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Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II into an Aguilar Grape Phasor. WA does slow Phasor rates well, the Aguilar does the higher rates well, run both together and it sounds almost like an envelope filter, only imho much better. My latest go to funky setup.

Aguilar Octamizer into a Mr Black Fwonkbeta. Funky synth sounds.

Cog T65 with an Idiotbox Blower Box distortion in the loop. A most viscous synth sound!

I’ve just bought one of these, mostly because it has knobs and doesn’t look like I need a phd in programming to operate. I’m not seeing much on the forum about them but I am seeing a few people sell them! So, a few observations. The amp modelling is good but all the effects I can do better with individual pedals… but then some of my one trick pony pedals cost more than this. However, the one thing I’m struggling with seems to be input gain. Without adjusting anything on the pod I plugged in my MusicMan and on the ‘round’ amp setting it was so distorted. Pressed ‘alt’ to adjust the gain and I had to turn it down to one red led so it didn’t clip. Now has a nice B15 undistorted tone. Does this thing have very low input headroom? My MM is not standard; pickup goes straight to a Delano Sonas xpure, no eq and the output is not hot by any means. Anybody else come across this issue with input sensitivity? I plug this into an xr18 so I can see the input levels, and out of the pod, without clipping the settings, it’s low. Consequently I’m running it thru a xotic super sweet to use as a clean gain boost. How have others found this pedal?

Since installing a Behringer XR18 in my practice / rehearsal room, I use that and the powerplay controller for remote monitor mix into Focal headphones. Flexible solution that covers just practicing through to recording the band.

Steampunk morris dancing…. Surely some pictures are in order!

A pleasure! SCF was the first pedal I ever bought, had one on the board ever since. Sort of pedal you keep and a bargain at that price.

TC Electronic SCF. Looks like Andertons have one on sale for £70. I’ve got the original and reissue, both awesome. Does subtle to extreme, the pitch mod mode is great.

Internet hiccup I think!

Sorry... Multiply post was outside my control!

Yep, we had the same keyboard issue recently. Our keys player doing rehearsals with a cheap keyboard but all the outputs work, no issues. He turns up at the gig with his posh keys, all outputs busted except the headphones. Theses keys play better he announced. I was unprepared lead wise for this (I seem to be the one with all the leads!), and we had limited setup time on a stage shared with other bands, so in the hurry ended up just sending one side of the stereo to FOH. Consequently weird unpredictable sounds from his keys. If the patch was in mono, great, in stereo it was fading in and out as he playing. Not the greatest especially as it was going through a decent pa at an open air gig.

Yep, we had the same keyboard issue recently. Our keys player doing rehearsals with a cheap keyboard but all the outputs work, no issues. He turns up at the gig with his posh keys, all outputs busted except the headphones. Theses keys play better he announced. I was unprepared lead wise for this (I seem to be the one with all the leads!), and we had limited setup time on a stage shared with other bands, so in the hurry ended up just sending one side of the stereo to FOH. Consequently weird unpredictable sounds from his keys. If the patch was in mono, great, in stereo it was fading in and out as he playing. Not the greatest especially as it was going through a decent pa at an open air gig.

Yep, we had the same keyboard issue recently. Our keys player doing rehearsals with a cheap keyboard but all the outputs work, no issues. He turns up at the gig with his posh keys, all outputs busted except the headphones. Theses keys play better he announced. I was unprepared lead wise for this (I seem to be the one with all the leads!), and we had limited setup time on a stage shared with other bands, so in the hurry ended up just sending one side of the stereo to FOH. Consequently weird unpredictable sounds from his keys. If the patch was in mono, great, in stereo it was fading in and out as he playing. Not the greatest especially as it was going through a decent pa at an open air gig.

I use an ekit when volume is an issue. I bought a LD Systems Icoa 15a (about £350) to put the kit through and I have to say it's awesome. It gives a full sound at low volumes but is capable of being pushed, I did a small open air gig, about 200 people, going just out the LD and it worked fine. We even put the bass through it as well for the small gigs to save on gear carrying and it works fine. One thing I finds that helps, is editing the ekit sounds. I have different eq settings in the brain for each of the kits I use that take into account the type of speakers it's going through.... there's a big difference between going into a PA with bins to going through a small speaker like the Icoa. Took me about a year to get the hang of the editing, if the kit has sample layering it really helps. Good luck.

Wow! Brilliant.

For practicing I just use a Behringer mixer and headphones but when I want to amplify, normally when the the band mates come over, I use a couple of LD Systems Icoa 15s. These are great because they will play at low volume with full bass but you can take them to a gig and they’re as loud as you want before needing to go into a PA. 300 watts and approx £350 each. Not exactly monitors but definitely dual purpose when it comes to rehearsing/gigs.

I play a 1 string bass, it’s much more versatile than my zero string bass.

I've recently started a Hendrix tribute / blues band, and these are a must! I can feel an expensive xmas present coming up.... if I can find a pair in my size.

Behringer 502 analogue mixer… £32. Plug in your bass, auxiliary ins and headphones, job done.

TC Electronic Spectradrive has everything you need plus toneprints for the drive and comp, so you can choose from a range of downloadable options.

Circle of 5ths and two octave runs make more sense on a 5 string but…. for me I find as a result of the range in any one part of the neck I tend to stay there and play across the strings whereas on a 4 it forces me to play up and down the neck a result of which is I play more inventive lines(but that’s just me). I do have a 5 string as well but I tune it high C and use it only when chordal work is needed. And, just me again, I’ve never heard a low B that sounds right!

From a gig the other week, but only just got around to editing the video. Our relatively new blues band, this was the first time out with just us on the bill. Pulled in a nice blues loving crowd who really appreciated the set.

Legs wide apart I would say.

True enough! The thing I find amusing though, if you took this thread and went to publish it as a book of advice to bass players, an editor would have a brain spasm trying to make sense of it!