Kev

Given the new ones have climbed to up to £3k plus, many people are now asking £1,500 odd even for their mid 00's basses. Mad, but they are beginning to sell for that so it's getting harder to get anything closer to the £1k mark now. Sires are cool, but are a different prospect really as they are inspired by, rather than the same shape etc. I really fancied one of the Z series models, but the QC issues i've seen put me off a tad. I think the flurry of interest around this is its a Bongo shape, be that a good or bad thing, and there's nothing else readily available remotely like it.

Difficult to argue, but it's just not reflective of 2025 unfortunately. Used prices are chasing new prices hard now, I doubt you'd get a nice US Bongo for much less than double the cost of the new Sterling, which is a significant jump and still makes the Sterling an attractive prospect.

Significantly better tone here.

I fancy it so much, but my mind is still living in a time where ripping pickups and pre out of a £900 bass is mad.

Apparently these started shipping last week. Only one review so far though... Uninspiring sound, not Bongo or really Music Man. Looks fantastic though, and £899 at GuitarGuitar.

I feel similar, though it's a big Quad Cortex screen I'd want with the footswitches, rather than an expression. Anagram wouldn't cut it against my QC as is, but a bigger one could pique my interest for sure.

Did you grab it? I reached out about it earlier today, Will hasn't responded yet but I've just noticed its disappeared from the website...

Can attest the vintage mode has no perceptible latency. The poly mode does a little as i recall, but i never used that.

Appreciate that mate, thank you.

Is anyone friendly with any engineers or staff working the Garage G2 venue in Glasgow, particularly engineers/tech? Have an issue following a gig on Friday night that I'm struggling to talk to anyone about who could help.

If you have them side by side, you'll notice the difference, goes beyond just tone, but in isolation? I'd be surprised if anyone could identify one over the other. OC-5 is a better choice all round.

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Worse thing about the Br Br Deng memes is that he doesn't even actually go Br Br...

Every time I've preodered something I've seen this happen, definitely learned my lesson there! Could be a pattern though, as the last time it was Thomann and the Quad Cortex, I ended up cancelling and buying from Andertons instead.

Never underestimate the extent to which a cheap PSU can ruin a pedal experience.

Agree with that muchly. Listened again with a good bass heavy EQ curve, the signature Ryan playing is definitely happening, perhaps not his most complex work but plenty going on, but its all low end and hardly anything mids/highs is cutting through the mix. Just no character to the tone. And yeah, song is still bad. Oddly, given how much the vocalist has declined in ability over the years, I feel like his performance is the best bit... (if you like that kind of thing). Hopefully future tracks leave a bit more space for the bass to shine without having to cut through an otherwise muddy mushy mix.

Awaking this thread from the dead a little. Mudvayne have released their first new song in the "Ryan Fodera" era. For me, it's awful, but notably the bass is absolutely missing in the mix, all the signature Ryan playing, if its still happening, is buried. Is this a very odd shift in mix approach, or do his Fodera's just not have any of that mix cutting Thumb character? Not unexpected, but a real shame.

I've had worse weekends

First time I can say I've ever seen "balls of the day" on a menu.

Oh its beautiful, love it! Now to rebuild my current live patches around it, I have 2 weeks til my next show, wish me luck! 😅

Looking forward to checking it out, how have they implemented it?? Its a very graphical plugin, which I can't imagine has carried over?