stewblack

Entirely thanks to Bandcamp, 6 Music, Basschat and the YouTube algorithms. Otherwise I would never know them either!

I was listening to Paul Weller's latest vinyl and reflecting that I'm enjoying a kind of Indian summer of music buying. I thought of little else but buying music through the 70s and early 80s but gradually this petered out and I bought little or nothing for a very long time. Now I realise there are several artists and bands whose albums I will buy the moment I hear of a new release. I don't need to hear any of the songs, just take my money. It's an interesting list. The Burning Hell Vulfpeck Paul Weller The Lovely Eggs High/Low The Wind Up Birds Theo Katzman Who are you guaranteed to buy?

We all know how easy it is to badge a bass as something it isn't. If it says Fender the price will be high and therefore its worth checking it's real. There is enough expertise online to help with this. I don't care if my, or your, basses say what they are or not so it's a non issue for me. The logo is just another part of the design. But anyone knowingly selling a forgery as the real thing is a turd.

Don't write analogue off too soon! No one thought vinyl would reappear but it is proving difficult to kill off!

We talking 3 maximum? 🤔 Going to assume a clip on tuner and a compressor built into the amp. So .... I'd have a Prunes and Custard, for dirt and touch sensitive insanity, a source Audio Spectrum (or maybe Fwonkbeta - it's a coin toss) for filter. A phaser is my absolute favourite pedal but the Spectrum can mix a bit of phaser with the filter, so I would go for an octave pedal for synthy goodness. Either Sub'n'up or my little Hotone Octa which is capable of OC2 type glitchy subbiness. Basically, Dirt/Octave/Filter

I agree with @Al Krow. Start budget - you might be surprised. In fact I found my Zoom pedals so easy to use, and way more useable live than the price tag suggests that I think I actually prefer them. Before I got ill I had many more opportunities to use them and the concentration and learning skills to really get into them. I suspect I'd enjoy the Helix more if I could put similar time and effort into it. The Plethora's a different beast. Interesting, but in no way a stand alone solution like the B1-Four. But it only lacks two pedals and it would be. Suck and see, but give it time.

It's a real poser. I talked myself into a Stomp. Parallel routing being the clincher. However, I can't get past individual stomp boxes. I just like them. They're expensive, and fiddly and need a sorts of extra bits and bobs but I just love them. The designs, the simplicity, the occasional unexpected gem like the Prunes and Custard, or the SY-1. I might try a trade for a Helix FX but I'll probably just sell it.

A very quick pass through EC's output 'post Thomas' tells you all you need to know about how utterly vital he was to their shared success. It's like an egg without salt.

The video is fun. Please don't be offended by it. It's just typical of the man's humour. The OP is equally humour filled.

That's really kind of you, thank you.