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Anyone bought one recently? Thomann just pushed back delivery again of my 12th October order, to end December.

Yes @Al Krow a couple of bass pros I follow use synth bass and it would be handy for ultra-funky lines (eg Stevie Wonder, Soulive) for the attack and very short notes. I'm right handed and would use my right, so a short KB would be fine and would be fun. As others have mentioned already the extra gear is off-putting and definitely not necessary for the dep gigs I do, which the MXR Bass Synth pedal should be more than enough for. As it is my compact pedal board will need reorganising which I didn't plan on doing, but want to get two signal chains combined (synth & non synth) so will have to get a new board anyway. Need to adapt my playing to get the best out of the pedal, which will be a challenge, but hopefully won't take long.

The sellers are having unexpected problems getting hold of these and sorting out who gets them. I ordered one on the 12th Oct with Thomann (exp 3-4 weeks), then two weeks later I checked and it said (exp 1-2 wks) which was on track. Last week it jumped to (exp 8-9 wks). I called them up and was told they have a longer list of people who've ordered them, than what they are getting in. Some will get there's sooner, maybe me too. It seems they've not got their automation sorted, given that they have all the data - and a friendly phone call might be just the thing to ensure that you don't get bumped down the queue, by any carelessness. Still I'm looking forward immensely to getting to grips with the pedal and using it on dep gigs especially. Like others, have considered a bass synth keyboard but my regular bands don't think we need one yet.

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I ended up going the splitter/mixer pedal route and just ordered one of these... Thanks for the tips. I'll be keeping a watch out for phasing anomalies.

True enough, to sound even more natural maybe it might be good to have randomised delay which changes aperiodically (when the changes in delays occur) and variably (how much the delay changes) within set parameters - is there such a pedal?

My wireless bass receiver (GigA Pro Pedal Set) actually has 4 separate outs: A, B, C(tuner), DI. And is programmable for multiple options activated by the stomp button (A, B, C, A+B, A+C, A+B+C, etc - the DI is always on). I run A to Amp+FOH, B to IEMs, but thinking of optimising the use so that DI (Pre) guess to IEMs and A, B go to separate chains, then either combining further down the line into the same mono out for all amps, or as you suggest to different amps. Won't two different signal chains sound like two different basses, just as if there were two bases, each using one of the signal chains playing in prefect unison? Thanks for mentioning the issues when recombining, I hadn't thought about that. Over on the other forum, biamped was also suggested and gear examples. Hadn't thought of using the effects loop return without the send, cool idea! I'll experiment with that. Not a bad idea at all, full volume control of the mix too.

@itu is it likely most bassplayers have a single, linear chain of pedals so that every pedal processes the previously processed signal? In many cases this is desired, eg to create a synth base effect with IN>Oct>Fuzz>Chorus>OUT. But surely also interesting sonically to layer effects on top of each other, rather than piped through each other. I wonder who is doing this out of the BCers here and what works for them.

I've got just the 2 pedals, a Zoom B3 and a Valeton GP-5 and each have a single mono input. I'm now looking at an ABY like the Sonicake Buffer to do the job.

They'd be combined into one mono signal for my amp and FOH, though likely not for the IEMs. If it's not clear the idea is to experiment with a single bass to sound like two basses, where each bass gets a different sound from effects etc.

My wireless bass received has two 1/4" TS outputs and I'm thinking of running them each through separate signal paths, then recombining them post-processing into a single mono signal, to emulate two separate basses playing in unison, perfectly or imperfectly. E.g. "Walk on the Wild Side", "I Want You Back", "Black Dog". I read that a y-splitter cable would need resistors to prevent the mono signals backfeeding each other. What equipment would be needed? Is a box doing this already? Can an AB pedal combine?

Does anyone know about renting pedals in the UK? From shops or BCers? 😉 For example, I'd really like to try out an MXR Bass Synth before ordering one. Reference: https://www.guitarpedalx.com/news/gpx-blog/mxr-collaborates-with-ian-martin-allison-on-the-perfect-bassline-bass-synth-pedal-which-yes-has-a-6-string-guitar-tracking-mode-too

How are folks finding the MXR Synth Bass pedal? Guessing by the constant state of sold-outness in the UK and Thomann there must be quite a few BCers with them. On Marketplace there were 5 already sold and I'm wondering if that's a usual amount for a very popular bass pedal. Looking to get a 2nd hand one or wait til the new ones become more available.

Cali76 (those above are on my wishlist) Great idea. So few musics shops nowadays where you can test these pedals out