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I have a real weighty aluminium bass vi/ baritone that suffers from neck dive with a normal strap. I bought a Mono Betty strap and it’s completely cured the neck dive and has made the guitar comfortable to play for long rehearsals. I can’t say it’ll sort your problem out for sure but I was really surprised at the difference it made for me. I went for the short strap. 

36 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

That EGC Bass Vi looks lovely!

 

If you don't mind me asking what is the string spacing at the nut and bridge?

 

Also how are you getting on with the pickups in the "guitar" positions rather than the "bass" ones?

Ah thank you! 
tue nut width is 45mm and the spacing between the low E and A is 6mm and between the B and e is closer to 7mm. My ruler at hand doesn’t have smaller increments! 
 

At the bridge the spacing  between low E and A is 8mm and just above 10mm between B and e. I find it really comfortable. 
 

The pickup positions sounds great! The bridge is really bitey and aggressive without being brittle and the neck is full and nasty without being woolly. I tend to favour the bridge pickup with some low end added in from an EQ pedal that I sometimes disengage to emulate the strangle switch from a fender style VI. 
The clean sounds are really clear and chimey and piano like with both pickups selected. It’s a unique sounding beast!

I love Bass Vi instruments! 

Here’s my Electrical Guitar Company Standard 30” scale Baritone/bass VI tuned to E standard with high gain single coils. It’s an incredible instrument! I use it in a 2 piece bass and drum project mainly but I’d love to use it as my main bass in a more conventional line up! 
I use Newtone Axion strings with a custom length.

I also have a Squier VI with a staytrem bridge and aluminium scratch plate. It’s the bass that made me fall in love with vi’s! 

Nothing against signature instruments if it feels like the right one but I wouldn’t buy one just for the name on the headstock. 
I’ve only owned one.. a MIJ Marcus Miller jazz about 16 years ago. Sounded great but played like a dog! 

Not all Big Muffs are the same and the Bass Big Muff is definitely not my favourite but it’s useable. I prefer the green Russian Big Muff but my personal favourite is the Grey Stache from Fuzzrocious as i can boost the mids. I have one with 2 gain stages which is really useful! 

8 hours ago, BigRedX said:

As some who plays Bass VIs only in one of my bands I'm very interested. What neck width have you gone for?

I believe it’ll be a similar width to the Bass VI width which I really like but probably too narrow for you.

Hopefully I will have it soon so I can give exact measurements.  

I’m waiting on an EGC 30” scale bass VI style baritone. 
I’ll post pics and opinions when I get it! 

Pic taken earlier this week at band practise. Orange bass terror 500 into 2 Barefaced Super Compact cabs. Sounds huge! 

2 hours ago, Urban Bassman said:

I'm about to pull the trigger on a Super Twin myself...is three week delivery relalistic?

I ordered mine right at the end of September so it seems it’s more like a month lead time.

My second Super Compact has just been shipped today! Can’t wait to wait try out the pair of SC’s at my next band practice! 

Possibly Spain by Chick Corea.
The toughest part was getting the correct phrasing in the unison line and playing a convincing samba line in the choruses.

Great fun to play!

Here's my small but powerful setup. (Shocking photo- sorry!)
Orange Bass Terror into a Barefaced SuperCompact cab. Sounds great and really loud for the size. May add a second cab in the future but the main aim of this setup is portability.

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I love seeing 66s on boards!! I always feel like a proud half-parent

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It really is a great pedal! Most important pedal I own! Thanks for helping birth the 66!

Here's my board. It's pretty small but does the job! Would possibly like to change the korg tuner to something smaller like a polytune mini but the korg has been on my board for 12 years now so I'm a bit attached. I also want to change the big muff for something rat based. Other than that I'm pretty happy with my board.

The COG is a knightfall 66 with custom simpsons artwork. I love it!

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Latest setup. Pretty simple, three different flavours of dirt with a disaster transport for volume swells with the muff


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This is an awesome little board!
I'm in the process of choosing a rat type pedal and I think I may go for the cog tk421x . Although the new mxr distortion looks cool but I do like cogs!

Tc electronics hof is a great pedal. I don't have one myself as I don't use reverb but my guitarist has one and Ive tried it.. It sounds great and convinced me to go for the corona chorus due to build quality and the toneprint stuff.. Reasonably priced as well. Also love the footswitches tc use. Absolutely silent!

I read that Justin Meldal-Johnsen uses a sansamp gt2 over the bass versions as he believes it's tonally superior.

I love his playing and his sound!

I've had my knightfall 66 ( with custom Simpsons artwork) a week now. I've had 2 rehearsals with it and its a game changer!
I use a jazz bass with pro steels and play with a lot of attack,
With the first channel (mosfet at the moment) set at low gain it gives me the most perfect cutting tone with character and depth
Then I have the second channel with the gain cranked (silicon- at the moment) . The best part is the way the second channel is so useable with the first channel- no change in tone just a heavier grindier version of the first channel. So useable in a band situation !
It also sounds great with other drive pedals after it even my ehx bass big muff which I didn't care for before!
It's a keeper!

I can't enjoy my sound unless I'm cutting through and serving the band otherwise I feel my tone is useless!

I've just ordered a supercompact cab , can't wait!

Anyway here's the big stuff I'd like to see!

A 2x15 tolexed cab- retro style
A 4x12 made slimmer but taller, staggered speakers.
A retro cab with 2x10s and a 1x15

great clips! Especially like the high gain knightfall and the tk-421-x clips.
I've had my knightfall 66 less than a week and had my first rehearsal with it tonight.. It sounded so great!

Micro pog is great for the octave up but weak on the octave low.. I feel a decent octave sound is hard to find and worth spending a bit of money on. I love boss oc2 pedals but get much more joy from my mxr bass deluxe octave in a live situation. The mxr is on the pedal board but I will never sell the boss!

I've been in bands where I don't pedals and I've been in bands where I do. I currently run a fairly modest pedalboard with octave, drive (x2) and chorus but only because this current project really suits these sounds. Actually in my current band the drive pedals and octave are integral and the chorus is the only luxury pedal really.

I am happy using no pedals in other projects, it just totally depends on the gig

Absolutely love all the COG pedals in this thread. I have a knightfall 66 with custom artwork currently being built my Tom. I can't wait to get it! He's been so helpful and sends me progress shots which is great!

I see a grand Tarkin being purchased in the near future as well!

Hi mattyb,
Does this come with a soft case or is it just the pedal board?
thanks
Nick