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Yes. Plug it in. See what happens. Might have to get drivers from the GK website depending on what it needs.

The Focusrite stuff is very good for the money. The drivers are stable and the preamps are good quality. Definitely a good choice for a first interface. But, if anyone has a Helix related unit, then that can be used as an interface as well so you might not need a separate one.

Black or clear. White is too bright on that bass. Tort is only for deviants and should never be encouraged.

Agreed. I don't have one anymore (alas) and I use my B3K for a touch of grit rather than filth. But if I needed a proper filth pedal again it would be the AO.

I have played that a lot. I enjoy it. Far more than that dire Mariah Carey tune!

I’d go for the amp. The clean sounds are good, the built in drive etc mean less faff with pedals and power supplies.

The new pitch shifter is excellent. Finally dialed in a great pseudo 8 / 12 string dUg inspired sound. Very impressed. 4 Snapshots all set up - including being able to turn off the 'octave strings' when needed. Rhythm Guitarists - you are no longer needed!

I use a Smoothhound for that. Its good.

Did a great job. Until they went out of business.

Not tried them yet but I just found some free IR for the Darkglass 410 cab. Link: https://seacowcabs.wordpress.com/2019/07/21/darkglass-dg410c/

I have the NT1-A and it’s very good for just about everything. I’m using my Helix as the interface, into Reaper, and Toontrack EZDrummer 2 for drums. There are some Black Friday deal on EZD at the moment. It’s very easy to use and sounds very good.

Labels on the controls means greater expense as any non-English speaking place it is sold will require bespoke printing. Symbols are a great idea. Manuals in different languages can be on the website at a much reduced cost.

I can't see it being allowed in T2 and T3. Doesn't make sense with the rest of the restrictions. And TBH it is looking more promising that we might get a working vaccine in the next 6 months. I'd be waiting. I just hope the first round of people who get it do it properly. Get the dose, keep isolating / distancing for the 2-3 week period for antibodies to develop, 2nd shot etc. Actually follow the instructions. Then maybe - just maybe we might have a good summer next year.

I get what you are saying. We all need to buy more pedals. I remember the day when I had about 200 of them that I had collected over 35 years of playing. I miss them.

As a fan of old DOD pedals where the control names had nothing to do with their function at all, I think the graphics are easy. And let's face it - by the time we're ready to gig with a new toy we don't read the knob descriptions anymore. We already know them.

Quite. It's been quite clear how difficult NeuralDSP / Darkglass have found it to get their new Quad Cortex to market this year. Should have been out already. I hate to think how long and how expensive the R&D is for a next gen modelling unit without the pandemic getting in the way. Could easily sink a company. I don't use fuzz really so I'm not in the market for the pedal but I do hope it's a success.

I think you're reading too much into it.

I don't see an insult there. It's only musicians who will be buying it.

EDIT - I just noticed I didn't link to the product page! DOH!!! Sorted.

I've not tried E-C but I don't see any reason it wouldn't work well. A vid I did just to show how good the low notes are. Flatwounds (which are often a bit pony for low B) and only iphone audio but it comes across ok. Excuse the playing! It picked up a bit of finger noise as I was too close to the phone.

I have 2 of the Ibanez Mezzo basses and they are fantastic. I bought the first on a bit of a whim and I'm massively impressed with it - and not just for the money. Mine are 5 strings and the low B is easily as good as my Stingray 5. Only downsides is that the preamp is a bit limited. There's a big thread on the other place about modifications and pickup changes. As it happens I am selling one of them (I need to pay for a PS5) but the other is going nowhere. It has become my main bass despite my Sandberg / Stingray etc. Definitely worth you trying one out.

Plugin Alliance stuff. https://www.plugin-alliance.com/ They have some great stuff but are expensive so this is a great offer. I've gone for the HG-2 satchurator which can be used for everything but I'm going to try it on vocals.

Worth a look - some of their stuff is very expensive, so grab a bargain.