Kev

I've completely lost track or understanding of what is happening here. What have the police done with each of these reports of theft from the same source?

I'll just float an idea out there. If you are looking to buy a bass but want to compare several of the same bass before making the purchase on the basis of QC, consider a different bass manufacturer.

I was a bit confused about how a one-man operation could be so hampered, given that if he does everything himself, he has only part supplies to worry about. But then I read this: PCBs are manufactured in Utah. Enclosures are fabricated and plated in Oregon. PCB assembly and screen printing is done in Washington. I do the final assembly and testing in my Seattle workshop. So, he designs but doesn't actually "hand-build" any of the pedals, he outsources all the circuit and enclosure work and just puts it together? That would explain a lot more why things ground to a halt for so long.

I'm not sure "Absolutely not" quite conveys the message of "sorry no, he's only selling direct now", does it?? No doubt whatsoever there's more to that. I wouldn't be surprised if Bass Direct had backorders 3 Leaf have now reneged on.

Interesting Instagram comment from Bass Direct Re: new stock Here's me thinking I'm the only one who still thinks that way about Spencer 😅

The tech isn't there yet, the capture technology is limited to amps and drive pedals, as far as fuzz depending on the type of circuit. It can capture the "tone" of the signal, but it can't capture modulation, time effects or anything like that. This can be explained this FAR more eloquently, but other than sustain, if the pedal changes the sound from the bass whilst ringing out, the QC can't capture the effect...yet. It is something they are working on. You're not alone with thinking this. There are lots of capture attempts in the cloud that obviously don't do as intended. Tons of people think you can capture compressors, and there are loads of comp captures uploaded, but in reality all the capture is doing is capturing the tonal qualities of the compressor, not the compressors action. I have no idea what would happen if you tried to capture a filter or similar.

I mean to be fair, its a pretty bad advert for a PRS. Ain't no guitar should be breaking like that from that. It wasn't the wildest of moves.

One for the "I don't need a backup" crowd... https://fb.watch/dUykwlb3ZQ/

It's equally baffling really Amazing what rarity does to a pedal/builders legacy. The Doom was a cool pedal, but it used to hang around in classifieds a while before they sold. And now, well yeah.

Would that make them just Quo now?

Just checked the price list, are those all made in the UK? If so, that's outstanding in 2022! Makes you wonder how slim those profit margins are, or just how much other builders are raking it in...

What makes you think this? I can't stand hardcases. The only time I'd ever think about wanting something more rigid is if I was travelling overseas, and I'd want a proper flightase for that. I would say 8/10 high end bass manufacturers/luthiers ship basses in high quality soft or hard-soft cases these days, and for good reason. They offer more shock protection and support, they're lighter in weight and they often have much more space for accessories.

Mono cases are a good chunk more expensive than a regular ABS case, and far more protective. Good step foward for me, although it is odd they dropped one of the main Mono features of top loading.

Yup, that's absolutely fair enough. It's a shame bigger companies have the audicity to maintain or even increase profits during these times.

Energy costs alone must be crippling small businesses, several stores in my town have shut over it, including a really quite popular butchers.

The bigger companies are worse, for sure! But in the Barefaced example, have they risen prices to make the same profit as pre-covid/cost of living crisis, or are they taking less profit?

Thing is, why is it never an option for a business to make a bit less profit due to cost of living, and always that the consumer should be worse off? I naively perhaps think this about everything that's going on right now. Supermarkets announcing record profits, exactly why is it they can just not raise the price of rice and instead make slightly less money, given the proportional difference in impact on consumers?

Have to say, I'm useless when it comes to other modellers. The last modeller I had before the Quad Cortex was a Zoom GT-6B!!! I have used a ton, there are SO many on the cloud. Only problem is finding the good ones, as Captures are only as good as the person capturing them, setting the input levels right etc. In my current live presets I use Captures for the Darkglass X Ultra (mine), a Sadowsky preamp and some cab sim captures and they all sound great. I have 3 or 4 dozen captures downloaded that I've played with and deemed them good enough to keep, mostly drive pedals and fuzzes. I use compressors, reverb, delay and pitch shifting all to great effect. I play in drop B but my backup bass live is tuned to E standard, so if I need to use it I drop the E to D and kick in a preset that pitch shifts down to Drop B and it sounds almost perfect. I'm still discovering sounds every day. Its weakest aspect at the moment is its effect models I think, from what i've heard from others with Fractal experience etc, but its very young and Neural are regularly updating. The fllters aren't great to my ears, no real "synth"options at present. The delays and verbs are fantastic though, not left wanting there at all. For me, my mostly Darkglass and drive pedal laden board almost completely covered the QC when I sold it all, and the QC captures are PHENOMENAL. As I say, I captured the X Ultra pedal before selling, capturing the channels separately, and it was completely indistinguishable from the real pedal. It's worth the money alone, it really is.

A very serious piece of kit! Fantastic unit, pedalboard now presents as rather boring as a result! Can't help with the query though, I have only ever used the unit straight to FoH.

That's interesting! I always assumed that matching headstocks were made by using a thicker piece of wood glued to headstock and then carved into a shape/curve etc.

Its certainly a hell of a lot closer than any ACG clip I've heard before. It's still a little too clean sounding and the mid strength isn't there, but its definitely Wal esque. Add a bit of grit to that and it'll basically be there in a mix I'm sure! Edit: Mid Character isn't quite there, realising mid strength didn't make a whole lot of sense.

It's just another layer of protection. A scammer can fake everything, but that shouldn't mean there is no point in considering steps like this. Anything to try and discourange buyers and sellers alike from avoiding using a Goods transaction.