decent set up that.
i see you have at least one octave, synth, 2 drives (VTDi and B7K on the zoom) and the envelope filter all on.
What kind of sound does that give?
Is the drive on your amp also on?
All of that combined could give a very rich harmonic sound.
You are correct - it’s a great piece of kit.
Silent home practice is easier and a dream to listen to and having an ampless rig to your taste.
I am neither fan boy or detractor of DG - but this is genius
Welcome to compression/compressors. Taken the time to properly understand and tweak they and especially this one is phenomenal and improving the balance of your sound to a level where no one knows something is working, but everything is working because of how it makes it sit.
You are correct as well, it’s not that daunting and very intuitive
Digitech drop is decent, but the key (no pun intended) is in the name unfortunately……….
If you like that brand then ricochet or whammy would be a more go to for that function.
Plenty do full octaves you and down, but tones less so.
The drop will Latch into a higher pitched signal easier than a lower one.
If you don’t want to learn different parts and hand placements why not tune the bass up and then drop it down the various steps you need
The above 2 points nail it
if I was routing I would use a long drill bit to link the pup cavity to the control cavity - it’s such a nice finish it gives you options of clear pickguard or even No pickguard should you desire.
Naughty Fender - but lovely bass
Only 1 Sandy at present have owned 3 others and played and fiddled with more and visited the Sandberg factory.
You do NOT need to worry about the quality