Happy Jack

Incidentally, and as if these weren't already sufficiently pristine, I also have all the original packaging for all three units.

Typical. You wait for ages for Happy Jack to sell a Radial unit, and then three come along at once. I love Radial kit, and I have lots of it. In fact, I have rather more than I need. These three units have all led calm, pampered lives in luxurious surroundings, rarely asked to do even a fraction of what they can manage. They are all pristine, as new, and uncontaminated EXCEPT the Mix Blender which benefits from a sublime application of the finest velcro that money can buy. Like all Radial kit, these units are engineered in such a way that a tank could drive over them without damage. Well, to the tank anyway. Let's kick off with RADIAL BIGSHOT I/O True Bypass Instrument Selector - £70 What does it do? What is it for? What is my excuse for buying it? Best read https://www.radialeng.com/product/bigshot-io and https://www.thomann.de/gb/radial_engineering_tonebone_bigshot_i_o.htm, both of which relate to the current (slightly more colourful) model but which are otherwise pretty much identical. We now move on to the RADIAL TONEBONE MIX BLENDER - £140 *** RADIAL MIX BLENDER SOLD ON EBAY *** What does it do? What is it for? What is my excuse for buying it? Best read https://www.radialeng.com/product/mix-blender and https://www.thomann.de/gb/radial_engineering_tonebone_mix_blender.htm And going off in a slightly different direction, we finish with the RADIAL PRO48 Active Direct Box - £70 *** RADIAL PRO48 SOLD ON EBAY *** What does it do? What is it for? What is my excuse for buying it? Best read https://www.radialeng.com/product/pro48 and https://www.thomann.de/gb/radial_engineering_pro_48.htm All prices include UK delivery, but it's always nicer to meet other Basschatters for a face-to-face handover. I'm in Harrow (NW London) and I'm happy for buyers to come here to test things before they buy (and play with my toys if they like), or to meet up within a reasonable distance by car or on the Piccadilly Line.

I've played at least 50 gigs with this thing, many of them outdoors. It's just a seriously rugged piece of kit.

Before there was this https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Fishman-Platinum-Pro-EQ-DI-Preamp/2H29?origin=product-ads&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgJv4BRCrARIsAB17JI6hVPaXqlEzqDx5DF3cdbD2FVyuDnupVtGu89OyjwZQVWjauyR4YlwaAi8REALw_wcB there was this: The original Swiss Army knife for the DB player. It does everything. It's a DI box, an EQ pedal, a feedback suppressor, an impedance matcher, a compressor, a boost pedal. Runs equally happily off the mains (standard Boss 9V unit) or battery. Manuals are available as a download, but it's really pretty intuitive plus there are the fundamentals printed on the back. Why can't other pedal manufacturers do this? I took this to every DB gig I played for years, but buying an AI Clarus head and joining a rockabilly band have been enough to see this lovely unit relegated to the shelf for too long now. The price includes postage to the UK, but I always prefer to meet other Basschatters if I can ... so much friendlier!

As the pedal sales continue, I am cutting down to one board from ... erm ... three. I'm keeping the Nano+ as my sole board, so this Nano is now surplus to requirements. Current spec is here: https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/6473075707105777743?lsf=seller:291943,store:17486815475102514008&prds=oid:15973746786505748574&q=pedaltrain+nano&hl=en&ei=yjkHX7eIHdeD1fAPv9G72AI&lsft=gclid:Cj0KCQjwgJv4BRCrARIsAB17JI76CkkzxyYLMFNaX81pNc1fVfasKizgP1hpWrRPrANT6sKHAr-aFXMaApekEALw_wcB These units came as bare metal with two lengths of velcro, no power suplly or cabling. As you can see, I am including a set of 9V points to run off a single Boss wall plug unit, so this is ready to attach pedals and use instantly. Only the finest velcro has been used, redolent of silk and truffles, organically reared in the cottonfields at the foot of Mount Belzoni. Equally happy with collection, meet-up (fairly close by car or on the Piccadilly Line), or postage. Unfortunately a modest, in fact almost token, amount of £5 would be needed to cover P&P.

As the pedal sales continue, I am cutting down to one board from ... erm ... three. This is the only full-sized pedal board that I have used in the last 10 years - current spec is here, don't think it's changed much: https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Gator-Pedal-Tote-Bag-With-GBUS8/XWP?utm_campaign=bEngine - Gator&utm_medium=paid_search&network=google&adgroup=111511785508&matchtype=e&utm_term=gator pedal tote&device=c&creative=443570364882&adposition=&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgJv4BRCrARIsAB17JI5IDgzPmVck6r6syeR2IA7NLVo4D9n3eG5QiM8GMhWCmDFwKxS-GUsaAjLNEALw_wcB The only 'damage' is that the badge came off the front a long time ago. All the original electrics are still in place, working fine. The white strips on the bottom are there to help with cable management, allowing me to bundle up surplus cable and unused cables, keeping them out of the way of patch lead routing. I'm OK-ish with posting this in the UK but the box will end up being big enough to just start to tip over from £3 Hermes jobbie to £10 DPD charge. The board is in Harrow (NW London) and I'd prefer collection or a meet within a sensible distance, either by car or on the Piccadilly Line.

Bloody Hell! I'd completely forgotten that moniker. Thanks @Jus Lukin.

No, I think the original version didn't have this. I wanted to page Max and ask him, but I can't remember his user name!

Actually, they don't get much better than this. The full blurb can be found here: https://www.gak.co.uk/en/earthquaker-the-warden-v2-optical-compressor-pedal/913096?gclid=Cj0KCQjw3ZX4BRDmARIsAFYh7ZKXbNmJZPW7TE1Ztuph7rj7AhZf4NCIcgI-HTXkdBRhB3Do-jDfG4UaAiZ-EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds That's also the cheapest place (in the UK anyway) I've found for this pedal, at £189. One thing Basschat has done for me is to make me thoroughly paranoid about compression and compressors. It is just SO obvious that well-done compression is a very good thing indeed, and so many have taken the time and trouble to try to educate me in how to get it right, that I feel really quite embarrassed at this listing. I'm giving up. I don't understand compression, I don't expect that I ever will, so this is the last compressor that I'll ever own. At least I'm going out at a high point. The pedal is in perfect working order, near enough pristine (apart from two small and very tasteful pieces of velcro applied with loving care and attention), and I'm sure that I can sort out the original box if I just try hard enough. The price includes postage to the UK. If you live elsewhere then I'm sure that we can reach an amicable settlement. If you live in Dusseldorf, Djibouti or Durango, please do NOT message me to ask if the price includes postage outside the UK. Bin there. Dun that. Spilled chili oil on the t-shirt. The answer is 'No'.

Haven't seen Max in ages, and it's been even longer since i saw one of these for sale, but here it is ... the finest teeny fuzz pedal that money can buy. Although I've had it for years, I'm not really a fuzz-bass sort of player so it's actually had remarkably little use, and is in near pristine condition. The velcro is of the highest-possible quality, grown in gold-plated vats in Cambodia before being hand-processed by stunning Sri Lankan calendar girls and delivered to me by unicorn. No extra charge. Why £50? Well the last time I sold some SFX pedals (in 2014, since you ask) I had no clue what to charge for them, so I sold all three at £50 each. It doesn't take much to start a tradition around here.