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Very true! But push that argument a little further and you end up concluding: "why bother with pedals at all?" I guess tonally what some folk are content with, won't cut it for others? Personally I'm super happy with the digital drive that my Boss GT1000 Core and GX10 provide, and actually prefer it to half a dozen standalone drive pedals sitting on my shelf waiting to be sold... But I think the point is what we hear on stage from our amps, or via our IEMs, plays a key part in how much we enjoy performing. No one is going to pay more attention to the bass tone than the bassist, ie us, right?

One is a simulation of the preamp itself, without the PU. The other one with the PU (I'm not quite sure if there isn't a better way to simulate the PU). Bass on 5 of 10, Treble on 3. It's clearly not the best simulation, and someone like @Passinwind would be able to do it better. To me, it's a cut-and-boost preamp. Does it make any difference? I think not

I’ve sent over my £15.

I have this on a Jap 75RI and it's a good bridge - the grooves, unobtrusive size and string-through option make it versatile, ergonomic and solid. I did feel it tightened up the sound a little, sort of halfway to the real effect a high mass bridge has without the high mass. One thing that might be helpful: this deluxe bridge weighs 106g including screws. By comparison, the Fender hi-mass bridge I have on another bass, while also a good design, weighs close to 250g (238 without screws). Of course heavy is good in some scenarios (neck dive) and not in others (boat anchor), but maybe worth knowing!

and as the saying goes - once the drums start rolling, it just doesn't matter.

What about the Origin Effects line up. There’s a few.

Something new learned today. 👍 I had no idea technology had moved that far on from the Roland TR606. 😉 Dave

My pal's Sunbeam 🙂

When I was a teenager myself and some friends used to busk regularly in Crawley and Redhill. We had our usual pitches that we would use all year, but then come christmas a whole bunch of others would turn up busking for "charity". When we figured this out we would get to the best spots as early as we could, but then would have arguments with the charity lot wanting us to move on so they could have a turn...

Put the coloursound bass fuzz back on

I've actually had my eye on that device for quite some time.

I've got a Caveman BP1 Compact, which sounds great to me. It has it's own baked in sound (basically enhanced low-mids) that I like, so you would have to be happy with that. I think that it sounds great, it's got a top quality DI and sound engineers seem to like it. https://www.caveman-audio.com/products/bp1c/

I think their Jazz/FSO-type basses come in a bit cheaper, £3k or so, but an Original or Flamboyant will be £3.5k upwards.

Epic 🥳 so the tall font muff didn't make the final board?

Ernie Ball Flats are highly underrated and are definitely less stiff.

The latest and the last board. Integrated both bass and guitar (bass pedals in the yellow box). Both bass and guitar go into the Boss looper (recommend either the 600 or 10R) and then on to amps. The bass pedals are powered by Strymon and the rest are either GigRig or Effectrode power supplies. Tret myself to a cute Aguilar cab which pairs perfectly with the Ampeg amp.

Mine are in the house somewhere so i expect ill find one or two again soon. Not going to buy any more.