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And spend an awful lot of money too....

I have never found an Ashdown envelope I could use. And the Bassballs is a very acquired taste - even its biggest fans admit it can work on one bass and not another. Dont know the Malekko so I'll refrain. If I had to recommend one, guaranteed to work whatever the bass, and whatever sound you seek it would be the MXR Bass Envelope Filter. Utterly reliable, easy to dial in.

I like the two board idea!

This looks really cool, and ticks nearly all my bass pedal boxes. A couple of things I notice, assuming the signal runs R to L as we look down on it, you have the filter after the envelope, and the booster after the dirt. I've always run the dirt into the filter, and the boost into the dirt. Interested to know your thinking behind this set up.

Well this is so much fun. I'm a simple soul and I like effects I can master in a reasonably short time. And I like them to produce a pleasing noise too. While I could probably approximate the sound of this 'micro' pedal with the other synth options at my disposal, it would be an awful lot of work. This pedal is an absolute belter with all the controls doing something simple and obvious to the sound, and it took mere seconds to find a usable setting.

Just took delivery of a pedal from Gareth. Perfect condition, excellent packaging, lightning fast delivery. Highly recommended Basschatter.

My band are out again tonight with another guitarist depping for me. This one hasn't even met them before never mind rehearsing with them. Now I have a clearer picture of how important the bass is to them , it's fair to say their regular bass player will be displaying a markedly more relaxed attitude once he returns.

I have two of these and they're just brilliant.

How exciting! Grape Phaser is on my long list,band I've heard nothing but good things about Earthquaker Devices.

First GAS test, I've just seen that Catalinbread flanger, second hand, £130. Resisting right now. If it was closer to a ton I'd be in trouble.

If you don't love it I'll eat my hat.

We do a crazy psychedelic version of Born To Be Wild as an encore, I reckon a bit of swirly flange would fit that nicely.

I have had a little look around and there's a few possibilities. The two you mention and Pigtronix Space Rip look interesting.

Lovely stuff! And happy Christmas.

Funnily enough, one of my projects has been a mini pedal board. Or at least a pedal board of mini pedals. I've done it piecemeal over time, looking for bargains, and the envelope filter has been the sticking point. At present the slot is filled by the Mooer bass sweeper, but while a fine pedal, it's not exactly what I'm looking for. However I hadn't even factored in the synth pedal so now I have to start gassing for that!

Guilty.

I don't search for a specific sound, it's more a case of defaulting to what sounds good to me. Over the years I've just found the quickest ways to get there regardless of the gear I use.

Of course this GAS thread is doing nothing to dampen my enthusiasm!

Everyone needs handpainted pedals from Greece. Tell us about it @BillyBass

Great demo. He's a heck of a player isn't he? Looks like a pretty good pedal too.