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I've had the email too.

The wheels of justice turn slowly...

I have a Synth 9 and a B9. The Synth 9 has a great Oberheim setting which can hold a note in the background whilst you chug a riff, like rock bands use synth players to fill out the sound. I bought the B9 on impulse; when I plugged it in and started twiddling the knobs I found a Hammond setting and just started playing "Lazy". These "9" synth pedals contained canned sounds for you to use; more like sampled sounds than a programmable synth. Programmable synths are something else; I've just sold a MarkBass Super Synth (SS) and it was pretty good. I've also got a Future Impact, which is much more comprehensive (but is large and also needs a separate MIDI switch pedal to control it). Both are programmable via a PC app. So, the choice is canned sounds or roll your own.

I think it's a disgrace that Fender don't brand their items - a removable decal on the headstock isn't enough.

It looks like the extra frets are an overhang.

Well, the seller hasn't...

I was trying to figure out the brand name "Onuntil" and whether their models were named after the months of the year...

That sounds worth checking out. 🙂

Has it got tail-lift?

Hmmm - will chucking some money at it make it worth anything?

It's looking a bit ruff!

Actually, the screw holes are countersunk on the underside of the control panel plate too...

I'm using the Fx loop of the preamp. Current config is: Instrument goes into Microbass 3. Effects are daisy-chained out of the Microbass 3's FX Send and back into its FX Return. Microbass 3 output goes to amp. The FX loop sequence is: Microbass Fx Send -> Sound generators: Octabass -> Mosaic -> Octamizer -> Distortion: VT Bass -> Agro -> Soul Food -> Sound shapers: Phase 90 -> Chorus -> Microbass Fx Return I'm comparing the 3x Octave pedals and similarly the 3x distortion ones (I'd never have the same types on at the same time).

Haha - most amusing! 🙂 It's in a chain of pedals which come out of the Fx loop of an EBS Microbass 3. My test will be to put something else in its place and see if that has a similar (ahem) effect. Yes, I'm thinking along those lines. I'm also going to try putting an MXR Noise Clamp around the Fx loop (though it too is buffered), to see if that cancels it out. It does use up a pedal space, though.

There is that, but small steps...

If I had wall space to hang things on, I'd have it as a wall-hanger.

My Old Man's a Dustman?

I do quite like it; have to give it a bit more of a workout.

Maybe that's what it is - a tension-adjustable broad-position thumb rest. Inspired! 🙂

Annoyingly, I noticed that the SansAmp VT Bass pedal seems to affect the sound even when it's off. Whilst I could put in a bypass switcher to take it out of circuit, that's then using up more space, so it looks like it's "no" for that one.

Just a couple of toothpicks should do the job.

Good!

I’ve rejigged my pedalboard and it’s got my VT Bass, Agro, and Soul Food on it. Plus the Microbass 3’s distortion channel.