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I remember when nostalgia used to be something worth looking back on with a fond yearning. Not like the rubbish nostalgia you get these days. I just hope in time to come nostalgia will be as good as it used to be.

Been teasing myself with the idea of a new toy for a while now. Everywhere is out of stock, or overpriced. Except Thomann, which is neither. They make no bones about potential delivery problems beyond their control, so if I go with them I can't complain if everyone else gets stock in before my entirely unnecessary toy arrives. Maybe I'll wait and see. After all it's just GAS, nothing I actually need.

I've banged this drum for a little while now. I've stopped doing it for two reasons. 1: The growing number of like minded people provides a community of which I can be a part. I'm not an outsider any more. 2: The folk who've invested their hard earned in expensive instruments, quite understandably, don't want to hear it. Why would they? So rather than, on the one hand, pi§§ people off, or on the other hand preach to the converted, I contribute to threads like this. Oh, and enjoy my Harley's!

Glarry, famous for 'not bad basses' despite only costing about 80 quid a pop, have tried to break into the rarified air of the 'north of 150 notes' type basses. A brave move I'm sure we can all agree, given that 150 - 200 gets you one whole helluva lot of Harley Benton, the good folk at Glarry will be nervously scanning Basschat and biting their nails... https://uk.glarrymusic.com/glarry-gp-ii-upgrade-electric-bass-guitar-wilkinson-pickup-black-burlywood-sunset-white-yellow-p248.html?news=newgp1

The twin has a richer sound, compared with some active basses it's a fairly subtle, natural sound. But the Stealth version is very easy to play, and very easy on the eye. With a little help from an eq pedal (or indeed from the tone controls on an amp) the gap between the sounds can be closed. However what the Stealth Bass can never get close to is the neck pick up on the other bass. That's a beast! All swings and roundabouts though. If you ever get called to thump and pull that pick up is way too close to the neck, the Stealth on the other hand has plenty of space

Good sound - really preserves the power of the original bass Nicely filthy too.

I am embarrassed to admit that I can't remember all I've bought during the lockdown. Swimming against the prevailing tide, I actually started a job (only part time) for health reasons I've been unable to work for a while. Having a modest but regular income proved to be too much for me. Also I have become horribly pedal addicted, so easy to store and so much fun to play with. Just scored a triple decker tone trunk for a very reasonable sum. Now of course I have to fill it.

I ought to add that the 2 pick up model has a chunkier neck, in case that's a deal breaker for you.

OK, same riff, first time with the stealth MM, second time bridge pick up on the Deluxe twin humbucker jobbie. The twin pup is three band active with a 5 position switch so ultra tweakable. It's also a bit louder but I left the levels alone so you could hear the diffrerence. No effects, no compression, straight onto the PC

Frighteningly tidy board @Jamiexsilver! I can only look on in wonder and admiration.

They're very different beasts, the twin can get pretty close but uses a very different tone set up. Tell you what, I'll do a little side by side tomorrow and record it for you.

Latest iteration. I have another one on the way and I'm going to move the wah pedal over but we're nearly there.

It is.

Indeed. Just to confound me further this has been happening. I have spent the evening adding pedals to an ever growing chain including loops and switches and whatever I can come up with. All different pedals all randomly arranged, just as they came out of the box. All daisy chained off one wall wart power supply, all connected with odds and ends of cables largely made by me by chopping up cheap carp cables like the ones that come free from Thomann with cheap basses. And you know what? This crazy ever growing line of pedals is utterly silent. So in conclusion, any pedal board is only as good as it is useless. The more you spend, but more importantly the more you need it to work the more remotely unlikely are the chances that it will.

To anyone else who may experience a similar problem, this is what I have learnt. It is a job for Miss Marple. You need patience, you need time. I went through the cables, both audio and power. Using a couple of proven non noisy pedals, I ensured the leads all worked silently. A relatively simple start. The devil, it transpires, is in the way the pedals react to one another. No use testing them all individually. Choose one you definitely want, add one, listen, repeat. In my case I only got to the second pedal and found it needed a separate power source from the first pedal. Even though they were being powered by isolated outputs from a rechargeable battery, still they whined. I then added a third pedal if it whined it went in one box if it didn't it went into another. I continued thus until all were sorted. Some only made a little noise, but once added together the noise became greater than the sum of its parts. Using only the silent pedals I kept adding until I found that particular configuration created a noise. It was a question of taking them out and putting them in a different position. I failed to find any obvious logic. Once I had an order that worked I put them onto the board and the noise, absent when the pedals were just lined up, returned. The whole thing was baffling, remember there wasn't a mains adaptor involved anywhere. I removed the Boss LS2 and bingo! A useable level of unwanted noise, but now my little loop was no more. It transpired the reward for my endeavour was a serendipitous one. I put the Boss back on with the whole board in one of the loops. So, I have a completely clean signal which sounds like a bass guitar, running alongside an effect altered signal which sounds however I want it to. And I can mix the two to suit. What have I learned? Different branded pedals don't always like each other. Eliminating mains power is no guarantee of eliminating noise. Don't expect any of it to make any sense.

I'm a hot tone pronouncer too. Still undecided about a multi. I see one in my future, the Helix appears to make the most sense, but now there's this one. And I just can't shift the Plethora from my mind, even though it is more of a straight forward 'pedal board but in one box' option, it appeals to me. I will wait for the reviews from you early adopter types, then see what's what.

Got lucky with my odds and sods order. Arrived within a few days of ordering. Sorry just realised how smug and unhelpful that could sound. It wasn't meant to be, I promise. I think it illustrates how hit and miss it all is.

I agree. Bought mine for my all Behringer board, but it's pretty difficult not to put it on my main board TBH.

First ambition I ever had was to be a lighthouse keeper. It seemed a wonderfully romantic proposition. Out on a small wave beaten rock, miles from anyone. Bliss. Perhaps not a 'normal' dream for a very young boy, but there you go.

Travelled back in time lately. Sandinista and All Mod Cons. Just what the doctor ordered.

I removed a pedal which I thought was introducing some unwelcome noise. Imagine my distress then when I plugged in at rehearsal to have my band mates recoil in horror at the racket coming from my amp. Before I started playing that is. I only hear a half of it as the upper end of my hearing is pretty shot away, but what I could hear wasn't good. I had, in my naivety assumed that using battery power would eliminate such issues, but evidently there is more going on than I realised. I am assuming that I need to strip it down and go through it lead by lead, pedal by pedal to find the culprit. I'm posting here for you to chip in with ideas, what to look out for how best to test it.

Just received mine from Thomann and it's a great pedal, thanks @Baloney Balderdash for the heads up. The boost setting alone is worth the money and having the option to boost the bass makes a highly desirable racket.

I actually enjoy soldering! I suspect because it reminds me of my dad. I am however really bad at it. If I want to make a mundane set at the local a truly exciting experience I just use my own homemade cables.

I had no idea about licensing. The router we use with our wireless desk is 5.8 too so we're really living life on the edge.