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This is super cool! What's the Headphone amp for here? Would love a little breakdown of the signal flow. Really impressed with the Valeton GP-5, loving mine so much I might get a second to live in the gigbag...

Keen to try one of these! Borrowed a Master Effects Super 800 I really liked for a while too, worth a look.

How's the rig been treating you @dave_bass5?

Hopefully you enjoy! One of the reasons I went with the Mvave was peopled reported decent latency, and I am happy to report I've had no noticeable issues, and generally am quite sensitive to even small amounts of latency. YMMV but hopefully ticks the boxes! My only real complain is that Mvave seems to use these tiny strange knobs but that's pretty minor since I basically don't touch them.

I've been using one of these for both guitar and bass (only at home/rehearsal (for now!) and really like it. Really really like it. Enough to have also bought the Mvave Chocolate Plus Midi controller to use with it, which has been great for patch switching and additional control, and the Mvave IR box for a mini rig as well as opening options for NAM files of just amps. This mini set up has been great for a guitar rig that can go straight to FoH via DI. Hopeful it'll continue to improve with updates, as some of the effects are okay at best, and all the pitch based effects are bad, but as is and for the price I can't really complain, especially as it's stereo in/out, and has 2/2 in/out USB audio. For raw tones, reverb, delay, the chorus options are okay but not great. App has been smooth and easy to use, patches are easy to navigate and it didn't take long to have it all up and running comfortably. I'm digging the stock modelling, but NAM files really open things up - I'm going to experiment with making a NAM file of my main rig, and an IR of the cab to compare in future if I can find the time. Including postage, and the Mvave Choco plus, and the IR box, was about £110 all in, to my door, for an absolutely tiny rig (fits in the top pocket of my gig bag with room to spare) that I can use to practice with headphones, or go DI out, or record with? Bonkers compared to what was out there even 5 years ago!

Can confirm it's got a regular center negative / common style PSU input as well, that's how I run mine 👍

I just got the MVave IR box for my pocket rig and it's nice solid, easy, has it's own headphone out and can do audio via USB (there's no volume control for the USB which is a faff. but non issue in your case), XLR out and has High pass / Low Pass knobs too. Comes loaded with it's own IR's but they can be replaced via the app. The stock one's I've found "okay" but loaded my own and am having fun. I've not used it but was also recommended the Sonicake IR loader, also has an XLR out and your own IR's can be loaded into the slots. Can be had online for £35-40 Both super cheap, I got the Mvave for £20 or so. Ordered it and the Mvave Chocolate Plus mini bluetooth midi controller, both together was £40 delivered to my door, the future is now! Part of why I went for the Mvave was as I knew I was getting the midi controller and they use the same app etc.

Absolute bargain! These are seriously monster amps and the matching cabs were stellar (still rocking my Nexus 410). Can't justify an amp this heavy these days myself but boy that's a cracking deal for someone! Shame it's not the FET version I'd have snapped it up by now, hah!

Will also have to scout around when I'm back down after the Holiday season. Have to say though, my last two shopping excursions in Glasgow to local stores have not been great. One particular shop in my experience was rather sour, which is a shame as I was minutes away from purchasing some pedals, but didn't have the best staff interaction (some general rudeness), so left, and just went home.

Neither of my parents are musicians, my brother dabbled in Guitar for a bit, still plays but not doing much with it. Both parents (Mum more than Dad but Dad came around) have always been supportive. In Primary school my brother tried Euphonium, but never gelled with it, I used to steal it, and got a knack for it, switch to Trombone, and here I am 12+ years later still playing! Did piano for a bit to support that but teacher moved, and I never got another. Re-learning now. Parents paid for lessons, and Mum (bless her she's wonderful) drove me to all my gigs no matter how scummy or how far away when I picked up bass at 14/15. My great grand parents apparently were musical, and my grandmother was, but never heard her touch an instrument in my life time. Now I'm at University studying Music! (Composing being my main thing) Still supported by the family though the very valid "What do graduates with your degree usually do?" is cropping up now I'm over half way, hah! Got 7 years of lessons on Trombone, am rather rusty now I focus on Composing sadly, so brushing up, but did my Grade 8, and all which made the parents (and me!) very happy. Though never learnt much theory, and such till University, and to be honest the Scottish Music qualifications in school are pretty pants. Growing up with so much support was/is absolutely wonderful. A little jealous at times feeling "years behind" those with musical parents, who can play 75 instruments, sing, have great musical ears/pitch etc but hey, variations make things fun!

I've played Trombone for many years, lovely instrument, and you can always shock people with how loud they are!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1471299744' post='3112029'] It was!!! Don't tell me you were there!! [/quote] Not this year, unfortunately, tied up down in Glasgow. I don't drink, but usually make it along. Banchory is (more or less) my home town, played the Beer fest every year till now, due too a myriad of reasons, and to avoid sounding like I'm mud slinging won't go into. I'm 3 miles from Banchory as I type this, as I drove up today How'd you enjoy our slice of the world?

Wasn't the Banchory beer festival was it?

[quote name='opticfibre' timestamp='1470310199' post='3104961'] Hi Guys! Its looks like the most popular question here is How do we do it? The answer is simpler than you might think, and may cause a lot more questions from you. We use IM to send the analogue optical signal Intensity Modulation not AM or FM or PWM or... [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensity_modulation"]https://en.wikipedia...sity_modulation[/url] when the voltage signal goes up, our light goes up, when the voltage signal goes down our light goes down. Our wavelength is 660nm but i don't think that's important, the reason we use 660nm is because the bespoke optical fiber we use is most sensitive in that range. Hope this helps [/quote] Hello, and welcome to the forum! Always wonderful seeing companies pop in here, there a few floating around, and we all really appreciate it! Hope we haven't all sounded too scathing, but that's just what we're all like We're a dour bunch, but we're fun, honest! Won't launch into some questions here, but I'm excited to try our the product if possible some day soon enough.

[quote name='4stringslow' timestamp='1470046596' post='3102840'] Agreed. The voodoo is probably the biggest issue Edit: as for the tone issues (ie frequency response), this chap is not at all convinced: [media]http://youtu.be/YljQyirf1RM[/media] [/quote] David jumped into the comments of that video too. Not too impressed by his response; however it's human nature to be protective over one's product design, and I agree YouTube clips are far from the [i]best [/i]way to compare sounds, the chap should test them before making a judgement, though no explanation, or constructive conversation was had... [Note: When I open one link to this video the comments chain where Mr Holmes has posted is there, and in another they are not, despite being the same URL? Maybe just a weird thing on my end] [quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1470082144' post='3103201'] They also had a go at kickstarter. [url="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1536327222/lightleadtm-world-1st-analogue-optical-audio-cable"]https://www.kickstar...cal-audio-cable[/url] [/quote] I'm only vaguely keeping up with the physics of the product (in theory, anyway as things have been explained here) and once more BassChat wonderfully surprises me with all of your knowledge! In the Kickstarter video, the explanation of change in sound from the normal copper cable (no indication of price point, but the DI test they do has a regular/high end/light lead comparison) and the Light lead, now from the explanation I believe I'm right in say it's then no different to a buffer (a people have pointed out already). So unless I'm missing something, I don't really see the point, but I'd love to actually try one, and A/B vs a buffered set up. In the Pro tools expert interview they talk about a band having radio interference from a long cable, again pardon my possible ignorance, but would that possible be a shielding issue of the cable used, as they also said the guitarist switched cables, and went on his way. And I would also agree with as has been said on this thread, that for many they use wireless, especially for bigger venues, though that is no different to anyone trying to sell long cables regardless. Would be curious as to battery life, and prices of the bundle, and of the cable (in the "Snake oil" video comments section David states £25 for the cable part) and the ends. Don't really have an opinion either way, beyond the science behind it seems very interesting, and it seem like a cool product, that as of yet I can't quite understand what it may be needed for! Hopefully David drops in here, and can give us a full explanation of the Light Lead!