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Can someone explain how to do the efx loop? I'm very interested in putting one of these together.

I guess it will be some trial and error. I'm using a jazz type bass with Bill Lawrence single coils and a series/parallel switch through a sansamp pre/PA amp and a 4x10 and a 1x15.

Afterlife is certainly one of the easiest to build!

Just posted a similar ask above and saw this... looks nice! I've got a fatpants board on hand already.

I'm getting back into pedal building and would like to make myself a bass compressor. I've been reading around a bit on this and other forums and like anything, everyone has a different opinion. The one piece of advice I keep picking up on, though, is to have an idea of what "kind" of compressor sound would be best for you.

So here, goes: I'm looking for more of a tone machine kind of compressor that tightens up the sound and makes me a little bit more pronounced in the mix while giving me some sustain. I've had the EBS multicomp and I feel like it gives me that tight sound that stands out in the mix, but doesn't quite have the sustain. I have a Ross for guitar which has a very nice sustain to it, but doesn't keep the low end frequencies.

Any advice based on that? I've found some Diamond clone schematics, but I would have to build that on vero and overall that looks like too ambitious of a project. So, def looking for something a little less complicated.

What do you think?

I'm trying to decide if I'm up for it. Doesn't look that hard... but you never know!

It's starting to make me think that I need to build the Nautilus! I was going to try to avoid going that route and build something simpler, but maybe I need to double down and do it.

Thoughts?

If it's an autowah you're after, the autobahn is thus far the best sounding easiest build I have the pleasure of doing. I sold mine to someone who wanted it worse than I did, so now I gotta build another.

Now you are speaking my language! Phish vs. WEEN filter sounds. I get it.

I have to say that after it being a huge time sink (building/reading/etc)  , I've been commissioning builds. I know that it's taking me further away from building, but frankly, I want to be a better player than a builder and am just trying to focus on that. Not sure how I feel about it because I love tinkering, but for now, I want to be a better player.

Obviously, the Nautilus has a lot more shaping options, but what are the differences in the main "wah" sound. I'd like to build a Nautilus with less options and it seems like the Kraken is the way to go-- but there aren't a lot of samples online. Thoughts?