Al Krow

Ah, well spotted dB. Yup I think most of us leave our active basses unplugged when we're not playing them, and certainly over night, to maximise battery life.

After my trip to Wunjos and the shock news (ok that's by first world bass player standards!) that the GVB36s have been discontinued, I had a quite a bit of a trawl to see if I could flush one out. Turns out there were a just a final couple of new ones available in Europe and I've managed to source one from a German retailer at a very decent end-of-line price, significantly better than the RRP still being quoted by a couple of others. Order placed and really looking forward to it! Fingers crossed it doesn't get lost in the ether or turn out never to have been available in the first place! So, dear Woody, that's another fine Ibby SR I can lay the blame full square on you to Mrs Krow, then!

Yup, that would be my expectation from experience with all my other basses which have dual active / passive capability i.e operates just fine in passive without a battery present. @javi_bassist maybe worth re-checking exactly what is the position with yours and / or if you are saying something different to the point that John and I are getting at?

Very much ties in with the point @Reaper was getting at with his preceding post:

Ah that's annoying! So if you remove the battery and switch to passive mode you don't get any output? Having said that, if you're not planning on making use of the active mode you might as well just get a 435...

Fwonk is an excellent little pedal! Only moved mine on due to a lack of board space (and pestering from a BC mate who was keen to get his hands on it! 😀) It just edged it over the MXR BEF for me when solo'd but the I suspect the 'harsher' tone of the BEF would probably work better in a band mix.

Cheers dB. I guess the question for many filter users is just how many filter tones do they want / need? For me, that differs to a synth where it's a more creative experience and different soundscapes are very welcome. For many of us it's been a journey with primarily analogue filters and finding one that gives us the squelch we're after - we probably won't need more than a couple of great tones. So we would be looking for this to match the best of the rest in what it offers e.g. MXR BEF, Fwonkbeta (digital), 3Leaf GR2, Mu-Tron III etc - and kinda ties in with what Bo0tsy has just mentioned above. The issue with some SA "multi" products is that they are a great jack of all trades but don't end up killing any. Fingers crossed that this won't fall into that category.

Tbf that is probably exactly what most lawyers think of 50+ y/o bass players strutting their stuff on stage 😂

Nope that is merely the "acceptance" of the "offer".

A contract requires "consideration" typically money, even if just £1. From what Dave has said, no payment whatsoever was made here.

Does the IF do a lot more than the SA Manta can? Or is it a similar repackaging of the Manta's core engine in the same way that the SA Aftershock did to the SA OFD?

I must admit I didn't like the relatively tiny screen interface of EZ Drummer! Shame they don't have something that adapts to the size of our computer screens. The other bit of hardware that is about to shortly hit the shops is this new pedal by Boss which looks interesting, their RC-10R. Combines looper, drum machine, midi input and, like your two suggestions above, has preset drum loops - 280 to be precise. Not sure whether it's possible to edit / save drum lines on PC, although there are hints that this might be possible. If that functionality is there, this would be a very attractive combination pedal indeed.

👍 All's well that ends well. Nothing like a new flame to get over unrequited love, eh? There's clearly space in your collection for a missing bass, but just please promise us it won't be a Sandberg with Delano pups, otherwise this will all have been a little tame...😂

Well if you or anyone else spots any for sale in the UK, please give me a shout!

Just popped into Wunjos to speak to Tom about part ex'ing my Ibby SR1206 for a GVB36 and he spoke to their main supplier and it turns out they've been discontinued. Shame. Back to the drawing board!

We've all gotta be allowed to change our minds, surely? And particularly if it's done before any cash has changed hands then it seems pretty innocent to me. There are plenty of FS threads where fellow BCers actually question "why are you selling this, you're mad!" etc. and folk do withdraw items from sale. Should the ability to withdraw an item be taken away and once listed we are all forced to sell? Let's turn this around and apply the same rule to our buying products online that are in perfect working order, but that we simply don't like. Should we 'as a matter of honour' not be allowed to return them so we don't disappoint the retailer and knacker their sales margins (which returns have the effect of doing)? Dave I know you're disappointed and also that you're a great BC'er, but I have to agree with Si, Cam, Hiram et al and their sentiment that folk do change their minds and we just need to be grown up about it and move on. Life's too short and there are a zillion other wonderful basses out there with willing sellers who would love to part you from your cash.

Cheers BRX. The GVB1006 new would easily be the most expensive bass in my collection and doesn't really make any sense. Woody reckons that it's going to be pretty similar to the GVB36 - ok the 1006 is higher spec'd but you could upgrade the pups and the EQ on the 36 for a fraction of the price difference between it and the 1006, if it was in someway lacking on the 36. I definitely don't want to think about custom basses at this early stage of my exploring a Bass VI E to E stringing.

This was a post on TB: "Only problem I have with the GVB36 is that the neck is unstable. I bought it new in 2018 but I have to adjust the trussrod every two weeks or so. The string height keeps changing by itself after a few weeks both lower and higher."

@BigRedX you're definitely one of our resident Bass VI experts - any other recommendations for a Bass VI but with wider string spacing than the 11mm on the two models we mentioned earlier ie the Ibby SRC6 and Squier Bass VI? @Woodinblackdid you have any stability issues with the neck of the GVB36?

D'uh! Gotta be Darkglass (see Spector basses). Ok sorted - mods please close the thread 😂

Well forever...until he decides he wants to get a P35 😁 He is a passive BC'er after all!

I've just checked prices, I'd be completely mad to even think about getting the 1006...definitely makes sense to kick off with it's budget sibling!

Damn! Ed Friedland is raving about the more high end GVB 1006. I'm hoping for the sake of my wallet these aren't made any more... ...oh dear, the GVB 1006 is still there on the Ibby website! @Teebs there goes the harem!

I'd love to have a harem. However Mrs Krow isn't that keen, and apparently they don't come cheap...