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I’d like to explore more medium scale basses. And a synth pedal or two. Maybe.

I think I need one.

I have one. It’s fantastic. Great tone.

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Arrived this morning. It’s very good indeed, and very versatile. Does a very good Motown! Shame I can’t play with my fingers at the mo and my plectrum skills are lacking!

Calum bought my Ibanez. Excellent comms throughout. All good. Thank you.

Wah in the middle.

They will be GHS - GHS make the Sandberg strings for them.

I sold the last of my boutique compressors when I got the Boss BC-1X. I’m amazed by it. It just works at every setting. I’ve had Empress, Cali76, Darkglass etc etc and I like the Boss the most. It eats batteries like a bastard so a power supply is really compulsory but it’s ace. Well worth an audition.

All fine when ordered directly from Darth Bezos.

Yes. I often get piano parts to play.

Good job it’s a distortion and an EQ, and a compressor, and an IR loader, and a di box and an audio interface then.

Lovely!

Video consultation with the Hand Therapy team arranged for Monday! That was far quicker than I expected!

I might have to look at plectrum playing. I've played fingerstyle for 30 years. Not going to be an easy transition - and probably not going to sound right for my big band either - if it ever starts up again.

This morning I ruptured the tendon on my right hand middle finger. It is now in a splint and has to stay that way 24/7 for 3 months. Then "extensive" physiotherapy with a hand specialist. And 50% chance of full recovery. I am not holding out much hope with those odds.

They are the most popular bass amps in history. No way were they not going to be the first ones.

The Quarter Pounder does not sound like a P pickup. Too much low end and not enough mids.

TateFX make some crackers. https://www.tatefx.co.uk/

He's done several bass demos using a DG drive pedal.

I'm sure Nolly will get a bass demo done soon and it will be very Dingwally and metally. But I'm hoping they'll supply a demo unit to Nathan Navarro. He's a very versatile chap.

Interestingly the prototype Helix had a touch screen but in product testing they binned it. Testers didn't like it apparently. Helix doesn't do capturing, you're right. But even on the Kemper FB groups and so on the percentage of players using capturing seems quite small compared to the total number of units out there. I suspect many people have their Kemper and maybe 1 or 2 amps but that a lot of people just swap over completely and sell off the real amps. I still have real bass amps because I am not carrying my rack around for jams and big band use. Bur for guitar I'm 100% helix. No guitar amps left at all. Sold them all. Kemper capturing works very well but when the controls are moved on the captured tone it gets less accurate as they move. So a good tone that is then changed with increased gain won't sound like the real amp with increased gain. Really need to re-capture the higher gain setting on the amp and use 2 different captures like different channels. That sort of thing seems to be more of a concern to those who demand an exact copy of an old Marshall (even though they all sound different) rather than just dialing in a good tone irrespective of the name on the patch. The pedal capturing is brand new though - but at the moment I think it is just drive related pedals, but they hope to add the capability for modulations. Can't see it ever working for filters and synths though - they require the envelope signal of the string attack so any capture wouldn't be reacting the right way. All 3 of the current big boys pretty much suck at filters and synths but maybe the included FX on the QC will have some good ones. The QC claims to be the most powerful "Floor Modeller" in the world - and that may well be right. But the Fractal Axe FX 3 and the Kemper are not "floor" modellers! But it's not really important - the sounds are the important bit.

If the EMG J fits perfectly then I'll fit them myself. If it needs routing then I'll get a pro to do it in the new year. As there isn't a scratchplate I don't want to ruin the finish with my ham fisted attempts with a budget copy of a Dremel!