Members seraphim7s Posted January 10, 2008 Members Share Posted January 10, 2008 1. Anyone tried a dbx 266 xl with their rig? I'm totally leaning towards going with something rackmount rather than a pedal, and this thing looks great for the price. 2. Anyone got a good idea of how to dial in a tone like Nikolai Fraiture's from the Strokes? It's possibly my fave rock-based Fender Jazz sound. I know he goes through an Ampeg SVT - Ampeg 8x10 live, but I've got no idea what he does in the studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted January 10, 2008 Members Share Posted January 10, 2008 2. Anyone got a good idea of how to dial in a tone like Nikolai Fraiture's from the Strokes? It's possibly my fave rock-based Fender Jazz sound. I know he goes through an Ampeg SVT - Ampeg 8x10 live, but I've got no idea what he does in the studio. he uses a Jekyll & Hide overdrive pedal for that overdriven tone... ... if its the overdriven tone you mean, i'd recommend you checking out the Fulltone Bassdrive pedals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PaulyWally Posted January 10, 2008 Members Share Posted January 10, 2008 IMO, the DBX 266 is not going to sound any worse than most pedals. And in a live situation, no one will really be able to tell anyway. But it is on the cheap end of compressors. And cheap compressors generally "cheapen" the sound. So don't expect fireworks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seraphim7s Posted January 10, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2008 IMO, the DBX 266 is not going to sound any worse than most pedals. And in a live situation, no one will really be able to tell anyway.But it is on the cheap end of compressors. And cheap compressors generally "cheapen" the sound. So don't expect fireworks. D'ya reckon it would have quite a high noise floor? Cheap gear tends to be noisy in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seraphim7s Posted January 10, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 10, 2008 he uses a Jekyll & Hide overdrive pedal for that overdriven tone...... if its the overdriven tone you mean, i'd recommend you checking out the Fulltone Bassdrive pedals... I thought it was just the sound of the amp ... afterall it's not exactly a massively distorted sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted January 10, 2008 Members Share Posted January 10, 2008 I thought it was just the sound of the amp ... afterall it's not exactly a massively distorted sound. it's only slightly overdriven, overdrive is not distortion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members toolmybass Posted January 10, 2008 Members Share Posted January 10, 2008 I have a DBX 160A and it works great...no problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PaulyWally Posted January 10, 2008 Members Share Posted January 10, 2008 D'ya reckon it would have quite a high noise floor? Cheap gear tends to be noisy in my experience. Again, probably not for live situations. Compressors are pretty "tried and true" technology for the most part. IME, noise isn't so much of a problem as the quality of compression. I use a Behringer compressor in my rig. Although the compression sounds like {censored}, it doesn't produce any more noise than my Jazz bass picks up on its own. And just last night, I was getting some noise out of my rig. I disconnected the comp first to see if that was it... and I could tell no major difference in any noise coming out of the speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSBro Posted January 10, 2008 Members Share Posted January 10, 2008 Save up a little more and get one of the 160 models. I had one once, a 70's model and it was great. I don't play w/out my EBS MultiComp anymore tho, FWIW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassdudeguy Posted January 11, 2008 Members Share Posted January 11, 2008 I bought a 266xl, its not bad but I would probably save a little more and maybe buy an ashly or somthing a bit on the higher end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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