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You'll always need more. I think I will end up with the Boss. I expect to use 6 loops (some loops with 2 pedals in) - but I don't know what pedal I might buy tomorrow. There are cheaper ones - like Joyo. And According to reviews they can be noisy and use cheap buffers etc. They are complex bits of kit. For years the Gigrig stuff was the only option. The Boss ES8 one was the first reasonably priced one. Then they did the smaller one. And then the cheap companies started to take notice. If you think you can "manage" with 5 loops I can almost guarantee it won't be enough in a month or 2! ALL HAIL THE GAS!

Boss ES8 GiGrig G2 One Control Musiclab RJM PBC Loads of options. However some run the loops serially and others allow you to change placement. The Boss and the Gigrig ones certainly do. Don't know about the rest (yet - I'm researching too) So on some if you have a compressor in Loop 1 and and a Drive in loop 2 then they are always that was round. On the Boss you can have a patch with compressor first, and another patch with the drive first etc. So really it depends on what signal path you want and how many pedals you need to control.

Yup. If I had meant any other post then I would have quoted it.

I’ve got the vertigo. Very happy with it.

All of it. The HX software models are (IIRC) 4 to 6 times larger than the old tech. Far more detail in the modelling process. Apparently down to modelling each individual component in the signal path rather than just trying to model what comes out of a speaker.

The HD500X is a country mile behind the HX models though.

Judging by facebook and Instagram I think they are multi-band versions of the existing pedals. Multiband drive can be excellent - I've done it before using various hard cut EQ systems - but it can also be a right faff to get right. I used to run no drive on lows, tons on the mids, and a little on the highs. And it took months to get it right. And TBH the B*K and VMT series are already low to high gain. The drive can be so low as to not be noticeable, all the way up to mental. I'm actually using my AO as an almost clean preamp at the moment - sounds brilliant.

Not yet - but Doug did put an FB post up the other day saying Alex Webster had been in testing "new creations" and that a video would follow soon. If they've got Webster doing the testing it's not going to be anything other than a drive of some sort. I never liked his band, but ye gods he can play!

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Don’t bother with a new nut. just install a taller fret where you want the nut to be. That will be your Zero Fret. Leave the existing nut where it is as a string guide. Then you you can always reverse the mod by putting a normal fret back in. Stickers for fret markers.

Back to £399 I wonder if I had looked at the page before and hadn't cleared cookies

Air movement is Cone Size linked with displacement - how much the cone can move forward and back in the chassis. A really wide cone only moving 1mm won't shift as much air as a smaller cone that moves 10mm

Nope. You won't find an EQ pedal that can take Speaker output levels. And with modern cone design "bigger lows" linked to speaker size is rapidly becoming a myth. Anyway - most pro sound guys will be low cutting everything from the bass amp below about 50HZ (venue depending of course) anyway otherwise it gets boomy and muddy. When I gig my helix - even with a 5 string I cut everything lower than 65HZ. Nice and tight and defined an zero boom / mud.

Yup. It was not a great choice. Too many EQ compromises to make the 15 sound great and the 10s sound great at the same time. If you like it and want more - then get more of the same. Get a 2x10 cab. No EQ compromises then and you get more of what you like.

Despite newer amps being around I still think that Markbass is the best combo available. Very flexible, great in many genres. Takes pedals really well. Easy to add another 2x10 in future if needed. Can't go wrong.

It's gone up again to £425 Sneaky gits.

Ooo! I might have one for when I don't want to take my Helix rack then.

Sensible.... 4 rigs ago... (Yes - that's a 5000W power amp)

Generally I think valve amps are over rated for bass. Valve sag does not create punch in the way a good SS can.

I'n my limited experience of opening up bass amps the one thing I notice is the Transformers in a valve bass amp are usually fekking enormous. Good transformers in an amp that is likely to be designed to be punchy are expensive. They are also heavy. Perhaps to the point that a lightweight box that would do for a guitar amp just can't handle the weight. The Mesa 4:88 is a good example. Pretty small by most standards, but still surprisingly weighty. I had one. It was glorious. However the fan noise was appalling so it had to go. In hindsight I wish I had taken it to a tech to change the fan or maybe even install a 2nd one.

I bought @W.Hbercham lovely Chunk Systems Brown Dog Fuzz. Arrived very fast indeed (same day posting) and was packed with about 30 meters of bubble wrap too. Thank you Henry, much appreciated.

D’addario pro Steels.

I've got a TrueTone CS6 under my Nano board. Works well. Nice and quiet. On my PT Jnr I've got a good old fashioned Voodoo Labs PP2 and on my monster board I've got the Gig Rig Power Generator system with distributors, isolators, High current adaptors etc.