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Effectively zero. But you’ll get capacitance (signal degradation) above about 5m

In normal playing, you don’t notice it. I notice it when playing a complex rhythm that requires really accurate timing - it’s not so much that you hear it, but you feel it and it can trip you up a bit

Bass -> Preamp DI -> output to input of power amp -> output to speaker cab (Effectively the pedal replaces the Preamp part of your amp head - really useful if you want to try different preamps without buying a whole amp head each time!)

Good choice

It’s constant and not variable - and it’s noticeable at 8ms - a bit like the difference between standing right next to your bass amp and standing 15m away from it

The latency on the boss is noticeably better than the smoothhound in my experience

I’ve never really got on with Gibson’s method of binding - especially the “nibs” - it all seems a bit of a faff that doesn’t really seem to help playability. I’m really liking your solution though - I love the feel of an old board where the frets are worn away from the edges so you can’t really feel them at all.

Do you have an endorsement deal with L’Oréal? Fab basses btw!

You need to replace those led’s with green ones now!

I don't need to

I just couldn’t do it...

Ouch - I’ll have the taste police after me!

Unlikely - it’s 10 years old and I’m not the first owner

Sensitive subject that....

Even if I keep it flat?

It’s at the hospital. Dropped it off with Jon today. He had a good look at it, scratched his head and couldn’t work out why it had happened. There was not a lot of tension in the rod, and it bizarrely still worked (!) - but it has definitely bent and tried to break through the back. All quite bizarre but definitely nothing I’d done. Neck break is fixable. However, truss won’t slide out so it’s fingerboard off and new rod along with glue neck, clamp and relacquer.

You’ve been in the same bands as me and we’ve not noticed each other??!!

Cor - I don’t get offers like that! Normally it’s “I’ve started this cracking band and we’ve found a really good bass player” 🤣

Depends - if totally flat then about 2-3 hours, but if not then less.

USB charging sort of depends on how you look at it - I can charge it in the car on the way to a gig, but similarly if I forget to bring spare AAA batteries with the smoothhound I’m equally stuffed. Both are fine for interference, but the boss has less latency. Which is actually quite a big thing..

I have a smoothhound and the boss system (with the two battery units as opposed to the pedal one) Both would do the job very well. The smoothhound takes AAA batteries but requires the base to be plugged in, the boss is usb charged for both units. I use the boss far more - draw your own conclusions from that!

He also has talent.

There’s a bit of me that fancies a “hefty” amp for the music room... hmmm maybe I need some cheap “Trace” watts

Looks great.. but heavy!

Should be fine with pretty much any frfr tbh