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Demo was yesterday!

What pedal is it? Some are much better than others for this sort of thing. Still likely to be a power supply issue though. A good power supply with isolated outputs is a great investment. They can be expensive, but it's also something you usually only need to buy once. Unless you are a bit of a pedal junkie and you have 3 different boards assembled all the time.... ahem.

IIRC the Specials have a slightly different neck shape on the 4 strings and the nut width is now a touch wider than it used to be. Very annoying for those of us who prefer a J type neck! I think the 5 string neck on the Specials is the same as on the older ones though.

I've got an old Roland Cube 30 and it's brilliant even if it is a bit heavy by modern standards. I have that in a bedroom and it's very loud for its size. I've done small gigs with it in the past with a variety of acoustic instruments (woodwinds / horns etc). I've just put together a new little lounge rig - I wanted something for guitar and bass, so I've got a Tonex and a Yamaha HS7 studio monitor, and a couple of other pedals. I have guitar and bass patches on the Tonex and the HS7 amplifies it all very well, with more than enough volume for home. The Tonex only does amps / cabs / Compression / basic reverb. It doesn't do delays or other time based FX like phasers / chorus etc etc. My little board (Pedaltrain Nano) has the Tonex, an overdrive, a Tape Echo/delay and a phaser. The onboard compressor is a bit basic, but certainly enough for home use like this. And if necessary I can just take the little board out and plug into any PA anywhere.

I used to and I think some of the problem was using my eyes to set the EQ etc. I had preconceived ideas of what the EQ should be for a certain sound. Then I saw a guy on youtube who purposely turns away from the controls and tweaks it all without looking, forcing him to only use his ears and nothing else. I've been doing that ever since and it has really helped.

Ah - for a 5 at that weight you'd have to order a Superlight version I think.

https://classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/portfolio/sandberg-california-ii-vs-in-high-gloss-creme/ 7.5lb

Add some to your basket and then "Save For Later" so any time you buy anything you can see if the price has changed.

I suspect there is going to be a lot more trading specs with Aguilar now that they are both owned by Korg. DG's IR loading system from the V2 MT and AO heads has now appeared on the new Aguilar amps released over the last month or so. I wonder how much Doug got for selling SG to Korg.

I use Boss Waza Air headphones for home practice like that. I get good tones and I can play along to my iTunes library / youtube etc on my tablet or phone. I was a bit nervous about spending that amount on a practice tool but I have been playing far more than I did before. It's just so easy and it doesn't disturb anyone.

What a fab colour! Goes so well with the maple board.

Just managed to score a bargain. My favourite shorty strings for my Sandberg are Dunlop Flats. Unfortunately they are an outrageous £95 at Strings Direct, and usually about £80 on Amazon. Amazon had them up for £35 for some reason and I managed to grab 2 sets. At the time they had 5 sets available and with hindsight I should have bought them all as that would have kept me in strings on that bass for the rest of my natural. Still, with 2 sets that should give me a good 10-20 years worth - they last just as long as La Bella DTF (which I've got on a different shorty) I was half expecting the order to be cancelled, but they've just arrived. They are back up to £77 on Amazon at the moment, but it's worth keeping an eye on for future bargains.

It's interesting that MB have kept the wood cabinet CMD121P while also introducing the new material combos that also has a 1x12. I did notice that some of the new material cabs are quite a bit deeper than the wooden ones. I fancy a change from my BF One10 x2 but I've been spoiled as to how small they are and I'm not sure I want the extra size again.

I've not tried any Ricky basses. The only Gibson was an Epi EB0. I've not had a 4 string Stingray and I've got huge GAS for one with the SLO neck option. Never had anything with a Double P pickup - I'd like to try that. Never had any semi-hollow basses.

Well, without knowing your settings or preferred sounds... I would think it could replace your EQ, drive, compressor, and pitch easily enough. The question will be over your delay and modulation sounds. For me - I'm completely happy with the Helix sounds for them (Stomp and Helix have the same sounds), but I know some people like dedicated units with different controls for that sort of thing. Some use a Stomp and then a Strymon or 2 - and use midi to swap everything at once when needed. You can have 8 blocks in the Stomp. There are some DSP limits - the recently introduced PolyCapo effect uses loads leaving less power for everything else, but it's a really good poly octave designed for use instead of retuning a guitar. Don't know any bassists using that effect. EQ, drive, compression hardly use any DSP. There are loads of options for each type, and just because an effect appears in the 'Guitar' list does not mean it can't be used on bass. If you find a sensibly priced used on you wouldn't lose any money if you discover it's not for you. There is a bit of a learning curve, but the UI is really simple and there's plenty of us on here with an HX based unit to help and swap patches with.

That's a very cool bass! Do they go for silly money?

All pitch FX work better with a clean signal and when placed after a compressor. Then they get a really clean and even signal to work with. You could replace your entire board with HX Stomp, although the stomp only has 3 footswitches. If some of your current pedals are always on - like the comp and the EQ etc then that might not matter. It's easy to add an external midi unit to a stomp, or there is the bigger Stomp XL, but to be honest at that point the money is so close to a Helix LT that the LT would be a better and more powerful option for not a lot more.

I've got the 3 button one and it has some very good sounds for guitar and bass use. On the other hand the software is a stone cold atrocity. There is literally nothing instinctive about any of it. In these days of fantastic UI on the Helix and QC etc IK should be ashamed. Still, I'm persevering. At the moment I'm using it with a couple of pedals to be a mini lounge rig with a Yamaha HS7 monitor. I can use it for both guitar and bass. I'm old enough to remember when 2 channel amps started to get popular, so having 3 sounds on a bank for guitar use is more than enough for me.

Does the 121P hiss less than the 102P? If so, it must be a different tweeter, as Bill always says, Tweeters don't hiss, amps hiss! I do wish MB would put tweeter controls on their combos as well as on the cabs.

I had one and it had a tiny but annoying high pitched whine whenever it was on so I sent it back. I was very annoyed as I loved the overall effect. Do they all have that? I had read a few comments on websites about it.

I love those EB flats. Such a great string.

Ed Friedland has some 20 year plus La Bella flats on his basses.