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Ok so we've been spoilt over the last few years... Tech21's pedals inc. the Dug!, Darkglass' pedals, Two Notes Le Bass and we have a new contender... Their blarney says it's a new approach. I'm not qualified to say if it is but some nice tones in the demo....

Looks like medium-scale fun...

Rick's vids are always interesting in some way... if not directly bass. I enjoyed this one... maybe I'd have a broader range of rock tones in there... maybe some Mick Karn or Mark King to reflect more the '80s between his 70's and 90's choices...

Could be the amp but the tone sounds a little thin is this vid...

Your multi effect of choice/budget, etc and a Boss LS2?

!!! Someone's going to get a bargain!

£16! Balls! I spunked £18.51... £2.51 I'll never see again. Curse you to hell Amazon. PS. What's going on with Amazon's pricing algorithm?

And now some thoughts on pick-up upgrades... albeit on the sixer..

Hmmm... not much. Unbranded parts. No provenance of the luthier. Does the headstock say 'Giokov'? Treat with caution...

This! Sad about peoples' jobs but HMV shamelessly whacked everything out at high prices. The occasional sale put goods at an OK level if you could make the deal combo work for you. This situation was always a matter of when not if... top-notch pricing for obsolete media is not a sustainable business model.

Just stumbled across this video apropos this thread...

Interesting interview with Douglas Castro... Discussion on octaver and chorus from about 8mins in.

Stop getting Rush wrong! It's Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures that are the best. Not the bland synth Pop of the latter years.

Who's on bass then?

I tried an original Volo out in Andertons. The plain finish was pretty basic but the rest was nice. Especially the ramp for me. Lovely bass for the money although didn't give me much more that my normal Fiver TBH. I thought the shorter scale would give it less tension like the Alembic Stanley I tried in the Bass Gallery but the Volo's 33" on the high 'C' didn't feel much different to the 35" 'G' on my Spitfire fiver, other than being up a forth in pitch.

Discontinued yes but replaced with slightly fancier version: https://www.ibanez.com/usa/products/detail/btb845v_01.html

Awesome musician and bass player... which, is the right order. 'Squonk' anyone... bass pedals then high register fills on the bass... not a million miles from Geddy's 'Xanadu' line or Chris Squire...

So I've been enjoying a few of the promo clips coming out but they're falling into the same patterns and riffs about how he got started on bass etc. I guess natural questions for non-musos. I want to see him interviewed by a bassist for a more insightful and perhaps nerdy shared understanding of the benefits and quirks of the instruments. Anyone seen such a clip yet?

Just you... Never mind her wider musical achievements, she's brought so much to bass players through the wonderful John Giblin and Eberhard Weber. Song could be 'December will be magic again' or 'Home for Christmas'. Both great seasonal tunes to my mind...

At that price - I'm in too! Apparently he played Jaco's bass of doom for the project...

Quite a bit of promo happening now... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIMmdOZlmrU Seems such a cool, nice guy! He's earned it!

Wow! A bass singularity! If you can't do it on that.... Bass for life.... You're playing it in for your Grand-children.... The bass Gandalf would play (made by Fodera Wood Elves).... I could go on.

Not so interested in the pics, more his prose? Wry? Witty? Factual? Less verbose than his drummer? What's it like? P.S. Presumably pages 2-400 are him ragging on his RIck?