Al Krow

There was quite a bit of discussion about the preamp on the amps and cabs forum about the new Laney Digbeth range. This marvellous chap (who happens to be a regular on the Yamaha mega thread) posted an excellent little video review: New Laney Digbeth Preamp (link to thread) New Laney Digbeth Preamp - Short Video Review (link to dropbox clip)

Cheers fella! They're going to be amused to find Boss dials on their preamp, wonder if they will take the hint - haha!

Pic with the Boss dials please!

Must admit I wasn't even aware of the A1-4 till you mentioned it! But it looks like the B1-4 hardware with some different patches loaded up and with a C$40 price hike. If you've got the time you'd probably be able to create several of the A1-4 patches on the B1-4 yourself and save yourself a bit of cash. I certainly wouldn't get both the A1-4 and the B1-4, there would be far too much overlap. Out of curiosity (and partly cos I've been thinking of starting a trio project myself!) what's your trio line up?

Hardcore!

It's being used as a mini mixer. So it's off board with one input being the output from my pedal board. Other input is a vocal mic.

And already by far the most popular gear abstinence thread EVER!! 😄

It's at the end of the signal chain and not affecting the tone any more than putting the output of my pedal board into a "proper" mixing desk. And getting a new mixing desk certainly wouldn't be considered to be "bass gear", would it?

It sadly fell, along with the rest of Mankind, in 4004 BC. Not to be trusted. I'm older than I look. Some may disagree.

If I get a Boss LS2 to replace my replacement one sent back, but use it as a little mixer to blend in a mic and not as a line selector, I'm assuming that's ok as it's not being used as 'bass gear'?

It's about as close to punk as many of us 50+ year old bass players are likely to get these days (with several notable exceptions! Me sadly not one).

The Macrodose - how is it possible that you liked it? I have it on very good authority that "it's aesthetically marvellous, but sonically plebeian" or as @bassfan succinctly put it: "it looks pretty." I do get the hesitation about using it in the church worship group, though, unless you were playing something covering off Creation or just possibly the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Yeah, good plan. We could call it the "Gear try out thread challenge 2022"

For goodness sake man, snap out of it: you're a fine Spector owning bass player! And NOT our typical audience.

Good man. Crack the whip and show who's boss.

£132 sold, including a hard case. Still a very decent price for a BB414, which I think it is. Although a long round trip to collect for many.

Standard single 9V PSU should work fine I would have thought John, and maybe more convenient than using using a 2 to 3 pin adapter, which is what I have to use for both my Thomann IsoPro multi-PSUs (which are otherwise great bits of kit).

DV247 are now a UK sub of German HQ parent (have been for a while, in fact). Main warehouse is in Germany.

On my board and staying there! I don't find myself the least bit tempted to pay for a clone of the OC-2 when the OC-5 delivers exactly that with bells and whistles, for half or a third of the price of the competition.

I thought you said pretty much the same thing about several Darkglass pedals recently? No wait! I'm getting you confused with everyone else 😁

They might have sorted out the chip production back log by then, with a bit of luck. The new FI Mk 4 with a decent visual UI will be out. And you'll be going through your George Clooney phase...

I'm waiting to buy mine used off Bassfan, so I should be safe for a while too. It all started with an FI...

Your looks are also the main reason I like to be seen hanging out with you, too, buddy 😁

Glad to be of service in your GAC 2022 gents 😁

And this recently released on bass. I've skipped to 7.28 so you can hear how it sounds: