Had some technical issues with a couple of videos and scrapped them as un-salvageable. The red rooster review was just junk anyway, and I don’t feel like I was capturing the pedal very well… so I’ll be skipping it.

Looking into the log hot months of the summer, I’m likely going to be taking a break through the early part of July, unless people start shooting me free things or loaners so I feel obligated to get them done. This being a beast of personal burden, I’m siphoning my creative juices towards another 50/90 and see if I can make the mark this year. For those who aren’t familiar:

Basics: Starts July 4th with folks being able to post lyrics/songs at that time. Runs for 90 days. The goal is to write 50 songs in 90 days but you don’t win anything if you make it (other than bragging rights) and you lose nothing if you don’t make it (though you will probably end up with more songs than if you didn’t try).

So I won’t be doing any serious reviewing for a little bit. I will probably do a couple of functionality videos for non-fuzz pedals including the Pigtronix Mothership and Skreddy Echo in the next few weeks (no promises though because I keep breaking them).

On a side note, I’ve had to add some link protection due to some bandwidth sucking that has occurred. I’ve added all my normal haunts to the safe list, but If you link to my photos, and they don’t work any more, feel free to drop me a line and I can include your site.

I’ve nearly got a review for the D*A*M Red Rooster finished and you should see that this weekend. I think for the near future I’ll add a poll as I’m about to finish a review for what the NEXT review should be. I’ve decided that it needs to be a distortion pedal, so please vote in the right menu between the two finalists.

These reviews will also be the first to include the newest addition to the bassfuzz.com family. A MTD Kingston Artist 5 String. I think this bass will be a nice addition, giving us a good solid 35” low B and a different set of active electronics. The bass is also a bit higher output than anything else I have now. I’ll update the test equipment pages this weekend with some photos and other details.

Done with another round of general web clean-up. Spent some time tightening up little problems with my css and right side menus. If there is something about the site design you hate, let me know… No promises but I’m not married to anything and I’m a web hack rather than a designer.

Manufacturer: Wounded Paw Effects
Model: Battering Ram
MSRP/Paid: $175/$100
New/Used/Loan: New
Battery: Yes
Power Supply: Yes
Size: 5” Wide, 3 5/8” Tall, 2” deep(Aprox including Jacks and knobs)
Available from:Direct

From the maker:

Battering Ram Overdrive+Fuzz for Guitar and Bass
Stomp on the OVERDRIVE switch and you turn the pedal on and activate the overdrive section. It’s a smooth overdrive which can go from completely clean to growling distortion.
The LO switch adds in the lower frequencies to make it full-range for bass as well as guitar.
The HI knob lets you either boost or cut the highs to dial in the tone you want.

Stomp on the FUZZ switch and the fuzz section gets added on top of the overdrive sound. This is a parallel processed pedal which means the fuzz section works from the clean guitar signal and gets mixed with the overdrive instead of one section following the other like in most 2 stage pedals.
The fuzz is a snarling, raspy beast which can get right out of control if you crank up the SUSTAIN. The deep lows are filtered out to keep it tight and bright. The TONE control goes from high-end cut to flat to a mid-cut, high end boost. And for another set of sounds there is the OCT switch to change the fuzz section into an octave up fuzz. Crazy.

This pedal can be used in a number of ways. Have the overdrive on all the time for your basic tone and stomp on the fuzz for that important bridge, chorus or solo. Or use both sections to shape your distortion sound. Use the overdrive for the lower frequencies to keep the growl without getting muddy and use the fuzz for the searing top end. Or keep the overdrive section tame and use the fuzz section with the octave switch on to add that one bit of octave up. True Bypass

Spent some time yesterday as planned cleaning up. I redid the right menu to make it all fit correctly and be a tad less cluttered, if you hate it… so you think I got a little heavy with the cutting hand let me know.

Additionally, I created a new page called ‘The Big List’. Rather than flip through the posts directly, or search wildy I figured it would be nice to have ONE location with which to find samples, overviews, or reviews that have appeared on this site to date. So if a pedal has been examined at any point (full review, golden age, show & tell) it will appear there for your browsing pleasure. If you have any suggestions for ‘The Big List’ just let me know!

Next review should be soon… Wounded Paw – Battering Ram

• Posted the Subdecay Prometheus review
• Made some changes to the review grids to get them consistent with each other.
• I’m probably going to redo the right menu stuff a bit to ‘tone it down’. Some of the older stuff needs to be de-prioritized.
• Updated Front Page Poll