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I think @Lozz196 has hit the nail on the head. Most people care that the bass is actually audible and that our bass tone is in the right ballpark for the genre. Ballparks are broad though, and 9 times out of 10 nobody but ourselves could care less about the little tonal nuances that we spend hours obsessing over.

Oh god, this is all I need...

I’ve had a Malekko Scrutator for a while and it is frankly excellent. It gives you bit crushing and sample rate reduction (I mostly use it for sample rate reduction) and you can adjust the filter and Q points too. The expression input can be assigned to control almost any of the parameters on the front panel of the pedal. It’s awesome but I’m actually considering selling it - call me crazy

Well the answer is definitely yes. There are tons of preamp pedals out there, with varying footprints and feature sets. I use an MXR M81 Bass Preamp (the little green one) and it s excellent. Takes up no more room than any standard MXR pedal and has a well thought out switchable EQ section. No overdrive but it sounds like you have that covered elsewhere. Stick this at the end of your pedalboard, turn a few knobs to taste and voila.

It could well be that the direct sound from your sansamp to the PA was just harsh sounding as the PA will have been putting out all the high end content that many dedicated bass amps don’t. What’s your usual amp?

To be fair, you have a point. If there were no other system with which to compare, people would learn it no problem. Let me be first to thank you prehumously - is that a thing?

So A to L, then? I’m not sure if that would be easier or not

This literally feels as though a veil has been lifted.

Thanks for all these nuggets of gold, folks. It’s much appreciated. So in the key of B major, you’d need B, C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A# - correct?

Thanks, @ambient. That helps clear things up a little. As a non-reader it hasn’t made things much easier for me though

I was musing on this the other day, actually. As @FDC484950 says above, there was a time when Bb and A# were different pitches. Now that they’ve been amalgamated and represent the same pitch, is there an established standard for when it’s appropriate to say Bb or A#? Or any other equivalent sharp/flat note names? I never know which one to say!

I’ve seen at least two live bands recently with bassists running Trace Elliot rigs. One was a Reggae band and one a Blues band. Both sounded bloody good. I could tell just from looking at them that they weighed a ton, though

Ooh. Didn’t realise they’d made a new mini! Edit: surely they’ve completely changed the algorithms as I seem to remember the old Tender being under fire from EHX?

Yep. If you want the exact sound of the POG then your best bet is a Mooer Tender Octaver. The new version is called the Tender Octaver Pro I believe.

I’m fairly certain it’s only a matter of time before someone recommends Barefaced.

Oooh yes!

This is interesting. I find I can get on with pretty much any nut width without noticing any difference really. Neck profile, fingerboard radius and string spacing at the bridge are what I “feel” more when playing.

If you want something with similar protection as the Mono but at a fraction of the price, I’d go for either a Protection Racket Deluxe case, a Gator ProGo or the aforementioned Fusion case, though I prefer the first two aesthetically.

I was surprised by the difference too. I adore the MTD, just don’t expect to be slinging into the back of tour vans full of other gear etc...but if you’re gonna be travelling with your basses by car, bus or train and carrying/wearing it most of the time it’ll be absolutely fine. It blows most other “gig bags” away as far as build quality.

Yeah it’s a good case but it’s pretty huge. The Gator dual and the Mono dual were hanging up on a wall in Bass Direct last time I visited, so I decided to take a photo to compare their thickness. Gator on the left, Mono on the right - See below.

Behold the MTD Double gig bag on the right compared with a Protection Racket Deluxe case (which is a little thicker than the equivalent Mono offering but similar in to the Gator ProGo I believe)