Al Krow

Wow - mucho respect for anyone with the ability to design and build their own pedals, as you've done!

+1 ^^ Completely agree that a PJ can give you the best of both worlds. A couple of great PJ bass brands which punch well above their price point include the budget end Yamaha BBs (any from series 1, 2 or the current '3' series e.g. a BB 234 or 434) and the Sire P7 v2 And while I've never had one, must admit that G&L in the post above looks pretty tasty too!

That's interesting. Must admit I thought it tracked really well when I posted this review a while back (including some sound clips). But perhaps that was 'cos I was playing relatively slowly and 'carefully', which is not what we're doing on a typical bass line! @Dood had one too for a while and maybe worth getting his thoughts on this pedal also to see if he's got any additional other insights to add to yours.

Out of interest, what's the make and model of the cab?

+1 ^^ - the Focusrite kit really is very good. Also if your Stomp / HX Effects is not at the end of your signal chain you'll miss out on any effects that come after it. But for anyone without a dedicated interface, it's a really useful extra in the toolkit from your Helix!

Gear4Music have some in stock at £30 before you tap Amazon up...

Did you just summarise about 350 posts with that one? You'll be putting a lot of BC'ers out of work with such dastardly efficiency savings 😂

I deliberately didn't go for kostkutter krispn...😂

You should definitely AVOID this thread... ...otherwise you're going to end up with a Sire P7 instead of a Squier! 😁

Yup they won't be hanging about long - a great way to shift surplus stock! Like you I'm (unfortunately!) already well provided for in the headphone amp dept, so will leave these bargains for our fellow musos who will be putting to more productive use. Do I remember correctly that you also spotted the Mesa mega discount which resulted in large sums being expended by our fellow BC'ers? You're going to be known as kostcutter krispn at this rate 😁

Good spot! The discount on RRP looks nuts! Not 25% off but 92% OFF! Almost worth getting it for its bargain basement pricing! You got one already - if so be good to get an idea of what the quality is like. FWIW RRP at £124 is perhaps a bit misleading: G4M have them in stock for £30, but £10 from Kenny's is still great value even compared to that.

So, hypothetically speaking, if the OP had gone for a white Sire PJ with a tort PG would she have done well to consider a pearl PG instead, which is also available from Sire, as it doesn't mask the pup and black knobs so much? Purely hypothetically speaking of course 😁

You can have the tort PG from the recent PJ addition to my herd (it's my "active Yammy BB") - I'm already fancying something a bit different and a bit less...er well...less tort 😁

Cheers dB. Well I'm starting to get the hang of the VTDI and have found a couple of excellent clean settings which are likely to feature as an 'always on'. Not found my drive tone on this just yet, but still early days, although one of the sample drive settings is not too shabby at all. I think it's going to render my SA Aftershock obsolete, although that will probably be worth keeping as a drive multi-fx jack-of-all-dirt but master of none, but the jury's out on whether it's going to trump the Grizzly Bass (although I know you never liked that one!) as a drive pedal. Interestingly the VTDI has a similar couple of interacting dials similar to the Grizzly: the Character & Drive on the VTDI and Overdrive & Distortion on the Grizzly, and the 'magic' on both pedals is tied up with how these two play off each other. As a clean pre-amp I think the VTDI wins fairly easily for me with its 3 band vs 2 band EQ on the Grizzly, plus its 'bite' button which adds 'presence' via a upper mids and treble boost plus an HPF to tighten up the sound. If you've got a custom setting for your VTDI for your drive that you feel nails it for you, please feel free to share! Apologies to the OP for the slight thread diversion (but at least it's in keeping with the thread title 😁)

If you don't fancy spending £25 on a lead then these standard Fender leads, whilst not as good as the ones Frank is recommending, cost just £10 and have been just fine.

Haha - fair point! So it's the best £25 if you want a 5M black one.

So if the polish you recommended was the best £10 we will ever spend (other than on a box of mini Magnum choc ices, of course!) is this going to be the best £16.68 we ever spend? Thanks for that tip off Frank - will need to get straight silent jacks for my Ibbys due to the recessed jack sockets, but angled ones should work for the rest, for those times we're not going wireless off course! Can't wait to find out what the best £25 spend is gonna be 😁

Just found the Sad I want in the finish I'm after... trouble is Tyler beat me to it by 8 months! (Feel free to treat this as a wanted ad 😉) P tone at 04.00 sounds great - you've got a real treat @bassfan incoming.

Ah, I see. Other than that one finishing touch, it's come out really well!

Good job!! 👍 Are those the original knobs? Just wondering whether a more trad black and white would sit better with the black pups and your PG?

Yup but currently on furlough (together with the SA Aftershock and various non drive pedals), having rationalised my pedals onto two 'usable' smaller boards.

Must admit I'm lazy when it comes to cables. With everything else that you spend your time getting your head around on the gear front, I just enjoy not having to give too much thought and also being able to support my local music stores (lockdowns permitting!) and picking up a cable if I need one from them.

Another convert here to the school of VTDI. But I understand dB you may be about to switch allegiance after a decade to the Leeds! @Stub Mandrel enjoy the Mojomojo. I thought it did a very decent job, particularly in preserving low end.

This ^^. But get 9v rechargeables anyway - it will save you cash in the long run

Good question! For my wired cans (I've got a separate set of wireless, but don't use that with my bass gear due to latency issues, although they're great otherwise), I've been very happy with my Audio Technica ATH Pro700 Mk2. I bought them and it was just over 6 years ago, so I've managed to get my money's worth, and they're still going strong! High quality bit of kit and I remember at the time wanting to make sure they had a decent low end response which they have indeed got. Just checked - this particular model has been discontinued, but the brand seems to be a good one.