Cuzzie

Oh dear - it’s a sad day when I actually find this funny, this is pure dad joke territory - I salute you!

Yes and no - the ones pictured here show a tacked lid, I’ve seen a slide one - that’s about it

This has turned into boxgate now! Some of the boxes lids seem tacked on, some are slide on. Its a well made sturdy pedal with sturdy packaging to prevent damage during transport - that’s about it

How synth like does the Butler get with fuzz?

But it’s not industrialised - it’s more boutique. If you have an off cut too small to fit on top the box, does it not make sense to create a groove so it can be used to slide in and therefore minimise waste?

That’s a picture of 1 box, some may tack, some may slide - as said earlier they are using off cuts of plywood so I am sure they will make stuff fit

Something was said at the start about being the upper limit of price, was it a lot? Maybe not, loads was said at the start of the thread! - I agree with you the pricing is about right

Couch doesn’t seem to change.....

The lid can be a slide in - there may be differences between boxes

I know a lot has been said about the price - but let’s break it down. For a decent Fuzz pedal - you would pay about £100 new For a decent OD pedal - you would pay about £100 new You may want something to help a clean blend Boss LS2 is £80 new When you think of it like that and actually it’s more interactive being in one unit - it’s not that bad surely?

Maybe each box is different - how exciting

Oh totally - I can see why as well - the bits of wood all being off cuts may have things like this on them

Nope - slide in grooves

You only need to take your head and cab once. borrow an in house cab set your stuff up to work - make a note of settings move the head across to an in house cab - see if it’s any different and get it EQ’d for the cab. Then you only need to take the head. If you want you can run that side by side with the in house stuff and get that EQ to match - then you need take nothing

The box is made from plywood off cuts from the cabinets. Makes sense to keep costs down and is Eco friendly. Box is well sized, great fit for the pedal, safe transport. Thats a winner in my book

Picks will always click with its attack, but you can soften it with technique, palm muting etc. But it can be your friend when you lock in with your drummer to poke you out the mix - it’s just a different sound you may find that works or does not work for you. Personally I like the click attack

Be easier to get the amp EQ on the passive where you like and then boost or cut on the active and use that volume knob to gain stage appropriately - then tape the knobs!

Looking at your original post - if you use those settings you are essentially strangling your Mexican P bass - a P is all about the mids and that EQ sucks them away. Also a passive tone knob won’t boost the pass as the treble rolls off, it just doesn’t work that way. Experiment with where you play on the bass - fingers or pick, play nearer the neck - it’s a fatter sound, nearer the bridge - thinner sound - you can get a variety within a song just by this alteration depending on what you want with no EQ changes. I know I sound like a broken record and probably boring , but getting it all flat and your starting place for me is essentially, and then change one thing at a time till it balances. Its a slow journey, but what you may also find is that the sound that works in a band may sound completely crap in isolation - for that reason I have one setting for the band photographed and remembered, but for home practice use another You’ll get there

For different tunings whether you start normal, or down half a step, do you then go to drop D or Drop C? If it’s something simple like ‘normal’ tuning (be it half a step down or not) and into drop D, then your options are - leave it in drop D and just learn the normal tuning lines fretting the 2nd fret on the E string when you would use an open string, or if that doesn’t feel right, get a Hipshot Drop D tuner so it’s an easy flick between songs with no rigmarole

One thing I will say about the LH500 amp is that it uses the old Fender Tone stack. So........ A flat EQ, corresponding to the numbers on the dials going Bass-Mid-treble is 2-10-2 (the 2 could be 3) The EQ you have set according to the clock position is very bass and treble heavy with a massive mid scoop. Add your on bass EQ in Could this new accounting for what you are hearing?

Krispn will tell you but Lollar’s are a lovely pick up - this is all kinds of cool

That’s a bit strange, pretty sure your original post suggested it was the Boss core GT1000 with the expression hidden by angles? I know you were thinking about the Boss, has this changed your mind to the Kemper?

Beat me to it - I was just about to say that

It entirely dependent on what is being made, and you don’t have the benefit of spreading the load for R&D across vast areas, bulk buys - after paying bills, patents, machines, staff, marketing etc. He still has to pay himself a wage, there will be less flex in the system. Fender can make a Squier bass, or Harley Benton can make one and sell for about £100 (lots of stuff from shared factories). Regardless of quality of instrument there is absolutely no way with my small premises I could make one at that cost