Sell me on a Great Wall for bass.

[nad]

Vague patterns of consistency that must be adhered to:

1) Tired of my Muff Type Thing getting buried in a mix. I don't need this one to cut (I have plenty of Brassmasters for that), but I need something that has actual mids, and this sounds like it do.

2) Wondering of any concern with actives/buffers since I run an octave pedal first in line quite frequently, and occasionally use my G&L L-2000 which could probably drive a speaker cabinet if need be.

3) I Fuzz

4) I stupidly sold my AB-Synth and need another Hug from Fuzzer, although I don't really need any of the oscillation stuff since I already have several such fuxxes that only see sporadic usage.

[magiclawnchair]

nad!!!

yes, the great wall is excellent on bass. mudfuzz and steevdeadman will vouch for this as well... i helped give both of them great wall gas on bass!!!

oh, i am not really a bass player but i do a decent hack job...

here is a clip that i did for deadman... i start off with just great wall and then add the velcroscillator to the mix in front of the gw around 1:20... http://soundcloud.com/magiclawnchair/ve ... or-deadman

here is a clip that i did for mudfuzz... i start off with just great wall and the phantom octave in front of the gw around 0:45 http://soundcloud.com/magiclawnchair/po ... or-mudfuzz

that clip for mudfuzz led to him getting this custom and making this video....

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

[Mudfuzz]

The great wall is a thick and chewy fuzz that keeps your lows and low-mids with lots of PUNCH. It has a wide gain range so yo can dial in a lot of sounds. when maxed out you get that cool pushing something a little to much kind'a feel where the attack sags. It if kind'a like a aniti-BMP.

In the vid I made one note is that there is also phantom octave in there in the third parts of each section [ie when things get a little batshity.

My main bass is active [9v] and have no probs.

[nad]

here is a clip that i did for deadman... i start off with just great wall and then add the velcroscillator to the mix in front of the gw around 1:20... http://soundcloud.com/magiclawnchair/ve ... or-deadman

Okay I know that riff but can't place it. Is it SOD? Sounds amazing whatever the fook it be!

It if kind'a like a aniti-BMP.

My main bass is active [9v] and have no probs.

Currently enjoying clips. I'm sold. Cheers dudes.

[inface]

That was fast.

Nice work you two.

[FuzzHugger]

NAD's got a GW headed his way!

1) Tired of my Muff Type Thing getting buried in a mix. I don't need this one to cut (I have plenty of Brassmasters for that), but I need something that has actual mids, and this sounds like it do.

The Great Wall is its own thing with a non-Muff-related circuit (so I wouldn't want someone expecting a Muff variant)...but I was attempting to get into some Muff-Type territory from a fresh angle, and (hopefully) without the same limitations. My goal was something more alive and natural, less buzzy, more lows but still balanced... And with the controls in the V3 and Dlx, it's something that goes "both cleaner and freakier than the Big Muff Pi," as Agreed once put it.

Of course, experiences vary, but the Great Wall should deliver more mids than a "Muff Type Thing"...the lack of tone control means that frequencies aren't being drastically dampened or filtered out. The Fuzz control can dial in more focus when needed.

2) Wondering of any concern with actives/buffers since I run an octave pedal first in line quite frequently, and occasionally use my G&L L-2000 which could probably drive a speaker cabinet if need be.

4) I stupidly sold my AB-Synth and need another Hug from Fuzzer, although I don't really need any of the oscillation stuff since I already have several such fuxxes that only see sporadic usage.

If you didn't have trouble with the AB-Synth in similar situations/placement, I don't think you'll have trouble with the Great Wall. I don't recommend running my pedals after a buffer, but that's as a general "catch all" to avoid the problems some buffers cause with fuzzes.

I know I'm saying this all after the fact, but maybe this thread can help others thinking about a Great Wall!