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I used to put the 70s chorus into plastic chorus or something and it sounded good. I thought speaker emulation and IRs weren't good on the Helix, they just seemed to muffle things for me.

ACS Customs are great. Even cheap ACS plugs are good but the customs are on a different level. You have to protect your ears, you don't get second chances with your hearing. You can feel a bit disconnected at first while wearing them but after two rehearsals you'll be used to it.

I'll more than happily play fretless in pop/ rock. You don't have to "mwaaaah" every note, but when you do it can be special! For a long time my only bass was my first fretless and I used it for classic rock. I now play it occasionally for 2000's indie rock. Just go for it, nobody should be telling you what you can or can't play as long as you're being respectful to the song and the band.

Joel bought my AMT Bass wah, really easy going on when I could post, paid promptly, all round perfect person to deal with. Thank you!

Once upon a time I was playing Sunshine of Your Love on a Tuesday night gig in Bridlington. Something hit me on the back of the neck, a drumstick! I managed to hand it back to the drummer without messing up my bass line. Then something hit me in the ear! Another drum stick!! Turns out the drummer and sound guys were chucking sticks at each other all through the song and decided to involve me in the game. I'll take playing around with the beat over a drumstick in the back of the head any day!

Sorry I can't find the details, pretty sure it was a phone order with Bass Direct back in 2018.

Personally my view is you need to try a load to see what you like. Best chorus: Helix Stomp 70's chorus What I use now: TC Corona using the Duff McKagan toneprint What I've used in the past: Behringer, every one I bought didn't work and got sent back Boss CE-2B or whatever it was called, just didn't like it, couldn't get the right sound Hartke bass chorus, this was really good, only sold to go to multi FX Why I use the TC now... I like that I can dial in different toneprints if I need to, but to be honest the Duff toneprint suits what I want from my basses whether fretted or fretless. I don't use chorus a lot but when I do I want it to be heard, I don't want it too subtle, and I sometimes add delay or trem afterwards.

That is gorgeous

Sort of out of gas... anything new coming in has to be "better" than what I've already got. I'd go for quality over quantity any day. I'm already half thinking about shrinking down the amount of gear to fund some upgrades. It's nice having a choice of basses but realistically only one gets used at a time so it's silly having five. I'm also slimming down my pedals and favouring the natural sound of my amp... out of necessity as well as want!

US Stingray bought new end of 2018. Ultimate live bass. Custom pickguard from gig.ink. Drop D tuner because life is better when you can D tune quickly.

Yes. No idea but it's just very small LEDs, can't imagine it's doing much at all.

I have one big board which has a wireless system plus ten pedals, and another smaller board... the big board hosts everything I own apart from one guitar pedal I've loaned to my guitarist. The smaller board was bought to take the bare minimum to a gig abroad so it could fit in my case with clothes and everything. After having two gigs scuppered by effects board failures I need to investigate the issue and will probably strip things down to the smaller board for a while, at least until I resolve the issues. I also sold my wah pedal as I haven't used it for ages, it only got the middle 8 of one song and I stopped doing that with wah ages ago. I'll probably rationalize further in the next few months. I've never thought of having two boards just for bass. I'd love to just build up the big board and leave it but technology just keeps messing me around!

Thanks, how would I do that pls? Then what do I do with the information once I know?

Thanks mate. I know someone who has a cable checker gizmo, I'll get hold of that and see what's what. It would be more worrying if it's a pedal or the power supply. I want to check thoroughly, was so close to sending my amp back to Ashdown until I thoroughly checked and realised it was just a speaker cable that must have worn out, £15 later and no issues.

These are the pedals I'm running. The chain starts at the Boss wireless, everything else is in the FX loop of the EBS Microbass. Half the pedals are powered from the Caline which is strapped under the board, the other half daisychain off the Boss wireless which itself is powered by the Caline...

Summary version: problem with my pedals and I don't know what it is or how to work it out. Last week I giggled, had a great time. Friday this week in a venue where I know the electrics can be a bit iffy I powered on my pedal board and the lights on the pedals flashed on and off, not a good sign. Plugged into a different mains socket, no flashing but during soundcheck my amp wasn't getting any input, or it was intermittent. Bypassed the wireless, same problem. Ended up having to take my tuner off the board and go bass-tuner-amp, no effects except the onboard amp effects for a whole gig, which is manageable. Tested at home yesterday morning rather than break everything down and it was all fine, so I thought it must have been some dodgy sockets at the venue. Played a festival last night, very short turnaround and the bass sound kept dropping out in the first few songs. Waited for a quiet bit in a song, muted the amp, went direct to amp, no tuner. By the last song I was slightly out of tune, had no effects for the whole set, but at least had sound. How do I go about diagnosing what's wrong when at home with the same kit there just doesn't seem to be a problem? Could it be my power supply, a very cheap Caline unit? A worn out patch cable? A bad output jack on one of the pedals?

Best thing for me was to spend £15 on a battery tester and keep it on my kit bag. I test before a gig and it has saved me tons on batteries.

Oh go on then. For less than a pint I can do it. Thanks!

Google Pixel. But I need to stop buying stuff... 😜

There's loads of bass amps where you can switch off the onboard EQ and bypass it but whether there's still some colouring of the sound I couldn't say. I used to do this on my Ashdown Rootmaster sometimes when running a Boss GT-10B or Helix Stomp in front. I'd guess if the way you want to go is using effects modelling then getting a PA monitor speaker would do the job? As for bass amp companies catching up with PA brands... Peavey? Personally, while I've gone ampless a few times recently out of necessity I will be karting my ABM600 and 2x 15"s to my gig tonight, even though we've got sound and soundman on hand. I just feel I have more control with the Ashdown. And yes, I like having a big amp behind me even though I know that really I don't need it.

Ashdown Meters. I've got the first version that needs a cable, not Bluetooth so sadly can't listen to music off my phone with it anymore. I will be using it for "silent" practice with the band soon as I don't have in-ears. They work great off a multi effects board or whatever and I think they're fantastic for listening in detail to music.

Give me free stuff...? Or just do what Sire do and be a bit more generous to left handers. Fender are finally doing a bit more for lefties with MIM Precisions and more colour options, but no Meteora bass or Squier telebass, or starcaster models. MusicMan seem to have forgotten about lefties altogether when really they need to get me an unlined Stingray fretless in left handed which they did years back but now there's nothing except the cheapest non-US model fretted basses available on left handed.

I'd send it to gig ink and have them make whatever you want using the original as a template. www.gig.ink I've had some stuff made by them: a direct replacement scratch plate for my Stingray (I went for mirror finish with the band logo etched on) and a pickup surround to cover some bad DIY around the routing on a bitsa. He also sends you a scale template to print out so you can double check the fit, he's very careful to only make something that will work.

If they're still in stock I can recommend the Harley Benton "Jaco" style fretless jazz. They're cheap as chips and if you get a B stock better still. Perfectly gig usable too, in fact mine will be out this weekend.