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sam adams wrote:Ordered a Bluebird. Here goes nothing. :!!!:


Give us the full report after you've played it. :thumb:


Only, of course, if you like it. Ha! Just kidding. Not really.
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kevinhifi wrote:
Chankgeez wrote:
sam adams wrote:Ordered a Bluebird. Here goes nothing. :!!!:


Give us the full report after you've played it. :thumb:


Only, of course, if you like it. Ha! Just kidding. Not really.


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Maybe I'll make a video with it. :)*

Ever tried one on bass?
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sam adams wrote:Maybe I'll make a video with it. :)*

Ever tried one on bass?


Yes, I have played one with bass. It is, of course, dependent on the style of pickup and rig, but this is what I experienced.

The Bluebird's circuit actually blends in a touch of of the "dry" signal so that there's a hint of attack maintained alongside the wooliness. With the stronger power of bass frequencies, more of this attack comes through with a bass, creating the sound of an old tube bass amp cranked up to the point of speaker tearing insanity. It still sounds like your bass but with all sorts of stuff heaped on top of it.
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kevinhifi wrote:
sam adams wrote:Maybe I'll make a video with it. :)*

Ever tried one on bass?


Yes, I have played one with bass. It is, of course, dependent on the style of pickup and rig, but this is what I experienced.

The Bluebird's circuit actually blends in a touch of of the "dry" signal so that there's a hint of attack maintained alongside the wooliness. With the stronger power of bass frequencies, more of this attack comes through with a bass, creating the sound of an old tube bass amp cranked up to the point of speaker tearing insanity. It still sounds like your bass but with all sorts of stuff heaped on top of it.

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yskn1sa1TiY[/youtube]

Sorry for the poor playing. This is my first stab at playing and exploring the sound of the pedal so I was totally winging it. I was trying to demonstrate the tone of the pedal in a more "extreme" setting such as a cranked and slightly overdriven tube halfstack with a detuned humbucking guitar. There are several much nicer and versatile demo's of the pedal in normal settings. But nobody has dived right into glitchy ear fatiguing drones and whatnot, so I might as well take it there. :!!!:

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^^^ Man that is AWESOME... You got some really good sounds and now I do be intrigued...
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Sounds pretty wicked.
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Nice! It's refreshing to hear the pedal being used in that way - quite different from the other vids out there or any of the clips I made for the website. Thank you!
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Thanks guys. So far I am not let down by this little monster. I played it through my Lonestar with great results. It loves being stacked into my OCD and SHO clones as well. Haven't tried it with the Mark III yet, but I'm sure it'll sound awesome. I also want to give it a whirl through my bassist's rig.
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sam adams wrote: I also want to give it a whirl through my bassist's rig.


Please, make a clip of that if you would. I'd like to hear that. :thumb:
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great stuff!
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