Paddy777

I actually wanted to buy the Fliptop as I’ve been after one for ages, but decided that I’ll wait and get one of these instead!

It’s really useful, you could almost leave it on all the time, but then it loses its effect at accenting (if that’s the right word), but it’s seriously good, I’m still gonna run a 2nd octave for the more standard octave sounds as well

I’m the same - I think I’m going to order it the next time I have the money spare

Yeh I second this re: the Octamizer, it doesn’t really do OC2 but what it does do is its own distinct versions of it really I’ve just got this amazingly useful octave from Fteletronica in Italy, it’s a super subtle octave that just thickens things up for solos/choruses etc - so useful live! I had been using the Octamizer to do this, but this Sub Octave does the job perfectly - tracks all the way down to Low D on a 5 as well! (Apologies for the crappy photo). Highly recommend

US G&L L1000 is my current P-Bass, as someone else said I think pickup placement is more important than type as I get great P tones from this (could even get an L2000 tribute and just run the front pickup if you want to do it on a budget - sounds much the same, front pickup is in the same place and looks nothing like a P-bass!)

Does anyone on here have/had flats on a BBP35 and if so how did you find it especially the low B? I’m seriously looking at getting one if I can find one at a decent price. I was just wondering how it was with flats on - I’ve found low B’s problematic on 5’s when I’ve strung them with flats and I’ve heard mixed reports on how good it is on the BBP35

I really fancy a BB2004 PJ actually, there’s a BB2005 for sale on eBay/FB Marketplace for £1100 currently but it doesn’t seem to be moving - I’d honestly be surprised if you would get 1500 but it’s worth what someone will pay - if one came up cheap-ish I’d be all over it, they’re both beautiful basses either way!

OD is way down on my list of importance for effects, but I know a decent subtle drive can be excellent but I struggle to find one I really like. This and the Creation Audio Grizzly are both on my list - I may well end up with both as one will likely run always on and the other be a heavier saturation as needed. My price conditioning for drive pedals is also a bit weird - I have no issue spunking £300+ on a preamp I only use occasionally or £500 on a bass I only play at home for fun but lives in the rack 99% of the time, but then balk at £275 on a drive pedal?! I know it’s strange, I must just not place much value on it - I must admit tho the Subspace is the first OD that’s really got my GAS going and made me want to spend the money on it

I’ve been interested in getting a Subspace - looks a great pedal! I saw Ian King using it on a YouTube video he did about his pedalboard for his BBC NYE show and I’ve been down a YouTube rabbit hole on it a couple of times, I really fancy one

Happy days! I’ll not be so lucky, but at least I know what to expect, £80 is about what it came to using the calculation from @Quatschmacher anyway. So at £400 would you say it’s worth the money?

That’ll do me - I haven’t bought any pedals from abroad (I’ve got one coming from Italy next week but it seems to have just gone straight through customs - it was only €110 though) but I just wanted to be sure what I was paying. Not sure if I’ll use the Slampegg as a stand alone preamp or run something else like the Starlifter into it and use it more like a DI.

@JohnR - I’m interested in ordering one of these, how much did you have to pay on top of the purchase price to get it through customs? How are you finding it - how are you using it etc?

100% - the low A (for example) sounds much thicker on the B string, and I can go straight across the fretboard in two octaves quickly whilst barely having to move my hand, so essentially it’s great for me as it’s less work 😂 but it’s absolutely why I prefer a 5, yeh I do often go for a low D or Eb but really it’s being able to play the root notes from the B and then play patterns easier from there. I’ve played so much 5st now I’m at a point where I wonder if I should just knock 4 strings on the head altogether, I virtually never pick one up for a gig but when I’ve not owned a 4 I’ve always felt like I should have one

I’ve bought a couple of nice 4 strings recently but I just don’t like gigging them much at all really, and when I do I always wish I’d brought a 5! This is mostly for function/tribute type stuff - I will use a 4 if there’s call for it, but I’m much more comfortable on a 5, and play it as much to use frets 5-12 on the B as I do the lower notes really. This is my 55/94, it’s killed my GAS for a lot of basses tbh 👇

Bought a pedal off Rob - great item and was excellent at chasing Evri up for me when they were on a go slow! Excellent Basschatter who can be relied on 👍

Ha yeh it doesn’t particularly bother me but did leave me thinking “but..why??” I can’t see what the point of moving it was or what the thought process was behind it? 🤷‍♂️

I’ve been on a bit of a pedal buying frenzy this last month and tonight is the first time I’ve put it all together and gigged it, photo is a bit crap.I almost forgot to take one and so I quickly snapped one before packing up 👇 I had a Capo but sold that and I’ve replaced it with a GK Plex which is mint (as long as you like the GK sound - otherwise it’s probably not! 😁) The amp sounds are absolutely top notch and the contour/presence/bass bump n the EQ all sound great, but it’s the preamp sound that really impresses me, it sounds phenomenal. I don’t like the drive or compressor on it and I assume that’s why this pedal hasn’t really taken off like it probably could have, but I don’t really need those, but it sounds massive. The other pedal that’s been a bit of a revelation is the Trickfish Signal Filter - HPF/LPF which can be turned on & off independently with makeup gain for the HPF. First time with that tonight and I was very impressed - tightened the sound right up, took some nasty clank off the top and boom off the other end so I sounded louder whilst not turning up or being overpowering - I just need to finally work out where I actually want to put the bloody thing in my signal chain Empress bass comp is class and Octamizer and TC Chorus doing a solid job. I’ve got a Mojo Mojo on the way and a Fteletronica Sub Octave coming from Italy next week, and I could do a with a fuzz of some sort too. I also quite like the look of the Creation Audio Grizzly Bass, but I’m not massively into drive pedals and may just stick with the Mojo. Also may get a Plethora X1 when they come out properly to cover various modulation effects - I have a TC amp head with toneprint and quite like it. Also the Markbass Mini Boost is great, I’ve got a couple of places where I’m playing slap and needed a boost in volume, but the VPF also gives an EQ boost to low & high end (possibly a mid scoop I dunno, it sounds like it but may be just boosting Low & Hi) but a volume boost and the EQ shaping together run in the FX loop of the Plex is awesome for slap solo type stuff, I’ve never had a bad Markbass pedal TBF they’re always really good My GAS has mostly been bass related but since I got a U.S. Lakland 55/94 my GAS has settled right down… for basses! I decided after new year it was time I properly sorted my pedal board out, but I fear I have got the pedal bug now and fear I’m on a slippery slope, I’m finding myself in the Effects forum more and more…! 😆

Beautiful! I absolutely love a natural bass especially with a dark board! 🤩

I’ve got a 2006 Overwater Perception which is basically a Progress with a bolt on neck, it also only has a 2band preamp however it’s one of the most musical preamps I’ve ever used - it’s really good and very versatile. A few people have commented about the weight but this bass is the lightest one I’ve got, I haven’t weighed it but it can’t be any more than 9lbs, I will check and report back. It’s an unbelievably good bass, you feel and hear the quality immediately. This is mine 👇 *Also these photos are saved from the listing when I bought it - I didn’t put strings on it that didn’t fit 😆

Bought a really nice preamp pedal from @Bunion which arrived yesterday - quality Basschatter, I can’t recommend him highly enough, the pedal was a real bargain and arrived safe & well packaged nicely with tracked delivery exactly when he said it would come, couldn’t have asked for more - 5*