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41 minutes ago, floFC said:

I believe that's an early prototype of the EHX Freeze

5 hours ago, fretmeister said:

Is that a readily available clone?

I don't think so - it's one of @disssa's masterpieces

2nd hand Keeley Bassist. Only three controls, and one of them is just output volume. Automated attack and release times. Does everything from the mildest squish to full limiting. Nice and transparent.
If the name bothers you, the Keeley GC-2 is essentially the same thing - it just lets a little more low-end through.

It was a few years back, but we used to use Teamup. Works as an app or in a browser, and you can give people private links if they don't want to create an account.
Of course, technology can't solve the problem of people failing to keep the calendar updated 😉

1 hour ago, Japhet said:

My understanding of 'Hifi' is High Fidelity, as in unaltered. I don't understand why people who seek this don't just use a decent power amp. That's about as hifi as it gets.

There are loads of rackmount power amps, but if you want a compact lightweight rig there are fewer options at a decent wattage. They're not significantly cheaper than an equivalent "normal" amp that can be run flat (either via the EQ, or the FX return) either. Also, if you've already done all your tone shaping on the pedalboard and sent your signal to FOH, then having EQ controls on the amp lets you tweak the sound on stage independently - e.g. to compensate for having to using someone else's cab, or being shoved in a corner, a boomy stage, etc.
 

I've got the DemonFX clone - it adds a nice grind to a slightly dirty amp. I've managed to reproduce it fairly well in my HX Stomp though, so I no longer need it on the board:
 

Definitely black

2nd gen looks like this. Front is similar, back is different. But yeah, the date of manufacture also helps! 🙂

It is a 1st gen 👍

Can you change the colour via MIDI?

I agree - C standard on a 4 string would be my preference. But it may depend on the songs. Assuming this is some kind of metal, that there'll be fast riffs that use the open G string, and that you'll be expected to follow the rhythm guitar, you may end up finding it easier to play in D-drop-C (i.e. C, G, C, F).

Darkglass Microtubes X... or the DemonFX clone of it

As president of the DB-PRE fan club, allow me to wish you GLWTS 😁

33 minutes ago, asingardenof said:

Possibly as part of a ply arrangement rather than just a sheet of balsa?

From reading around on the topic, yeah I assume it must be - but you'd imagine their marketing people would want to turn that into a fancy-sounding feature like "space age lightweight multi-laminate hybrid core" 😆

It says the cabinets are made of balsa wood - I wonder how well they'll stand up to being thrown in the back of the van.

For $2,399 I expect them to at least paint the damn thing

1 hour ago, Rich said:

I meant, why is it turned facing the audience.

Harder to step on by accident maybe?

Mega versatile, and the "tube" sound is really superb! GLWTS

You could fit another six pedals on the face of the Love Bomb

How about...

or

Totally subjective, but the keys parts seem quite approachable to me.  I've definitely worked out the organ for Liquidator by ear before, and my keyboard skills are... basic, to say the least 😆

@tobiewharton Do any of the modes on the Blackheath sound the same as the "Tube" channel on the Digbeth?

18 minutes ago, Tjhooker said:

I may be being a bit dumb but why is the noble patch in with the menu with the distortion stuff ?

It's so that they could make it available on the HX One and HX Effects, which don't have any amp models - it was confirmed by one of the Line 6 folks on another forum, although I couldn't tell you which one.

The EQ on the Regal is quite smooth and flattering - it's hard to make it sound bad, a bit like a good Baxandall EQ. The Low Cut seems a bit drastic, but I guess it depends on what else is going on in your mix.

I'm too cloth-eared to hear the secret magic harmonic tone sauce. If you really boost the signal going into the Regal, you can hear there's some hair being added -  but it seems extremely... subtle under normal conditions.

Re Darkglass, I quite like running an Alpha Omicron* into the Digbeth - it tames some of the fizz and gives a nice snarly sound that neither pedal can achieve alone:

* Not a real one - a DemonFX clone