Wombat

Aye, I'm only stating fact. I used HD ages after HX - only recently sold my 500x. And it can be annoying that they keep updating. I've got my sound 'exactly how I want it' a few times then been drawn in to change it after an update dropped.

They have 'history' with this sort of upgrade. When they went from HD to HX (albeit a big step forward, support for HD stopped pretty quickly.

DV24 now in Germany 🤦‍♀️

And in Leeds? Plus DV24?

Get yours for $2000, which will be £2500.. looks great though

It can all be wirelessly done from your phone. Eventually 🤣

6 bass amps..

Possibly a pain. Well, definitely a pain. But it's the way they've been doing updates for ages. I've not lost anything - apart from the time to do an update.

So Helix 4 is 'buy another unit'.

New Helix in the autumn!!!!

Gear4music is still there?

Aye, I have the NUX in ears so ‘wanted’ their wireless as its 5.8. A plus point is the charging case! The thing that pushed me to Blackstar was that the NUX only have a 2hr (ish) battery life before needing to be charged in the case. An Open Mic play at goes on longer much than that - and generally people use my gear even if I don’t play - and a lot of gigs are 2 1/2 hrs. Didn’t want to risk it. I saw both at the Bass Show and another plus is the Blackstar fit in an old glasses case and take up a lot less space in the old leads bag (should we still be calling them that now?).

I had a Boss WL20 (with the Cable Tone) for ages and love(d) it. I just set my EQ to allow for the slight ‘top’ it gave. I found it gave me some ‘punch’. After struggling with dropouts recently I put this down to the (slightly) busier pubs we were playing so changed to the Blackstar Airwire i58 as it was the ‘most similar 5.8ghz from a brand I trust’ I could find. This one has switchable cable tone which I’m currently liking ‘on’. OK I have to remember to charge them but I don’t have ‘another thing to plug in’. I would add that I don’t really run (or walk!) about that much but I like the tone it gives me and they are great for sound checks as you can get to the back of the venue to see how it sounds.

Not a cheap solution but we have a pair of Bose F1s which ‘the whole band’ go through and I no longer need an amp. Had some nice comments about sound too from other bassists who have seen us play - when I was expecting ‘why haven’t you got an amp’. This is for a ‘pub situation’ so I can’t say (yet) if any of the ‘bassness’ would be lost in e.g. a larger hall.

Yes, there arn’t many compatible things where you get paid ‘after’ you’ve done whatever you’ve been paid to do. The band that played my lads wedding got paid before hand. All the power is with the big brewers though. And with pubs closing at the rate they do round my way you’ve got a high chance it will be a different publican 10 days after a gig! 😂

It’s got options so you can import/export. Not sure they are made to ‘interface’ with Cubase specifically. I’ve imported midi files then replaced e.g. the bass.

I have cubasis which I got for £12 when there was a sale. I can’t say it’s ’unreliable’ but I’ve only really use it to ‘note down’ ideas for songs. I just bought a cable, not an interface, so can only record one track at a time. So, for me, ‘it does what I expect without any problems’. The added bonus is that it works very much like Cubase that I use on PC.

Duct tape?

There was a stagg eub on here a while back for not much Dosh. Do people think that something like that is a way into double bass?

Aye, I stuck with an actual Helix for a long time as you just need a kettle lead (like with ‘normal equipment’). Eventually lured by the size (saving) of the Stomp.

If you (or anyone) has one of the massive ferrite bead ring ones (😂) I would urge you to reinforce where the cable meets the power block - that’s the point of the red tape. I have another that is c18 months old and because ‘the bead thing’ moves about, especially when stored, the cable had stripped leaving bare wires!

I remember those from an HD500 I had. Much more robust than the current ones. I’m on my second one already. It was replaced easily enough under warranty but a faff to sort.

This is what Congress with a stomp. I've got one of those adapter with a toothbrush that has a 'shaver plug'. The two pins go in the 'hole' and you can charge it from a normal three pin socket.

Thank you for all the input. We’ve decided to get 50 done by Cram. I’ll report back on whether our ‘fan base’ (if we have one 😂) decides to buy any!

Hola, For those using a Stomp with the Hotone 2 button switch this is a great replacement TRS cable: MXR 12” TRS The cable that came with the switch failed after like 14 months and I found some TRS’s don’t work. The people at Guitarguitar Camden were really helpful and happy to get some into stock so I could try it before I parted with any cash. So a big shout out for their customer service! And they have at least another one there if anyone needs one!