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If there is a pedal that says 'let's groove' on it and makes that sound I'd want it too....unfortunately I don't think there is one. You could get a second hand one of the cheaper synth pedals for a roughly similar sound (EHX Bass Micro Synth 'sub' setting, or the Boss SYB-5). But cheap bass synth pedals are pretty annoying for poor tracking and latency. Or an an octaver like the OC-2 sounds similar enough. The C4 and Future Impact are going to probably be the best for getting the sound and having good tracking and low latency, they're expensive though.

Nice one. Now I'm tempted again!

Helix Stomp and Dual Switch up for sale on here, not for any particularly good reason other than I'm fickle and must want something to do with my time! I think I just like trying out new pedals too much. (And I need to fund my new Bike & Ice Cream hobby).

That all sounds good other than me needing to find something new to do with my time other than obsessing over pedals!.... I guess that time could be spent eating ice cream and riding a bike though.

Yeah sounds reasonable. I guess the caveat is that not all pedals are created equal, supply and demand and all that, a DOD meatbox reissue had a £155 RRP about 5 years ago but their going rate now looks to be about £250.

Well that's confusing! Perhaps the next version should be v2 to keep people on their toes 😀

Yeah seems to me that the going rate for a v3 is about £190. Much more than that and I'd consider buying new at £255 to get in mint condition with warranty/returns etc. Although the v1 & 2 are technically same inside I think people would pay a bit less for them because they are obviously order and likely to have been used more (with the risk of cosmetic damage and worn footswitches etc).

Yeah, that's all true. I've never fully committed to downsizing my pedalboard so I've ended up using the Stomp to replace a few pedals rather than getting used to using it to it's full potential. I have 90% used it to replace EQ, Amp/Cab sim/DI, Chorus, Phaser, Tuner, and think it's a worthwhile investment just for that even before I use it's full potential. ....but am starting to get pedal curious again! The Stomp would sell for about £300 which could be spent on: Behringer EQ £15, NUX Melvin Lee Preamp/OD/DI/IR loader £120, Zoom MS60B £70 (for Tuner and occasional fx I don't really use like delay and reverb and additional OD), second-hand Chorus £50 & Phaser £50. = £305. That would lose a lot of the extra fx and routing options of the Stomp (but I do already have an EHX Switchblade Pro which partly covers the loop switcher stuff and mixing and order switching) and would take up a lot more board space, but it gains the footswitches and hands-on controls and modular style of replacing pedals as and when (which if I'm honest- is something I'm quite in to!).

I need to try and get out of the separate stompbox 'what you see is what you get, one footswitch per effect' attitude because I still like separate footswitches for each effect and being able to look down and instantly see where settings for each of them, and the sort of good accidents you get when mucking about stomping a big chain of fx on and hands-on tweaking - but I know the Helix Stomp can make the same sounds for less money and less boardspace....plus it opens up a lot of new opportunities with routing options etc. Say I want Octave>Fuzz>Chorus, with separate pedals that's immediate by just clicking on those three stompboxes and instantly tweak the controls, with the Stomp that's easily done (and can do much more) but you do need to have saved it as a preset and remember where that preset is or spend a minute or so selecting the blocks/FS assignment and clicking on them individually to change parameters....it's just that very slight inconvenience in workflow that I'm not so keen on but I think I need to spend more time building up presets and getting over the stompbox attitude.

I like the octaver, thought it tracks better than analogue octavers I've had (mxr BOD, and Aguilar Octamizer), I guess it loses a bit of their character but I don't use it at 100% and usually have some other fx or overdrive after it. I also prefer the Helix dual pitch over the TC Sub n Up for octave up stuff. The big winners to me are modulation, reverb/echo, eq, and the amp/cab sims, just buying them as individual pedals would cost the same as a Stomp. Losers are synth and envelope filter. If I were to get rid of the Helix it wouldn't be because of the quality of any sounds, it would be because I prefer more idiot proof individual pedals rather than programming presets.

You've just proved why it's also always worth checking Basschat knowledge! (as well as trying before buying)

Squire Jazz: Shoddy 2nd hand starter Bass - the bridge pickup didn't work and action was really high, but I didn't really know any better and it was good enough to get me into playing. Fender Jazz MIM: 2nd hand that hadn't been treated that well before (had rusty strings/frets and a few knocks), I liked it but wanted to move on to active 5 strings. Ibanez SRMS 805: Great Bass, good 3 band eq with 3x centre frequency switch for the mids, only thing I didn't like so much was it felt a bit small to me - particularly the string spacing. Dingwall Combustion: Technically excellent but felt a bit big and heavy and I didn't like that there wasn't ability to mix between pickups (it's one or other or both), also more of a modern tone than I was after. Sandberg TM5 SL: Excellent Bass, my favourite that I've owned, fun to play - comfortable and light and has a variety of good tones. I suppose the Dingwall did feel a bit more sturdy and 'high-end' in little details and was more even across the strings and the Ibanez had more tone control so I'm not quite sold on it being 'the one'! With the exception of the Dingwall being more expensive than the Sandberg these have all got increasingly expensive and increasingly good and not really lost much value when I traded to the next one so I am eying up my next move and telling myself it's probably worth spending the ££ which is a bit of a gamble as would need to sell the Sandberg to pay for it. Better to regret something you did do than something you didn't though?! And seeing the length of most of the lists on this thread helps me justify it!

No worries, I'm sort of relieved, it does look good - but I really don't need a new Bass!

Couldn't tell as it was covered

Ah! It didn't say sold earlier but I sent them an email with questions and it must have reminded them to update to sold.

Anyone here with experience of Philippe Dubreuille Basses? https://www.dubreuille-guitar.com/bass.html Seems mostly more of a Guitar builder but a few Basses, and custom stuff. I've got my eye on this Custom 5 https://thebassgallery.com/collections/bass/products/philippe-dubreuille-custom-5 but there is a crack in the headstock, and being a neck thru Bass it could be a massive hassle if it needed replacing. What do you reckon- a deal breaker?

Nice one, in that case I think I'll leave it and go for separate pedals (I've got a fuzz I'm happy with). Got my eye on a knackered old looking 00 Funk on Reverb since my clone build of one seems to have failed.

I'm looking for something that can do the Chunk systems Brown Dog (fuzz) + 00 Funk (envelope filter) combination. Not quite the same as just running a fuzz into envelope filter as they have an extra in/out where the filter works off the clean signal dynamics while adding the fuzzy tone to make quite a specific synthy sound. The Walrus Audio Kangra Fuzz/Filter looks interesting, designed for guitar though and only one YouTube Bass demo I can find which doesn't demo the filter on it's own. I'm not sure if it'll keep the Bass frequencies well or how well the envelope will react - So does anyone here have experience using one of these with Bass? https://www.walrusaudio.com/products/kangra-filter-fuzz?variant=16491585962030

Yeah good spotting- I de-soldered the switch and pots to take them off when I thought I'd just buy another board but might as well take them off and keep them (but am leaving them in place for now). The 3.9 Zener is what I put in the 4148 socket to start with - I'm guessing my heavy handed removal is what's damaged something. I won't give up just yet but will look with fresh eyes tomorrow.

Plugged in and.....nothing! I would have been quite shocked (perhaps literally!) if it had worked though. I put a diode in the wrong place and burnt the pcb while de-soldering so I think it could be that, or I damaged the diode. Bought a new diode but still nothing. Or it could literally be any one of the 100 or so shoddy solder connections so I think I'll give up on it for now. I do have an enclosure decorated by my daughter though so suppose I should do my part and get it working at some point!

I love my TM5 SL. I wouldn't say it's technically 'better' than the Dingwall Combustion I traded it for, but it's better for me - which is partly why if I could go back I'd tell myself it doesn't matter that much to have a 37" B string - the priority should be having something that's comfortable and fun to play and makes the tones that suit me. Although to contradict myself and not that the TM5 is a cheap Bass or that I have any issues with it at all but the grass is always greener on the other side so I do keep enviously looking at high-end £2-£3k (2nd hand) Basses (like this Sadowsky or this Mayones) and half-talking myself into if it'd be worth selling the TM5 and using my overdraft for it because it won't lose its value and I'll get to play it for many years - and perhaps in 10 years I'll go back on this thread and tell myself it was the best decision I ever made and I should have gone for a high-end Bass sooner! I'm guessing those double the price high-end Basses are only marginally better than something like a Sandberg though and I'm not sure I'd like feeling I have to be too precious with it, still though - it's an itch!