Al Krow

Agreed. All, entirely, 100% no question. Let the record state that, Andy T part time Sadowsky slapper, you have much GAS blood on your hands. This is not an isolated incident. The list of desperate individuals yearning for relief from the infliction on their bass-souls you have put upon them is ever growing... 😁

He's still regretting moving on his Ken Smith!

Except I think that @M@23 may have gone in the other direction!

Be very interested to hear how you felt your Yammy BBP35 stacked up against the MV5?

Yup seen it. It is very nice! But TJ has GAS, so it's just a matter of time...😁

Now there was me thinking your 434 had got your BB itch totally scratched! No doubt we'll be getting an update and some pics on the Yammy thread in due course (assuming the missus hasn't booted you out before then...😁)

@dave_bass5you're a bit of a whiz on Garage Band - you able to jump in and assist Andy with his query?

Yes, you're right! The MTD Saratoga 5 is a seriously much, much better bass in every possible way and it's really essential that you to stick to your one PJ5 policy. I can recommend some decent life assurance to take care of that shooting risk you mentioned. 😁

@TJ Spicer - you know that white Sad is going to end up in the Krow herd, just as your white BB NE2 has. No point fighting it mate...😁

@AndyTravis - that's one amazing collection of PGs! I've independently just come across Tim and was thinking of getting him do me a custom PG, so it's great to also get your recommendation of him. @Cat Burrito - gotta 'fess that I have a thing for white P-basses and that final pic grabbed my attention!

Love to see what PGs you've got adorning your basses! And if you've had a custom job please share details of where you had them done.

Wow - mucho respect for anyone with the ability to design and build their own pedals, as you've done!

+1 ^^ Completely agree that a PJ can give you the best of both worlds. A couple of great PJ bass brands which punch well above their price point include the budget end Yamaha BBs (any from series 1, 2 or the current '3' series e.g. a BB 234 or 434) and the Sire P7 v2 And while I've never had one, must admit that G&L in the post above looks pretty tasty too!

That's interesting. Must admit I thought it tracked really well when I posted this review a while back (including some sound clips). But perhaps that was 'cos I was playing relatively slowly and 'carefully', which is not what we're doing on a typical bass line! @Dood had one too for a while and maybe worth getting his thoughts on this pedal also to see if he's got any additional other insights to add to yours.

Out of interest, what's the make and model of the cab?

+1 ^^ - the Focusrite kit really is very good. Also if your Stomp / HX Effects is not at the end of your signal chain you'll miss out on any effects that come after it. But for anyone without a dedicated interface, it's a really useful extra in the toolkit from your Helix!

Gear4Music have some in stock at £30 before you tap Amazon up...

Did you just summarise about 350 posts with that one? You'll be putting a lot of BC'ers out of work with such dastardly efficiency savings 😂

I deliberately didn't go for kostkutter krispn...😂

You should definitely AVOID this thread... ...otherwise you're going to end up with a Sire P7 instead of a Squier! 😁

Yup they won't be hanging about long - a great way to shift surplus stock! Like you I'm (unfortunately!) already well provided for in the headphone amp dept, so will leave these bargains for our fellow musos who will be putting to more productive use. Do I remember correctly that you also spotted the Mesa mega discount which resulted in large sums being expended by our fellow BC'ers? You're going to be known as kostcutter krispn at this rate 😁

Good spot! The discount on RRP looks nuts! Not 25% off but 92% OFF! Almost worth getting it for its bargain basement pricing! You got one already - if so be good to get an idea of what the quality is like. FWIW RRP at £124 is perhaps a bit misleading: G4M have them in stock for £30, but £10 from Kenny's is still great value even compared to that.

So, hypothetically speaking, if the OP had gone for a white Sire PJ with a tort PG would she have done well to consider a pearl PG instead, which is also available from Sire, as it doesn't mask the pup and black knobs so much? Purely hypothetically speaking of course 😁

You can have the tort PG from the recent PJ addition to my herd (it's my "active Yammy BB") - I'm already fancying something a bit different and a bit less...er well...less tort 😁

Cheers dB. Well I'm starting to get the hang of the VTDI and have found a couple of excellent clean settings which are likely to feature as an 'always on'. Not found my drive tone on this just yet, but still early days, although one of the sample drive settings is not too shabby at all. I think it's going to render my SA Aftershock obsolete, although that will probably be worth keeping as a drive multi-fx jack-of-all-dirt but master of none, but the jury's out on whether it's going to trump the Grizzly Bass (although I know you never liked that one!) as a drive pedal. Interestingly the VTDI has a similar couple of interacting dials similar to the Grizzly: the Character & Drive on the VTDI and Overdrive & Distortion on the Grizzly, and the 'magic' on both pedals is tied up with how these two play off each other. As a clean pre-amp I think the VTDI wins fairly easily for me with its 3 band vs 2 band EQ on the Grizzly, plus its 'bite' button which adds 'presence' via a upper mids and treble boost plus an HPF to tighten up the sound. If you've got a custom setting for your VTDI for your drive that you feel nails it for you, please feel free to share! Apologies to the OP for the slight thread diversion (but at least it's in keeping with the thread title 😁)