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I bought it on here from @hooky_lowdown about 3 years ago as I just wanted to try a shortie. I swapped the pickup to an Aguilar with a loom made by our own @KiOgon as the stock controls were really just on/off. It neck dived a bit so I swapped the tuners for Hipshot Ultralights. It’s a cheap bass but the basic quality and build is more than good enough to warrant spending on those swaps. I love it! I liked it so much I found another one for roundwounds. I thought the bridge string spacing would be a bit tight but I’ve discovered I much prefer it for everything other than slap, and I don’t do a lot of that.

Bit of Stevie Wonder, the arrangement from the film “Sing” Moises app to remove the original bass. Tone by Line 6 HX Stomp

That’s where I saw them too!

I was fortunate enough to see them live. Fantastic performance by all.

Ed Friedland famously has La Bella’s that are over 20 years old.

yes, although maybe the noble.

Mark Bass Vintage preamp has an excellent versatile tone right out of the box. Flat on the EQ and with the “old” option engaged and it sounds thick but defined, useful if many genres. I’m spending my afternoon trying to program my HX Stomp to match it!

That does look very cool!

They annoying bit is that my eldest is at uni doing aerospace engineering and as part of the Avionics bit she's spending a lot of time in their skills lab assembling / soldering circuits using traditional components to test things before using Surface Mount stuff. Over the last few years I have sent her 3 pedal kits that I reckon she could bang out in about 10 mins each and she hasn't done any of them! But when she asks for money apparently I'm supposed to respond within 30 seconds! Bloody kids!

If I knew how to solder without burning myself I'd be having a Basstortion clone already! In a sensible enclosure of course.

Tier 2 breach incoming. I have some recording to do on guitar and it needs fuzz. My collection of fuzz pedals is very small and is mostly cheap clones / inspired by stuff and I can't get them sounding how I need. So - Walrus Audio Eons 5 State Fuzz should be here on Saturday. I could pretend that I'd never use it on bass but I think we all know I'd at least give it a try, so it looks like I'm out. I lasted longer than I thought!

No recent posts on Twitter. Last one appears to be in March 2024.

ah damnit. RIP Sam.

If you can write tab then you can use an app that will then generate the notes on the stave for you. It will then also flag if anything written is incorrect for the key and time signature. It's not difficult anymore. And there are now at least a dozen AI based transcribing apps - they actually transcribe from the audio. I suppose it was just the natural evolution of spoken language computer dictation.

Yeah - I've got an old Digitech iStomp. It's currently set to nice boost pedal and I have no plans to change it - but I have no idea if the iOS app still works for it.

Korg already bought Darkglass so I think it would be them if that happened. But let's say you are right... why wouldn't the physical unit still work? It wouldn't get any more updates but it will probably still work just as it does now. It's not dependant on other things like Windows updates to continue to work exactly as it does now. My Macbook Air from 2013 still works too. It won't run the latest OS but it still runs the version of Excel I've got on it which is what I got it for in the first place. Battery life is still a lot better than a lot of current Windows laptops too. I got my POD XT when it was introduced in 2002/3 and still works. That's 22 years.

The Quad Cortex came out 5 years ago in 2020. They are still selling used at over £1000. Much better value retention than my smart phone!

The little blue Mooer is a perfect clone of the Boss CE-2. I have both. The Mooer also has a volume control so it’s actually more usable.

Yup, this is why the Joe Dart sig has a single 100k pot as it makes up for not having the load from a tone control.

And this one is passive as stock

Like this

This is a bit weird to me. "Obsolete" definition is being stretched a bit too far. I have a Line 6 Pod XT. It stopped getting updates donkeys ago. It still sounds as good today as it did when I bought it. This is not the same as a PC not being able to use a new version of anti-virus, or even a new program / app that has been designed for a newer operating system. My pedal is still working the same as it always did. It is not obsolete in the slightest. It's just old. There is a real difference.

Nordstrand have announced the end of the far east built Acinonyx basses. So if they go ahead with a 5 string it is likely to be a USA built one and will be a lot more expensive.

The Mark Bass Advanced SS "soft touch" strings are low tension and very flexible. Andertons have them at a bargain price at the moment.