stewblack

sorry, here you go

So I bought one of those fancy brief case pedal board thingies. I have been left with many questions. The bottom half has little rubber feet at the corners indicating it should be the half in which the pedals sit. If this is so then given the bottom is deeper than the top the pedals sit too low to use. Also the handle and clasps are then vulnerable to being trodden on. If the pedals go in the lid, no rubber feet and you have to open the case upside down. There is a strip of furry velcro stuck in the lid. This runs the width of the lid and has scratchy velcro attached to it. I don't know what this is for. The block of foam supplied with the board would raise the pedals to a usable height but is far too squishy so can't be for that. With the pedals in the lid and the foam in the base the unit won't close. Yours, bewildered Stew. 🤔

Oh and actually Behringer pedals are great. If they were in tin boxes and double the price people might rate them more highly.

Joyo dyna comp is OK and reasonably priced. I learned to use compression by playing with the various options on my Zoom B1on. Found it helpful to record myself playing and watch the metering on screen to 'see' what I might not hear. Also there are simple compression models on there and others with multiple options which helped me understand what all the different thingummy bobs do. I didn't honestly 'get' compression until I first learned how to use it and secondly used it in a band setting. That's where it wins. Suddenly I'm more audible and not being moaned at for being too loud. Suddenly I hear myself better on stage. Suddenly my bass is attracting fewer adverse adjectives like boomy, muddy and painful. One day scientists may prove that compression actually doesn't exist and we've all been kidding ourselves, but so what? If it is a mass hallucination it makes me and my band mates happy and that's what matters to me.

That's really kind, thank you.

Aaaaaargh, get thee behind me Satan

OK thank you, I'm not really up on this side of things, appreciate the heads up

how would I know if I have a nitro finish and what is the problem with the stand?

Yes, or at least it will be when I get it back from the menders ☹️ but these are getting GAS igniting reviews and the svt is so heavy and and and, oh God you're right. I don't need any more gear.

Please let me know how you get on.

Other than that the season going well so far?

Yep I read through them all. Wondering how the two heads compare, how much the HB will cost chances of finding one second hand if new prices are too high, that kind of thing

Guys thinking of maybe replacing my SVT, like me it has weight issues. Intrigued by these amps. Thoughts?

You weren't moaning at all just understandably upset. But a happy ending, good for you.

I have a new octave pedal making its way to me. I'll let you know how it performs when it arrives. Hopefully on Sunday.

I never knew it could be so much fun

They're good stands, I have one, but no case...

Slightly more conventional, a work in progress, for when I'm biamping, some effects sent to the 'treble' amp and some to the 'bass' amp, some to both. Time to make patch cables

Still need to do the lid, it's in the R&D stage right now. Here is the board/case. The beauty of this material, apart from it being beautiful in and of itself, is its lightweight construction, very easy to work with, relatively inexpensive, and extremely simple to repair. As time goes by and with each additional strip of tape it becomes not only more robust but also increasingly resistant to rain and spillages. Enough if the sales pitch, here you go

My amp tech just messaged to tell me how great Ashdown have been as he wrestles with my CTM100. So yeah, I endorse them happily.

I actually use the ratchet straps. Keeps all together on my dolly for a speedy exit.

verb (used without object), ped·aled, ped·al·ing or (especially British) ped·alled, ped·al·ling. 1 to work or use the pedals, as in playing an organ or propelling a bicycle. 2 to spend the entire day farking about with effects instead of learning the Christmas songs you need for the weekend.

This is what Basschat is all about. Come on who's next? Surrey to Wiltshire maybe?

I began using Ashdown based purely on comments like those of the op. Legendary service to customers.