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1) Yes - once you understand the user interface - the small buttons form the effect chain, click a button to bring focus to that 'pedal' then edit the parameters as if it were a stand-alone floor pedal. Bit fiddly to start, within 30mins you'll be able to do this quickly. 2) Yes and no - bass synths for me are near unusable - unreliable tracking and random level-changes. Octaver tracks well - very usuable. Similarly, the rest are good too: modulations, limiters/compressors, etc. Effect chains can get noisy and difficult to tame, particularly when multiple effects/simulations with gain are chained. Find a shop with both (B3, etc) and give them a go...

Erm best contact Status. I don't believe it is but as they're custom makers, they could probably make one for you specifically although at a price. Best check second-hand markets and put a Wanted ad out on BC here... You've a near miss with me as I have a Shark 2 active I'm thinking of moving on from the same era.

Antidote - focus on the music not the makers... if it's good, then it's good regardless of the politics, facial hair or microchips of the music maker. (I guess enjoying say, Hitler's music if he were a composer might cause an ethical dilemma but for most situations I recommend the above...) ** Edit: the opposite also applies - not everything this next generation of multi-instrumentalists and hyper-bassists is good, regardless of pedigree, chops, #strings, etc.

Give the Boss GT-1B a go. Fulfills your criteria of <£200 and an expression pedal. But then you say 'stomp box orientated' which I think is more the B3n's thing. You'll have to compromise a little - perhaps a B3n and a cheap expression pedal might fit the bill?

Enjoy the anticipation... So what finish did you go for? Any special requests? Whammy bar?

He did Ronnie Scott's with Dean Brown... wish I'd seen that!

So's mine... EMG's on yours too? *Edit... just re-read you post #embarrassed

You are right... Warwick can be a bit naughty shape-wise. I believe there's a similar tale with the Buzzard shape too.

Well done Lowdowner - you got my irony. Looks lovely BTW

That's good. A bit of a rare bird so likely to surface at some point...

> reminds me of a Warwick thumb in many ways No looks like a Streamer copy

Really!? There's hods on it...

And most effect manufacturers TBH...

Cool! Enjoy your journey. I think the 5 is default for bass in the 21 century. 6 and that high 'C' still not convinced but a low 'B' is such a usable option now most makers have sorted the tone, and I'm sure ACG has...

Mod's probably need to merge these threads:

Yes I have succumbed to 'Warm Wet Circles' and 'That Time of Night' and the beautiful 'Easter' - all good (proggy) songs.

Aw they were ace... 49-year old songs never sounded fresher! Awesome gig. Bit melancholic that there's nothing similar to go see now... Love my '70s Yes but not convinced by either line-up. My favourite drummers have retired: Bill Bruford/ and Neil Peart. John McLaughlin's all but retired. My favourite bassist/singers: Squire, Wetton & Lake have passed away. And I think Ed Sheeran is pants. What's a prog fan to do? And don't say anything northern-European...

Indeed! Those pesky time-constrained ads have gone to 6 secs. It'll be ten before long... #modernlifeisrubbish

Totes agree. My first unit failed but Bass Direct replaced without fuss. My second unit continues to add a sparkle to both clean and gritty sounds without a 'Darkglass wash' that homogenises so much over-driven bass these days. I believe there was a problem early on with power supplies but hey ho. Takes a bit of experimenting to get the right levels and EQ. Hadn't given much thought to the knobs but they're knobby I guess... Nice pre-amp...

More chance of a successful Brexit. Not nearly as experienced as Mr Lawson here but a trip to Bass Direct or the Bass Gallery will evidence his comments - to wit Yamaha's gorgeous TRB sixers which have enormous fretboards compared with say, Ibanez' Gerald Veasley (the cheapie - not the custom) which have much narrower spacing and therefore much less playing real-estate.

Isn't there a danger of uneven tension with split gauge strings? Actually, is 'uneven tension' even a thing? Am I just re-counting ancient myths which are baloney?

More indications, as if you needed it, of Rock's decline... (I feel partly responsible as I only watched it in fleeting channel surfs awaiting the freeview on Babestation). https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-46196569

Hmmn, you could be referring to either his Ned Steinberger upright or his Chapman stick. (He also played his MusicMan Stingray 5 - it looked like one of the new ones with a roasted neck.)