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Is there a rush? Keep it all, try different combinations. Then, in a few months sell the gear that finds itself left on the shelf. What a lovely problem to have. 😇

Yeah, that might explain why it was not a big seller. My SR1200 is from their Indonesian “premium” line, and cost about $1800. The groove line was originally $2800. It is a step up in quality, but not a massive one.

It sits well on your knee. The pronounced lower cutout means you have options for the angle you play on.

Resurrecting a zombie thread! But totally on topic. I’ve just finished a pub gig using only an MS-3 for my effects so my setup was bass > ms-3 > amp. The little boss sounded great running as a compressor, chorus, flanger and boost. In a live setting, I really did not feel that I was missing much from my main board. I was able to run the boss off a pedal train volto without any problems. All up a good sounding super-compact pedal board.

So I’ve done my first couple of gigs with the groove line. The tone is smooth and well balanced- sits well in the mix. Comfortable to play. Sustain for miles. This is now my #1.

Yes, I think so. this one had been sitting in the shop a for a few years soI got a good deal on it.

Nice... insanely nice.

Decided it was time to treat myself to a new bass 😀, and what’s the point of that if I don’t share it with like-minded individuals. The look takes a little getting used to, but the comfort and finishing is top notch! The sound is very classy. Less agressive than my SR1200, and not as mellow as my 004. Much happiness.

Congratulations on your new Sixer! I’ve been happily giggling the 4 for the last 5 years. A very comfy bass to wear for 4 hours, and sounds great. The neck does not get sticky on a hot stage, which I guess is down to the open grain of the wood. Ibanez would be horrified to hear you call their fancy graph tech nut “plastic”. Aparrently it is especially engineered to have all the best qualities of bone or ivory, but with the consistency of synthetic. Does look like a pice of plastic, though.

Wow, gorgeous bass. I Know that Nordstrand do a jazz pickup set. Their “big singles” sound great on my Ibanez and I know the do a selection of jazz pups.

My first board was, literally, a weatherboard I had lying around in the garage. Screw some rubber feet on and you’re good to go. Eventually it ended up painted metallic silver and had fancy bits like holes for cables drilled into it.

I picked up a boss ms-3 second hand recently. Not physically too large, sounds good (but not quite as good as my analogue pedals which cost 3x as much and take up twice the space), includes a tuner, and has 200 patches to store into. I’m going to give it a gig as my only pedal this weekend to see how it goes in the real world. My only real criticism would be that I only found 1 compressor that sounded good to me.

Oooooo massive! My tipis to include handles so you can pick it up 😇

What’s the feel like on the elixirs? I find that normal round-wounds chew through the finger tips on my right hand, so I’m using semi-flats which feel good but loose a little top end.

I think they have it have it easy in Oz! It’s not hard to get good gear here, but the selection can be limited. Auckland and Wellington = more people = more musicians = more music shops and selection.

I use a boost regularly, but I use it when I need to sit up front in the mix. For filling in space, have you considered introducing modulation? I put chorus on over an od when our guitarist is soloing and that seems to fill the gap nicely.

Thank you all for the warm welcome. Good to see that NZ is on the map

Sorry to hear abou5 your ears, Bill. Active noise cancelling would reduce your noise exposure a lot. They can be got as headphones or ear buds. You will need to send them some sort of audio feed, of course. Good luck.

Hi all, long time lurker, but now I’m all out in the poem, as it were

My search for the best clean boost ended with the creation audio 4.23. I had a spark mini - sounds ok but adds a title top end bite. Xotic bass bb works as a clean boost, and has eq and dirt options.

I can’t comment specifically on the tone lab, but I suspect i5 will run just fine on a bass except for the distortion sounds. Some guitar pedals (mostly distortions) have a low cut filter built in to reduce unwanted noise. Guitar Choruses and the like tend to be fine on bass. Guitar Compressors are also a mixed bag; many of them just don’t seem to work well on bass.

For me: Wireless >> chorus >> distortion >> compressor >> boost. My compressor is on most of the time to help me sit in the mix. It also evens out the fluctuation in volume that the chorus tends to introduce.

Hi OP, if if there is a loss of beef when switching from one style to another then a comp pedal might even it up a bit. The dirt pedals you are using will be compressing things a fair bit anyway, so I would (initially) try the comp before your dirt pedals so that they get a more consistent feed. Seeing as you’re not a big time tweaker of Fx pedals, find a well regarded comp with 2 knobs or less. I guess that you’ll never know for sure until you try. have fun!

And, my baby board . . .

My every weekend No1 board . .. Wirelss > Chorus > Agro > Comp > boost. Much happiness!