MrDinsdale

Handbox WB-100, every time I plug in it brings a big smile to my face, just sounds incredible. Its got all the heft of a 40kg all-valve monster but at a reasonable 15kg and compact size that makes it perfectly portable. Also on the opposite end of the spectrum a special call out to the GK Fusion S which was an amazingly versatile little amp. Had I not joined a band full of valve enthusiasts I'd have probably happily still been playing it.

Gave it another listen and actually I do think the added compression on the mix makes for some pretty awesome tones. There are just too many great drive pedals out there 💦

The capo is worth exploring as a drive pedal first as its super flexible. Personally I prefer the Capo low-mid gain tones but if you decided to go a different direction then there's a lot of options out there to add some grit. One good thing about keeping the Capo is that it'd make a great fly rig option if you couldn't justify taking the Noble. Cant imagine you'd have any problem selling it on here!

Yeah exactly, I'm not ruling it out by any means as it definitely sounds good. Might have another listen and see how close I can get with the Longsword and Halberd. I'd happily give the Alma a go, had I not already picked up a Hyper Lumnial before I read about the Alma I'd have gone for that I think.

Sounds awesome! It's a lot of money to spend but it seems to offer a lot of cool options, I'm quite enjoying all my basses being completely passive at the moment though 😂

If anything watching this made me want to buy a lusit hand NFP onboard preamp more 😂

That sounds pretty awesome. I gotta admit though anytime I hear a drive made by anyone other than Electronic Audio Experiments I'm a little underwhelmed. I'm not sure why, I could just be a big fanboy, there's something about their pedals which I'm too technically illiterate to describe or its more about the demos. Definitely a solid flexible drive to put on your board, if you could only have one filth pedal it sounds like a good candidate.

Makes sense although if the other bands on the bill are all using their traditional full stacks it still presents a logistical challenge for FOH and change overs etc. My pedal board is fully kitted out for an amp-less setup and have done it in the past with sound straight through wedges. I'd certainly give it a go but I know for a fact the rest of the band would have zero interest.

I think the kind of music you play will have a big influence on it. Playing in a noisy punk band, the bands on the lineup are on a scale of pretty loud to obnoxiously loud. Don't think I've ever seen anyone with a full IEM setup on any of the gigs, closest was a band using the for vocal harmonies but they were still standing in front of Marshal stacks.

Ahhhh man I love Justin Chancellors bass tone almost as much as spending money I don't have so this is perfect 🙌

Still on the fence a little between the GT1000core and Mod Dwarf but 75% in favour of the Dwarf currently. Will have to see where I'm at on payday though. Been checking out lots of older videos and some of the synth and glitchy weird ambient stuff you can do is absolutely incredible, certainly stuff you could never achieve on the Core. Just shame there isn't more content out there about it or samples on Soundcloud etc.

Absolutely! I only daisy chain the drives and preamps which handle it noise free.

Oooo really? That's interesting! Well I still want a bigger supply so I'm less dependent on daisy chaining but good to know I don't have to rush to grab one.

I think its 12v 1A minimum so it'd need two outlets on the cioks which puts out 500ma per outlet at 12v. I've already got 7-8 pedals connected using some daisy chaining 😂 Tbf I'd consider loosing a drive looper, and the compressor if I could replace them with a digital version. The Capo, Model FeT, Thumpinator and Halberd/Longsword are the essential pedals and they all do fine on a daisy chain with out any noticeable noise.

I think the cioks needs a 24v supply but could work.

Sorry for derailing into Jad Freer fanboyism.

I'd love to try the Sisma, if it's as good as the Capo then it's gonna be one hell of an amp. As it stands I'm very happy with my Capo and Handbox valve head, if i was going to get a solid state (and could afford it) it'd be that though I think. @foya have you tried the Capo? Someone wrote a pretty in-depth review on talkbass which was very favourable.

Just stumbled on this via a colleague, absolutely fantastic album.

Sorry thought I'd replied! Yeah saw and signed up to the forum to have a dig around. Still very intrigued by the Dwarf so popped a thread there to see if anyone else had similar reservations - https://forum.mod.audio/t/on-the-dwarf-fence-concerned-about-i-o/9750 I'm still really torn between the GT1000core and Dwarf. I feel like I could probably do a lot of the stuff I want with the Core, do some cool split delays blending LPF bitcrusher type fx in there and stuff to create stuff similar to the Mastro Valvola LEM etc. It'd fulfill all my IR and reverb needs for guitar perfectly too albeit with a fairly middle of the road fx offering. The Dwarf seems pretty limitless in comparison, all the routing options and a huge array of modules to pick from. It just doesn't integrate with my real world pedals as well, the higher power draw would mean me upgrading my powersupply from a Cioks 4 to a DC7 or similar too. First world problems 😂

The GT1000core for example is so tightly packed with I/O already that an XLR out would likely mean sacrificing and FX loop or other connection options. I imagine for most the XLR is a little redundant. If you have a half decent dedicated DI box it's probably better than the built in ones. TBH I've never played a gig where FOH haven't used their own beat up DI box instead of the one on my board so tbh my fancy DI is largely meaningless anyway outside of home use 😂

I like the nerdy side of the Dwarf and the open source nature, it's also nice to support the underdog. One extra fx loop and I'd be jumping at it without questioning I think. How many AIDA-X instances can you run simultaneously? I'd certainly be interested in how well it works in practice, there is a lot of nuance in how the pedals interact that I can't quite imagine a model could reproduce. I guess if it's close enough that you can't really tell then who cares though!