Double Hotcake; anyone got one I can look at?

Post by **GrantB** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 12:16 pm

Hotcake this, Hotcake that....must try one I spose.

hellblazer · Post by **hellblazer** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:40 pm

I hear this one is pretty good:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/music-instrume ... 744250.htm

If you play it through two Hiwatt half stacks.

TmcB · Post by **TmcB** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:06 am

Holy feckin' crap.
Got my modified for bass Double Hotcake today.
It's incredible! The setting where you run both into each other is the most awesome bass grind tone ever and it loses none of the low end whatsoever.
Mighty glad I bought it through him, and asked him to tweak it to be bass friendly.
Very happy, and I haven't even used it on guitar yet!
P bass -> Double Hotcake -> Orange = bliss

SammyD · Post by **SammyD** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:39 am

Nice! Glad it worked out for you Tony. Was it cheaper to get it through him than a retailer?

TmcB · Post by **TmcB** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:58 am

SammyD wrote:Nice! Glad it worked out for you Tony. Was it cheaper to get it through him than a retailer?

Let's just say it was worth getting in contact with him to get a bass-friendly version.

SammyD · Post by **SammyD** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:09 am

Nice

I always thought there was just a switch inside them to turn them from guitar to bass? Is that just the normal Hotcake?

TmcB · Post by **TmcB** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:56 pm

SammyD wrote:Nice I always thought there was just a switch inside them to turn them from guitar to bass? Is that just the normal Hotcake?

Just the normal hotcake, he said he'd have to figure out how to get another switch in the double to make it work. I just told him not to worry about it and just optimise it for bass, which he most certainly did.

SammyD · Post by **SammyD** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:36 pm

He is a legend! Hotcake is def on my list of pedals to try in the next few months, I've only heard one played through a bass amp with a guitar and I'm pretty sure the pedal was switched to bass. Still sounded alright but could be better I'm guessing.

TmcB · Post by **TmcB** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:56 pm

I'm not that sold on it with guitar to be honest. Well, not for crazy high-gain settings, it's got too much bass.

For guitar it's like having two settings of clean boost and one of bassy muck, but I feel that could be sorted out if I spent a little more time messing with it.
Smashing the piss out of the channel with a little bit of hair and a lot of volume is what the hotcake excels at with EL84's so that does sound good.

Kris · Post by **Kris** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:32 pm

would it be my kind of guitar pedal tony?bearing in mind my aim is to make people sick rather than serenade!

Post by **Capt. Black** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 7:08 pm

So, double hotcake. Now you've got one... Gizza look at it.

TmcB · Post by **TmcB** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:10 pm

Kris wrote:would it be my kind of guitar pedal tony?bearing in mind my aim is to make people sick rather than serenade!

You know, with both sides engaged I reckon it'd be in your sludgy realms. Certainly kicked ass with bass and has plenty of low end.

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