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Gorgeous Lionel VS4 just in at BassDirect https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Sandberg_VS4_Tobaccoburst.html

I’m terrified just looking at that photo!

Is it active or passive? How many knobs does it have?

@bjelkeman @Kev Are you guys both in the first preorder shipment?

Slightly reminds me of a balalaika

That’s a handsome beast! How does it feel/sound?

The more I think about this the more I realise I can’t not get one I’ll likely wait for the initial bugs to be ironed out first though, and any hardware teething issues...

The Aftershock has way more drive-specific control, as well as way more drive models which are designed to sound good standalone with a bass or guitar signal - many of which are modelled on actual pedals. In fact, it actually has a Bass Big Muff Pi model! So I’d be going with the Aftershock if I were you.

The C4 does have some drive capabilities and, depending on your needs, it might be enough. The Aftershock has waaaaay more drive models and tweakable options though. I wouldn’t be using the C4 as a standalone distortion if I had other options, personally. Here are some screenshots of the C4’s drive parameters:

Yep, an aftershock will be all the overdrive/distortion/fuzz you could ever need!

In theory, yes. Should work. The C4 (or any other pedal) can’t tell how many adapters you’ve got running from point A to point B, so long as the relevant data is being transmitted.

I think those suggesting Mono are forgetting that the OP specifically said they don’t want to spend a lot of money

Not a clue - I was genuinely baffled. The photos don’t really do it justice!

Although DMC sell their cable specifically labelled with the gHost name, it’s really just a bog standard USB adapter. As long as the cable has the correct connectors, it will work. @moley6knipe The top one in your image looks correct to me. “On the Go” is more a buzzword than anything else. It shouldn’t affect the cable’s compatibility with the C4.

Ah, yes, I have one of these also and they’re fantastic. Almost a hard case/gig bag hybrid. Incredibly sturdy!

Bought one of these recently and I was frankly stunned at the quality for the price. Really really good: https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_e_bass_gigbag_premium.htm

I had the same thing when trying to put up a “wanted” ad for a John East preamp on Facebook! I even added a photo. Ridiculous...

Is that you hiding away at the top Peter?

I was thinking more cream pearl...

I personally hated the BEF when I had it...sounded anemic compared to some of the other filters I’ve owned (mainly as it’s a bandpass filter rather than low pass!) others love it but for synth duties it just wasn’t fat enough for me. If you sold a couple of pedals a C4 would be easily attainable...!