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Westone Thunder 1A for free on Facebook. It came with a little practice amp too. Absolutely amazing. The preamp was dodgy (and eventually burned out), which did cost me eventually though.

Cioks DC7 for £120. Unused in box, with all box 'candy'. Superb deal in my opinion.

What's the Korg tuner? That's purrrrrty. Lol

Worth every penny.

Tech 21 VTBass 500 is my current Class D of choice. I'm absolutely loving the array of tones I get from it (paired with a TC Electronic K 212 cab....I need a matching one!). The tube 'emulation' is really good.

I played bass exclusively age 23-21. I then took up the drums (out of necessity) and stopped playing bass at all, essentially. I had to concentrate on being a metal drummer. After 6 or 7 years of drums, my musical life fell apart for a multitude of reasons, including work. I didn't play *anything* for over a decade until the past few years where I would be casually noodling on bass. I even bought an electronic drum kit (I hate it so much!). It's in the past few months that I have played bass daily that I have been enjoying it again. The problem is that is I'm almost a beginner again. I find this hard to deal with because I was good! I was a sight reader, had a great ear and wide repertoire. I also became quite a good drummer but I also suck now...no more 240bpm blasts lol. Life changes, and sometimes we change too. Trying to be kind to myself. I'm joining a new covers band, doing 90s and early 2000s alt rock songs. Out of my comfort zone, but I think most things will be for now. I've rambled and I don't know what point I was making.

I paid £120 for my 'as new' Cioks DC7 😂 absolute steal! I'd still pay twice that, knowing what I know now.

I had one of these. They're noisy and not truly isolated. I now have a Cioks DC7 (hey big spender!) which is dead silent.

Someone was selling one really cheap here.

Wow. I had to Google this one lol. Sounds too good to be true? Do you have one? Are they actually any good?

Cheap as hell but not garbage with a DI? Laney Digbeth DB-PRE is pretty awesome.

Why choose between these two? I wouldn't really choose either. If forced....the EHX just because I have several EHX pedals. Bear in mind that the DI is thin sounding.

Have you looked at the Ibanez Multiscale 5 strings? Really nice sounding B strings on the BTB series. There's one for sale on Bass Direct for £800. Pretty colour too. Pretty sure the big man would approve.

Bongripper 'Empty'.

So are these things worth the money? Should I just buy a Cort C4/B4 or a Sire V5? I need a cheap backup bass for a covers band I'm playing in. Current using a Westone Thunder 1A (with Aguilar preamp). It's comfy but a bit nasal 😂. I don't usually play 4 strings.