Al Krow
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Oooh how did you manage to get to preview it a year or so back, given they haven't released the Quimera yet?!
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Having a good preamp sound is quite key, so finding something that works for both FoH and in your IEMs is definitely worth investing a bit of time on. HX Stomp can be a little harsh from experience, unless you've put the time into sorting the EQ. I've found the IEM tone from my Boss GT1000 Core and same patch on the GX-10 to be excellent for both IEM and FoH. The other big difference can be from the IEM ear pieces themselves. Several of us in my band are using KZ ZARs (£90 Amazon or £35 Ali Express) and I'm sure others on the thread will be able to recommend other models. -
Bananana Effects Quimera: a powerful polysynth pedal for guitars and keys - SYNTH ANATOMY Nice little review posted here.
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Sadly, the Meris Enzo X has had a lot of bad press about its poor tracking, and not on my shortlist on that basis. I personally wouldn't want to use any of them as a standalone multifx eg for clean preamp or drive. But for synth, and also for filter and modulation/pitch shift, for sure!
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If it comes in at £500 or less, although definitely not cheap, that actually doesn't seem like bad value for such innovative and cutting edge tech? And you can pay significantly more for some old-school analogue preamps or Eventide pedals. Be interesting to see how this stacks up against the Polyend Mess that @Kiwi recently got (currently £519 with Andertons) and also looks excellent.
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+1^^ Does look amazing!
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Nice one Michael! Coming back from tonight's gig, part of me thinks: "why am I not the least bit surprised to hear you saying that?!". Probably the same part that is loving the baby brother of your GX100, and finding it's delivering a core sound and some fab fx I'm really happy with in my band mix.
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Origin Effects BassRig Ampeg B15 Fliptop recreation
Al Krow replied to Quatschmacher's topic in Effects
Confused! I thought you loved it! What changed your mind over the past month? -
Yup 😅 And I guess my point is that Tech 21 are famous for their analogue pedals; they've got a huge climb in the digital multi-fx space to match some excellent products already on the market, which are typically going to offer a lot more for the same price (Helix, Boss etc) or knock it into touch for value (e.g. Valeton etc). Just my tuppence worth.
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I'm maybe missing something, but this seems to essentially be a multifx with pretty limited fx capability? Other than the DI out, why go for something like this rather than one of the very capable mid-range multifxs available in the same price bracket?
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How is the budget Doogee tablet working out so far?
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Your best (and worst!) bass gear purchases of 2025?
Al Krow replied to Al Krow's topic in General Discussion
Enjoyed watching this. There's quite a lot on here that BC'ers have been buying and liking! -
Very true! But push that argument a little further and you end up concluding: "why bother with pedals at all?" I guess tonally what some folk are content with, won't cut it for others? Personally I'm super happy with the digital drive that my Boss GT1000 Core and GX10 provide, and actually prefer it to half a dozen standalone drive pedals sitting on my shelf waiting to be sold... But I think the point is what we hear on stage from our amps, or via our IEMs, plays a key part in how much we enjoy performing. No one is going to pay more attention to the bass tone than the bassist, ie us, right?
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So it's essentially a drive focussed multifx? Just wondering (other than XLR out) what it's offering over some of the more popular multifx's some of which have very usable drive patches? I guess, fingers crossed, it will be nailing the classic sansamp sound better than most!
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If you want to try different flavours of sound eg drive, octave down, tremolo, chorus, phaser which can work well with different songs, then a budget multifx can be a very cost effective way to do that. A Zoom B1-4 is an excellent entry-level multifx, offering an excellent built in tuner, plus drums, looper and headphones out for home practice. Other budget multis e.g. the recently released Valeton GP-50 are getting some favourable comments from fellow BC'ers too.
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Ah excellent, hadn't appreciated you're a Sei owner! What's your detailed thoughts on how it stacks up against your Ibby SR Premium for tone and playability? That will give me a very decent benchmark for a bass I know well.
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Just had a quick look on the Bass Gallery website and the prices of the sold Sei basses seem to range from around £1,800 to £3k. Hard to tell whether they were new when sold or not, but they look pretty mint. So maybe prices aren't a million miles from their old price list?
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Thanks! Be great to get a steer from any folk who have ordered one more recently. I need to pop into Bass Gallery at some point to get some work done on my Spector, so I can maybe also catch up with one of the two gents then.
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The basses look great! Can any of you excellent Sei owners give me a steer on what they cost new these days, ball park?
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Just seen this on a fBook thread: "I was just playing on my studio, as usual, suddenly I hear a few loud pops. a few minutes later, again but much worse and for longer, I look at the CQ-18T screen and it was like all the channels had very loud inputs and the screen was flickering..." Those symptoms seem pretty identical to what I've been getting. Which is kinda worrying that this might be a design flaw. However, he did follow up with this: "Update - I think I've found the issue!! I've moved some cables recently and I left one of the outputs cables running in parallel to a power cable. Once I re-organized the cables it didn't happen again." No idea what he meant by "running in parallel to a power cable" or whether that gives any wiser folk than me a clue as to what might be the cause?
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Not connected either to wifi or bluetooth. Inputs: - Stereo in from PC - plus a couple inputs from Zoom (for drums) and bass via GX10. Was coming through both speakers.
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@BigRedX how are you liking yourself so far?
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Oooh sounds exciting!
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The A&H has an external 12V 5Amp DC PSU It seems to go off when unattended rather than in use, although there were a few crackles at the venue last night, which worried me, but our guitarist thought it might have been a loose lead. I managed to take a quick clip of it crackling yesterday (rushed downstairs to get the last few seconds if it), and you can just make out that there are spikes on all the channels when this is occurring. A&H CQ18T crackling.mp4
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Would an extension lead with surge or other protection also be a sensible step to take? Any particular type you recommend?
