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Nice to see a B3 in operation! For size reasons I'm trialling a GP-5 but I do miss the option with my B3 of setting up 3 effects in a patch (compressor, chorus, octave) and switching between them or in combo very easily. Great pics! I need to raise my game! 🤪

Wow, I just had a look through some of your previous posts @ChrisDev and your website of transcriptions and learning material. Astonishingly good! You have provided a wonderful free resource with such dedication over the years - its stunning. I made a small donation today. And boy do you deserve donations and patrons. I'll be coming back and having a look at some of the songs for help and inspiration or just for fun. Whereabouts do you live in Belgium? I worked in Mons 2014-17 and played in a rock band for fun there.

Think it's my first post of a gig, so here goes! Overview: I was asked to dep Friday afternoon for 2 gigs at the weekend, by a band a mate is in, but I'd never rehearsed with them. 30+ songs in the set, most were familiar too me as a listener, but I'd not played 80% of them before. Charts of a sort** were provided as PDFs. Tablets fine on stage. I'm not a fluent notation reader. Many non-original keys and arrangements. Cue, intensive learning over 24 hours. It was a very challenging couple of gigs, lots of things that could go wrong, did go wrong with songs, gear, tech, etc. Learnt again to hang in there, trust my ears, play for the band and get through it. Overall a great experience. VID20250824205002.mp4 Venue: A big bar in Skegness Band: an 8-piece Soul & Motown covers band Structure: 2 Sets of 15 songs each, plus encores. 9pm start. Pay: not enough 🤣 Gear: 5-string Jazz (Lakland Skyline JO5) wireless to my pedalboard, out to my amp (Ampeg BA-210v2) and DI to the band mixer for IEMs. ** Mostly lyrics with chords, tab or notation snippets of key riffs, a few songs only with full notation, some without any, some with a fingered key (say A), but drop Eb, so output key is really Ab so necessary to transpose on the fly, silent parts not consistently shown, key changes, etc..

That board has an aesthetically pleasing look. Nicely laid out. How do you find the MXR compressor? I'm thinking about getting a dedicated one (I'm not finding the ones on multi-pedal usable).

There's such examples posted on this GP-5 FB group, inc mine. It's good to have both 5V USB and 9V nozzle power options on the GP-5 https://www.facebook.com/groups/2661648260701246/?ref=share

Had my first real test with the GP-5 over the weekend, back to back gigs with a solid, well organised soul band (GP-5 on my board at the end). I used just one effect all night, the "finger bass" (that had felt right for this band in my testing) and got compliments from the guys on my tone (more than for my playing 😂) so happy days with the GP-5 so far.... VID20250824205002.mp4 It's so convenient and versatile, today I popped it off the board with 5V, bass and headphones wired in for some song learning...Insert existing attachment

Depped for a soul band at the weekend and got complimented on the tone (stock "finger bass" setting on the GP-5 to an Ampeg BA-210v2 and PRE from the Giga Set into the digital IEM band mixer) and a nice discussion of the board with the guitarist. A totally unnecessary diagram, because it was fun to do (used Google Drawings) 🙃

A double-decker pedalboard! Version 2. My inexpensive IEM system packed up so got a refund and swapped out for a better one**. V1 was heading in that direction, but now I've got to fit a 1/2 rack-sized IEM system, it's increased the doubleheightedness(😬) to near maximal levels. Functional * wireless bass receiver (2.4GHz) * always-on tuner * multi-pedal * DI box * IEM transmitter (863-5 MHz) * battery (5V, 9V, 12V) * IEM headphone mixer amp Gear Same as my previous post with the "t.bone IEM 75" (replacing the M-Wave WP-12). This is the entry level option in their range, around 10 years old with great reviews on Thomann, perfect for the pub gigs I do. Was £60 + postage on Reverb in nearly new condition. I'd really like a Mi-Pro 58 but that's outside my current budget.

I hope my bandmate's WP-12 lasts years. I'm not getting another one though. I've just bought a t.bone IEM 75 for £65 used and will get that onto my pedalboard.

Unusually for AliExpress they wanted the unit returned, but made an instant refund as a credit (my choice) as soon as I did today. They have me a QR code for Royal Mail and noticed when they printed the label that it is going to an address in Hounslow - so looks like they may have some kind of generic returns department in the UK.

Like you, in the band where we use IEMs there are 4 if us. The singer wanted her own set, once she saw mine, but I thought there could be problems, as the new receivers might pick up my transmitter instead (or interference for everyone) but that turned out not to be the case. We used both pairs of transmitters independently without problems. Specifically to answer your question check the M-Wave product website for functionality for extra receivers. Bear in mind each transmitter will pump out the same common, stereo mix. We are still using our analogue 8x mono (2 of them can be stereo) input splitter and mixer, with the stereo out into a headphone amp with 4 outs with independent volumes for our IEMs.

Yesterday my WP-12 packed up. It's had just over a month of use, perhaps a 3-4 hours every few days. Not impressed. Will submit for a refund in the morning. The unit can be charged but does not turn on. No green light, no audio to the receivers, no red light return charging. I noticed that it had lost all its charge and was warm to the touch.

I've watched a few of those SBL videos too Luke, I was trying to get good synth sounds with my B3, now I also have a GP-5. Maybe you're right, but it's more a resource for those that have found tones that work for them in a particular style (with chains of effects or maybe a NAM file etc) can share them, rather than a discussion. For example... https://www.tone3000.com/tones/noble-28182 is a forum for sharing NAM tones, rather than discussing the ins and outs of them.

Thanks! The headphone amp (MA400) is to provide my Pre bass signal to my IEMs, which I use wirelessly now. With bands that have an IEM mixer I get a stereo band feed (Inc bass) back into the TRS input into the MA400, adjust the volume level then mix in as much of my bass as desired into my IEMs. To recap: I send Pre to the band IEM mixer, get mixed Pre back, add extra DI'd Pre to my IEMs, send Post to my stage amp and to FOH. This is the signal path...