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@basstone thank you so much Tony. This is why I come to you for my repairs. Diagnosed the problem from a photograph and gave clear instructions as to how to fix it. All done and sounds great. Probably my imagination but it seems to sound louder 🤷🏻‍♂️.

... to learn. I, this very morning, just learned what a pentatonic scale is. Been playing bass since the early 1980s, written more bass lines than I care to remember, been in countless bands of all different styles. And I only even heard of it recently. Since when it seemed to crop up over and over. So I decided to find out what it is. If I'd been shown it at my first guitar lesson chances are I'd never have switched to the bass. Just goes to show. Not sure what it goes to show though. Anyway sorry, talking about music, y'all get back to arguing about Brexit.

Not yet! I've been through so many but not that one.

Funnily enough I was looking at the Seamoon this week as my search for a filter pedal I can actually get to work goes on. I love the sound of it but I always love the sound when other people are using filter pedals.

I have had similar issues with synth pedals. In the end I ran a parallel loop with my clean signal in it. So even if the synth dropped out the note was still there.

Congrats! Very very handy tool as you so rightly say. Runs on AA batteries too!

I can't face wading through all of the above so apologies if this has already been mentioned.

Hands off

Anyone out there who is still using one of these? Or is it just me...? Just after some tips to get started, I feel I'm missing something in my use of the software.

Thanks Tony, I'll have a look.

Just bought a Gruvgear strap from Paddy. Arrived well packaged in good time and the whole transaction was, quite simply, a pleasure. Delighted to recommend this most splendid Basschatter.

That's wonderful, thank you so much @FDC484950

To be honest, I can't imagine my gigging career amounting to much (boring health reasons) so it's time I tried to wean myself off this shopping addiction.

Apparently not. They can't sell some products to the UK, they can't guarantee delivery, the post office can hold goods and demand tax payment before releasing them, there is a long thread about the various problems.

I don't need anything. Got more than I need on every conceivable area, from straps to mic stands, pa speakers to bass heads. However I intend to save for a Plethora X5 and incorporate it into my 2021 three tier mega board. Just for the sheer hell of it. As to my wishes just one. Please can Thomann be allowed to find a practical way into the British Market, maybe open Thomann UK. The thought of never getting another Bentley Hardon bass makes me very unhappy. See also HB patch cables, strings, cases, bass amps and cabs.

When pig5hit wants to describe someone who is thick it says as thick as Stew Black

Aha! I watched this too today. Brilliant isn't it?

You probably worked this out a long time ago, but just in case anyone else is as dim as me - when setting up these tests use a looper, record a good 20 - 30 seconds up and down strings and fretboard. I literally only started doing it this way yesterday 🤦🏼‍♂️ No more play, stop, reach over bass, fiddle with pedal, play, stop, reach over bass, fiddle with pedal repeat.

Fascinating stuff BB. I am new to the practical, nuanced application of compression. I just used to turn it on and go for it. Sounds like the toneprint is the perfect tool. I won't buy any TCE pedals though because I am saving up for the Plethora so any money spent on individual TCE pedals is money wasted. Obviously now Thomann is off the table I'll be saving a lot longer. UK retailers, already more expensive, can pretty much charge what they like from now on.

Lockdown has largely proved to be a time of learning for me. The latest subject has been the often maligned bass compressor. I have acquired a Markbass (valve) Compressore, a Behringer limiter, and a Behringer Compressor, to add to my Joyo and the various digital offerings on my multi pedals. The Behringers are interesting. I can dial in so much compression that the effect is clearly audible (not always the case with compressors). This in turn has allowed me to play with the controls and put in to practice all I've been learning. Observations: It's very easy to overload the Behringer pedals and they then clip with a percussive 'blat' noise at the start of the note. Tame this, and it actually becomes useful, if not always desirable. It lends the bass a blunt punch, not unlike a sixties soul bass. Solid and rhythmic. The Markbass allows me to dig deeper as it has more controls. All the reading I've done pays off here. An understanding of the interactions between settings is slowly dawning. The biggest revelation has been discovering a compression which is fairly strong and yet doesn't kill the openness within the sound. I have also found, contrary to my opening post, that the compression is actually much more useful placed before the envelope filter rather than after it. It enables a better defined, almost restrained funky sound which again is more rhythmic and percussive. No a compressor does not make me a better player, but it helps me get closer to the sound I'm after. Think I might buy another one!

Us discussing this is like a group of flies discussing what it's going to be like when the cow they're sat on walks to the other side of the field. Seriously why bother? What will happen will happen whether we guess what it will be or not. We have no power, no control. The only thing to do is wait and cope as best we can when what happens, happens.

I know we mustn't talk politics, with that mind here are my views on the matter

I read this on TB: If wired properly, the battery ground is only attached to the ring terminal of the jack. So another way to check for drain would be to use the resistance (ohms) or continuity setting of the meter, and see if that ring terminal is connected to ground anywhere without a cable plugged into the jack. I did as suggested and got readings in all sorts of places.