Oct 12, 2022 7:38 am Darkglass stuff gets lumped in with the Djenty crowd but it is seriously some of the best new bass gear I've played through in quite some time. The B3K was the first pedal with a clean/dirty mix that really worked in my bass rig and at this point it is an "always on" pedal for me.

It's really hard filtering through bass gear discussion online and in print without thinking "I don't trust any of these guys!!". Djenty is a great adjective.

Quilter Bass Block, so I can stop asking the Bismarck to borrow theirs for fly out gigs.

Now that I've moved back to using the Meatsmoke preamp, I might just put together a pedal board w/ the preamp and other pedals going into the Quilter and save some weight/room in the minivan...

Basic Boss 7 band graphic EQ on the way. Surprised I never got one before. Hope I like it!

twelvepoint wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 7:56 am Basic Boss 7 band graphic EQ on the way. Surprised I never got one before. Hope I like it!

The one pedal to rule them all. Solid purchase