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[quote name='ern500evo' timestamp='1508245271' post='3390789'] Have any of you guys seen the Erik Arko vid where he's using a Yamaha Attitude LTD3? I'm starting to take more interest in the Helix LT, and in the vid he uses separate signal paths for each pickup/output of the bass, but he also send them to separate outputs. I have an Att Ltd 2 and was wondering, is it possible to use 2 inputs and have a seperate signal path per pickup/output, but only use one output on the Helix, so I can run into one amp? The plan would be to use the fx return on my GK MB Fusion, meaning that in case of emergency I've still got an actual amp with me on gigs. [/quote] Yes. Dead easy. Each of the chains can be separated or joined together for a mono output. In fact if you really want - you can have 1/4 inch to a real amp, and another going to a 2nd amp without cab sims. Then the XLRs with Cab Sims going to the PA split left and right or clean and dirty.... and then have the USB going to a PC for recording etc etc. Easy to do as well. Set each input path up for a different input so they behave like separate amps. Then at the end of each path set which output you want to route it to. Under 20 seconds to set up that routing. Probably under 10 seconds when you've had it for a week!

I asked Doug on fb about the tone control on the B3K - apparently it's exactly like the version within the M900 amp. That pleases me hugely - I think the M900 version is the best of all.

https://www.darkglass.com/creations/microtubes-b3k-v2/ https://www.darkglass.com/creations/microtubes-b7k-v2/ Now with a mid boost....

Sweet Child of Mine + Not actually Guns & Roses = wrong band.

Wait to you see the Bas Vegas sign! IIRC there's a pretty good chinese restaurant about 15 mins walk from the train station.

The AO is fantastic as a clean preamp too - with the drive at nil. Super impressed with that ability on it. I haven't yet tried that direct into my powered FRFR but I'm very curious to give it a go. I'll try that at the weekend.

Squier Jazz -v- Mex Jazz....

I know it's a guitar demo, but see how close this is.... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=231&v=wC-TU-3TdeE"]http://www.youtube.c...1&v=wC-TU-3TdeE[/url]

No. At some point Trump and North Korea will end all music. Not just contemporary stuff.

Screen Junkies Honest Trailers for me.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1507536758' post='3386050'] Now, a butterfly Daisy Rock, that could be cool! Yet anything with Trump's face on it would simply need to be slapped. [/quote] As it happens I've got a Daisy Rock Butterfly - but the balance on it is rubbish! (alas!). Sounds like a pretty good P bass though. I take it out when band mates are being too serious and need annoying!

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1507493728' post='3385897'] I suppose it depends on your nature. I'm particular about all aspects of the look of my basses as well as the tone. [/quote] Ah. For me the look of the bass is completely unimportant. If the perfectly balanced comfy bass, with acceptable tone was a Daisy Rock Butterfly with Trump's face on it, loaded with DR UV reactive strings... then I'd be happy to play it.

I had no idea silk colour bothered people.

BSW. Or L6 Otto filter. The Hotone is cheap at the mo, but not very good on bass

The lack of bending down is why I went with the rack

I’m using a pair of One10 and they cope with everything I throw at it.

The compressors in Helix are brilliant. Very pleased with them indeed. I don’t use octave so I’m the wrong one to ask about that.

Buble version of White Christmas is fun to play. Fairytale of New York.

[quote name='Wolverinebass' timestamp='1507286090' post='3384486'] Fair enough, I was probably a bit harsh. I think in all honesty, were the cabs lighter and maybe £200-300 less, then there would be less comments about them that were negative. It's an unknown quantity isn't it and when you have people like those at Barefaced and Bergantino (to name but two of the higher end manufacturers) at the top of their game, why would you drop so much on something just for the badge? Of course you're right about the overheads, but doesn't that make them unsustainable? Then again, if they'd had them made in the far east and marketed them at that price there probably would be an even bigger outcry about rampant profiteering. The fact that there is only really distorted samples available doesn't inspire a lot of people I'd imagine, but that's what Darkglass do - dirt. Very well I hasten to add, but surely they're going to want to show the more versatile side of their stuff? Bit of clean? Bit of slap? Bit of pick? I hope they do as then we'll all have a better idea as to what almost £1300 of 4x10 will actually do to make it worth the money. It all seems like a bit of a marketing mess. [/quote] That last sentence sums it up completely. It's a mess. I am generally a DG fan. Love the B3K the AO, the M900, the Duality and the wonderful compressor. They are expensive but I was sufficiently content with the value for money to buy them. The cabs - High weight + high price - I see no value High weight - lower price - I might see value but not for me as I have zero desire to lift a heavy 4x10 ever again Light weight + high price - value for money for me might be possible if they were significantly lighter than what I have, or the sound is appreciably better. Light weight + low price - no point commenting as it won't happen. The cabs seem to be a perfect concept for 1985 when heavy was viewed as desirable and an indication of quality.

[quote name='Wolverinebass' timestamp='1507243468' post='3384269'] Sooooo, £90 for an amp bag isn't "gouging people?" Really?!! Admittedly, you'd have to be bonkers to actually pay that, but the point remains. That's robbery. The cabs are robbery as well. They offer no particular value and don't seem to be able to be lifted except by a crane. No samples, just marketing blurb and people are lapping it up like it's the word of God. [/quote] This is far too harsh. It is entirely possible that the profit margin is tiny. Expensive does not equal robbery. The bag and the cabs are very expensive to the point where I do not see sufficient value for money to consider buying them. But until you can say what the product and shipping overheads are you cannot call it robbery or price gouging. A bag for an amp is a low selling item. Heavy bass cabs are, in the lightweight world, a low selling item. Production expenses must be recouped. That is not robbery. That does not mean the value for money is good, or even that the product itself is a good concept to bring to market. But unless the total cost of producing a single unit is known you can't call it robbery / gouging etc.

If you are that tall would it not be easier to cut a hole in the stage?

[quote name='bjelkeman' timestamp='1507044858' post='3382996'] It is quite funny with so much negativity. Calling Darkglass products snake oil. These products are hand built in Helsinki (not the cabs), not in a sweatshop in Nanjing. Doug puts in a ton of effort to create products that some love and others don't. Maybe they are not for you, but Darkglass products are really liked by a lot of people. I really get why they aren't for everybody, but the amount of complaining makes me think some people are jealous they can't buy them or something. [/quote] Patronising bollocks. Irrespective of the amount of funds a person has products are either good value for the money or they are not. My position is that the cabs are not value for money in the slightest. The weight alone will stop many sales even if they sound twice as good as other products. The Gear Porn section alone tells you that many people on here will spend silly money on things they consider to have good value for money.

The Tecamp Puma 300 in the classifieds and a Barefaced One10. Very light weight and sounds great.