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Not gonna lie, I love this bass sooo much! I remember playing it at the London Bass Show and falling in love with it then and there, but sadly my pockets aren't deep enough for even a tuning peg these days. How's it getting on? Still playing beautifully I am sure!

And the witty answer… (Shuker Series 2 Elite Custom)

Early 70’s TV Script Fender P with nickel (tall stem) tuners. Just something so “right” to my eye.

I also like headless basses, prog and "too many strings" and will happily play Jean-Michel Jarre, Gojira and Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia on the same playlist 🤷🏻.

"There's somthing wrong with the left phalangeee"

Aside from the technical benefits that a well designed HPF would have, it would ultimately be down to how the marketing department translates that in to layman's terms. "Removes the bass from your bass.." big no. "Protects your valuable speakers from sub-sonic transients and aids efficiency." Much better. "A High-Pass filter removes sub-sonic frequencies that most speakers can't reproduce. These frequencies waste amplifer energy, affect speaker excursion and can lead to early driver failure. Using an HPF can improve bass tone." I think I'd write something like this ha ha!

I've just been alerted to the existence of this cool gadget. It's a VST player: https://octavetech.eu

At the moment they are hand made by a small team and are knocking out about two a day, so very much a boutique build right now. They, or rather Wilson, doesn't have the same manaufacturing power as, say, Line 6 or Neural. Mentioning those in regard to flawed execution, there are plenty of pedals and devices on the market that use the same or weaker power connections. I'd like to see the same as the Line 6 LT etc that has a proper IEC power socket. 'Wall warts' and 'laptop' type power supplies and virtually every single USB connector available to the consumer market just isn't gig worthy. Well, although I agree, I don't use a separate pedal board (at the moment) for my Quad Cortex, there's plenty of people who do mount it to a board along with other devices, so I can't see why this would be flawed if it were also on a board? What's your thinking there?

P.s, Wilson seems like a really knowledgeable and friendly guy. I wanna meet him!

I wan' one of deeeeeez!!! A PC with touch screen, full compliment audio interface and a programmable MIDI controller (amongst other functionality) in one box. You can also connect a keyboard and mouse ha ha!! Wilson demonstrated running Neural, IK M Tonex and a whole bunch of other apps (including wacthing YouTube and running a DAW) in his videos on the Paint Audio channel. Wilson has plenty of demo videos on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Wilson-PaintAudio/videos

I can't believe this! Not only have you got a Marshall IBS, but I've been wanting a Laney LC15 too! (Ok, I'd be happy with the LC30 mind!!) Absolutely brilliant lil amps!

I thought I'd double check (as I was reading the schematic diagram) and have found the manual for the amplifier for you - page two describes the outputs: https://www.drtube.com/schematics/marshall/ibs.pdf

If you connect a guitar amplifer to the treble output, the bass side of the crossover is still sent to the internal amplifer, thus you can do exactly as you'd described. furthermore, using the crossover, you can sculpt the crossover point to decide how much of the signal goes to the combo or the external amplifer. Plugging an amplifer in to just the bass output acts as a full range slave, sending the same signal to both the internal amplifer and external device. You'll be safe even running a full range (instrument level) signal in to a distorted guitar amplifer, as nearly all with drive channels have a High Pass Filter at the input by design that will also filter out bass and sub frequencies.

I was once recognised in a Morrison's supermarket. Does that count?

I recall that the drivers in my cabinet might not have been that efficient, so, for gigging I was nearing the limits of what the stack could dish out when needing the extra volume. I also think that as a teen I had a bit to learn about EQ'ing - but boy did it sound good!

Thank you, it was a fun review! For the Bass and Treble EQ, the Amp Feel switch changes the behaviour including: Vintage mode is 70Hz peaking and 5kHz shelving, Modern and Off modes are 40Hz and 3Khz shelving.

Thank you! I’m the only reviewer who has had access to the Boss Katana designers and explanations of the technology behind Katana, so this one is a good’un!!

My full written review in Bass Gear Magazine with EXCLUSIVE access to the Boss Katana designers first! https://www.bassgearmag.com/boss-katana-500-bass-head-and-1x12-katana-bass-cabinet/

Spreading the bassy love to my fellow ‘chatters! 😊

Sorry it took so long, but my video review has gone live: https://www.bassgearmag.com/boss-katana-500-bass-head-and-1x12-katana-bass-cabinet/

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Apologies! I was supposed to get this one posted here. Sorry it took so long!! https://www.bassgearmag.com/becos-compiq-stella-pro-mk2-compressor-pedal/

I've managed to send a cold shiver down my own spine as I recall in a moment of madness sharing my health woes with the world. On reflection, I don't think anyone really wanted to know that I am suffering from an incurable disease of the gut. I think I want one of these amplifers as well now just to celebrate the misery! #TreadRailRoaded 🤪