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    all PM's replied
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    Yes, (domestic) postage included
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    It emulates the tape saturation style overdrive. Three individually switchable clipping diodes giving you a nice range of sounds, plus the usual gain/volume. It can get pretty dirty, but I think where it excels is in the lowish gain type of sounds. Great condition, light home use only.
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    Light home use only, great condition.
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    Super adjustable compressor, with a pretty cool tape saturation style control (no effect when set to minimum) and a very good 9-led monitor. I found myself with a collection of compressors and it's a bit much So I'm trying to rationalise my collection especially as I'm trying to move to multiFX given my current gig situation (too many different bands with different requirements). Great condition.
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    Really nice compressor, what else can I say? Great condition, only used at home.
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    Custom pedal built by SFX It is housed in a standard pedal size enclosure and combines a Thumpinator (fixed HPF at 30Hz) and a variable LPF. The variable LPF has 2 selectable ranges (mini-switch on the side): 145 - 1600 Hz or 45 - 500 Hz The LPF goes lower than any other LPF units I've found, which is nice for those dubby moments in addition to the more common LPF uses.
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    I had been using a white pickguard and I was reverting back to the original black... but when I was cleaning it I thought "hmm, this is not bad either", and I actually liked the extra space under the strings.
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    Liking the pickguardless look...
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    No, it's not meaningless, it gives a glimmer of hope to those considering using one with some additional digital devices, but it's a very subjective judgement. That's why being able to measure it, as @BigRedX suggests, would be an even better bit of data to add, that's all.
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    ... and sold
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    Thank you, it would have tempted me but I got the Soundblox2 Multiwave Bass Distortion a few weeks ago and it seems to be doing what I needed (very simple needs ) That doesn't mean it doesn't tempt me, it does, a lot but it's not teh right time for me. Thank you for the heads up, 'though!
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    hmm, 0kay
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    DiMarzio weren't the only ones. I don't think this is it. Schaller was also very common, and these look more like the Schallers I've seen but I'm not sure these are it either. Hmmm.
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    I think the muting referred to here means muting other strings not being used. These pedals tend to get 'confused' otherwise. Here muting = playing cleanly, just the intended notes and avoiding any other noises.
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    Parametric EQ, range 30 Hz to 8 KHz Manual PDF
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    Booster pedal with 2-band EQ and gain control that works quite well for those low gain type of overdrive sounds, but it can also get pretty dirty. this gives you an idea:
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    Nice smooth overdrive, especially good on bass for low gain type of overdrive.
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    Yes, it's got the B word on it. No, not that one, I mean Behringer Despite everything, they do make a few good bits of equipment, mixers come to mind, and this thing here, the V-Amp 2. It's a very easy to use amplifier/cab modeller, with a few added effects. I always liked the user interface on this. I hate having to search through menus to change this or that. Here everything is visible right n the unit. Each knob is surrounded by leds, so when you change parameters/presets the position of the knobs is automatically updated, which I find very useful. It's designed with the amplifier models clearly directed at guitarists, so there's no easy way to emulate an SVT, for example, but it works pretty well for bass as well. I like it using the 'clean v-amp' and 'crunch v-amp' in particular, but the 'tube preamp' is also quite good (I don't mean the tube emulation is amazing, just that I like what it does to the bass sound). No USB or anything like that, but you get: 1 input 1 aux input with dedicated volume control 1 headphone out 1 stereo Line out set (2 TS, use left one for mono) and MIDI in/out if you want to control it that way. The unit allows you to set the cab simulation to the stereo headphone out but not to the line out, for example, and other combinations, so that in can be used with a typical amplifier, or with a full-range system (monitors, PA...), or a mix of both. The effects are simple but effective. Select the effect desired with the rotary wheel (some are combinations, like chorus + delay, or chorus + compression, etc. Then adjust the effect (2 parameters via the 'effects' knob), and done. Reverb has its own dedicated control. I have used it a lot over the years but it's in great condition, cosmetic and otherwise. It comes with the power supply, case and footswitch. Oh, and I replaced the internal battery last summer, so no surprises anytime soon, it'll last many years. It's a simple CR2032 battery like the one on computer motherboards, easy to replace but you need to open the unit for that so it takes 5 minutes: 10 seconds to replace the battery and 4'50'' to undo all the screws and back again There was no mention of an internal battery on the manual when I bought it, so there were a few worrying reports of failures a few years after they came out... but a little battery is all that was needed. The manual can be found online at Behringer's site, but I also have a hard copy that I will include.
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    Digitech JamMan Solo, the single pedal size one, plus Digitech FS3X 3-button footswitch for extra functionality. It also has a useful Aux input. It takes an SD-HC card for storage of loops. Power supply not included. Looper has only been used at home and not a whole lot, and footswitch was never used... so both in great condition. One of those things that felt useful for the band I was in at the time, which never got used in the end... Here's a basic review of this pedal that goes through its functions: https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/guitars/digitech-jamman-solo-251620
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    Cab simulation pedal (30 cab models) with additional microphone sim (11 models) and power amp (4 models) simulation, individually switchable, and a separate EQ section. It's IR-based, and it can load custom IRs. 36 user presets. It can be connected to a computer (Win/Mac) and managed using the free Radar software from Mooer, although the unit is simple enough to use as it is. I never bothered with the software beyond checking it out when I first got it. It also has a pretty cool EQ section: 4-band parametric EQ, graphic EQ and adjustable LPF and HPF. More info: http://www.mooeraudio.com/product/Radar-51.html Great condition, only used at home. Comes with box and power supply.
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    I know this is often a standard response but I really mean it: go out and try as many as you can. This is just my personal journey, so it may not the same for you, but I had a bunch of 5 string basses over the years. On and off. Never really gelling with any. From a cheap Crafter something or another to Lakland. It wasn't until I had a particular instrument that 5-strings 'made sense' to me. It's a combination of how that bass felt, the neck profile, the sound. While on 4 strings I have a pretty good idea of what my preferences are, I really didn't know for 5-strings. Once I had that particular bass I found myself really enjoying it, and that was key because I felt I needed a certain period of playing (near) exclusively the 5-string, just getting used to the dimensions, where the notes are etc. Not long, it was probably just over a month before I started feeling comfortable enough to gig with it, and only a bit longer until I was just happy with whatever. Now I swap around, no issues. I like the 4 for some things and the 5s for others. I say '5s' because inevitably finding a 5 string bass that I really liked led to getting another two or three but that's just me The instrument that made me 'get' 5 string basses was... a Harley Benton MB-5 SBK, the 'stealth black' one. Super cheap, and needed some attention to the fretwork and nut, but it had a few things going for it: Being primarily a Stingray player, the 'Stingrayesque' design felt very much at home. It's a passive bass, but the pickup is at the right location and it's got that punch I love. It was also pretty light. I would have never thought that this bass would be the one that opened the door for me. Hence my: try everything you can, until you find one that feels 'right'. The transition from 4 to 5 can be a bit confusing at times, but having the right instrument for you will make the process a lot easier. edit: I don't mean the Harley Benton is my recommendation or that a cheap one will do. Just mentioning it because while it was not the greatest instrument, it seemed to have the right 'physical attributes' for me, and it allowed me to be comfortable with 5-string basses in general. Now I have other better ones, and now I understand my preferences for 5 strings.
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    edit: best ignored
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    reduced to £65, postage included (UK)
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