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Yep, I would have bought that £230 BIN one but a couple of the knobs were a bit dodgy (missing the rubber I believe) and I couldn't be arsed with that. Would've irritated my mild OCD!

I know what you mean about the controls, but for me it would probably just be a set & forget scenario. So I can have an active (EQ'd) tone and a passive tone at the flick of a switch

Haha I reckon so! Sold for ~£220 I think. My highest bid was £215

Here's the progress so far: I invested in a Pedaltrain Classic 2 which I think is the perfect size for my needs. The gaps you can see will be filled by Bright Onion pedals soon - I have a pending order which should hopefully be with either next week or the week after. Still waiting on my Micro Thumpinator too. The whole board will be powered by 2 Warwick Rockboard LT XLs. The only trailing cable is from from the board to the amp! Glorious.

I narrowly missed out on a used BS2 on eBay a couple of days ago. Classic bidding war with <10 seconds left. I was not a happy bunny!

I got it right and I don't own one. I just assumed the sire would have a slightly fatter sound and was correct!

Not on bass, but I'm actually a singer first and foremost and accompany myself on piano on a few numbers. Usually when wooing a lady. I'm absolutely useless on guitar. Literally the only thing I can play is "Wild Thing".

The whole Sire range is just bass porn. Good lord. I'm torn between this - https://www.andertons.co.uk/p/P7SWAMASH4TS/electric-basses/sire-marcus-miller-p7-swamp-ash-4-string-tobacco-sunburst And this - https://www.andertons.co.uk/p/V7SWAMASH4TS/electric-basses/sire-marcus-miller-v7-swamp-ash-4-string-tobacco-sunburst I slightly prefer the Jazz aesthetically but would probably end up going with the PJ for tone tbh...

[quote name='NoirBass' timestamp='1496925590' post='3314741'] No, good to know incase the supplied PSU fails. Cheers [/quote] No problem, let us know how it works out. Hopefully I'll be getting myself a BS2 soon and I want to power it off my board.

UPDATE I've had a couple of days to play with my Smooth Hound system and so far I'm loving it. A couple of red bars are lit up to indicate a bit of interference since I have a WiFi booster unit about 12 feet away from the my pedalboard. Not had any dropouts though - connection has remained strong and stable (so to speak. Ha.) One thing I did notice was that playing through my Phil Jones Bighead it seemed like I had a very faint high pitched whine when running the Smooth Hound through my fx chain and into the input. It was powered with the standard power supply, separate from the daisy chain powering my pedals. There didn't seem to be any hum when running through my practice monitor speaker though so it could just as easily have been the Bighead or something in my fx chain. I'll do a little troubleshooting later on without any of my other pedals. It was only just noticeable when I wasn't playing anything so really not a deal breaker at all. Overall it's a lovely, streamlined system and I'm very happy with it! Oh and I took a few pictures to show the scale of the transmitter and receiver - I was surprised by how small and light they both are. They feel very well built but the receiver in particular weighs almost nothing and the heaviest thing about the transmitter is the batteries. That's an ordinary iPhone 6, not a 6 Plus.

Hey Noir, have you tried powering your BS2 off of a pedalboard power supply? It should be doable as it takes a standard 9v centre negative input and only draws 300mA.

This is dangerous, especially since the new P/Js are coming out soon. I suspect they're gonna rake in a lot of money from these.

Looking forward to the demo I wasn't really all that interested in the Mimiq until you mentioned putting fx through it. Potential GAS incoming...

It's arrived! I'm at work though so can't try it out til late tonight Kudos to Chris @ Smooth Hound for über swift dispatch!

Might be nice to receive clock sync/program change data from elsewhere in a band or recording context. It wouldn't be a deal breaker for me but might be for some I guess.

This looks like a nice way of creating a streamlined hybrid board. Kind of an ideal best of both worlds solution. Thankfully I can't afford it

Don't worry I'm pretty much a newb myself! Been doing a lot of head scratching trying to work out my own pedalboard recently. I suppose you could have an A/B Switch at the start of your chain (1 input and 2 switchable outputs) and have output A going though your looping/delay chain then have output B setup as a non-looping chain. You'd need a way of merging the two signals at the end though, assuming you're going into an amp. I'm in discussions with Bright Onion Pedals about making me a little mixer pedal that'll do this for my board.

What's your current signal chain? Presumably all your effects are simply daisy chained together before going into your loop pedal? That's the simplest way of doing things and there's nothing wrong with it - just click on/off the effects you want or don't want before recording each overdub. Unless you have a particularly large pedalboard I doubt you need to go to the expense of buying a fancy loop switcher for your effects...

I need to get me one of these - would make practice with my Phil Jones BigHead a lot neater. I know TC Helicon make a similar cable designed for use with their floor-based Voicelive units but it only comes in one fixed length. I may have to place an order with OBBM...

Was it a third party power supply or the one provided? On another note, I've just taken the plunge and placed my order for a Smooth Hound system and the recommended 1/4" female adapter. Can't wait! Also just placed an order with The GigRig for one of their Timelord adapters so I can isolate the Smooth Hound and provide it with enough current. I initially ordered their Isolator as it has 4 outputs which would have been handy, but sadly they only put out around 150mA of power apiece and the Hound needs more than that. Rang them up to explain my error and the guy I spoke to was very helpful. They've simply adjusted the order on their end and will be sending my Timelord out for delivery shortly.

That sounds pretty nasty. In a good way. James @ Bright Onion got back to me saying the Blender Looper wouldn't work well for what I wanted it to do. He asked for a diagram of what I was trying to do and I sent him an updated version (see below). I just need a 2 input, 1 output mixer with a level control and mute switch for the second input. So I'm waiting for a reply now. Their website says they're no longer taking custom orders due to current sales volume but it sounded as though he might have been willing to see if they could work something out for me. We'll see! Latest diagram:

That does look glorious. Any reason why you haven't stacked them? Other than the reduction in surface area for cold beverages of course

I've just ordered one of these: http://www.brightonion.co.uk/products/AB-Switch-with-Volume-Control.html