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I'm the opposite, even on a normal scale Bass I prefer to pluck the higher strings slightly closer to the neck than the lower strings to make the tone as even sounding as possible. So on multi-scale that becomes more of an issue needing to conciously move my plucking hand a fair bit up the neck for the higher strings (it's not a deal breaker though, I currently own an Ibanez EHB MS and also owned a Dingwall Combustion and an Ibanez SRMS 8005). I mostly play Dub/Reggae type stuff though so always want an consistent fat low-end tone, probably if I played different genres or used more effects and drive then it wouldn't necessarily be an issue at all.

I like multiscale's, I've owned three. One issue I have that I rarely see mentioned is if you pluck just in front of the pickup on the B and then pluck vertically down all the strings you'd be plucking the G relatively closer to the bridge. So you need to adjust plucking position to compensate and have even tone - I don't find that ergonomic or intuitive.

I'd add Fishman Platinum Pro (no drive but has compressor, Tuner, DI, 5 band EQ with HPF and sweepable mids). Or Laney Digbeth which has drive, DI, 4 band EQ, Aux in/phones out and is reasonably priced. Or NUX MLD is great value if you can get the software working.

Sold Jin a pedal and all was good, cheers!

Long weekend, Sunshine, BBQ and this: ☀️

Flabba Holt Explains How He Produced The Classic Gregory Isaacs Album 'Night Nurse' Pt.1 Part 2 Flabba Holt Shows Us How He Created The Bass Lines For Some Of Reggae’s Most Popular Songs Pt.3

Looks good. Seems like it has similar features to the Vein Tap Dark Arts Phaser I've just ordered (although obviously that's phaser rather than chorus) https://www.vein-tap.com/product/dark-arts-tap-tempo-phaser/

So to disable the cab sim from xlr needs the whole pedal turned off and there is no way to add the cab sim to the 1/4" out? I think that's an issue for me. Most preamps have some control over pre/post out for outputs, the Nux MLD is a third of the cost has individual cab sim on/off for XLR and 1/4". I've also found that it's difficult to get a clean dubby tone that uses just the EQ i.e. If I want to boost the bass and cut highs but not have noticeable overdrive the gain has to be very low (as EQ is pre drive so the boosted bass gets overdriven, and blend only blends the un-affected non-bass boosted clean input). It's clearly a very solid (weights nearly 1kg!) well made high end pedal and does some great overdrive tones, I'll give it a while longer to test properly but I'm thinking it's not the pedal for me.

Now I realise that the DI/XLR is always with the Cab sim on, and the 1/4" out is never with the Cab sim on......I'm not sure that's a good move. There might be situations where I want to go via XLR without a Cab sim, and there are definitely situations where I want the 1/4" out to have the option of Cab sim (I've got a fairly 'clean' sounding amp and Cab).

Partly radio - John Peel and various Radio 1 shows like One in the Jungle and Essential Mix. And record shops with listening decks , places like Blackmarket records took a lot of my time and money!

Cheapest I can see them is £179 for the RE-2 (available now) £305 for the RE-202 (available June). I think I'll wait to get the RE-202 once it's available but that price is starting to tread into decent multi-fx territory which makes it a bit more difficult to justify (although I never could get my Stomp to sound as good as my old RE-20).

Agreed. Plus, cost (even the cheapest option of a DMC micro is £149, and it only offers Preset scrolling - no additional parameter adjusting controls) and the hassles of setup. Lots of C4 forum threads have posts about people faffing to set up external equipment, I expect it's a reason quite a lot of C4's come along reasonably cheap second hand. It makes things like the Future Impact or SY-200 more viable. Source Audio know its an issue for people, they said themselves on Talkbass it has outgrown the hardware and there will be a larger version.

Listening to DJ Yoda reminds me of that Bionic Santa record, not as bad but that humourous cut n paste DJ style gets right on my t1ts.

It's wellworth a visit, I'll be heading back for sure. Doors open at 8.30 and it's about 10 before the band start and it gradually picks up.

If anyone happens to be looking for live Reggae in London on Thursday's then the Troy bar in Hoxton is excellent. £3 entry, Caribbean food, great house band (anyone happen to know who they are?) and open mic for vocalists - but not karaoke style, all are really high quality. The only downside is needing to work on Friday as the night gradually gets better so you end up leaving at 1pm whether you planned to or not!

Frank bought a pedal from me and all was good. Nice one!

Mucking about with C4 + DMC micro persuaded me that I'm gonna wait for source audio to put in one pedal.

Is anyone here successfully using a new (S22) Samsung Bluetooth with the Waza? It worked with my old note 9 but with the S22 I'm having issues: it connects to the app and sends & receives the signal (e.g. use as tuner and adjust fx) but playing music doesn't send as that part of the phone is set so it's not paired as need to have that un paired then pair via the app rather than usual Bluetooth pairing method. If I try pairing via the app and then the usual route it says you need to use the app for this Waza device.

I think I'll go for it, exchanging the Pod Go for a Bassrig sort of masks the cost, the trouble is that I'll need a compressor and I'll probably faily quickly justify to myself that it 'needs' to be a Cali 76, and if I'm spending that much then I might as well get the matching colour (which I'll immediately feel like a mug for paying £30 more for)....before I know it I'll have spent £680 on two pedals! What I'd hope though is that they are two very good pedals and if I ever tire of them they'll hold their value well (Cali 76 seem to rarely hang about 2nd hand at £220), so most of the £680 is an investment and pretty much a refundable deposit. Justified!

Where my bank balance is concerned Basschat and Talkbass are the axis of evil! I'm seriously considering returning my recently aquired Pod Go Wireless in exchange for a Bassrig Black Panel. Same sort of cost but one has wireless, 220+ effects, FX loop, expression pedal, tuner etc. etc. and the other sounds better at it's one specific thing - but 90% of the time I want that one specific thing.

I'd guess P Bass with tone up, played with a plectrum, fresh steel strings with a low enough action that they get a bit buzzy, then some sort of overdrive then EQ'd with high-mids and treble turned up.

Just as long as they avoid the Fuzzrocious BDPG.

No, but i'm gutted I'm not as there's a lot there I'd want to see. Particularly Truckfighters, Lowrider, Orange Goblin, Earthless, Bongzilla, Electric Wizard, Conan.