I am very fond of tone and experimenting with effects. I am not the sort of person to spend hours getting their EQ just right (as of now, I actually leave it flat). However, I like to enjoy the noise I make when I play.
Naturally, this is leading me on a slippery slope to bankruptcy.
As of now, my rig is a Warwick Corvette Standard 5 string (with ebony fretboard) into a Q-tron Plus, a Fulltone bassdrive and then finally into a Warwick Sweet 15.1.
However, that is just not enough. In order of priority, here are the items currently attracting my GAS.
1)Morley Power Wah Boost, one of the old vintage models. I have yet to try one myself (due to the difficultly of finding a pedal 30 years out of production in my area). However, all the demos of it I hear are good. The massive sweep range mean that (supposedly) keeping the toe up a bit will retain a decent amount of low end, and the problem of low end when using it like Cliff should be solved with another item on the list. Essentially, a really aggressive wah that should be able to get those screams in the treble end and 'roars' in the bassiers areas (like in Calm Like a Bomb. The only trouble I see with the crybaby bass is the lack of the ability to really get those screams out of it. Still, I will try all I can find, using a modern Morley Power Wah to determine if I should go for the boost).
2)Guyatone VT-X Vintage Tremolo. Again, no personal testing, but all use in bands and in demos of it, it has sounded great. I feel it would be a great way to add atmosphere to slower lines, and bring a new dimension to just letting stuff ring out. Also planning to put it in front of my Q-tron plus, which should get some awesome sounds.
3)Barge Concepts Feedback/Looper. Essentially, a blend pedal for the entire effects chain, and I can use it to feedback the signal into the effects as well. Again, should get some incredible sounds from this, as well os the practicality of having a clean signal under the effected signal. Oh, also functions as a true bypass looper, which is nice for turning off and on the entire signal chain at once.
4)New amp, looking at one for life, so expensive. This is way off, but it can't stop me gazing at those Genz Benz's and GKs lustfully.
And that is what I feel I 'need' to get at some point. Oh, and a power supply for the effects chain.
On top of that, a few more exotic effects and a 6 string fretless Thumb NT would be nice.
It may take years to get this stuff, but the trouble is, I can see this having applications in the music I make, and seeing as music is the only decent hobby I have, it pushes its way up the priorities. I'll probably end up as a 40 year old bedroom (bass) shreader with one of the nicest rigs around, that only I hear.
I either need to get a really good job, or learn to control myself some day.
On a side note, I may start using blogs to do some gear reviews, in a vain hope it makes someone jealous.
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