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Totally not fair to start a competition you've already won!🤣 Saw this today, completely ridiculous, but I'd play it... I bet Dusty Hill would too!

I finished The Ballad of Fat Labrador on the Tube this morning, and I'm genuinely sad it's over. I had this after reading the first instalment too. You really have a way with characters, and I'm going to miss them on my morning commute.

There are pics of the back on Bassics FB page... Looks to be ported through the case too.

I'm really glad I couldn't get to this. Based on Facebook I get the distinct feeling that had I gone I'd have ended up sticking a deposit down for that beautiful little Bassics 2x10 flightcase wrapped combo.

I'm doing slow Sunday cooking while having a beer in a bright kitchen with blue skies outside.... and in this scenario, if there was an album of tunes like this I would have downloaded it already.

I like that. I can kinda imagine Ian Duty singing over it. A really chilled vibe.

I like both of those a lot. The bass tone is lovely on the second. I assume it's pretty much the same on both, but it's left exposed more on the second tune and really stands out. Like the crunch to the guitar too.

I bought an Octabvre from Paul. The whole thing couldn't have been quicker, easier or friendlier. Many thanks!

I had nothing but dark for the 1st 25 years... But I could never stand fret markers. Then the Elwood came along... Then I had a naked maple board on the Jake.... I can't imagine going back.

I had a Redwitch Factotum from Mark. Dead easy, quick transaction, with excellent friendly communication. Many thanks!

I'm after a similar thing, and have chopped and changed as I've refined. I use the bass fly fig with the Sansamp section always on with a bit of grit, then the boost set to pre, which gives it a little more grunt when any rhythm guitar drops out. Tiny bit of compression in front. For slower picking passages I'll put a little bit of chorus on if I'm further up the neck. Other than the BFR I have some song specific stuff, octave, reverb and delay. I find the octave useful for playing passages an octave higher than I would, and having it doubled underneath. It fattens things nicely and sounds cool on top of the dirty core tone..

Oooh... Harsh! 🤣

It's all subjective innit. I really like it, But Gaucho is my favourite SD album by a mile, which a lot of other people don't rate.

Oh I totally get that. It's just that in my case, at this time it's very close to a one unit solution, and would avoid the almost inevitable descent into Helix territory. Never mind, thanks very much for your advice, it's much appreciated. Congratulations on the BFR too, it's a great piece of kit.

Wow. Of all the replies I didn't expect... Thanks for chipping in. I do find it all useful with my current project, with the exception of the Octafilter section, which I can't make work well for me. It's that small flaw (purely for my needs you understand, I'm sure it does exactly what some people want), that led me to this question, so I could run out to my octave and filter, then back in.

It's been done!

Wierd! Mine is fine with pretty much whichever 9v supply I pick up first, and when on my board, with my TRex Fuel Tank Classic. The only problems I ever had in operation were before realising that my hottest output bass needed the pad switch pressed in to compensate, and when I inadvertently left the headphone switch in. Other than that it's pretty much silent in operation. It must be related to the supply.

I've been using a BFR for quite a while now, but it's lack of an effects loop annoys me, meaning I have to have my additional stuff (Octave, Delay, Reverb and Freeze) after it, rendering the DI pointless. I've tried alternatives, including the Valeton Dapper, but the core sound, boost and chorus on the BFR are closer to what I want. I want to look into the possibility of modding the BFR with an effects loop, even if it needs to go in a different box, and would appreciate a pointer to anyone who does this kind of thing, ideally who someone here has used before and had a positive experience with. TIA

Obviously date dependent, but I'd love to attend another Herts Bash if one came about.

See.... Hitler wasn't all bad!😂 (Just for clarity, this was a lame gag at the expense of jazz, and in fact Hitler was pretty certainly all bad)

Bagged some bargain strings from Andy. A dead easy, smooth transaction. Deal to door in 48 hours. Many thanks!

Had a pedalboard from this chap. Great communication, quick and easy. It arrived in great condition, we'll packed, and earlier than expected. Many thanks!

It may well be a complete clusterfvck, but you're kinda going along with that expectation, so anything better than that is a pleasant surprise. I tend to go into these things expecting the worst, but with the knowledge that If just 2 of us gel well, I've made a potentially good contact. My drummer now is the one person I gelled with in a shortlived band joining episode a few years ago, and if I'm short of a guitarist, I know 2 of the first calls I make will be to people I've made contact with in similar circumstances over the years.