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Sorry for all the acronyms! EWS Japan make some great pedals. Their tiny enclosures even contain a 9v battery which is internally doubled to 18v which only draws a small mA so they last ages. I’ve had the Stormy Bass Drive for a while now and love everything about it. I first heard it on the BassTheWorld YouTube channel and thought it sounded perfect. so then I saw their other pedals and came across the BMC2 (Bass mid control). It’s quite a simple pedal, offering 12db boost between 160-2.5khz with an additional 10db input stage gain with the toggle switch. The reason I got it was because most of my instruments don’t have a mid control and those that do aren’t adjustable in terms of where they boost or cut. With a jazz bass neck pickup for example the BMC brings out that clank of a P bass really well with a bit of breakup when pushed. I haven’t used it live yet but with a wide sweep and easy controls I think it’ll be a great little box and more useful than a full band pre.

Fantastic! Great to hear it’s still in the Bc family. It’s the best 5 string bass I’ve ever tried. Enjoy it

If it's one to cover as much as possible then I'd say my Celinder J-Update. Perfect 70s jazz bass slap sound, 3D finger sound and because the pickups are stacked I can get a great P bass sound from the front and a tight back pickup sound without any noise.

I'd pay asking then sell it for loads more to a 'fan'

I had both of those and preferred the M87. It's quieter and does limiting better IMO. I'd recommend the M87 generally as a good starting point to learn about the sort of things the controls do and how they interact, especially useful are the LEDs... Then you can think about the kind of limiter you might want to look at next. Until you end up with a Cali76 or Optician's-fet lol

Thanks for trying for me. I think it’ll be alright for me actually so might get a set once I’ve got a backup set of elixirs ready

60s jazz basses I just don’t like, I’ve tried so many but feel the top end sounds a bit honky and I can never hear them very well live (my experience anyway, probably down to other factors maybe) 70s jazz spacing though totally changes things for me. I love that 3D sound, the growl and bite. Sounds so much more articulate to me than the former.

with a single 'slap fret' higher up. Probably a custom build I actually think the headstock looks cool!

I won't let Fred watch that filth. Jaco only needed 4 and he turned out alright

I saw them in 2005ish and they were using one then. Pretty cool to know it might have been from a BCer, which was Bassworld back then!

Labella 760fx. They feel very similar to my rounds (elixir 40/95) tension wise. I only had to adjust the relief a tiny bit iirc.

Title should read ‘Peavey 1820 is a house’ 😂 Looks amazing 🤩

How do you find them now after you’ve been playing them for a while? I’m tempted to try some whilst stocks of Elixir super lights pick up again. I always tune down to D and normally find that the 0.95 E string handles that really nicely (I play with a super light touch). I wonder if these would be ok? Do you have any pics of the strings up close compared to a ‘normal’ round?

I always think you sound like a really nice bloke when I read your posts. This confirms it!

Perfect for carrying your Roger Fenderer

I bought a pedal and some weaponised uranium from Carlos and everything was perfect 🤩

I spent a little while last night setting a default envelope filter sound. It’s great - by setting a higher VCF attack speed you can get it sounding really bubbly and squelchy. Can anyone tell me how to add a clean blend, is it to do with the premix settings? (Ignore me, found it)

It arrived today so I’ve had a literal 10 minute whirl through some patches and it sounds fantastic so far. I find the menu system ok to be honest, I’ll probably modify existing patches rather than build my own from scratch at least for a while. I’ve been a VB99 user for years and love mine to bits but I don’t really use it as a synth, more as a Swiss Army knife pre/interface and multi fx. It’s got the best compressor in I’ve ever tried (including cali big box and FEA). Awesome thing, and I love the form factor. But with that many buttons it’s easy to work of course.

The SB1 was the same but with one pickup

It’s an old shape SB2 before they went PJ

I rarely bother even reading descriptions. Plus I'm sure it's not nitro anyway.