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Lovely. Treat yourself to some Hipshot Ultralites and it will help with the neck dive. EDIT - I've just seen the back. Got pretty small tuners already. Ultralites probably won't help enough for the money.

Amazing pedal. it eats batteries like a bastard though. Can get through a 9v in A couple of hours if it’s on all the time. It needs proper power.

Play the pieces. Understanding them develops automatically with that.

I've had one from these guys: http://www.originalscratchplates.com/ It's great.

Yup. But there's also no doubt they could reduce prices by 50% if they were building them in Iowa rather than paying New York rent levels. Vinny said as much in an interview in Bass Player several years ago.

I imagine the sock placement is partly to do with easy of sitting position. A side mounted jack can get in the way.

Big Wreck's first album.

A good compressor. At the moment it would be a Cali76 Compact Bass, but that could change. I would have picked the dUg pedal if the compressor could have been on without the rest of the pedal being activated. The compressor in it is nowhere near the Cali, but it would have been more versatile overall.

Barefaced Two10.

Where’s the “I don’t use compression but I’m aware the PA / sound guys adds some” option.

I had the comfort strap and upgraded to the Neotech Mega bass strap. Very wide, very comfy. I’ve got them on all my basses now.

Empty. So stick a regular cab in it and then explain about what the IR should be in the description.

One of my favourites by Eric Arko, an Iron Maiden patch that doesn't use any amps. Or cabs! https://uk.line6.com/customtone/tone/3647441/

I've set up a thread for the Patch Library

As discussed in the other Helix thread, this is just for posting links to patches for the Helix or the HX unit. The official Custom Tone page doesn't let us search by instrument, which is a bit annoying, and searching using the word "Bass" doesn't help as many descriptions use parameter names. So to get round it we need an easy search system. How it works: 1: You create a cool sounding patch on your Helix or HX. 2: You give the patch a name that starts "BASSCHAT____________________" (You don't have to keep that name on your Helix, it's just for the upload, then change it on your machine). 3: You upload it to the Line 6 Customtone library here: https://uk.line6.com/customtone/browse/helix/ 4: In the description box you also start it with BASSCHAT to give a better chance of it showing up in searches 5: When it's uploaded you post the link here. 6: We can then find it by a link on here, or directly on the L6 page. That's it! You can also link to other good patches made by others, so we've all got a chance to try them out. I suggest we only have links to the official L6 Custom Tone to avoid getting riddled with nasty infections. I'm at home so I can't upload any right now but I will over the weekend. get stuck in! @dood @CameronJ @Muppet @Musashimonkey @intime-nick @LewisK1975 @dannybuoy

Chad must be boiling his fosters right now. ha ha hahahahahaha!

We could have a thread where we link to our patches on Customtone. And we could Name them with "Basschat" as part of the title to make them easier to find when searching on the L6 site too.

This. Especially if the comp is at the beginning of the chain. Mark the pedal with some tape. I'm not a fan of turning the bass volume down all the time as on a passive bass the EQ curve is changed and you lose top end.

Nope. Have to search.

https://uk.line6.com/customtone/browse/helix/

Yup. The official Line 6 Customtone website. Upload your tones there.

Me too. check his ABBA versions too. The harmonies work really well.

How bad are the reflections over the Helix screen area?