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Published on 01/17/10 at 15:00Well -- it's green (lime). And it's big. As in huge, for a stompbox. I have the feeling you could use it to hold up a Volkswagen while you change a tire, but is that what you really want in an effects pedal?
I've been addicted to fuzz bass since Paul McCartney used it on 'Think for Yourself' on Rubber Soul, and I recall being scared to death when the Vanilla Fudge's Tim Bogert kicked in his fuzz at the end of the Fudge's 'Some Velvet Morning' cover. Any effect that can scare people is OK with me. But in my current playing situation, I don't need fuzz. So I went to the local music store just to see if I could still be scared so easily.
The Sub-Lime offers a foot-operable circular dial that allows the user to change the level of fuzz on the fly, with an LED circle display to tell you where your setting is on a dark stage. The Sub-Lime also maintains bottom, unlike many fuzz boxes for guitar. That's important in bass. Volume and drive settings are on the side where they can't be accidentally kicked.
It's way too big: takes up the same room as two standard size stompboxes. You can tweak crossover point and tone, but only with with trimpots located on the back panel.
Built like the proverbial tank, and almost as heavy -- 3 pounds.
The Fender Sub-Lime fuzz is a moderately priced ($120 street) one-trick pony that is way too big, especially if used on a pedalboard. For its size, you'd think it would have been possible for Fender to put an internal AC power supply inside, ala the old Mutron III. But they didn't. Fuzz sound is not bad and retains bottom. But I think the fuzz in the Electro-Harmonix Bass Micro Synthesizer is better. However, the EHX unit costs $150 more.
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I've been addicted to fuzz bass since Paul McCartney used it on 'Think for Yourself' on Rubber Soul, and I recall being scared to death when the Vanilla Fudge's Tim Bogert kicked in his fuzz at the end of the Fudge's 'Some Velvet Morning' cover. Any effect that can scare people is OK with me. But in my current playing situation, I don't need fuzz. So I went to the local music store just to see if I could still be scared so easily.
The Sub-Lime offers a foot-operable circular dial that allows the user to change the level of fuzz on the fly, with an LED circle display to tell you where your setting is on a dark stage. The Sub-Lime also maintains bottom, unlike many fuzz boxes for guitar. That's important in bass. Volume and drive settings are on the side where they can't be accidentally kicked.
It's way too big: takes up the same room as two standard size stompboxes. You can tweak crossover point and tone, but only with with trimpots located on the back panel.
Built like the proverbial tank, and almost as heavy -- 3 pounds.
The Fender Sub-Lime fuzz is a moderately priced ($120 street) one-trick pony that is way too big, especially if used on a pedalboard. For its size, you'd think it would have been possible for Fender to put an internal AC power supply inside, ala the old Mutron III. But they didn't. Fuzz sound is not bad and retains bottom. But I think the fuzz in the Electro-Harmonix Bass Micro Synthesizer is better. However, the EHX unit costs $150 more.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com