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Not sure you lost the coupling with the floor, you'd need to raise the speaker quite a bit more than what the stand does... but if now you have the more directional mids aimed at your head, it'll probably feel more middy but I'm pretty sure it's just due to the change in relative position between your ears and the speaker.

If that doesn't, I have used one of these both with a MarkBass CMD121P combo and various stand alone cabs (not at the same time!). It folds flattish and it's light but sturdy. Around £20-25. https://www.gak.co.uk/en/stagg-gas-4-2-amp-stand/36029

If I didn't have a pair of Barefaced Two10 already, I'd be getting those. I may still end up getting one at some point in the future, as they work really nicely with a guitar modeller unit (Valeton GP-200 here). If you also play guitar, it's an added bonus as you could use it for both bass and guitar and sound very good with both. I'll write about my experience with that LFSys Monaco cab in some detail sometime over the next few days, if you want to hear more (or feel free to PM me)

I've used Karaoke Version quite a bit, but recently I'm finding this Moises app quite useful. It does a good job at separating tracks from just about any source. I tried it using a rehearsal recording made on a little Zoom H2 (stereo ambient mics) to mute my bass and play alternative basslines, for example. It's a subscription thing, but you can export the separate tracks as audio tracks which you can then use with any DAW, so you could technically subscribe for one month and get a whole lot done in that period for less than what a pint costs. It allows you to change key, but when exporting tracks it seems to only export the original key, which is a bit of a bummer, but I use Riffstation (free) to change keys and save audio so that gets around the issue. https://moises.ai/products/moises-webapp/

You got a few good suggestions already. I have to add another to the mix. I've recently had the pleasure of trying an LFSys cab (Monaco model) from our very own @stevie and I was very impressed with it. It's light, it's loud, I really liked the shape and handle type/position which makes carrying it really easy... I'm using a pair of Barefaced Two10 with a Mesa D800+, and currently I'm mostly playing reggae/ska. The Monaco sounded really good! https://www.lfsys.co.uk/bassguitarproducts

It is a lot of fun It also has the kind of 'bass solo' that I actually like. It's pretty rhythmic, just small variations on the main theme but being just drums and bass makes it sound really cool (I think!). I don't particularly like bass solo type of things, but I had to play a few when I was in a RHCP tribute, things like Aeroplane, Naked in the Rain and a few others have that. I much prefer the one in Nite Klub. What I don't get is those bass-less verses, they feel so weak and far too long. I'll probably shorten the gap, or not drop at all.

We've put back the old ska band together. We do mostly originals but we add a few covers too. We've just decided to do this one... so much fun!!!

In one of the modes (I forget which, but there's only 4 I think?) you'll see icons for each pedal on the screen, with a little grey footswitch on top. You can use that to change the assignment of individual FX to the 4 footswitches.

Yeah, I thought of that... but this time it worked out okay and the pedal was delivered earlier today.

Yours too, eh? So it looks more like a design 'feature' than a fault. Good to know! It's only mildly annoying, as this is something I just use at home, so I might not bother trying to fix it... my list of 'projects' grows faster than my discipline to finish them

Not quite, no. I had Labella white nylon tapes on my Jazz for ages but not standard flats. For the modified Matt Freeman I have a set of TI Jazz flats, but finishing this bass is not a priority right now... if only this thing called 'work' stopped getting in the way of my free time...

Well... Initially it had two black Nordstrand Jazz style pickups (forgot which model) in the right spot for a Jazz bass. But I didn't love those pickups. So I tried the cream covered DiMarzio Area J, which I have on my Jazz and really like. Then I got tired of teh Jazz configuration, and moved the neck pickup to its current location. I have the black pickguard now and... a pair of black covered Model Js! I just need to find the time to change them over. I got a loom already wired with a Tonestyler knock-off type of control and series/parallel switch, which I hope will work well on this bass with the Model Js. The Area J are great Jazz-like pickups, they have that single coil character even if they're humbuckers, but I want soemthing fatter with thicker lower mids.

+1 I've owned a few fretless basses, mostly with 2-pickups, usually JJ or JP, but it turns out I preferred Precisions. I only have one standard electric fretless bass now (and two 'ukes'): Precision, D'Addario black nylon tapes, Model P pickup. Passive. It is remarkably versatile!

How's the battery life on yours? Mine seems to be always on. Not a huge deal as the battery compartment is pretty nice and easy to access... but not great. I'll have to check the socket, I wonder if they installed a mono rather than a stereo one, so no switch.

This was also a Matt Freeman Squier, it's been modified a bit Just recently got a black pickguard for it, didn't install it yet:

It looks like the preamp on mine is always on. I've replaced a few batteries already, blaming myself for forgetting to turn off the tuner (I use it a lot unplugged)... but nope, the battery just drains. So now I just put the battery in if I want to plug it in. Anybody else had the same issue?

Yeah, another one of those threads, but with a big thumbs up to GAK. I ordered an EHX Bass Mono Synth pedal the other day from GAK. I'm not particularly in a hurry. It was meant to be delivered between the 7th-9th. Ok. On the 7th I got an email to let me know it'll be delivered on the 8th, by DPD. No delivery slot yet. I decided to work from home and just be there when it arrives, as my girlfriend was not going to be around during the day yesterday. On the 8th I get the delivery slot, around lunchtime: 19:56-20:56. No problem. It's 20:30 (time is important) and I am downstairs talking to my girlfriend and thinking about preparing some food. Since we're exactly in the middle of the delivery slot I decide to wait. I go back upstairs to finish something on the computer. I notice a text from DPD: "sorry you weren't in, we'll deliver your parcel tomorrow at your local DPD shop" Yeah right. It was timestamped at 20:26. It's a very quiet cul de sac and my house is at the very end. I can see and hear from upstairs any car/van approaching, especially at night. Double specially if I'm expecing someone. No, they didn't attempt delivery. We all know that. Interestingy DPD allows you to set actions if you're not in: safe place, deliver to neighbours... My default is to leave with one of my neighbours. We all know each other and it's a good bunch, I got lucky. No, of course they didn't try my neighbours. They just lied. Now, I was not in a hurry. I don't care if they deliver it a day later, three days later. It doesn't matter to me in this case. But it matters to me when they lie. It also matters to me that the DPD shop they chose is around 4 miles away. Can I go to it? I could. Not convenient at all, 'though. And they lied. That really annoys me So I write to GAK last night explaining the situation and I ask them to please contact DPD and get my parcel redelivered at my home address. It'll probably delay matters but what can you do: DPD to get parcel back, back to depot, another day out for delivery... I'm ready to not seeing the pedal until sometime next week at this point. Then this morning: Text from DPD: your parcel is ready to be picked up at some Argos 4 miles away from my home. And hurry up, it'll only be there until the 15th. I also see a flurry of emails from GAK. GAK has already sent me a replacement, due to be delivered tomorrow. I'm not to be bothered with the previous parcel which will make its way eventually back to GAK somehow. I'm not 100% sure I'll get it tomorrow, because... experience. But GAK have been great, which means that in the future when I buy online, I'm going to remember this and will be more likely to buy from them than I was before this. Mistakes will be made, problems will arise, it's unavoidable. What matters most to me is their attitude when dealing with issues... and GAK got top marks.

This one. Beast.

Oh, and the Joyo Orange Juice, how could I forget that one!

I've got the Hustle Drive and it's a great overdrive for bass. The Valeton Tube Refiner is also a favourite of mine but it's geared more towards low/mid gain sounds compared to the Hustle Drive.

No noticeable delay for me either, no. I think I read someone's comments about a small delay when using the bluetooth adapter to control it from the phone/tablet, but not when used directly.