Bassmidget209

I tried both in merchant city music. I went in wanting the thundergun but left with the mercalli. I felt it sounded better, brighter generally, just a bit more alive ( plus the mercalli was a bit cheaper which helped). However I would definitely go with the opinion of someone who has loved with both over my very brief impressions.

I know what you mean I have the same issue. If it's the same one as me is the the 12v wall wart that goes into the iso-pro? I don't have much of a solution, what I've done is buy two replacement ones off thomann. They're not very expensive but it is a significant designflaw/ weak point in the setup. I also have made a small patch lead with a female socket on one end. I've attached this to one of the outside edges of the board so it's easier to plug in without flipping the whole board. Don't know if this will expand the life of the supply as a whole but the main thing is buying a replacement and a spare, possibly another spare lol. I've had the power supply for about two years I think and I've only recently gubbed up the wall wart. Anyways I'm all ears to anyone who has found a suitable sturdy replacement.

Not gonna lie when I first got asked I genuinely thought it was somewhere out of Game of thrones. At the same time I work in Cumbernauld and Coatbridge almost daily. I'm sure Whitehaven is a step up

Yeah I had a feeling my story would sound all too familiar sadly. Still it's hardly the worst news that's came out this week I suppose.... Can you imagine your son being that big?!

Just wanted to moan really. My band has been in a semi contracted state for the past year-ish when our drummer left due to personal issues. Me and the guitarist had kept meeting up to manage as an acoustic duo of sorts which was fun but was always just to keep our eye in performance wise. Anyways during this time we were contacted by a promoter we did a gig in Nottingham the year before. He was running a night in Whitehaven, which we were to do as a duo (opener). Last few weeks we've finally found a drummer and he has picked everything up quickly so now we were a full band opener. A couple of weeks ago we get a message telling us the headliners 'are no longer a band' and would we like to headline. Great news! Just recieved a message from the promoter this afternoon telling us the venue double booked the night and our whole thing is cancelled. Absolutely gutted. The promoters raging. Just a big anti climax. This was gonna be my first gig in a full band since about this time last year. Oh well onwards and upwards!

I would like to thank/curse sshorepunk for giving me the impulse to finally buy my first synthesizer. This will either be shelf furniture or the beginning of my demise. I have concerns.

You could use a voltage doubler cable if you have two free slots on your supply. They're pretty cheap, you can even make one of your confident. There is also a smart doubler cable thing from pedal power that doubles the voltage from one input. I'm using it currently to double a 12v for an old EHX unit. In terms of the size, is it a 2.5mm instead of 2.1? And/or is the polarity reversed? All of these things again can be solved with the right cables plugged into each other. The nearest option would be making your own but that's not everyone's cup of tea. Failing that just hide all the cabling underneath and it will work haha

I have the same power supply and the metro 24. If you get little rubber feet out of a hardware store (cost me about 2-3 pounds I think) they give you the elevation to fit the supply underneath. Only annoying thing about the supply is the fiddly power plug is the a bit difficult to plug in under the board, especially when it's dark. I ended up making my own adapter to attach to the edge of the board, if your handy with a soldering iron it makes things easier and a smoother setup.

Current shrunken board as my band is currently drummer-less. Managed to get a good deal on a pedal train nano with a cioks Adam bolted to the underside. For the most part its just an amp modeller on the zoom with a bit of grit coming from the digbeth, but have the option to be more adventurous should the need arise! Of course as soon as a drummer appears the fuzz and the octave are coming back 🤣

I have the same power supply and I have the zoom ms60b. There is a good chance that's your problem. Was with me anyways. The zooms are apparently very picky with their power source. You can get a wee power conditioner from Palmer that fits under your board. Run that between the power supply and the zoom and that could solve (some) of your problems. I have had zero issues with hum since I did that. The conditioner was just over 20 quid from memory

Please tell me the neep lights up. That's an outstanding looking board

Well to be honest yeah kind of like what you done with your own pedals (I have never played a BB or a tone hammer for that matter). I found the digbeth, while functionally great, to be very neutral sounding. I think I said it in another post somewhere but I kind of realised I wasn't happy with the natural sound of my bass, or perhaps I had used a sansamp for so long I had become accustomed to that sound. With both together I could get the sound from the sansamp while bringing out an eveb more desirable sound by tweaking the EQ in the digbeth that I couldn't really achieve in the same way with the on board eq on the sansamp (admittedly limited experimentations here). It's a cumbersome setup but does sound good but it's not my forever plan. I'm mainly restricted by finances at this point so I'm muddling through with what I have rather than buying something else. Although recently going back to just the digbeth has made me rethink all this. Also coming to the realisation that I and my 'technique' may be the problem rather than the boxes at my feet (shocking I know). Anyways glad your on the Laney bus. Always been a fan of the company since my guitar days. Looks like they are really getting a following with their bass stuff now!

If you really want to complicate things, try the sansamp into the digbeth. Gives you the sansamp flavour with a more comprehensive EQ to bring out the character of the sound. I also use this set up to have a footswitchable gain but I don't think you need that judging by your description. In saying all that I have recently reverted back to just the digbeth. My band are without a drummer for now so having two preamps was a bit overkill for an acoustic set!

I'm gonna go with 'no' haha. Don't have a decent set of headphones in the house sadly, that may have been part of the problem, however as I said through the amp was ok. I hardly ever do this though. If I'm practicing I play acoustically with no effects and no amps. I have a small house and two kids, as well as two house rabbits. I don't even have a flat surface to call my own so setting up a practice rig is messy, uncomfortable and rarely worth it to me. I may not be the most useful person to have in this conversation but thought I would contribute with my own experience.

Yes basically. I've not done it in a a while, basically when I first got it. I was hoping this would be a great silent practicing tool that was compact. However it did not create an enjoyable practice experience. If I ever have to do this I set up my amp (ampeg pf350) alongside the pedal board and plug my headphones into the amp. Genuinely it's a great pedal but I would think of it as a DI/preamp/eq/drive pedal that happens to have a headphone out rather than a practice headphone amp. But hey for the price they had to get something wrong I suppose lol

I have no experience of any of these other than the digbeth. It is a great preamp but the headphone out has always struck me as an afterthought. Quite quiet and no way to adjust the volume separately. Always sounded a bit thin to me but that may have been the headphones I was using. Everything else about it is great though, if you just need to be able to hear yourself while having a powerful gigging platform it can work.

I always keep one slotted in the gap between the body and my bridge pickup (your bass may vary) I use 1mm picks typically, which I believe is not your bag but try it. It feel it's like a sidearm. Always in perfect reach when needed

Current iteration of the board just before we played today in Paisley. Need to fix my squinty fuzz. Never set it back in place since we recorded last month! All in all enjoying the sounds, apart from it being somewhat cumbersome between the two preamps and the ms60b. Going forward looking to condense the functionality while keeping/enhancing the tone!

Oh that looks great. Especially with the case, that's amazing for the money.......even twice the money to be honest. Having the space underneath the second tier I would stick the power supply underneath. Do you have one already or are you looking for supply recommendations as well? Velcro wise it's your call. If you want the very best then dual lock is the way to go. It's rock solid, compared to traditional velcro HOWEVER if this is your first pedal board I can almost guarantee you don't have a defined setup yet (if we are being honest, who does?!) Stick with normal velcro for now or even zip ties. That's a great find and looks really light weight, a step above your traditional pedal train offerings and looks the bomb!

I've chased it for a looong time. I have always stick with a sansamp (v1) until a brief period over the past few years. I had an issue with the missing mids and vowed to work with a different preamp. Got a digbeth (Laney) found a whole new world of tonal options and loved footwitchable drive, especially at the end of the chain. In the end missed the sansamp sound. Got a paradriver off of here but still felt it wasn't right. Eventually decided to run the sansamp into the digbeth and it does the job for me for now. I would love a single pedal that does everything they both do. It for now these are doing what I want, if anything enhancing one another

To me the digbeth is much more neutral. Yes you can tweak the eq and make It dirtier but it doesn't 'colour' your sound the way a sansamp does (for the record, have never used the VT bass, only the v1 sansamp and paradriver). Depends what you are looking for, or alternatively do what I do and run the sansamp into the digbeth - footwitchable drive and advanced eq while still getting the baked in sound of the sansamp (yes this is cumbersome but it does work surprisingly well).

If it helps I have one that was used on my mexican jazz. I've since reverted back to standard jazz pickups so it is surplus to requirements. It's white, don't know if that's the colour you were going for?

I think you mean 'do you play guitar?'

Would also recommend the ms60b. Several reasons, 1, it's a good way to 'try' multi effects without committing to the concept. It's small enough to fit on most boards, but also it doesn't take over your existing board and therefore your way of thinking about effects. Its an accessory pedal, not the one stop shop, or main focus in the same way I feel the stomp or a helix would be. 2 it is solidly built and not expensive, as far as these things go. Even brand new it's cheaper than most multis (other zooms aside) but it is also solid metal. I know it sounds silly but that makes feel more ' real' to me and not an entry level product. With these 2 things in mind I feel it can grow with your board. It's a real handy little device that doesn't take up a lot of space so you can afford to have it hang around for the sounds it does well. Also another handy thing is it's a BASS pedal. It has just about every flavour of effect but they are tuned in for bass and optimised for a bass specific role. You don't have 70-80% of the presets that are absolutely useless for your application. I felt it gave the initial explorations a more grounded feel and less likely to result in overwhelm. So downsides - it's eh, small. It does make setting up presets and the like challenging/frustrating. They have really thought about how to make the most use of of the tiny space available but it results in a lack of intuitiveness that I think a larger screen and touchscreen capabilities etc would really help with. That's the main issue, namely, it's a multieffect and therefore doesn't rely entirely on knobs and led lights. If that bothers you in this setup it's a cheaper lesson than a stomp or the like. If you are in a cover band or something where you need A sound, night after night, ideally at the push of a button. Dive into the multieffects world and just go for it. If your still experimenting and seeing what you want and what you love then something like the zoom starts to make a lot of sense. Oh and it needs really clean power otherwise it's a hummy mess. It needs quality isolated power or a wee power conditioner then your good!