LukeFRC

Except it's not a complete non starter is it? Because you're taking you time to post on a thread about a pedal that actually exists and is selling well for bass players that uses pitch detection to drive a synth engine. Is it a solution for every case, obviously not. Is it the perfect solution, clearly not for the reasons you've just explained... yet here we are with other people working around the limitations and bending the laws of physics. Some folk will decide the MXR is the perfect flavour for their band, others will use something else, or will use keyboards, or in your case you will skip synth bass sounds as you don't have space for a keybords or want to use pedals other than your multifx unit, and others will have no interest in synth bass whatsoever... the point is different people will come to different conclusions and decisions. Someone who owns the pedal the thread is about and giving opinions on how it tracks on "does your mother know" is far more interesting.

I can promise you all this - if I ever get to do an international tour outside Japan I will definitely buy both an actual key synth, a MXR and FI4vip and take them all around the world - comparing them for all my basschat fans. You'll then see at least one of the three in the for sale section here post tour. This is my solemn promise to you all.

What like literally 36v or split +-18v?

the 3rd party "rain" block you can add on that is cool

One of those invisible mods

Or rather than a trickle every month - save them up in one big bash for Christmas…

Great work - I spied the drolo in the for sale, and figured it would be an easy fix - but would have boarded space for it!! It will work, but for next time replacing the links between the boards with the longer cables isn’t best idea… there’s the aim to keep tracks to the minimum you can to fit it all in, and also in some cases thr circuitry that the cables are looped over might cause noise in the signal. Nice work though! Tayda are a legit cheap supplier, a lot of parts are generic so you could have found any pot the same size and value.

+100 I just wish someone else was making video clips of the FI4!

Updated my previous post to correct - cheers @Al Krow

With the caveat that hundreds of bass players have owned and loved this pedal… Tracking was the wrong word! I meant latentcy - I couldn’t live with the slight latentcy and thr attack of the thing - I don’t know how to describe it but it was a me thing, and I could hear it listening to a video so it can’t just be latentcy …

I had no idea if he's a member on here or anything so kept my thoughts to myself - but would agree - it's painful watching! @Kev - skip through and miss bits! My take, reinforces what I thought - Enzo X probably not deigned for bass... C4, the thing that annoyed me with the attack of the note you could hear on the video (bought and sold one twice) FI4 - sounds best to me and can do a lot MXR - pretty much on par and can do less with a simpler interface.

Kinda long video from someone who is doing the whole livestream thing - but somewhere in there is comparing the MXR, Enzo X, C4 and FI4 all custom settings as he’s the kinda guy who wants you to buy stuff on his patreon …

link to album - other streaming services are available

Bingo! “Bigredx mentioning Gus in a completely unrelated thread” was the last thing I needed for the Basschat bingo game.

I am saving this for when my wife moans about my mess! (I need to google what PiPedal is!)

go on, you never played effect pedal Russian roulette you've never lived - supreme confidence and you just go for it- like skydiving where you jump out the plane before checking your chute...

- why not? They own it now. (That bit of his history)

is that Ashdown recreating a LS-2 in a handy pedalboard sized enclosure?

Good point to recomend listening to the exceptional and recently released track “Fairchild” by Dave, that kinda touches on this kinda thing

If I were Fender … I would keep the Fullerton site and Leo’s stuff and make it a museum/shop and maybe move custom shop there if feasible, for the legacy thing I would use Leo’s signature and face on things loads more… I would leave it a few years and then bring a few G&L designs out the custom shop… then a limited version of the legacy line made abroad …