Phil Mann

Hi everyone Should you want to check out the pedal, and get a full run down of it's features, as well as hear a few sound files - I've just uploaded a demo to the With Bass In Mind YouTube page. Enjoy! (please use headphones)

You're more than welcome - only pleased to be able to share some information. My best, Philip

Here's a few YouTube links to help your research! The Pedal: https://www.withbassinmind.com/the-pedal The Promo Video: For audio reference, here's a short video of me stumbling through a Jaco solo - there's nothing in the signal path other than the 'Finally' V2 (although, in fairness, I did re-amped the signal through my LB-2.N). If you'd like to know anything else - please feel free to pop by my social media pages (Facebook, or Instagram) and drop me a direct line! My very best, thanks for reading! Philip

Hi Jonse! This is lovely to see - thank you so much for the mention on Basschat, it makes a huge difference to the reach of small businesses - I'm afraid I'm not on this platform a great deal, so would love this opportunity to tell you about the unit. Firstly, I must agree a little with Walshy, I also had the original unit and wasn't completely knocked out by it, so I contact Nathan Slade and we gave it a little polish! The 'With Bass In Mind' edition features a number of refinements to the original unit, the main one being the valve which comes as stock... I've never been a lover of 12AUX preamp valves, their a little too harsh and over saturated for my liking, thus the WBIM Edition is fitted is a 12AU7, which is far smoother and provides less saturation - a subtle difference, but changes the overall characteristics of the pedal substantially - think more Fender Bassman, than Ampeg. The idea of the unit is relatively straight forward, a small footprint DI box which runs on a 9v power supply, intended to sit at the end of your pedal board. It's able to enrich your signal with warm valve tones (similar to that of a RedDI, Noble, or Khan DI), act as a signal splitter (XLR and 1/4') whilst also supplying natural compression. I spent 90% of my stage time on IEM these days, so it's a perfect addition when only utilising the signal from my pedal board into FOH. However, when there's an amp present, it gently warms up any light weight Class D digital power amps - think less of it as a distortion box (which I've already seen written), and more as a valve DI. It's also been awesome to work with in the studio. A number of my With Bass In Mind students have now taken delivery - Nathan ships from Chicago and there's usually about a two week lead time - they're selling like hot cakes. As soon as I'm off this current run of performances with The Drifters, I'll be able to find some time to produce a little more internet content - there's a few bits on my YouTube channel, but not a great deal (will share below).

There's a couple of books on my website that may also be of interest to you! Good luck with the programmes! My best, Philip

If anybodies interested - there's a lovely interview with the incredible Norman Watt-Roy on With Bass In Mind's YouTube channel. Thanks for looking! Enjoy! Philip

Amazing - Thank you, we're not trying to set new world records for streaming, but WBIM is a cool little community to be part of.

...any show that's got a few Carol Kaye bass parts in it is fine by me! Was great fun to play... (alas, a distant memory now, but I've still got a copy of the pad!)