Kev

I’m sure UPS are?

Well this is it, surely the store can’t include VAT in the selling price, and then be invoiced the VAT at customs?? That’s what I don’t understand, surely it should be either ex vat, or inc vat and they pay importation costs through their contract with UPS? I’ve asked them but no response yet, but right answer can’t be VAT is paid twice by the consumer. Context on this is they have stock of something I want that UK dealers aren’t expecting a shipment of until next month, hence the dilemma about to whether to order or not.

Apologies if covered, but Musik Productiv still list all the prices inc VAT, and a header on their website seems to suggest that UPS handle customs clearance, implying that effectively other than paperworks and slower shipping, nothing has really changed. Is this true?

Got a nice couple of shots in good light this morning, grain on this bass is unreal... 😁 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJbN_bBMB05/?igshid=1fpjx9s23j4nv

Ah okay. The famous e-cheque... Apologies for stating the obvious but let it serve as reminder to all, please don’t use PayPal Gift or BACs unless you know and wholly trust the person you’re dealing with. If they insist on it, run a mile. Offer to pay the 4% PayPal fee to cover yourself, it’s worth it and the seller has no justifiable reason to say no to that, unless they don’t want you to have that protection.

How does a PayPal refund even fail, out of interest? Lack of funds in the account? I always thought PayPal protected the buyer, or have these been gift payments made to him?

Best: without doubt my Masterbuilt Warwick Thumb NT. Most expensive bass I’ve bought in years but it’s a masterpiece of an instrument and worth every penny. Worst? Well it was a very quiet year for new purchases really, so wouldn’t really be fair to give the worst title to anything.

Worth bearing in mind that 500ma will be an over estimate based on the pedal being pushed to the Max (all lights on, used as an interface etc). In normal use, I doubt you’ll need that much juice.

Don’t worry, provided that no one takes things too far with their comments, this thread isn’t going anywhere.

I am sure no one means him any true harm, I’m sure everyone just wants to make sure that as many people as possible know what he has done, and help those who he has taken money from, which is a number sadly increasing all the time it seems. Try not to be personal, folks, the facts are damning enough 👍🏻

Without question. How ridiculous!

why would he be refunding you if he has proof of postage?

Oh, and it’s good to see that the distortion can be turned off, as opposed to blended out, so you can in fact have IR on clean, just not on the multiband compression side. Odd that Nolly didn’t mention that in his walkthrough, but I guess he’s pushing his idea that you don’t need one.

I think this unit has so much potential. The three demos so far have been sufficiently different from one another to get me really excited about what can be coaxed out of it. Nathan is probably my fave demoer on YT, he really knows how to give people a feel for what he reviews.

I wouldn't worry too much about his idle legal threats. Unless you've lied to the good people of Basschat, you've been nothing but factual so not sure where he thinks he can go with it. I do recognise this daughter posting things story from another recent Facebook sale story, although I was actually on his side as I recall in an argument that broke out! I think the buyer posted about him being a conman as he hadn't received the item, but it was less than a week after buying it, which seemed in isolation a bit OTT, and the seller had provided them with a tracking number that showed he had just posted it a few days later than he said. Don't remember seeing the outcome, but I'm now wondering if it is the same guy posting stuff to himself?

You can get a decent TV too. But if you don't need a new TV, probably isn't relevant? 😂

It isn’t so much the block appearance that is helix-esque that’s really nice (it’s common sense really) but just how it all seems to work seemlessley with that touch screen display. All seems really intuitive. The helix isn’t really a comparison is it? I didn’t think the helix could capture amps/pedals?

Coming from someone who has no experience with Helix/Fractal/Kemper, this thing is mind blowing. Just seeing that preset put together from scratch, it seems brilliant. I imagine it’s not quite as mind blowing for those who are used to these types of units, but the form factor and sleek UI of this seem to be absolute winners, before even taking into account its capture tool, which seems to be indistinguishable from the real thing in the guitar demos I’ve seen. We just need a bass demo!

I'm sure he wouldn't be that tacky.

By all means, I'll have a listen . I would add that Darkglass are fairly brilliant for customer service, so if it turns out there is an issue and you let them know, no doubt they'll sort it right out, particularly if it is that old issue with the Low side I'm remembering.

That's really interesting, as my experience is quite the opposite! Unless I'm just the mate who's convinced himself its going to happen?

I'd suggest something may be wrong. With the High turned all the way down, the signal should be crystal clear low end, there shouldn't be anything else at all. The only way mine would introduce anything else in the signal would be if I was clipping the preamp if boosting it too much. I do remember them having a noise issue with a small batch of early pedals, wonder if yous is one of them?

Can you elaborate the fuzz on the low end when the bass goes above 5, particularly in relation to the X7, given the control over the low end saturation you have on that pedal can keep things clean well into the mids, must be 500hz or so? The lows should be entirely free of any fuzz or distortion below this filter. It's not something I have picked up on?

Wal thing by a mile, the BSSM tone is probably one of my favourite studio bass tones. Just awesome. His tone for me just sound "modern" on all records since, nothing else really stands out as such.