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Anyone had a chance to try the cabs out yet?

[quote name='burno70' timestamp='1509541858' post='3399746'] I recently bought a Solid Gold FX Funk Lite. It's really really good! Very quacky. It was either that or the Fwonk Beta but the demo for the Funk Lite sold it for me. Lots of easy to dial in funky tones. Highly recommended. [/quote] Have to say the SolidGoldFX demos are great. Wouldn’t mind trying some of their stuff out.

+1 for the Radial Stage Bug SB2 (the green one). Rock solid construction and is nicely versatile. You can run a stereo signal, like keys, into it too. Does what you’re looking for perfectly. It’s totally passive.

I agree!

I’ve spent a silly amount of money on gear this year, so... Best Bass: My very recently acquired MTD Super 5. I cannot put it down! A beautiful instrument in every respect. Best Effect: This is a tough one, so the JOINT winners are the Mr. Black Fwonkbeta and Strymon Ojai Power supply. The Fwonk is just ridiculous, my favourite analog filter. The Ojai is stupidly powerful for its tiny size and weight. It single-handedly powers my entire main board without complaint. Best Amplification: Another late 2017 award winner...The Phil Jones Double Four! How can something so tiny sound so full? Witchcraft I tell you. Built like a proverbial tank too. Runner-up best amplification goes to the Tecamp Puma 900 which sounds truly glorious. I’m yet to give it the beans through my TKS 1126 but I have no doubt it will be a religious experience. Edit: just realised I didn’t say anything about my worst purchases. Well, frankly, I don’t think I made any bad purchases this year! Sure I’ve moved some stuff on, but nothing was objectively “bad”.

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1509441905' post='3398855'] The BMS doesn't technically have an envelope filter if I recall correctly... rather than the filter following the amplitude (or envelope) of the signal, it fires off a filter sweep at a configurable speed as soon as your signal hits a threshold. This means every sweep of the filter sounds the same - you don't have as much subtle control as an envelope filter, although for some synth sounds of course it's perfect! [/quote] Ah, you're right. I'd forgotten about that detail as it's been a while since I last played one.

The headphone output of your amp will do the job fine. Even better if it has an Aux in. What amp are you running? The real question though is how mobile do you want to be?

They’re in danger of not selling any if they price it too high. As it is, a semi hollow bass is a fairly niche pocket of the market. Tread carefully Ibanez, we’re watching you!

[quote name='radiophonic' timestamp='1509350054' post='3398167'] I'd be reluctant to take any advice without considering the rest of your signal chain. I've found that the treble boost in active basses can be a very bad combination with higher gain pedals (Pike specifically), giving a sort of low passed clean + fizzy top sound. I've heard it work well with passive basses though and with middier actives. The Bass Soul Food boosts the mids noticeably, which can help in a mix but it does change your sound - I can't work out whether it's shelving the bass too or whether its's just an artefact of the mid push. I only use mine as a clean-ish boost now, when switching basses. For grit, I use a Pork Loin, which is usually considered as a pretty low gain pedal (in fact the early version didn't even say 'overdrive' on it), but I find it gnarlier than a Soul Food, probably because the pre-amp is quite dark and the gain stage will overdrive the low end without losing definition. You can dial back the gain internally too. However, I struggled to get a clean sound out of the pre-amp without running it at 18v (not explicitly recommended by Dunlop, but plenty of people do it for this reason). In my set up, it sounds great, but YMMV. Whatever you settle on, I'd recommend trying before you buy or going S/H. Once the drummer kicks off, it'll all sound different anyway. [/quote] This. All of this.

Have to say Lefebvre and Alderete have cost me a lot of money as far as effects chain GAS...!

[quote name='Hooch' timestamp='1509264147' post='3397570'] I'd definitely put a Bananana Matryoshka on a mini pedal board. I received one of them yesterday, you got there a crazy amount of usuable sounds for a 1590a estate. Fat synth goodness in such a little thing is wonderful ! [/quote] Aaahhh you’ve got one?! How do they manage to fit so much into such a tiny enclosure?

There is a small chance I may be moving my DiscomBOBulator v2 on soon Al. A couple of other things (non-bass related) have come up which need paying for...though I may have to choose something else to put on the chopping block as the DCB2 with its switchable boost is very useful. Hmmm...