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I had one in my basket but then couldn’t decide on which to go for. Thankfully my bank account dictated neither 😀

You have more flexibility with a outboard pre and can swap to other units on a whim with no hassle - A Tone Hammer will give you the 'Aguilar sound' in place of routing for and fitting the OBP-3, something like a Basswitch will be a solid studio grade eq with two bands of semi para eq (and a whole heap of other features), Nordstrand do an external pre based on their on board preamp, Alien Audio's Tidal EQ/Preamp pedal is a cracker too etc etc. Depends on what you want really.

Try boosting in and about 350Hz

It'll be sold in three weeks - OHM you have an affliction sir 😀

I love the colour of that custom shop bass.

I should add that was part of the Nordstrand marketing not my thoughts on the combination👍🏼

You’d have to ask Amos or Justin Chacellor 😀 There’s likely some demos up and I think it’s all tied in with mid points which can be selected. I’m not too familiar with the Wal sound to be honest.

I think a lot of us have been hoping that Origin would bring out a bass pedal - now we have two - but at the back of my mind I always knew they were gonna be spendy! Still it's good to see more bass specific gear released even if it is a bit out of reach and they do sound good.

Just an update… it is indeed a CS job with the big blademan pick ups and the Nordstrand JC preamp - aiming to get the Wal type thing happening.

It’s electric car style branding on an amp. They’ve gone from the Apple design aesthetic to Nissan Leaf eco charm!

They verge on demo/how to. If i owned a product company I'd be sending this cat all my gear to review!

Amos is such a good player and his demo's are far and beyond the best DG demo's on YT.

Or he’s just a massive BillyS fan

To be fair the BB can sound a bit bass heavy and for someone like JLo the Dimarzio’s probably offer a more fitting p bass tone for his needs. I was just commenting on the difference between my p bass and the BB. The BB is much more bassy - not better or worse just (noticeable) different.

The wood finish looks great.

Well I have things secured and organised for gigs and just got some new dual lock to sort it out. I have and have had some larger pedals so always had to do a bit or Tetris to make things fit and have access to in/outs/xlr so now I think I can settle back into a more traditional set up rather pedals at odd angles I’ll keep the right hand side of the board with the Comp and EQ (which goes into the DI and onto the pa) and I can come out of the ‘DI Thru’ into a dirt pedal and on the the amp. Not as complicated as it might sound and it’s worked well on last weekends gig. It gives me some control over my IEM sound from my board as well as running some dirt to the amp only. The HXS and the ADAM have their own psu so it’s simply a matter of plugging in power and a lead or two if I wanna switch them in or out. Running them into that tube DI does enhance the sound which is a bonus! First pic is the regular pub band set up and the other two are just messing about trying things out.

Had a rehearsal last night and we were auditioning three guitarists. I saw this as the perfect opportunity to compare three different set ups! So it’s an 80’s band and while there is scope for synth bass the keys player is doing the heavy lifting in that department. He suggested early on his left hand wasn’t gonna step on my parts but we could work who was doing what on tunes where it was basically multi layers of all synth goodness if that was needed. We both wanna make it fun and add a wee touch of our own sound to these classics. I had three set ups but only two players showed up so I used my pedal board and the ADAM. The Stomp wasn’t needed but I’ve dialled it in for this band and have a GK amp model with octave and an eq assigned to the FS’s (and a FX loop on all my patches so I can add in external pedals and do the parallel blend thing etc. - been comparing drives and stuff which has been fun). The pedal board is such a good solid tone. The Hyper Luminal is such a good comp and the ability to tweak really makes it three comps in one. I’ve all three modes set up differently and it means I have some options depending on what I want it to do. Even out slap parts, add punch, 1176 all in mode! It’s a quality box and well worth a look if you’re on the fence. The ColourBox is a cracking eq and sounds ‘full’ - you can hear the difference when you engage it - it’s got a transformer inside and you can notice the effect it has. The EQ has good scope and I found it very easy to enhance my bass with minimal fuss. My only criticism is the HPF is set too high (160Hz not the 60Hz which I had read in some literature) to make it work for bass but it’s no deal breaker. It was combined with the Fender Trapper, an amp style drive and it too worked well. I like the trapper and the clean blend with X-over is really useful being able to set the clean crossover freq and level. It’s another pedal worth a look if you want/need/prefer a clean blend and like a more traditional bass drive over the ‘DG’ sound. It can get gnarly but not super modern scooped. I have another drive but it’s been my go to with this band and it was fun to use the Trapper. The Trapper works and really nails that amp style drive but I’d say the B3K suits the band better as it sits well with the synths especially as the guitarist was using TS style drives and crunchy, amp like dirt too. The ADAM is a monster pedal and I think it sits really well with the synths/guitars. Even the clean tone is huge and the parallel signal path has a huge part to play with that. On Material Girl the bass part sits right between synth and bass and the combination of clean blend, synthy fuzzy drive, character control and some eq make it fill out that lower register while adding compression keeps it defined and punchy. It’s such a fun song to play. I’d say I can get away with a more aggressive tone for many of the songs and having keys/synth really helps with that as the bass can just add the edgy definition and support the guitar. It’s coming together nicely and a few little tweaks now we have found a guitarist should see the whole thing settle in and we can all find our sonic space. I may tweak the pedal board by changing the drive to my other unit and I’m still in two minds about keeping the ADAM - it’s a complete unit and but I do like the flexibility of the pedal board and the ability to patch in pedals on the stomps fx loop. At this stage I’m quite chuffed to have the options and I really liked getting a chance to compare them on the same tracks. Oh and we found our new guitarist too so that’s nice!

Amos playing a custom shop Yamaha with Nordstrand humbuckers? Looks like the new BB headstock.

Yeah the pod go appears to be it’s own thing and not quite as flexible in the choices offered in the HX kit

No problem it’s a shame Aguilar didn’t do a comprehensive manual and explain how the unit reacts with the gain engaged.

The TH is a great unit and can do a really nice crisp clean tone but you can also make it a bit more edgy. If you haven’t seen this blurb already have a read of my post in the link- post number 7. It’s originally from Eubert on Talkbass and it’s really useful for getting the most out of your TH if you want to get it a bit more characterful and introduce some drive/warmth!