Al Krow

The thing about a live clip with a band, which is partly why @knicknack / Paddy's clip is a really excellent demo of this pedal's potential, is that you get to hear it in the context of the rest of the instruments and vox, which is what many of us are hoping to use it for, but also (and here's the rub!): you get one take to nail it. I loved Nate Navarro's honesty when he reviewed the Boss GM-800 saying that he'd had to do multiple takes to get some decent recordings (and he made it sound seriously lush btw). If anyone tells me that was because he's got poor synth bass playing technique...

Yes, I agree, Paddy's clip was a perfect demo. I can't easily recall clips of other bass synth pedals being put to such effortless good use in a band setting? But if any BC'ers do have any such clips to hand, please do share them? Btw when you decide to go all-in-one (again) with the latest multi (or head back to the comfort of the excellent GT1000 Core?) you know exactly who to contact to pass on your second hand "rubbish" at a knock down price 😅

Always a huge treat to be playing at the London 10k and we couldn't believe our luck with the change of location we found ourselves moved to for this one! We'd had a late one at a function gig the night before, so an early morning start to arrive to set up at 8pm meant just 4 hours sleep, but it was one of those gigs that the adrenaline gets you through! In some ways our own mini marathon - playing for two hours solid with no break, but we all loved it. A sweet moment for me right at the close when a local London lady, who had an ice cream van set up behind us, thanked us all for providing the music and offered us each a free ice-cream! A little clip from the race: LA Mixtrax - London 10k

Damn, that sounds good! Nicely played & classy band! A live clip like that is worth a thousand words, and puts to bed any lingering doubts for me at least!

Great basses! My Elrick Expat Evo 5 quickly became my goto gigging bass after I acquired it from @Sibob of this parish (who is a far more capable bassist than me!) back in 2021. Not sure I would have had the confidence to acquire one new back then, given the cost, but was keen to try one out as, on paper, it ticked so many boxes for me and being able to buy one used was a godsend! I've been really delighted with it and won't be parting company with mine any time soon! Little clip of the bass in action at a recent outdoor gig - set on neck pup in active mode with tone knobs flat, with preamp EQ duties being handled by my GT1000 Core pedal: LA Mixtrax - Bletchley Park

Oooh what have you got in your 9 block chain? Someone needs to be first up in the BC collective, looking like this one could be you (I was very quick out the block with the Zoom B1-4, Valeton OC-10 and Boss SY-1 so I've done my bit!) 😅

Yeah, thank goodness eh!? 😅

Lovely thanks! Hope it goes well tonight!

My apologies Leonard - I obviously missed that from the contents summary when I was updating it late last night! Now if you had to call it (as tricky as it may be!) would it be fair to say that your current main band i.e. the one you are spending the most time working/playing with is Choked? If so, I'll include that one on the summary to keep things equitable 😊

Katy's got a really great vox and your band sounds great! Not surprised she's got 10k+ followers on Insta! How did the band get started / how long have you guys been together? Are you regularly out gigging?

Thanks! Kept it simple as possible: kick drum mic plus stereo overhead mic

LA Mixtrax - Feel it Still Our new RCF 932A set-up being used at a recent outdoor gig (with no sub), recorded using a Rode stereo mic on top of the camera. Both myself and guitarist using a GT1000 Core pedal as a preamp into our CQ18T desk.

Nice fix to being a bandmate down! Almost the equivalent of having an 8 string bass to hand without having to master 8 string bass technique - which is defo trickier than a guitarist switching to a 12 string!

Agreed. But the MXR sounded plenty good enough for a live band mix to me? Loved his descriptor of "blue collar bassist" - made me want to get his book, but seems to be kindle only now?

Kinda glad our guitarist hasn't discovered you guys, his two favourite genres are...ska and reggae and we currently have none in our sets! 😅