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    I saw the Monomyth is on Amazon now, and it offered me 15% off, so I've got one arriving on Saturday. Then I noticed the Scylla compressor was also offering a 15% discount so I threw that in the basket too. Two decent looking pedals for £104.78, can't to wrong with that. Except these are the first two pedals going on my first board and it could be a slippery slope 🤣
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    I haven't watched this yet but but looks interesting
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    I'm near M5 jct 6 and I'm heading to York on Saturday 27th if that's any help if anyones coming up to the Midlands?
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    £479 on two sites I've seen. A bit too pricey for me I think.
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    That's very true, before the B7K was added I was using a Soldano amp for my overdrive channel, sounded great!
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    I like mine. My chain goes something like: EQ - Compressor - Chorus - Octave - Drop then either Ampeg SVT into Markbass 212 IR or Darkglass B7K into Ampeg 8x10 for my overdrive tone There are a few bass amps, but it's enough to get the tones you want (a Trace Elf was just added too). The different routing options work well too, but you might find it limited in effects if you use a lot of those - my old Zoom B3 had a lot more, but the Headrush definitely sounds better and much easier to use, everything is very easy to adjust. The last update allowed each footswitch two have two options, which made it much more flexible - you could have 2 different settings for one pedal, or switching something else entirely. For me, it's overkill, I probably use 10% of it's capability, but it would cost a lot more to build a pedalboard with at least 5 pedals, and I'd end up doing a lot more tap dancing. It has the added bonus of being an audio interface, great for headphone practice, etc.
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    In 23 years of gigging I've had: Trace Elliot AH300 SMC + Peavey 410 +115 Ampeg B2R + 410HLF Gallien Krueger 1001RB-II + Neo212 Musicman Audiophile + SWR Triad Tecamp Puma & S212 (since 2009 and still going strong!) I'd happily have any of the old ones now, they all sounded great. I should have kept the GK rig but I wasn't in a band and needed some money.
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    I like the features that make this stand out from a standard Precison, but I prefer his old Jaguar!
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    New bass day! I thought I'd revive this thread rather than start a new one, since this it where it belongs! I've had 3 Spectors before, a Legend 4, a Q4 Pro and a Legend Custom. All fine basses, but nothing special and I've ended up moving them on. I've always wanted to try a Euro but couldn't justify the price or they didn't suit my bands at the time. I saw PMT had this Spector EuroBolt 4 in Inferno Red in their sale, £700 cheaper than it's original price. I couldn't resist! It's got a very wide neck compared to what I'm used to, but a comfortable profile and it's nice and light (my bathroom scales show 7.4lbs), so I'm sure I'll be able to get used to it. A couple of issues - there's a mark which appears to be under the finish on the top horn, and two cracks in the finish at the neck join - perhaps screwed in too tightly? Other than that it all looks good. But why couldn't they make the electronics cover flush with the body, they are on the Korean made ones. Looking forward to plugging it in this evening and seeing how the Aguilar pickups and preamp compare to the EMG HZs I've had in the others.
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    I've been to a few gigs by myself this year. Not that I don't have friends with similar tastes, we just live hundreds of miles apart now. I'd rather go by myself than miss out. My wife used to go with me, but childcare costs more than the gig tickets these days.
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    I had a sunburst one. Played really nicely, I really liked the flat fingerboard radius. But I sold it to fund my habit of not keeping nice basses for long enough.
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    I bought this Headrush Gigboard at the start of lockdown and haven't gigged it, I just used it at home and rehearsal, so it's in great condition, it still has the film over rhe screen. It does way more than I need, so I'm considering replacing it with a small preamp pedal. It's more guitar focused than bass, but I never felt short of options. I like the Ampeg SVT head into the 8x10 amp sim or Markbass 212 IR, with a Soldano head in parallel for my dirty tone, or a Darkglass B7K, and add effects to that, but there are plenty of amps, cabs, IRs, microphone, and effects to get the tones you're looking for. Its really easy to set up and edit with the touch screen and the tones are the best I've had from a multi effects. The four switches can be configured to switch between rigs, switch on effects, whatever you prefer. It has a looper too and can be used as audio interface for recording with reamping from the clean signal. Comes boxed with power supply and USB cable. Ideally collection from WR9 or meet around the West Midlands, but can post if required, though I haven't looked at what that may cost. https://www.headrushfx.com/products/gigboard
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    I'm still playing my G&L Tribute SB-2 more than my US Fender. Smaller body, nice Jazz width neck, powerful P bass MFD pickup. (I don't use the J pickup much). I'm still tempted to try out some others - probably the Kiloton or maybe an L2000 or JB-2.
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    [Apologies, offer removed.]
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    For me, while I grew up listening to John Deacon, it was Flea and Tim Commerford made me pick up a bass, but the player that I most aspire to play like is Jason Black of Hot Water Music. He's always my go-to example of player who fits the 'serve the song' mantra. A reliable and solid rhythm player who drives the songs, but uses spaces to add melodic fills, just a few seconds that bring your attention back to the bass during a verse or when the guitars have been the focus. And thanks to the two vocalists, he's always front and centre of the stage, where he deserves to be!
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    Yeah I'd say that's my old one! I sold it on here for £350, it was sold on again I believe for a similar price, then a while later I saw it on Bass Direct for over £600, now they're asking £830 for it!? There's a Czech made Rebop on there for similar money, I wouldn't spend that kind of money on a well used Korean version.
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    Phoebe Bridgers, Turnstile, Skunk Anansie, that's about all that interests me there. I'd go see Robert Plant and Paul McCartney just to say I have, but that's pretty much it. It's a very expensive festival for a very bland lineup.
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    They've owned Spector for a couple of years now too and they've been doing pretty well under them.
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    Semi-acoustic, or generally anything with binding on the body. I like the look of some of them, but they're just uncomfortable to play.
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    I used https://www.karaoke-version.co.uk/ recently. I only needed one song, but it allows you to customise the tracks, removing any instruments you don't want, easy to use and the track sounded good.
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    Yep, since buying a £350 G&L Tribute SB-2, my Fender American Standard Jaguar rarely gets taken out of it's case, I'm always reaching for the G&L first. It's lighter, and I love the sound of the MFD P pickup. Apart from a tuner upgrade, there's nothing that could justify the cost of upgrading to a US version.
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    I like Fender offsets, but this one's just a step too far for me. And I have a feeling it will be priced way higher than I'd consider it at.
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    I'd definitely recommend a G&L Tribute SB-2 for value for money. Indonesian budget but with USA pickups. I prefer the sound to a Squier for similar money. They're £489 at Andertons but £399 at Guitar Guitar. I'm still tempted by one of the Jazz style G&Ls too, starting at £329 or £399 with block inlays and scratchplate.
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    If something with MFDs comes back down to £350 it would be hard to say no!
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    Thanks all. I really didn't expect the Effects section to tell me I'd be better off with the Headrush 😁 I guess cost is a big factor here. The Headrush does so much for it's price point, and does it very well. I'll keep the idea in mind though and if a suitable preamp does come along at the right price then maybe that will be my starting point, but I'll hold onto the Headrush for now. As for the tuner, my band plays songs in three different tunings, and not all together in the set list, so there's lots of changing!
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