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Did not know that

Saw that yesterday, have utterly no use for it, would buy it in a heartbeat.

To expand on this because… well… internet For years I had various complex pedalboards, different rigs for different gigs until one day I replaced it all with a Line 6 M13, following this I replaced the whole rig with an ipad and audio interface, as time went on this eventually paired down to just a bass and a good quality DI, which led to many many many DI purchases. Essentially I play “clean” bass but that can mean so many things, my main complaint when just playing with a DI is it just needs a little bit more magic, magic that you get when running in the studio. I have a Cranborne Audio Camden EC1 which I really wanted to be the live DI because that mojo control adds that magic and it sounds wonderful. But it has a power connector I’m not comfortable with live and it’s big and heavy for travel. I have a JHS punchline that I’m currently using for that signal chain, it’s got analog amp/cab sim and sounds wonderful. But it’s also not doing much to the signal, very light touch. So often I think a Kemper, Quad Cortex, Nano Cortex, Tonex etc could cope with what I want, I could go and profile studio signal chains, have whatever amps I want at my finger(toe) tips and it’s all become more appealing with the latest round of smaller profilers. But on the flip side I’ve got through 5+ years of gigs with a bass and a good DI 😅 so why make everything harder/more complex? with a stompable computer? However as I don’t have a stompable computer this year alone I have spent £700 on misc pedals that all do light gain, amp sim, saturation, boost type things. With the latest idea is that the Darkglass Element will give me what I want not only as a practice rig but with 5 IR slots, I can have my clean DI, I can have something a bit more like the vintage Sansamp Bass Di (Not the driver, the absolute original I’ve just bought) and then try and get something closer to the Camden with the Darkglass’s resonance control. It won out as it was the smallest thing I could find that would serve as a headphone amp/practice rig, IEM mixer, Amp Sim, IR Loader, 6 band eq, Audio Interface and DI. So I should really by a HX or a Nano Cortex or a Kemper Player…… but I won’t.

100 percent relate to all of this, I should buy a HX …… but I won’t

Checkout the Triton Big Amp as a nice tidy way to achieve something very similar https://www.tritonaudio.com/product/bigamp/

it’s a great pedal just not for a bunch of root notes in the Americana I’ve been playing 😂

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What are your thoughts on the studio boost? How much tonal character does it impart? I’m a big fan of boosts that do something you can’t quite put your finger on, simpler the better (cream pie deluxe, phat Phuk etc) I should probably still just get a Studio one

I’m ever so tempted by those Studio One’s

Do you think that would be the same for the larger Tonex?

I have the mini one, for all of 2 weeks, still sat in the box 😅 hopefully I’ll get some time with it soon.

Not many overdrives there, granted Dirtfixer is taming them I’m sure. @carlitos71 If you’re after a low cost low gain overdrive the TC Electronic Mojomojo is hard to beat. The Origin DCX Bass is next on my list to try and I have a Zvex Super Hard On and Strymon Deco awaiting my attention.

It wouldn’t have helped, it was a horrendously flawed product/app.

No worries, I’m conflicted on getting one currently, I never use my 60b (it’s just nice to have). I assumed I’d use it like I use the older one, line selector as the first effect and I just turn that on which is turning on the whole chain. Which is either a bunch of fx or one for a set song and then in between songs I’d switch patch. But this is in theory as generally I take the 60b running on batteries, have a synth patch ready to go and just turn it on and off in a jam, or I’ve got an ambient patch ready to go and I just turn it on at the end of song to fill space before going into the next one. I’ll likely just get one in the states when I pass through, people on TB selling them for $99 and since I’m not in a rush I’ll just grab one when the opportunity arises. Unless in the meantime something else magically quells my gas.

To add to this conversation, those looking for a rather expensive solution for Ric O Sound. I’m exploring the Strymon Deco as it has a single jack input that is switchable from mono to stereo, so you can run a ts or trs into and flick the switch according to your taste. It might seem expensive upfront but if you’re running an od/saturation pedal it will replace that, chorus/vib and delay it’ll replace that it also has I believe a lpf and hpf in it. So this is in theory because the only way I could justify it was to buy one cheap in the states and I won’t have my hands on it for a few months. But since I primarily play rics, my plan is to embrace ric o sound and get a really nice (likely studio only) setup of say a deco into a JDI Stereo or similar. Anyway food for thought

I’ll be buying one as soon as one is for sale on this forum for less than new 😂😇

Hand Painted 1 of 1 Zvex Super Duper 2 in 1 Concert Bass Mod. I heard the Jive is basically a SHO and this is 2 in the same box and I enjoyed the Sunn Concert I played a while back so should be a win. Won’t get my hands on it for a few months but had my eye on it for a while and worried it would disappear and never again be purchasable.

My main driver on this is since I mainly play Ric’s I can use the deco as a fancy ric sound box as it’s a single input but switchable from mono to stereo, then you’ve got all that saturation goodness and something akin to a lpf and hpf.

This will do a better job than I can But I only play basses with flats, very vintage and thuddy sounding, with my preference being a studio chain more so than an amp. It’s like this pedal was built for me, just damn big, especially when you’re using the amp sim (my fav part) So generally I’m running it with a touch of compression, eq is flat or even the bass cut which I’ve never done on a pedal before. Drive is a rat style distortion with a blend so I can get a lot of tones out of it when needed. Thought about getting a second but I’m going to give the Strymon Deco a try first and go from there.

What’s the cab sim like on both of those? That’s one of my favourite things on the Punchline, sometimes I’m hardly using any other features.

Walrus Audio Slo, over anticipated my use for weird fx, played with it once and then it sat in the box for the rest of the year. To confirm, not a bad pedal, just didn’t use it so didn’t need it

I spend at least a month a year in the US so every time I arrive I have a bunch of pedals waiting for me (and sometimes a bass) Such as the Stymon Deco I bought the other night 😅 I should be bringing my Punchline back to the UK around March for some gigs if you want to borrow it.

Also love mine, been much better than the NUX units I had previously

Beyer DT990 when using my Cranborne Camden, else Z10s with my Boss Katana Go

Borrowing the idea from another forum but why not. For me it was the JHS Punchline