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Bloody double post again - keep automatically hitting quote instead of finding edt

I guess folk have paid more or similar prices for 'off the shelf' basses without the voodoo and treatments and don't bat an eyelid. If it's inperceptable differences it's hard to justify the additional cost for sure and possibly why Yamaha don't have such an esoterically priced model in the new range? I think the BBP has some of the treatment and they're much less expensive comapratively. A quick look at Bass Direct and the new cost of a Lull, Dingwall, Elrick, Spector MTD etc are 3k+ and they don't have any special treatment? I'd begin to be feeling hard done by that they didn't have some voodoo for that money and a noisy bridge pick up!

It was the wood treatments and the ‘Made in Japan’ angle I think?

No coincidence that it’s available in Oct 😂😂

Dual lock is quality stuff and I’ve just recent used it on my board

Watch the Amos Heller ADAM demo. Very well explained and the best tones I’ve heard from it but most of Amos’ DG demo’s show them in a very positive and versatile light.

Lovely bit of work making the bass your own. I’ve done that to a couple of basses and it’s quite satisfying. I’m saying that I’ve got a Hot P Seymour Duncan I’m not using if you do fancy something hotter as a pick up upgrade and a tone styler. I’ll be listing them in the next few days once I dig them out of storage boxes. Don’t worry mods I’m all paid up.

Oops double post

Aye the work in progress nature of it means I’ll not get too anal about a cable here or there for now only so many spare hours etc. I love a good mess about with pedals as I know you do but I’ve little practical application in my current bands which is the point I was making rather than you ‘dislike’ pedals. Your initial post was about the ideal gigging mini board for you and by your own admission you have got by with zero pedals for most gigs bar the use of the zoom more recently. If the gig doesn’t call for filter and synths it seems redundant to populate a board with them if they’re unlike to be used for a while. I know you like the VTDI and that’s a handy pedal for going direct to the pa etc if needed so might be a good addition too. At the end of the day it’s your gig so you’ll know what will be good solid choices for you.

@Al Krowyour ideal gigging board sounds like it would be the zoom and the wireless unit and maybe an additional drive. The rest of it doesn’t sound like it’s needed or isn’t really being used…(yet?) As @GisserD says the Boss Synth might be a wiser addition than the FI considering you’re not planning to do any programming etc for quite some time but again if the zoom is proving itself why complicate matters. Save the space and weight you know it makes sense 😀 I am aware of the irony in that I always encourage folk to try their gear out in rehearsals/live but after how many years I just don’t think of you as an effects guy and trust me I’m the same. Other than one or two units I don’t use much live either as I do t really need to. It’s like this 80’s thing… I like to be prepared to step up and fill out the sound but if I don’t have to then I’m not too fussed. Having to tap dance during a song will inevitably trip me up at some point while remembering the correct bass parts!

That needs a link surely.

You’re not the first to say it 😀 The Cali76 normally has a pedal playing piggyback so that helps out. Once I know what will be the final set up sorted I can make it fit… honest guv! Plus the C4 is just a loaner from a mate so not a regular.

My board (I only have one so it is, by default, a gigging board, creative board, amp-less board etc.) may look like this for the 80’s band. I’m contemplating swapping the Cali76 TX out for the HXStomp and using the C4 in its loop but I’ll get a play about with them both and the make a call as to what’s what. I’ve not wired the C4 up to anything yet as I’ve been trying it out solo’d. It has a lot for functionality and the octave patches I’ve tried are pretty close to the Zeus (which is an OC-2 circuit). I’d really need to try and program some similar sounding patches with fuzz and octave (or find some in the community files) and do a head to head.

I’d maybe have went VTDI and zoom and cut back on what looks to be a bit synth heavy- sounds like the zoom is already doing the heavy lifting in that front so much of the filter and synth is a tad superfluous in the gigging context. Maybe better suited to the home board which looks a bit ‘drive’ heavy. Maybe a balance of both drive and filter synth between each board would be more rounded i.e. if your not planning on doing anything with the FI for a while it’s pointless taking up gigging board real estate. I know where’s the fun but I know you don’t like to take out stuff you won’t need/gig light kinda thing. I’m not entirely sure I’ll need much synth myself beyond what I’ve said above - touch of octave and drive but the C4 will be fun and if I can load 3-6 individual sounds which compliment the keys I’d be happy. I only have the pedal on loan but I might be tempted if I actually need what it has to offer and it works in the larger context of the band. Looking forward to finding out. Covid has cause the first few rehearsals to be cancelled so far! Remind me what pedal is the Z synth emulating?

As someone who’s just been recruited to play in an 80’s band I’d be keen to know which tracks which pedals are getting used on with the pub band especially any synth heavy stuff. I’ve been playing around with a C4 synth pedal too so it might inspire some tweaks and ideas for my current set of tunes. Mostly it’s just octave and drive for pseudo synth stuff but the C4 will lwr me expand upon this where needed. Previously I’ve been using a combination of drive, fuzz, octave and some modulation in the HX stomp which has served reasonably well for my needs but the C4 is quite a step up.

I dig it

Just got my hands on one of these from a mate and looking forward to trawling the user patches for some 80’s flavoured sounds. Not sure that I’ll need that much as there’s a keys player but it should be fun to bust out a few ‘unexpected’ tones from the bass amp on the unsuspecting band😀

I did it!

Trapper is a cracking pedal and I’m very happy with it for my needs. Fender pedals in general are doing many great things with their wee touches and additional features. The comp/pugilist looks and sounds great for guitar too.

If the quad cortex can model pedals just set up a couple of the patches you use, model them then sell the board 😀 That way you can keep those patch’s for the occasional time they’re needed and if the QC gives you most of what you need for other sounds you’re laughing. I’ve no doubt DG could model any filter type pedal to be a reasonable facsimile with the amount of processing power it has - they appear to have a pretty solid approach to updates and listening to their user base. It’s a reason why I’m interested in the ADAM as a stand alone gig pedal. It’s pretty fully featured for my needs.

Thanks pal!

There’s copying pedals… every last one 😀😀

*As an aside those Fender TB heads are fantastic. I’ve got the TB600 and love it.

This guy has a few… http://www.nallepahlsson.com/pictures/equipment-gear-42888720