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Can't answer I'm afraid as I've not used the Rockboard ones. I can say EBS are expensive but very good. Space saving and reliable. Best bang for buck I've used are branded Donner, but the plugs are a little bulkier than EBS.

I have committed my heretical views to print here before, but it bears repeating. No one in any audience is remotely aware of the nuanced differences we agonise over. No one. In fact if Joanne Public was privy to the way we bang on about this string sounding woodier than that string and so forth, they'd assume they'd stumbled into a blog for a giant lunatic asylum. I am quite happy in the knowledge that I do all this to please one person. Me. I played the latter half of a second set with a broken amp once. Still made a noise in response to me plucking a string but not a musical noise. A kind of mechanical fa®t noise. No one noticed. Not band members, audience or my mate who was paying me close attention at the time. Taught me a valuable lesson.

Are these definitely parallel, and do they each take up one of your 6 on/off footswitches?

Fair comment, thank you.

This interests me. I'm a big fan of running effects in parallel rather than have each preceding effect affect the ones front of it. My only concern with the Helix is whether (with my reduced ability to concentrate hard for long spells) I will actually hook it up to the computer and really get stuck into it. I loved trying to learn and understand my Future Impact when I first got it, but since starting to struggle I seldom go through the rigmarole of connecting it up because I know within a quarter of an hour I'll be done. This is why the TCE Plethora X5 appeals to me. Not because I think it's better, I don't, but because I suspect I'll get the best out of it more easily.

Some really lovely wood on display on this thread.

Music Speed Changer. Installed it last night and paid for it to be ad free straight away. It's great. Slows, speeds up, accurate simple looping, saves the loops. Basically everything I do with Audacity on the PC. Recommended.

Is this apple only?

By the way, I know there are threads dedicated to certain pedals already. I was thinking more for those considering buying. Just straight forward pros cons maybe? Should be enough to stimulate conversation on specific areas.

Or multi for dummies if you prefer. Recent chat with @Al Krow and @dannybuoy revealed to me that I know next to nothing about the world of multi effects once we get beyond the Harley Benton / Zoom price point. As lockdown and illness has all but destroyed my gigging life (hopefully not forever) I've shifted focus to lessons, learning to sight read, and toys. By toys I of course mean effects. So let's gather the enormous knowledge of the Basschat Massive into an easy understand pro and con type list covering any multi effects that you care to mention.

and this is why I try to convince bands not to pay any attention to the muggles Especially the would be sound engineers

Went through years as a 4ophile. Barely listened to music. But after the ludicrous way they killed Nigel I fell out of love.

@Al Krow @dannybuoy I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted by the Helix. I know a bunch of you guys, whose judgement I trust entirely, have nothing but praise for them. Who can say what attracts us and why? I'm only window shopping right now but the Plethora looks like I might get my head around it easily. I haven't looked into Helix or how they function at all. I guess, as I'm not actually buying at present, that I don't see it as one versus the other. This time next week I'm just as likely to be looking at a hotone or headrush or whatever. I kind of know what I don't use at gigs and what I do. Beyond that I have no strong opinions either way.

Price is coming down on these. Seen them new for 330. I think that's pretty good. 5 individual stomps and a tuner for just over 50 each would be pretty good business, but this offers a lot more. I like multi fx I can play like individual pedals. I shall be interested to see if they come down any more any time soon.

Anyway, it doesn't matter I'm just curious really. It's not likely to happen on Basschat

Deaden the strings maybe? Washing up pad under the strings by the bridge

Said to me as I set up at an audition. The band was a three piece plus vocals. "we just ran through the songs you'll be playing, it's amazing what a difference it makes not having the bass" I should have walked then and there

That's another great observation. It's why I don't like learning my most favourite songs. Once you take the lid off and see how it works, the magic leaves the box.

That's brilliantly put, I found exactly the same thing first function band I played with. Turned my nose up when I first saw the set list, but changed my mind rapidly once I started learning

His Caveness https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000pvgy?fbclid=IwAR0nJO6WZY_NbHr3rdjkwvb4BFGDWRu1CXWHF7MTH2rrUw73TX4r9ORhENE

Yes indeed, I think I'm going to wait until I have collected the pedals and build the board to suit.

It's a word I always struggled with. Until I was passed this handy little tip. Think of advice / advise. You never muddle them up. Same rules apply to practice / practise.

Yes it wipes the pedal then loads whatever you choose to put on it. Without knowing how far through the install process you've got it's difficult to advise on your second question.