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Short article on getting a good bass sound https://blog.presonus.com/index.php/2021/01/15/great-bass-sound-15-seconds/

You know what? Ignore everything I have said so far. I just listed the pedals I would genuinely use and did a quick price check on them all. Not allowing for pedal board, velcro, psu, power and audio cables, I would have to spend about £700. So maybe its not overpriced after all. After all, I have spent a similar amount as the Plethora costs on about 3 pedals before! Now, who wants to lend me £399?

Maybe saying it 'includes' the following, is just marketing. Gives the impression a rather flimsy list might be a lot longer. I still really like the idea. I like the whole toneprint thing, and I like the idea of it being laid out just like a real pedal board as distinct from the usual multi effects layout. I like that they update it for free which effectively gives you new pedals for nothing and that you can adjust on the fly. It's a bit like the way Zoom were going with the B3 pedals, but smaller, neater, programmable from a phone, and the pedals aren't attempts to replicate other effects, they are those effects. I actually don't care about the drives - I have a ton already! But a filter option is a must.

That's the bit that set me to wondering. What else is there? Specifically are there any filters. If not, then I agree, at the present time it's not worth it. £150 cheaper and it's a really neat addition to any pedal board. The other thing puts me off is if you use the effects loop (I think) you lose one of your effects as one of the footswitches seems to become dedicated to turning the loop on and off.

I can't seem to find a definitive list of the TC Electronic pedals available on the plethora. Everyone selling it has the pr blurb which says something along the lines of 'tons of effects, including...' which is irritatingly vague. All I can find on their website is a never ending list of tone prints which had me tying a noose in my dressing gown chord. Any ideas?

Let us know how you get on.

Oh, this thread still going? I thought it would have been rather neat if the mods closed it after the second post. Least controversial, least longwinded thread ever 🤣🤣🤣

So we need a Northern Irish or Channel Island based Basschatter to head up a syndicate. We all send him/her our orders they buy from Thomann and we organise our own couriers to collect from their gaff. I can't see any problems. Flawless proposition.

Barefaced Compact

That's a bit of all right that blue on isn't it.

I don't regret the BF cabs at all. Better dimensions than the MB for one thing and handle any and every thing I can throw at them. But the ny151s just had a certain character to the sound which I liked.

Well done Paul. People love to share bad news don't they? Good to read this.

Wish I'd not sold mine. Such a great, deep sound.

My favourite bit is about 50 seconds in when the other bassist, probably crying inside, hides his bass under his chair.

We cover This Is The Day in one of my bands. This is nice once it gets going. I could manage without the long wailing intro but it sounds like the Style Council when it actually starts. Which is a good thing!

I had two of these and I liked them very much.

Ta!

What is the incomparably brilliant Bruce Thomas playing here?

That's gorgeous!

Made with a hacked Zoom B1on. Began life as a simple pitch shift for when I'm working out basslines an octave up. Added the Dynamic Drive before the Bass Pitch to firm up the note, remove the warble. Then got to mucking about. Added a Mono Synth which loved the drive, they played together very nicely. I backed the octave-up down a bit into the mix added an A-Filter and about 4 1/2 tonnes of compression (160 Comp). It went from being Grit to Grit Robot, to Gritoctabot, before finally ending as a Groctwabot. Sadly Soundcloud couldn't cope with the name so shortened it. Stupid Soundcloud.

I did this with Tadeschi Trucks. Ticket for the London Palladium show and thought it might be 'a bit much'. Plonker.

Anything you need more specifically, just let me know.

8?? I thought it was two trail song albums, the stripey one and the Wongnotes one? I shall have to check that link out.

I think Cory has completed 4 albums, a chat show, endless YouTube videos - all of them good, during the lockdown!