EmmettC

Yes, there are a few ways to use the external footswitch, or expression pedal, but one of them is scrolling the presets. Using the footswitch on the pedal is fine for scrolling through presets as long as you don't need to change during a song. If you want to do that the easiest way is to use an expression pedal, you can save a setting for the up and down position of the pedal, so going between them is easy - it actually blends between them, which can be cool if you want that, but if not just being quick with the pedal works fine.

I have a lot of friends working there, and they know me well enough to know I won't buy one new - still I'm sure I can persuade them to get me one to try anyway.

If you hold down the footswitch the lights start flashing, then you can scroll through the presets using the footswitch. I'm not keen on pressing the little button with my foot, seems like it's asking for trouble in the long run.

Does anyone in or around Edinburgh have one of these yet, now that my Sandberg is finally sold I can start to think a bit about a new one. I definitely don't like the longer scale Dingwalls, but I think the 35"-32" (ish) 5 string sounds ideal for me, but I would like to try one first. Happy to provide coffee and cake if anyone would let me noodle on one for a few minutes.

Bass direct had a social media post showing lots of them in stock - might be worth checking there if you want it quicker.

I'm using a Truetone CS12 on my board, I swap the MXR Bass Synth and the Source Audio C4 in and out depending on my mood - I've still not settled on one - and it's been working fine. I think I'm using one of the 250mA outputs, but it might be 500mA one - it seems to be fine with the MXR. I'll double check which output I'm using later.

Sorry to resurrect a dead thread, but seems better than starting again - I have a 3 Leaf You're Doom, and I have the option to trade it for a Doom 2, but it'll cost me around £150 to swap. Is it worth it, I'm really happy with the You're Doom, it is really simple to dial in between songs for live use and it never sounds bad. I do like the eq option on the Doom 2 though, seems like it will be even more versatile, but will it be as usable live? Anyone who has tried both, is it worth £150 to "upgrade", or should I just be happy with what I have?

I tried this today with my C4 and MXR - sure enough I heard it on the C4 and my tuner picked it out too. I couldn't hear it on the MXR though there may have been a really tiny drop in pitch according to the tuner. That might just be an artifact of the tuner not really being able to pick out the main note - I guess it's designed for a simple bass note, not synth tones with modulation on them. I must say though I hadn't heard that on the C4 but I'm mostly using it at gigs and rarely hold notes long enough for them to decay that much. That led me to mess around with the note hold function on the MXR - that is a very fun way to keep a note going, probably not something I'll need, but definitely something I'll play with. I had fun comparing the IMA sledgehammer setting on the MXR to my "setting" of just using my octave and chorus - I prefer that to the MXR. And my "go to" synth sound of octave/fuzz/chorus still holds up favourably to some of the MXR sounds, though clearly isn't as versatile.

There is a story about that - in an attempt to reduce the amount of gear I replaced my pedals with a HX Stomp, I didn't like it so I replaced the HX Stomp with some Source Audio stuff (I liked the idea of preset patches), I didn't like the UI for the the Genesis Chorus so I replaced it, the envelope filter was cool, but it was all available in the C4 and I prefer the 3Leaf as just a straight up filter, so I replaced them. Then I just go a lot of GAS and I replaced evertything, usually more than once. Pretty sure @krispn and I have bought and sold enough gear off each other to start a shop. TLDR I really like pedals. I think the tracking low down is a little better on the MXR (that might just be imagined), latency is completely fine on both, nothing that would be distracting in any of the sounds I used. The only difficulty I had with the C4 was how sensitive the input gain was, particularly for dirty Moog kind of sounds. I'd set it at home and it would be perfect, but then on a gig I'm digging in a bit more, and it would't like it, adjusting mid-song was hard because you can't actually see where the input gain is on any sound, so you can't just nudge it up or down. I'm not really sure how the input gain works on the MXR, but I used 2 basses last night and the Musicman is quite a bit louder than the McIntyre, and it didn't seem to be an issue at all using the same IMA preset with both instruments - that would have really caused issues with the C4. No recordings from last night, but I'll try and get some clips tonight (fewer deps tonight, so it should sound better too).

Decided to just dive straight in and use it on my wedding gig, I'm just home and it was a huge success (as in no one else noticed). I took the C4 off and but the MXR on. I had to make a sound for I Wanna Dance With Somebody, but it was really intuitive, and even though it took 5 minutes, I think I liked it more than the C4 patch that took hours. I also made a sound for Blinding Lights, again a 5 minute job, this wasn't as good as the C4 sound I got from the Source Audio site, but it was still very passable, and I think I can improve on it with a little bit of time. I used the synthadelic IMA patch (based on Flashlight by Parliament) for a couple of things - mostly for my own amusement and used the "live setting" to entertain myself during We Got the Love. I'm very pleased, though I was also happy with the C4, the biggest gain is how easy it is to adjust on a gig and how intuitive it is to use.

That's exactly what I needed to hear, thank you - the bass I had custom made was largely because I do 4 hour wedding sets a few times a week and the Musicman and Sandberg were starting to take their toll on my back and shoulders. I think the green is going to be the one.

I had a bass made for me a few years ago (still my main bass), but apart from that, I've never bought a new instrument - but this one ticks a lot of boxes for me. I won't get a chance to try one, unless Guitar Guitar decide to stock them in Edinburgh, but even then, I'd prefer to buy from Bass Direct. So thinking sensibly, how has the weight been on the ones people have tried or bought? Would it benefit from a preamp or is it versatile enough as-is? What colour is the best, I don't really like the sunburst, but the rest are all lovely.