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tonemandan
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 Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 11:42 am Post subject: Banzai Fireball II |
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| There is some talk at the PRS Forum about Robben using this pedal. Apparently he was raving about it at a seminar he did. Anyone know about this? Has anyone tried it yet? I've gone through about 30 pedals now and hated every one so I'm leery about ordering another one..... |
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HHB
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| Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2003 5:31 am Post subject: |
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me too! LOL I've been really happy w/ my Rat pedal, I feel like a caveman LOL I'm also getting used to my latest Hamer, a sprucetop mahogany w/ chambers, duncan phat cats ( single coil, like big p-90's ). The chambered spruce top does evock those Robben tones we all love, where do you get a " firewall'? HHB
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Leftbender
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2003 1:14 am Post subject: Banzai Fireball II |
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Tonemandan,
This Banzai stomp box is a hand made German product. You can find it at:http://www.banzaieffects.com/index2.html
On this site you'll find some sound samples. I'm about to buy me one because I find it very cool sounding. For me it's or the Banzai or the Fulltone Fulldrive 2 that sounds very similar. I will check them both out and eventually choose the best one.
Greetings
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tonemandan
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2003 6:12 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the link Leftbender. I currently use a Fulldrive II and an old Deluxe Reverb for most commercial gigs. If the Fireball is similar I would probably like it. Does anyone know if there are more than one version of this pedal. Is the one Robben is using called "Fireball II"?
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Bill Morgan
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Location: Tokyo
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 3:01 am Post subject: |
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| tonemandan wrote: | Thanks for the link Leftbender. I currently use a Fulldrive II and an old Deluxe Reverb for most commercial gigs. If the Fireball is similar I would probably like it. Does anyone know if there are more than one version of this pedal. Is the one Robben is using called "Fireball II"?
Dan |
There was the original Fireball, and the new Fireball 2, which is the one Robben is using. I have one, but I haven't decided if I like it or not. It has a lot of volume. Too much really. I haven't been able to get it to sound really good yet, but I'm working on it (if it's good enough for Robben!). At this point, I think the ToneBone may be a better sounding pedal, but it's hard to tweak. I tried a new pedal (Cream Tone) the other day and that sounded pretty good.
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marinblues
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I was considering buying one but then I saw the waiting list, which, at the time, was 16 weeks! 
I eventually got a Hughes and Kettner Tube Factor which I occasionaly mix with a Boss OD-3.
Nothing to do with Robben, just a good OD pedal....
marin
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edpesco
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Location: Austria
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I ordered mine in January, still haven't got it. A very nice OD pedal is the Babay Blue Overdrive http://www.custom-sounds.com/babyblue.htm, very tube like sound. |
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marinblues
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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edpesco,
the link doesn't work well. I think it the "," at the end. I'll repost.
http://www.custom-sounds.com/babyblue.htm
Have you ever ordered from this shop? They have cool boutique toys!
I'm kinda happy with my OD stuff at the moment. My engl amp has 4 levels of OD, so together with the Tube Factor and Boss OD-3 in series, I can get 48 combinations of OD. More than I'll ever need!
 
I usually set one clean and one dirty sound and then play with the volume knob.
marin
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edpesco
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| marin, yes I did a lot of trades with this shop, kind of 2 or 3 old gimmicks for a new one, so if you are to lazy for ebay you can try to make a deal. I also bought some things like the voodoo lab microvibe which went down twice and was twice replaced by a new one without problems. These guys up north are not cheap but reliable. |
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PierreL
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Another nice boutique shop in Holland : http://www.haarguitars.nl/
I am going to order an Xotic AC Booster from then, heard a lot of good things about it ( but could not test it unfortunately ! ). |
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kirk95
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| PierreL wrote: | Another nice boutique shop in Holland : http://www.haarguitars.nl/
I am going to order an Xotic AC Booster from then, heard a lot of good things about it ( but could not test it unfortunately ! ). |
You will love the AC Booster! I played one when I was in NY during the summer. It's one of the best overdrive pedals I have ever heard..really let's the tone of the guitar and amp shine through.
Scott Henderson is using this pedal.
I need to buy one of these!
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edpesco
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| PierreL wrote: | Another nice boutique shop in Holland : http://www.haarguitars.nl/
I am going to order an Xotic AC Booster from then, heard a lot of good things about it ( but could not test it unfortunately ! ). |
yes, they are a lot cheaper than custom sounds, but baby blue od you can only get there. this is the best overdrive pedal I ever played and it's so small you can get it in every guitar case. |
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johan
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 10:30 am Post subject: |
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| you can get the Baby Blue OD at Musictoyz. Only place apart from Custom Sounds where you can get it. I've heard some horror stories about Musictoyz though.... |
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edpesco
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| Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2003 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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| johan wrote: | | you can get the Baby Blue OD at Musictoyz. Only place apart from Custom Sounds where you can get it. I've heard some horror stories about Musictoyz though.... |
well then it's custom sounds, they are reliable, never heard of musictoyz before. |
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johan
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 7:55 am Post subject: |
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Musictoyz is a well known place on the net for pedals etc...great place but I've heard some horror stories lately.
Try Harri at Custom Sounds. He's great! Ordered my BBOD #8 from him when it first came out... |
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