paul_5

A touch of compression before the octaver, and roll the tone on the bass back a little - less harmonic information into your octaver means it’ll find it easier to find the right pitch.

I give it 6 weeks.

Always been curious about the Julia, how does it compare to the EHX small clone?

Shame about the East P-Retro, I think John had some issues with availability of the battery that used on thee, so they were discontinued.

Soda story goes - Erasure

Wha?!?

Margaret on the guillotine - Morrison's own brand.

Any chance you can desolder it and photograph in more detail?

Valve preamps are a great halfway house between all tube and all solid state (or class D for that matter), my favourite of all being the Ampeg SVP PRO. I've also used mic preamps (TL Ivory 5051) and digital units (Zoom etc) straight into a power amp with good results. Once you decide to go modular the world of options really opens up.

About half of this forum is now green with envy!!

I had one of these as my first bass amp. I think I gave it away when I outgrew it, and it was worth every penny.

Hughes and Kettner Red Box was developed for exactly this situation.

You are MDP and I claim my £5! 😄

Surely you mean unleashed an SWR cab?

‘Kindergarten’ by FNM, featuring the 147th best bass solo in the world by Billy Gould.

Seems perfectly reasonable.

Tinseltown rebellion - Zappa

put them on spikes!

BMC is an awesome bit of kit and every bassist should have one.

Je ne sais pas pourquoi- Kylie

Best RAT based pedal for bass that I’ve found is the Idiotbox Blowerbox. It doesn’t have a blend but It’s got tons of low end, so you don’t really need one.

Mr Self Destruct - NIN