Only in spite of it.TylerDeadPine wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:06 am Just checking in, has sex happened because of any of this?
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42I did a comparison of the Lion against the Opus. The Opus can keep up easily with it's Brit heads. Obviously, it comes with a lot more options for about $100 less. So, the Opus will do the dishes and probably take care of your Tinder and Bumble accounts on the side.
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43I should make a correction. I haven’t really listened to the TC Marshall pedals. The ones I had compared previously were the UAFX and TC Fender Deluxe pedals. The TC one did not sound very good in comparison. No idea if that’s the same for the Marshall emulations.tommy wrote: Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:11 am I’ve seen comparing the two, the TC one sounded like dog ass comparatively. Interested in your personal findings.
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44Hahahaha well putcakes wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:02 pmOnly in spite of it.TylerDeadPine wrote: Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:06 am Just checking in, has sex happened because of any of this?
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45Just tried the Jims 45. It sounds alright, def a worthy budget pedal for $100-$120 used. However, once I went direct into the Opus, it ripped! It also seems to take pedals well. I'm going off of my experience with my YRM. That amp distorted really quickly and sounded too chonky once you got past 2 or 3, the Jims is very similar. Assuming this is the same with the JTM45? But, it does have a master volume and you can get really nice clean tones from it. The boost is quite nice and you can put it pre or post circuit--it works for me set to post. I'm not really sure why the channel button seems to turn the pedal on or off, I thought it was two channels, but I only got it to be lit or not lit, and not lit seems off because none of the knobs respond. Weird for an amp pedal to not be on, unless I guess you wanted more than one on your pedalboard? Which would also be questionable, since there's plenty of multi-amp pedals out there. I dunno, maybe I'm missing something. (I haven't read the manual yet, I like to try things with an intuitive sense first.)
I got too curious again and had sold some things that I didn't expect, so I ended up finding an Ampeg SGT for a good price and picked it up. From what I'm hearing on Youtube videos and what I'm reading on bass forums about it, it's got a lot of potential and sounds really good in a lot of the demos and on many different basses. The Vintage Bassrig looks cool, but for $100 more and less versatility, I was really curious if Ampeg could pull something off that was based on their own thing. So, we'll see if it does the dishes, for what it costs. There's a lot of versatility and the cab sim is supposed to be good (even though you can load your own if you wanted), so my expectations are high on this one. I'm also a sucker for a good B15 tone, but it's not an amp I like to use on everything.
I got too curious again and had sold some things that I didn't expect, so I ended up finding an Ampeg SGT for a good price and picked it up. From what I'm hearing on Youtube videos and what I'm reading on bass forums about it, it's got a lot of potential and sounds really good in a lot of the demos and on many different basses. The Vintage Bassrig looks cool, but for $100 more and less versatility, I was really curious if Ampeg could pull something off that was based on their own thing. So, we'll see if it does the dishes, for what it costs. There's a lot of versatility and the cab sim is supposed to be good (even though you can load your own if you wanted), so my expectations are high on this one. I'm also a sucker for a good B15 tone, but it's not an amp I like to use on everything.
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46I am curious about the Zoom MS 80 IR+ that is about to come out. I wonder in what ways it differs from the Boss IR-2.
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47I'm going to guess they are pretty similar, but the Boss has some custom amps that you won't find anywhere designed by Roland. Not sure what's on the Zoom as far as amps go, but I'm going to assume it's the usual suspects.ChudFusk wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:47 pm I am curious about the Zoom MS 80 IR+ that is about to come out. I wonder in what ways it differs from the Boss IR-2.
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48I got the Ampeg SGT in and...boy, it's fucking awesome. I played with it for the first 20 minutes just reveling in the tone, and I realized I was only using the preamp. I hadn't even engaged the SGT circuit. The cabinets sound good, I wouldn't say they blew me away in any sense, but they were more than adequate for my use-case. I love that they have a 1x15, which is usually my jam, but I quite liked the 4x10. You can blend the cab sim in, which is a nice touch and I haven't seen that on any other pedal. I haven't played with the Ampeg software or loading custom IRs, but I think it's great when companies trust their customers to make their own decisions. I'll toy with it later, but I am happy with what it provides out of the box.
I kinda winced before engaging the SGT circuit. I wasn't sure if it was going to sound good, half assuming it would sound artificial (I watched a guy on youtube play with the grit up too high, he sounded like he was playing bass through a coffee can), but I thought the preamp sounded great on it's own, maybe a dirt pedal would suffice (which is silly to say, because why buy the pedal and not use any of the major features). The SGT circuit is pretty awesome, to get that beautiful SVT or B15 grit. I say, you gotta keep it subtle, I always liked a little tube/transistor overdrive on my bass. I've read what others had to say and some complain about it sounding to farty when you're past 12 o'clock, which to me is crazy, I wouldn't even go that high on a real tube amp. I would just use an OD (my fav OD for bass is a Klon. I just picked up a TC Electronic Zeus, which has a FAT switch to beef up your tone, assuming if you used it for bass it would't cut out low tones. My original Klon was the KTR, which shot up in price, and fuck it man, there's so many great Klon clones, I sold it for twice what I paid. The Zeus sounds great AND it's $60). The SVT flavor is as aggressive as you can imagine, and the B15 is that soft, marshmallowy pillow of goodness that I just love to fawn over.
The options this pedal has, I'm really impressed with Ampeg for doing a lot of the right things, and in some ways, doing more than what everyone else is doing. On the box, it says "The All In One Bass Box" and they aren't lying! You can walk into a venue or a recording studio with this and your bass, you'd be fine. Fuck, leave the bass at home, borrow someone else's. It'll sound awesome through this thing.
All-in-all, great pedal. There's a really dumb but popular youtube video comparing the SGT to the Bassrig Vintage. I say it's dumb, because the guy put all the tone knobs up to 12 o'clock. Then you get to read a lot of dumbass comments about which one "sounds better". Yes, the Bassrig sounds great, because the midrage at 12 is damn solid. They're going to sound different, they're different pedals with different ideas on how to achieve an Ampeg tone. Don't listen to that guy, he's an idiot. Never do an A/B like this, you'd get shot in some parts of Chicago on principle alone.
I kinda winced before engaging the SGT circuit. I wasn't sure if it was going to sound good, half assuming it would sound artificial (I watched a guy on youtube play with the grit up too high, he sounded like he was playing bass through a coffee can), but I thought the preamp sounded great on it's own, maybe a dirt pedal would suffice (which is silly to say, because why buy the pedal and not use any of the major features). The SGT circuit is pretty awesome, to get that beautiful SVT or B15 grit. I say, you gotta keep it subtle, I always liked a little tube/transistor overdrive on my bass. I've read what others had to say and some complain about it sounding to farty when you're past 12 o'clock, which to me is crazy, I wouldn't even go that high on a real tube amp. I would just use an OD (my fav OD for bass is a Klon. I just picked up a TC Electronic Zeus, which has a FAT switch to beef up your tone, assuming if you used it for bass it would't cut out low tones. My original Klon was the KTR, which shot up in price, and fuck it man, there's so many great Klon clones, I sold it for twice what I paid. The Zeus sounds great AND it's $60). The SVT flavor is as aggressive as you can imagine, and the B15 is that soft, marshmallowy pillow of goodness that I just love to fawn over.
The options this pedal has, I'm really impressed with Ampeg for doing a lot of the right things, and in some ways, doing more than what everyone else is doing. On the box, it says "The All In One Bass Box" and they aren't lying! You can walk into a venue or a recording studio with this and your bass, you'd be fine. Fuck, leave the bass at home, borrow someone else's. It'll sound awesome through this thing.
All-in-all, great pedal. There's a really dumb but popular youtube video comparing the SGT to the Bassrig Vintage. I say it's dumb, because the guy put all the tone knobs up to 12 o'clock. Then you get to read a lot of dumbass comments about which one "sounds better". Yes, the Bassrig sounds great, because the midrage at 12 is damn solid. They're going to sound different, they're different pedals with different ideas on how to achieve an Ampeg tone. Don't listen to that guy, he's an idiot. Never do an A/B like this, you'd get shot in some parts of Chicago on principle alone.
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50I'm glad you're chiming in. I was also reading on bass forums that a lot of bass players like the Helix SVT. Have you tried the SGT and what are your thoughts on the Helix version? Did it have any influence on the SGT? Yamaha owns everyone now.