Downunderwonder

If you crank up your preamp output does it get LAF? There's your answer.

At least he's consistent. My drummer often accelerates through the count off then starts playing somewhere in the middle. When he uses his tablet gizmo app I get the tempo from that. If he isn't I have to cop his warm up to the count off. But dang he's a good drummer!

Not sure where you are going with this but a little story... Band's drummer was giving a lesson to a student as I rocked up to rehearsal. There was a backing track playing of a big band tune we do. I thought it was our band. The bass line was very much note for note with what I did improvising over the chord chart, before doing something a bit flashier. Bizzare.

Ya think?!!!

You should get a tech to examine the signal before assuming the noise is coming from the slave amp. If I was you I would break off the engagement to the Little Stubbie before this gets crazy.

If a little of the onboard does the trick I wouldn't be chasing another rabbit down a hole. What would a different comp achieve except adding too much compression when you already have just the right amount?

Flares come with a selection of the tips to try out one set each of S M L. Then you order just your size tips when they have a sale on.

Work great for me. Former Etymotic user.

Hopefully it goes well and you make some gains in skills and confidence. Just in case it goes wrong, a little story... I had a lesson once when I was starting out, already playing out in bands and jams. It was from the guy I had learned the most from so far, by observation at his gigs. It turned out he could play and demonstrate but had no idea how to teach. 25 years on, I am doing ok. So if this lesson is a dud, don't be discouraged!

The first time I heard Mustang Sally it was The Commitments. Obviously it had to be a cover but dang it was a mighty raunchy contrast to the original when I finally heard it. Kids today probably think Johnny Cash wrote One, he did such a good job of owning it.

In my case, absolute trash worse than than the drunkest guitarist you ever heard. And I own a guitar that I hardly ever pick up. But that's exactly the point, guitar players that think they can bass because it's 'only a guitar missing the two top strings'! I doubt any I heard were first timers.

Jeez he has tidied up since that pic. I wonder if that's the wife?

Sounds like you skipped middle age and signed up for the geezerhood. Welcome Brother.

Exceptions prove rules. I have seen many a competent guitarist all at sea picking up my bass for a play. They would probably be fine if they had one at home and practiced on it but that's not who we are talking about.

Story time. One New Year's Eve I was in the audience when it all turned to custard. I surveyed the scene on stage. Bassist had vanished and LG was now 'playing bass'. I volunteered and LG was relieved. I guess they were figuring it couldn't get any worse with the random sober guy volunteering and if it did the sight of some random playing his gear might spur their man to get back from his girlfriend meltdown problem. We tore it up and I never saw the bassman again.

There's a fair bit of compression that comes with the Samsamp drive at higher levels.

The bassline of One is sublime. It rules the feel of the tune with a velvet glove. Adam Clayton is a bass player's bassist.

First thing I noticed!

I seriously doubt those stain spots have any effect on the string. As the only person who would notice them I would play them out.

So you never listen to the radio? Naysayers can eat my shorts. I don't 'pedal' as such these days but still have twin preamps for just the right amount of wild hair when I dig in and just the right amount of warmth when I don't.

Feed back comes from the body resonating and the strings playing ball. A magnetic pickup puts the measuring at the string instead of the body but you aren't doing anything about the source.

Can you not get your card people to look at the PayPal email and take your funds back themselves?

I'd be looking through everything for accidental 'low end boost'. If I didn't find something obviously amiss I'd take it all outside to rule out something vibrating inside. Bring it up gently. Maybe you got covid deafness or just forgot how loud one cab can go before it starts smashing itself to bits. BF is not immune to being blown up by too much power too low.

This. The deluxe versions can switch in a loop of extra fx with or without extra volume. I don't get along with multi fx menus either.