dannybuoy

That’s right.

Bass into the input, pedal into loop A or B, pedal set to A+B mix mode. The unused loop turns into a clean unaffected channel as if you had plugged a patch cable between the send and return. There’s also a Mosquite blender in the classifieds. One loop and a simple blend knob, less to worry about and the handy addition of a phase switch (without one, some pedals will cancel the signal out when mixed with clean with an LS-2).

Two important questions to get out of the way. Is it just for home use or does it need to be loud enough to play with a drummer? Do you need it to have on board effects or overdrive?

Used P34 anyone? http://bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Yamaha_BBP_34_Blue.html

Had to reread that, thought you were saying the Le Bass could fit in a trouser pocket so was wondering if your name was MC Hammer. No way I’m wearing two sets of headphones thanks. I pump mine into a PJB Bighead for aux in duties, I don’t mind so much as every other headphone amp I’ve used is either hissy and/or doesn’t have enough volume or clean headroom. My B3n has an aux in, but I don’t use it as it sounds so much better via the PJB!

Depends what you want. The Duality has a very unique and interesting texture, it reacts differently depending how you play and sounds very ‘organic’. The EHX Green Russian is a bit more drab by comparison, but it’s a brute! It has more of a mid scoop so it’s difficult to hear it as a fuzz effect in a busy mix, but there’s no denying when it’s turned on, it adds so much low end and sustain that it just lifts everything up, so I treat it as more of a boost pedal. If I stomp on it, people don’t hear I’m using fuzz per se, but that extra low end sucks the air out of the room and all they hear is that the whole overall sound just got a lot heavier.

This. It’s pretty flat sounding with the EQ knobs off, so it’s only scooped if you make it so!

There’s a big difference, a tribute band don’t write their own songs. Although one could argue neither did Led Zeppelin!

That's fine if you're happy only listening to albums that currently exist and aren't interested in hearing something new. Have any of those tribute bands put out an album's worth of original material?

There’s not many decent new bands in this genre around and the old rockers are mostly out to pasture these days, so I’ll take what I can get! Check out Ape Machine too.

Looks like an Ampeg B100R / B200R next to him, I don’t think he uses pedals, the amp is probably just cranked to 11! But pretty much any amp that can get overdriven will be able to get there, particularly Ampeg/Fender/Ashdown/Orange. Or a pedal like a TC Mojomojo or Bearfoot Blueberry!

Considering they're all like 20 years old, they have a (hopefully) long and bright future. As long as they don't disappear up their own chocolate starfish like Billy Corgan and Alex Turner!

Give their album an audition before making any judgements if all you’ve seen is that video, it’s on Spotify. Opening track:

Love em, they are definitely one band I want to see live. For the uninitiated:

This, but you're too late, it's sold!

Sounds great, but let down by the fact there is no gain control, so you're stuck with the pre-set gain level. I preferred the sound of it with the volume rolled down some on my bass, it would have been nice to be able to achieve the same effect via the pedal controls. Never used it in anger at high volume, but I don't recall it being one of those fuzzes that puts out serious heft in the low end (like a EHX Russian Big Muff for example).

New kid on the block! https://www.seattleguitarstore.com/mxr-vintage-bass-octave-pedal/

These are the things I'm aware of: 415 -> 425: Laminated neck, unpainted headstock, angled string thru design. Pickups look very similar, probably the same. 425 -> 435: New colours, pickguards, painted headstock, new pickups (more Fendery / traditional, being alnico rather than ceramic with rails for example)

Darkglass Alpha Omega / Omicron is one to try. I'm a big fan of the Russian reissue muff even though it doesn't have much in the way of mids, it still makes itself heard because it dominates the bass and low mids, in that it sits under and supports the guitars rather than overpowers them! Best experienced at high volume, I was sceptical about it at bedroom levels!

I would try drive off, master up full, adjust gain to set your volume. You should be able to get a clean tone that way, then you can try lowering the master / increasing the gain from there.

Given the price, no reason to not give the Spectracomp a go, especially if you can pick up a used one and flip it later. It made me sell my Cali CB, I can really notice the limitations in single band compressors after getting used to what the multiband does for me. Prime example being if I agressively pop a string, a single band will react to that peak and turn the volume of the whole signal down for a split second, whereas a multiband can limit the top end spike without neutering the low end. I'm not too worried about future support since I prefer the stock setting, if in 10 years time the Windows/iPad app were to stop working, I’d be disappointed but I wouldn’t be left with a paperweight. I’ve used the app exactly zero times since I auditioned all the presets on day one!

Nice. This one caught my attention recently: http://bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Sandberg_Chris_Childs_Enigma_5.html Looks like the same pickups and colour scheme as yours, however it sounds like the neck pickup is actually a P-like split coil inside that MM-like housing. Perhaps yours is the same?