mattpbass

Pretty sure Bass Direct only sell secondhand Fender.

Damn, wish I’d known that before ordering yesterday! 😭

Yeah I understand that it’s a synth, I just meant I use a physical keyboard (including a Subsequent 37 amongst others), which from a playing precision side of things is still a lot less compromised compared to a bass and pedal, including this MXR pedal, and I assume the FI4 too.

I do currently, only intend to keep one, but I’ll report back when I have both to compare. For context I play actual bass synth on every gig currently, not wanting or expecting these to be as good or replace that, just a fun alternative to play around with.

never mind, answered my own question, March. I’ve ordered a VIP so let’s see how it compares!

Yeah the new FI4 update looks good, when is it out? I’m tempted to pick up a VIP to compare, I had a 3 a while back but be interesting to see how much better things are now. And the DX7 addition is great, Danger Zone ahoy! 😅

Thanks dude, that’s the hope. I ran the Capo for a couple of years by itself and got so used to the little bit of hair it adds to your sound that I missed it when I just used the Noble by itself. Obviously the Noble has definitely got it’s own charm to add, so the two together has worked really well but it does feel like overkill having both, on the face of it this might be a great solution that sounds as good, but simplifies my overall setup. We shall see, kicking myself for not getting in the first batch now! 😅

Now that these are a bit more freely available I picked one up a couple of weeks ago, and my impressions so far are kind of what I expected… it’s fine at what it does. To get some synthy sounds for a non synth playing bass player it’s probably the best compromise I’ve tried between form factor, quality of sounds, tracking, ease of use. Does it sound or track way better than a Future Impact (or any other solution I’ve tried)? I’d say no, but it’s a lot less fugly, and more fun to twiddle with than having to fire up an editor. Definitely feels a bit Emperor’s new clothes to me though, I’ll not be ditching the real synths for this.

I’ve succumbed to the hype and ordered one! Currently running a Capo into a Noble on my board, thinking this might replace the Noble. I love the saturation of the Capo with the added mojo of the Noble, but having a second input at the end of the chain would be very useful being as I am on synth bass on every gig too. Currently have to carry a separate DI and use two channels, be easier to just have it all on one DI for gigs we are mixing ourselves. Be very interested to see what you think vs the Noble Paddy.

Fair enough, if they said they’d check it cause they knew you were bothered about it then that’s a bit crap. But again, it’s not a fault, it’s within tolerances that the manufacturer considers acceptable. You don’t, and neither do I, but I’m just saying it’s not unusual for a delivered guitar to arrive looking nothing like the example picture, it’s no more reliable with Ibanez or Squire for example, could easily end up with one that looks like it’s come from two completely different trees!

I worked in instrument retail for years, so I have a bit more sympathy for the retailer, in the same way I have total sympathy for you. From the manufacturer’s POV there is nothing wrong with the bass. The retailer buys the bass and has no recourse on it, it is not faulty (per the manufacturer). It is very common on cheaper basses with visible grain finishes to have badly matched wood. I agree it looks crap, it would annoy me as a retailer, and as a potential buyer, but fundamentally no one has behaved badly in this situation, the call from others to slag them off all over the internet seems a bit off to me. Personally if I was buying anything with visible grain I’d want to see it before buying to avoid this exact situation.

At your own cost though. They’ve not refused a return unless I’ve misread?

If it helps I agree with you. Does it look a bit crap to me, yes, would I like to own it, no, but is it faulty? No it isn’t, so no retailer would have any come back with the manufacturer, so it’s up to the purchaser whether they want to buy it or not, but the retailer has done nothing wrong.

Being as they only announced it a couple of days ago it’s very unlikely anyone has used one. From their post it looks like they’ve just made it simpler to adjust, can’t imagine it sounds any different.

It really is, he comes across brilliantly.