stewblack

Timeless. Rotch replaced Hunt didn't he?

You sound great, you'll be great. They'll be lucky to have you.

Wasn't that the Hugh Jass Ensemble?

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.