Paddy777

Had a very busy weekend and a break from the norm with some great dep gigs. Fri night & Sat morning depped in a production of Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, a very professional show and a chance to flex my reading chops, I then went straight from that gig on Saturday 120 miles down to a Holiday Park near Scarborough to dep for a band playing at an end of season party to finish off a very busy Saturday. Quite a contrast but some fun tunes to play. The theatre show was in a really nice old Theatre in Newcastle city centre, I took a few photos from the pit where I was sitting, it really gives the place a proper old timey feel rather than some of the sterile newer places.

I hope you do, but if you don’t….. you know where I am 😁🤣

That’s a beauty 🤩 Reverse P + MM humbucker really does sound fantastic. I had one and sold it, I’ve been looking for a second hand one for ages but they don’t seem to come up as 5’s very often (which I think tells you how good they are!). I might end up doing the unthinkable and actually paying full price new for one eventually, such a fat sound when blend is centred!

I press the little preset changer button with my toe to change presets between songs all the time, works fine - not ideal, but it’s not a problem really

Location would be useful! 😀

No you can only order direct from sushibox

I’ve seen some lovely Pau Ferro boards - like the one on the ACG build on the first page of the thread, on some of the MIM Fenders (among others) it can look & feel a bit dry, I got some of the Montypresso relic wax which darkens the wood as well as conditioning it and it came up lovely for me, if you don’t want to darken it then just get the normal one. As for how it plays, I thought it was a bit snappier than rosewood if pushed for a difference but nowhere near the difference between something like maple and rosewood (and even then the differences are overstated a bit IMHO)

Just depends what you’re doing with it. If I’m doing a dep gig and there’s stuff like Thriller/Another Part of Me by Michael Jackson or I just can’t get enough by Depeche Mode (these are examples that I’ve used this pedal for in the last month) but you’re just hired as a bass dep, then nobody will expect (or want!) you to turn up with a key synth unless specifically asked for, but it’ll almost certainly be better received if you can play the bass part sounding more authentic with this. If you’re in your own band and have the time and willingness to do all that then I don’t think anyone would argue that an actual bass synth like a Novation or something would sound better, but where its not practical or where you need to just play bass I think this is excellent, but you have to ask if it’s really necessary to carry/setup more equipment when you could get 80-90% of the way there with a pedal, and just use your bass. For me if I turned up at a Dep gig (or even a regular gig) with a keys synth to play a few synthy parts I imagine I’d just be told not to bother, and told nicely to stick to bass 😁

Just done a bass + cash deal with Dave for his Dingwall - great guy to deal with, and super understanding when there was a delivery issue (DPD’s fault!). Would be happy to deal with him again anytime and recommend him highly to any other bass chatter looking at doing a deal with him - he’s a top man who can be trusted 100%