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I'm really looking for a compact unit to replace separates; I can currently switch the separates in and out using a Gigrig Quartermaster lopper, but maybe that could go too with an all-in-one. I do get the point about programming these things; if you're not careful, that becomes the target, rather than playing the songs. I do have a Morningstar MC6 MIDI switcher too, but that would increase the footprint instead of reduce it. Ah, nothing is ever easy!

Some folks (eg. Ian Hill) string their basses BEAD.

The thing about the Octamizer is that it sounds great, but a. Stops at about C on the A string, and b. Goes glitchy as a held note fades; I find that it plays me, rather than vice-versa.

I have Hipshot drop-D tuners (eXtenders) on some basses. Years ago I used to have some Dewtron bass pedals which I would use to go down to a C if I'd reached the end of the neck and wanted to go lower.

I reckon a 5-string bass is what's needed. (Not being a smartass - just tracking low notes seems to be difficult and regenerating them sounds artificial, plus there's the point where the sound of a fading note breaks up.)

Apologies for the newbie question and that I haven't read all 75 pages of this thread, but I'm wondering if a HX Stomp will work as a replacement for a selection of discrete pedals. My current pedals are these, but I always seem to be tight on board space and end up with one left over: Phaser (MXR Phase 90). Chorus (MXR Black Label). Octave down (EBS Octabass. Aguilar Octamizer). Octave up (EH Mosaic). Flanger (I don't have one and have no space on my board anyway). Tremolo (won't fit on my board). Envelope filter (I have a Bass Synth Wah and previously had an Aguilar Filter Twin). So, I'm wondering if a Stomp would be a way of consolidating them into a single unit. I don't really need amp modelling, as I'm using an EBS Microbass 3, and I have a Dave Hall DHA-1 valve pedal for a bit of grit. I'd likely run the Stomp via the Microbass's Fx loop, along with my Source Audio C4 synth pedal.

Do I detect jauntily angled tuners too?

Maybe it's the start of a new genre?

There was someone (on here?) doing 3D-printed re-housing cases for the FI; the original is an awkward size and is full of air, plus you really needed a Morningstar MIDI pedal to operate it anyway. It's plausible that someone took that logic a bit further and did away with the switches (you could do that if you ran it via a looper like a Quartermaster or suchlike).

There's gold in that Shergold!

Good point...

Maybe someone needs to point it out! 🙂

With the HBs, everybody says they're nice "for the price"... ...I think only the seller would like those prices!

It has to be decimal point slippage...

I went to the zoo there when I was 6 and saw the lion "Elsa" from the movie Born Free.

That's the seller in Paignton who buys £250 Chickenbackers and offers them as "custom" basses at a healthy markup.

That's oarful !

It's in fair/used condition, y'know!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203753483970

I might bid on that...

What - only the small body basses?