dannybuoy

Let's just say I am very surprised! I had to pay a bill after all, so didn't work out much cheaper than buying over here. I've ordered many pedals from them in the past and got away with it! Should be arriving today.

But that's not cheap or easy to find used. EHX Small Stone is great as mentioned, although quite dark, the EHX Bad Stone and MXR Phase 90 are a tad brighter sounding.

Oh come one, with a user name like that, there's only one choice!

Here's one with one of the aforementioned pickups:

A lot of people put hot rail mini humbuckers in theirs for a beefier tone, and you can get cheap ones on eBay for about a tenner!

Nowadays, I think they are equivalent. The Classic Vibes used to be built in a different factory in China, now I think they're all built in the same factory as the VMs. In fact a quick search turned up hardly any VMs for sale, they must have been discontinued!

The USA Geddy Lee has a much thicker neck apparently, that might be more up your street, but obviously costs slightly more than the Squier!

I've been eyeing them up also, I'd like to compare one to the Geddy Lee!

It departed Heathrow yesterday, so could be a couple of days unless it gets stuck in customs...

Although GAK have one listed on eBay for £399! Perhaps they only have very limited stock and are taking a chance there's some big Steve Harris fans out there... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/372823662795

The £399 must surely be a mistake, if Guitar Guitar are listing them for £299.

Let's just say I'll be very surprised if there's any taxes to pay!

Cost me about £237 all in. Direct currency conversion was £227, but PayPal don't offer great conversion rates. Next time I'll shop around for alternative credit card options with better rates!

There you go Ashdown, you should bump your prices up and offer free shipping instead, it works for Barefaced!

Didn't realise this, all the previous Squiers I've seen have had 60s positioning. When I hear a 60s vs 70s Jazz on YouTube, etc, I always prefer the 60s. Although I would like to get to a shop one day and compare a Geddy Lee or other 70s style to the rest!

Another option - my preference is to use the Octabvre Mini for a solo'd sub sound, and an Octamizer for a blended octave. I love the Octabvre soloed, but it's quite midrangey and doesn't blend as well with a clean tone as the Octamizer does. The Aguilar goes a lot deeper, and with its filter controls (LPF on the sub and HPF on the clean) you can make adjust the two voices so that they blend nicely and don't step on each other's toes.

I'd personally put the FI earlier, just after the octave - like the octave, it's a signal generator that tracks your playing. It'd also be cool to be able to fuzz that up and filter it.

Just had a go on my Joyo American Sound again, and no noise major issues. I must have been thinking about the Orange Juice. Certainly a good contender for a budget version of the SH1, especially for the warmer Jamerson/Lynott settings. Can’t say much for sure until I get to compare them side by side though!

Have you tried the one from the legacy effects? That one's not bad, but still no Octamizer I agree!

They seem to be on the ball when it comes to real time stock levels, I don’t think you can add something to the cart they don’t have. Anyway, I’m convinced they have stock due to the fact that I have a tracking number! 🤤

The Joyo American Sound and Orange Juice both have a lot of hiss compared to the Tech21 products, which only exhibit noise when you crank the gain.

In stock here for anyone that can't wait for them to show up on these shores - they have a tendency to offer discounts when asked nicely via online chat also btw! https://www.prymaxe.com/products/tech-21-steve-harris-sh1-signature-sansamp

Have you had any of the other Tech21 pedals? I reckon the VT Bass would do a good job of that.

In that case, if you want to keep it simple, stick to lemons: One will provide you just shy of 0.9V. So 10 of those in series will give you 9V, then arrange enough of those in parallel to give you enough mA for the Stomp. This should do it:

You can still have one cable to the wall - just a standard USB charger. If you add a battery to your pedalboard, you can treat it like a laptop, i.e. leave it plugged in most of the time so you don't have to worry about the battery, but unplug whenever you need to be mobile! However, if you're looking to power a HX Stomp from a battery, you'd have to invest in a rather large one!