Naigewron

Destroying your gear looked stupid in the 70s and it looks stupid now.

Does "Live in the studio" count?

Why choose? Do both! I have individual pedals for my core tones (preamp, drive, EQ, compression, cabinet simulation and direct out), and a Line6 HX Stomp for literally everything else. Incredible flexibility, and yet my core tones are retained no matter what preset I load in my HX Stomp, and I can tweak my core tone without having to reprogram my HX Stomp, or change the same setting in multiple presets. It's the absolute best of both worlds. That being said: Since you already have a multi-FX, I'd start with that. Dial up a decent sound using what you already have, and use that as a starting point to see where you want to go from there. The ME-50B is definitely not a bad unit, and it has a lot of good sounds, so you might find that you can keep using it. Over time, maybe you want to add other pedals to your setup in addition to the ME-50B, or maybe you find that you want to replace it altogether. Pedal mania is a lot of fun, but it gets really expensive really quickly, and if you don't know what you're looking for or how to achieve what you want, it's really easy to just start throwing money at the problem. I've had some extremely expensive pedalboard setups that just didn't end up working for me at all, and my bank account is still reeling from those days. I'm slowly learning to control myself, but it's not always easy 😄

It's great. Really easy to program through the web editor, and does everything I need it to do. The details of the editor can be slightly confusing at first, but once you get it you can do anything you want. The key for me was I've set it up pretty simple. The two side buttons move up and down through my presets, and the raised middle button instantly sends me to my main preset (where I spend 90% of my time). A long press on the middle button brings up the HX Stomp tuner.

I haven't had any issues with it, apart from one thing: When I tried having the TC Electronic Wiretap on my board, the WL-50 crapped out because of the interference from the Wiretap bluetooth transmitter. Other than that, zero complaints. I've used it on stage with any number of potential interference problems (stage lights, other wireless systems, etc), and it's never had any problems. I had the Line6 G10 before, which was also perfectly fine, but it was difficult to power on a pedalboard (it uses USB power). The G10S fixes that problem, and is probably as good as the G10, but I chose the WL-50 because it has an additional 1/4" input. So if the system ever craps out for any reason, I can plug a regular cable into the input of the WL-50 and keep playing.

Darkglass for dirt and DI, HX Stomp for everything else. Flexible and compact, which is what I'm always striving for.

I love these! Simple enough for my brain, and weird enough to be inspiring. We can only hope that this develops into another LABS type collection.

It's really handy The only annoyance is that I can't turn off the Bluetooth receiver. It screws with my wireless receiver, so the Wiretap is unusable on my main pedalboard.

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It's perfectly workable, I'd say. Definitely won't have enough control for compressor nerds, but I only need it to even out my attacks a bit and give me a little squish feel under my fingers, and it works great for that for me. The voicing and attack switches give me some options, and the blend knob lets me mix in my clean signal to where it feels nice. No complaints, but it's definitely not a "studio grade" compressor.

My freshly rebuilt "covers all bases" travel board - Battery-powered for use anywhere and everywhere - Ultra compact, fits in the front pocket of my bass bag (23x15 cm / 9x6 inches) - DI out with cabinet simulation for going direct - Headphone output and aux input for quiet jamming - TC Electronic Wiretap for recording ideas on the go (or recording live sets). Can easily be reamped later The board is designed for "set and forget"; there aren't really any effects that are there to be turned on and off. Those footswitches are too close together to hit in the heat of the moment too 😄

A regular chord eats up 50-60% for me. Weird. Time to upgrade soon, probably.

Anyone else have really horrible performance on the Arturia strings library? It crackles like crazy on my system, both in the standalone EXE and loaded into my DAW. Even with a buffer size of 2048(!) it's completely unusable. Tested my other synth plugins to see if there was an issue with my drivers or interface, but they all work fine. My computer isn't the newest and hottest, but I've never heard anything like this before.

Love mine too. Used it on stage for the first time this weekend, and it did not disappoint. Cutting, punchy and ultra comfortable.

My Ibanez EHB 5-string is under 3.3kg (about 7lbs). Most comfortable live bass I've ever played, and the weight is definitely a huge part of it.

Yes I do, at least normal day-to-day setup (saddles adjustments, truss rod, neck shimming, etc). I've set up my own guitars and basses for 3-4 years now, but I was never sure I did it properly. Last october I handed my main bass off to a professional tech and told him to set it up for me, expecting to really feel a difference now that a "proper" tech got his hands on it. £110 later, I got it back. It felt nice and all, but there was nothing notable about it, and it didn't really feel any different. So as a result, I trust my own abilities a lot more now, and I know that my setups are good enough, at least for me and my hands. I'm not brave enough to file the nut on my own (yet), and I don't have the tools or know-how to do fretwork. Maybe some day though.

String choice is not an issue, I can put whatever strings I want on there. I can also hang it on the wall with no issues. All in all, I don't see a single downside with going headless. It even fits in a guitar bag.

Upgraded my EHB1005 to an EHB1505MS. No regrets, this thing is a beast.

I mean, that wouldn't be a bad thing either. There's enough variety in that box to warrant two different settings. But yeah, Microtubes X into Alpha Omega. Definitely a lot of options right there, and with the X set to full band compression it covers my modest compression needs as well.

They were, but I really find that I thrive more when living within a set of limitations and don't have every option in the universe available. Also, even though the HX Effects was really easy to program, there's just something about having knobs available. I tweak things all the time now, and experimenting is fun. The downside is that pedal GAS is kicking in again, so I really need to keep that in check.

Back to individual pedals after a long stint with the HX Stomp and then the HX Effects.

Of course they are. This has nothing to do with production capability. The problem is that they have to factor in how much a product will sell, and if that number isn't high enough they will lose money making it. Fender has the capability to make 4, 5 and 6-string versions of every bass model they've ever sold, along with fretless and left-handed versions of all of those again. But they then have to store them in their warehouse after production, sell them to retailers, ship them across the world and then hope they don't come back from the stores because they didn't sell. That's a lot of cost upfront, and then added risk over time.

My main gigging and band rig:

Good lord, this was... well, crap. In the words of a mate of mine: "The vocals ruin what could have been just a really bad song" And what the hell is up with that ambient bridge that just suddenly fades in?

Your most flexible option would probably be to find a free IR loader and look for free impulse responses.