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I recently took delivery of my CLF L-1000. I’ve been waiting a while for it and I’m thrilled with it. I expect the colour won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but I fell in love with it.

I think Magic has done a great job. The DA-120 has always had similar graphics but now it’s got the full colour version of Arik Roper’s Illustration for Sleep’s Dopesmoker album. For what it’s worth, the pedals Magic is producing at the minute are all fantastic. Playing them has got me into doom (rather than the other way around, oddly). I’m glad I checked the settings when I plugged this one in though as everything was set to max!

I thought it would be a shame not to showcase the new DA-120 finish from Magic Pedals. I’ve been excited about this for a long while and it turned up today with a few other pedals that Magic had been kind enough to batch for me. It may well be my favourite pedal finish ever.

Congratulations! That’s beautiful!

It dropped around 1.12pm but they were gone in less than a minute. Hopefully we’ll see more. It’s great that there will at least be more Grand Tarkins in the world.

They sold out in less than a minute it seems. It’s great to see more of Tom’s designs though.

Anyone manage to get one?

Interesting! I’ve not heard that before. It sounds a little like a PLL, as ably played by Nate Navarro here:

Thanks for the kind words, all. @Shaggyand @TrevorR, I’m enjoying the tales of recognition and non-recognition. @TrevorR, the guitarist picked just the right person to chat to you about it. That’s interesting that the guitarist was knowledgable. I rarely expect anyone to know anything about basses.

Thanks for the tip! I’ll give it a try. I’ve enjoyed using the OBNE Procession for reverb duties. It’s not that flexible compared to, say, an Empress or Strymon, but it’s great at what it does. This thread is not one for avoiding GAS. Thanks guys!

I think that’s a great shout but they are extremely rare. I’ve been on the lookout for one for about a year and a half and have only seen about three in the wild.

Oh yes! I think I may even have commented on your dual-channel Moose! That looked amazing! Have you got any demos you’d be willing to share? Why did you go for what you went for and are there other pedals/brands you’d recommend? I’ve only tried the Nomad octave fuzz but I really like it and I’ve been considering trying the Sledge Hammer or something similar. The Sledge Hammer appeals as some of the early architecture seems to have been based off a collaboration with Nick from Dunwich. I like Nick’s circuits, and bought Nightowl, Doesitdoom and Magic Pedals pedals because of his involvement in the design. The Nomad is earmarked as my next IG post. You’re the second person this week to recommend the Lusithand Alma to me and I’ve only seen positive things. The Wetter Bass Channel did a feature on it, I think. His reviews are great, as are Hondo Felder’s. Other companies I’ve got pedals from recently that are a bit more off the beaten track but worth checking out are Kink, NRG, Mask Audio and EAE (popular on here I think). Good comment on Warwick. I still love them though!

That’s very kind, thanks! I think Darkglass captured a moment and they’re a premium brand just for bassists. They strike me as being like a boutique Boss or MXR in the sense they can be found in a lot of high street stores but have a bit of mystique in comparison to the usual suspects. They do sound good too. I’ve tried most flavours but I still have the Alpha Omicron and ADAM and the Element is invaluable. The Hyper Luminal was a surprisingly good compressor too. Amos Heller does some great demos. Damnation Audio and Nightowl made two of my favourite overdrives too. I’m not sure if they were based on anything or were new circuits. Frost Giant just came out with their Osiris too, which is a new design.

Agree with @itu especially on Iron Ether. Pladask Elektrisk and Montreal Assembly too. In terms of evolutions and build quality, Sushibox FX do good things with tubes and the Origin Effects guys have been killing it with their BassRigs. I’m also a bit fan of everything Josh Broughton touches. He was involved with the Southampton Utility Knife too, I believe, one of my favourite modulators.

I put mine after everything other than reverb and delay. I really like overdrive into a flanger but sometimes also run octave and envelope into it too. The overdrive just gives it more to play with.

Thank you for the kind messages. @NickA Great story about the professional jazz player asking for a go. Did you let them and what did they think? I’m very fond of Warwick basses too but they are different beasts as I’m sure you know very well. The only other bass getting a look-in at the minute is my Streamer. I did check the database and found it invaluable. It’s amazing how many Wals have been refinished and changed over the years. This one is about 20 years old but is in pristine shape (well, until Wal take a look and tell me otherwise). The previous owner(s) definitely seemed to look after it, and I’m grateful for that. A maple MkII 4-string would be lovely but I’m not so much of a Tool fanatic that I can’t see that this has everything I’d look for in a bass. I’ll never play like Justin Chancellor, Geddy Lee or any other celebrity Wal user, so I won’t try to mimic their Wal basses when this lovely bass is out there. Geddy’s jazz may be a different matter though! @TrevorG I don’t really want to talk exact prices but I bought it in December during the same few weeks that I saw four or five other Wals sell through Bass Direct and Bass Bros (typically they’re on Instagram and never even make the website, and were a mix of MkIs, MkIIs, fretted and fretless) and I’ve seen several more go there and elsewhere in the last couple of months. Prices have been around £6,500-£9,500 and this was in that range. Given that even if you’re on the list and can place an order next week you’re looking at about £8,000 for a base model 4-string, for the right bass the used prices aren’t always crazy. I’m not sure I could want a bass more than this so getting my dream bass now for what I considered a reasonable price (for that bass, rather than a comment on whether such sums are every reasonable) seemed a price worth paying.

Thanks very much!

I’d be worried about a dog using it as a big stick!