dannybuoy

If you’re a fan of this circuit you should also check out the Prunes & Custard!

I tried a couple of Fender and Sandberg 5ers and hated the necks. Moved to a BB415 then BB1025X - around 42mm nut width, same as my 4-string Fender P, been a happy camper ever since.

Gotta agree with the earlier recommendations for the TC Spark. Stellar pedal. I find the Beta a bit dark and lifeless until the gain is cranked up significantly, which then puts it into heavy overdrive territory rather than an always-on warmer-upperer.

I think Zoom expression pedals are wired differently - I couldn't get the 2 expression pedals I already had to work with a Zoom B3 I had unless I forked out for a Zoom one.

One of the Origin Effects Bassrigs will get you there. Maybe the Black Panel as that dirt tone is probably just the Fender amp behind him!

Can you name any preamp pedals that don’t behave in the same way though? Everything I’ve owned has worked this way, from Darkglass, Aguilar, Tech21, etc. The only time I expect a volume control to not affect my DI is on my amp, in case I want to change my stage volume without upsetting the levels going to the desk. But with a preamp pedal, the master volume is really there to balance the gain control so you can adjust the pedal to unity gain when it’s on or off; whereas an amp is always on so you can have the DI pre-master volume.

The BDDI v2 sim on the Zoom MS-60B+ is bang-on also. Very hard to tell them apart. Plus there’s a ‘Clear Driver’, Zoom’s own take on the Sansamp, and the SVT sim is pretty decent too (just a shame there’s no blend on it).

It is affected by the master volume, yes.

Cranborne thump settings sounds killer. BTW I just picked up an MS-60B+, and its emulation of the BDDI v2 is bang-on.

I think the overall EQ / bass boost is the same. Heard one commenter saying one or the other was more ‘amp-like’, but that’s about it. I can get the V pretty close with the switch to the right and boosting the presence, but it’s not exact.

Is there really much of a difference between mk1 and mk2? I sold my original, missed it, picked up a mk2 again after a gap, so never got to A/B them.

Hotone Bass Press or AMT Electronics WH-1B - I preferred both of these to the Dunlop too. The Bass Press is discontinued now though I think. Hotone have a newer wah, but no idea if it’s any good on bass. Looks like the AMT is still in production though! https://amtelectronics.com/new/amt-wh-1b/ The recent additions to the Morley range look quite small as in they’d fit on one of the long thin Pedaltrain boards, but they still take up a lot of width.

I have one - currently in a bass that I want to convert back to passive and sell before trying it out in my Sandberg Basic (also a Stingray-like setup). That has 40Hz/550Hz/18kHz controls, and I find boosting 40 adds too much rumble, and there’s not much going at 18kHz when I’m using flats! The Tone Capsule should be much more usable with 70Hz/500Hz/2.8kHz.

Several years ago, I had the pleasure of playing bass with Phil Manzanera at a wedding reception in his garden when my best friend married his step-daughter! We played a short set (Let’s Stick Together, Love Is The Drug, No Church In The Wild) while the main function band took a break.

Came here to say Sandberg Basic also - picked one up for about £350 several years ago, I wouldn’t mind another one!