Little Phatty w/Roland PK-5 or Taurus Pedals?

72rick · Post by **72rick** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:00 pm

Little Phatty w/Roland PK-5 or Taurus Pedals?

Another issue is with the Taurus pedals I may not be able to afford a Synth.

Ideally I'd like to find a deal I can afford on Taurus Pedals and a Little Phatty I.

What do you guys think!

My Alembic has 1 hour left on it's auction. I have 11 watchers and no bids yet. All I need is one!

Garret

Bryan T · Post by **Bryan T** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:08 pm

My friend plays in a Rush tribute band and uses the Roland pedals and a laptop with a soft-synth for Taurus. He also has a Little Phatty on stage for other sounds. I'll ask him why he doesn't use the Roland pedals with the Little Phatty next time I see him.

Bryan

72rick · Post by **72rick** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:35 pm

Thanks allot!

Garret

MC · Post by MC » Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:55 pm

If you want the Taurus bass pedal sound, the Voyager does a better job than the LP. My Vger and Source does Taurus imitations quite well - and I own a set of Taurus pedals.

steve m · Post by **steve m** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:25 pm

MC wrote:If you want the Taurus bass pedal sound, the Voyager does a better job than the LP. My Vger and Source does Taurus imitations quite well - and I own a set of Taurus pedals.

I was using Roland PK-5 pedals with my Voyager, the combination worked very well and sounded great. Lately I have been using the Voyager more for lead synth parts, so I now use a Yamaha CS1X with my PK-5 pedals. Not quite as good as the Voyager, but still very effective and the synth only cost me $150 ! I think the LP with PK-5 would be an ideal setup.

Either way you will need some good subs to handle the bottom end.

ColorForm2113 · Post by **ColorForm2113** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:32 pm

well, Rush uses the Phatty with the roland pedals and it seems to be good enough for Geddy.

MC · Post by MC » Fri Nov 07, 2008 12:36 am

ColorForm2113 wrote:well, Rush uses the Phatty with the roland pedals and it seems to be good enough for Geddy.

Geddy is using the LP for leads, not pedal bass. A lead synth does not always make a good pedal bass synth.

I compared an LP next to my Taurus pedals. No way can the LP cop a Taurus.

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:00 am

The Taurus patches on OS 2.00 are actually very accurate...until you do a side by side comparison with a set of Taurus pedals. But without the Taurus pedals, and a hint of reverb from the amp, it really does KINDA sound like a Taurus. MC is correct overall...a Voyager RME with the PK-5's would be ideal.

72rick · Post by **72rick** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:22 pm

It's looking very likely that I'll be going just that way, with a Little Phatty to boot!

I have my 1972 Rickenbacker 4001 listed For Sale on the Rick Resource website and if someone doesn't take it directly then I'll put it up on ebay in a couple of days.

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:42 pm

Theres some taurus pedals on ebay now that last night I think was going for 800.

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:00 pm

EricK wrote:Theres some taurus pedals on ebay now that last night I think was going for 800.

Yeah, but what was wrong with them? Most likely have a few bad switches, a couple missing knobs or broken sliders, no main board, etc. A decent set will set you back at least $1500. Or maybe the guy has no idea of what he has. Hmmm. Interesting...

JaseyT · Post by **JaseyT** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:03 am

One thing I do want to point out...Geddy does not use Roland PK-5 pedals, but rather Korg pedals. He's used the Korg pedals since the 80s, even back when the Taurus pedals were still part of his live synth gear. I don't know about you, but personally I'd be on cloud nine if Geddy decided to use some T3 pedals on the next Rush tour!

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:45 pm

JaseyT wrote:I don't know about you, but personally I'd be on cloud nine if Geddy decided to use some T3 pedals on the next Rush tour!

He's already ordered three, I'm sure.

JaseyT · Post by **JaseyT** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:12 pm

Well, if that's the case, then he can autograph one set and give it to me.

Christopher J. Boylan · Post by **Christopher J. Boylan** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:40 am

If I'm not mistaken, Chris Squire's used a set of Moog Taurus Base Pedals since day one. Can anyone confirm that?