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Spector's are great, but the ergonomics don't suit everyone. I am besotted with my rebop visually, but I can NOT get it to sit comfortably on a strap due to the smaller top horn and off centre bottom strap peg. Sandberg's are built phenomenally, but I ended up ripping all the pick ups and electronics out of mine as they just didn't cut it, their PJ pick up placement in particular creates a huge inherent mid scoop. Personally for your budget, I'd suggest a Yamaha 734A. It'll leave you with a good chunk of change, and the build quality and tonal coverage is tremendous! I pick mine up over my Sandberg and Spector every time. The build quality is comfortably up there with basses twice its cost, and it has great features like a battery indicator. Side note, I've just gotten an ibanez EHB1005ms... While the aesthetics may not be for everyone, quality, tonally and playability wise I'm blown away, and it's within your budget with change. It'd cover all the ground you need as well.

Thanks for the great detail! That's been really helpful, I may have to rethink my choice of strings when it arrives! I've looked at the pictures you've posted more times than I'd like to admit, the anticipation is killing me haha. Hope you're still enjoying the bass!

Congrats on getting your patch in the video @Quatschmacher! Suddenly feel like an idiot for buying a C4 last year 🤦

That's reassuring, after having a look on the ibanez website they look like the same scale. Those Mezzo's look tremendous for the money!

Welcome to the best sounding money pit you'll ever find! 😁 You've done well choosing your first bass! I know gigging (when that was a thing) semi pro musicians using the same bass! Budget friendly doesn't have the stigma that it used to and the sire stuff is great!

Can I be a pain and ask about the low B? I've just seen the GAK YouTube demo for these (the one where he can't pronounce bartolini 🤦). While it's not the best demo, the low B sounded terribly muddy and floppy. It's given me serious anxiety that a short scale 5er maybe isn't the best shout!

Totally agree... The one hesitance I had ordering was the scale of the low B and there's nothing bar a few very ropey demoes on youtube. Who knows, yours might appear on the next episode of all about the bass 🙊

Thanks for the review! Glad you seem to like your new bass Mine is also coming from Andertons but not due til 24th of March! 😫. Seeing this has made the wait a bit more difficult!

To add a bit of back story, years ago I had a TC RH750, hated the head but loved the one knobs compressor and what it brought.. fast forward numerous amp changes and countless board rejigs and I've always felt something wasn't "right". After several trips down the YouTube rabbit hole, I decided a compressor was the way to go, but covid and lack of funding said otherwise. After a bit of Saturday afternoon amazon trawling, I came across this little fella... "Xvive Bass Squeezer". £38 delivered! Very little info online, but nothing negative meant it was worth a punt. After putting it through its paces (through phones admittedly) it sounds tremendous, to the point I expect it'll be an always on pedal. The one knob compressor adds a lot of punch without sounding artificial, and whilst the built in overdrive isn't good enough to be a stand alone dirt pedal; at low settings it adds a real warmth that seems to compliment my GK head beautifully. No doubt GAS will inevitably kick in and I'll NEED an ebs multi comp or something, but for now I'm thinking £38 well spent! 👌

Has anyone successfully used the Bluetooth adapter and app method in a live setting?

Would the GK not pull the warmth out of the tone hammer sound though? The GK is quite a cold sounding amp by comparison. I also use a plethora of subs and synth sounds and I wonder how the TH pedal would handle them 🤔

I love the simplicity of a plug and play set up... But in truth, without my synth tones and sub octave my band honestly wouldn't sound like my band

I'm horrendous for this! Then I usually regret getting rid of what's been replaced! Gigged a GK 1001RBII for 10 years comfortably, Then got a TC RH750 'cos lights, Then back to another 1001RBII after 2 years because I missed it, Then to an Aguilar TH500 because of YouTube, Then I bought back my first 1001RBII because I thought it had more "heft", and the TH500 sounded better through a friend's Aguilar cabs than my barefaced cab And now I REALLY miss the Tonehammer and have extreme gas for a TH700, as well as wanting to delve into ashdown's all tube offerings for warmth and heft 🤦‍♂️... It's never ending!

I've watched this a few times, also a great help! I feel like C4 should employ him to make a full instructional video!

Again, your help has been invaluable! Thanks so much! I felt like I was getting somewhere with patch making last night, things seem to be taking shape. it's a shame you can't run two different drives at once like you can the filters... Ended up running it into my alpha Omicron to add a bit dirt.

I literally have no clue with synthesis... Guess I've jumped in at the deep end! That website is great though, I've been going through it all morning! Still not sure how to shape the envelopes on the C4 or get it all super gated, but it's not like I haven't got plenty time to experiment! I've got a couple of your spectrum patches downloaded on my C4 already, don't miss my BEF at all! 😁

My C4 arrived!!! I've spent ages playing through your patches @Quatschmacher! They're tremendously fun! Admittedly I'm in over my head with the editor though, even with your tutorial! I've spent hours now trying to match both bonkers by dizzee rascal and omen by prodigy and can't get near them! 😔

Thanks mate, can't wait to check it out. Will have a dig through your tutorial whilst I await delivery!

Thanks a million for this man! The fact that you've not only spent your time on this but are so willing to share it is hugely generous and very much appreciated!

As I've now got the time to make changes etc as there are no gigs on the horizon, I've bought a C4... Can't wait to try some of your patches @Quatschmacher! I've been skulking on the C4 thread and the graft you've put into that is tremendous! I'm worried I'm going to be out of my depth with it as it looks a steep learning curve! But basically I'll be looking for a prodigy - omen/dizzee rascal - bonkers style synth, and a squelchy envelope, something in the ball park of an Aggie filter twin would be the dream if not a tad ambitious! Any pointers you may have would be HUGELY appreciated 😬

Looks like I have a C4 incoming! 😁. Am I right in thinking you have access to 6 presets without using a midi controller? In an ideal world I'll have a standard gated fuzz/synth, a normal envelope filter, a patch with the two together... And then 3 left over for experimenting!

Problem is, it's the same when keys and guitars drop out... Its almost as if the overall sound has taken a volume dip. Not sure what the freq is for the bass eq on my head, but it's set pretty high. Never thought to try it pre or post in honesty... I always just have it set post so it's as close to my onstage sound as possible... Never thought to try the FX loop either! Always assumed that was a no no for drives and fuzzes!

I'm also on the fence with my BEF in honesty, wanted the filter twin but was out of budget at the time and was too impatient to save up haha. Only issue with selling pedals to pay for a C4 is I'd need them all to sell at once, which isn't likely in the current climate! Plus I REALLY love my octabvre! I was flabbergasted when I tried it for the first time through my rig, it sounded world shattering through 'phones, but just so quiet through my rig. Have tried with mini mix 50/50 and all wet, even tried without it... Subs switch is set to 3 as well. A lot of the knobs on mine are closer to 12, bar the relax/push and volume which around around 3 o clock, but both basses are passive... The clip light on my head goes wild when I kick it in so I'm assuming there's more hitting the front of the amp 🤯 (That clip sounds awesome btw)