dannybuoy

From that same Tonehammer thread back on Talkbass, I understood the AGS switch on the pedal to essentially be similar to having the drive knob at minimum or maximum. E.g. you can crank the drive and still have no drive if the gain is low - increasing the drive kind of lowers the headroom so that the gain knob causes more distortion, as well as gradually bringing in various EQ shifts. So you can get different mild overdrive sounds - drive set high and gain set low, or drive set low and gain set high, or anywhere in-between.

Mint/sunburst/burgundy in stock also! I really can’t get another one in until I’ve shifted some first though!

Nothing wrong with the Spectracomp other than a lack of hands-on controls. I’ve tried several much more expensive comps but landed on the TC. I find multi-band essential to reign in my clanky playing style without clamping down on the lows too much - and there’s not many of those on the market.

If/when the fretless models come out, I’m going to have a hard time saying no.

Kala U-Bass with Pahoehoe Dreads:

Awesome - there are not many reverbs or delays out there with a low cut feature.

Yeah it’s a keeper for me. I’ve ended up keeping 2 filters overall - I prefer using the Emma for Geezer Butler wah type sounds going into a dirty Sansamp, and the Fwonkbeta straight into the amp for old school funk.

TI flats on my Sandberg Basic, they’re perfect for me and the same set’s been on there for several years now.

They sound quite different, it’s not a bad idea to have both! I prefer one or the other for different sounds or with different basses. I certainly wouldn’t sell the BDDI immediately until you’ve had a good chance to try both side by side.

Reminds me of the Bassig ‘64 Black Panel.

First!

I’ve bought all my Tech21 stuff from US sellers in the past, and most of them ended up devaluing the package to avoid import fees... I work for a US company now though so would probably just get something sent to a colleague’s house and get it from them next time we meet up! It is a lot of money for a pedal, but looking at it in a relative way, it’s half the cost of the dUg amp (which is one of these with a power amp) and twice the cost of a regular Sansamp (and it has double the knobs/jacks/etc. If I can sell my BDDI and DP-3X and get the same tones + more out of this, I may be interested.