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JohnR

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  1. I owned the BP1 Compact but didn't like the tone as much as its big brother. The compact has a very different tone with a significant bump in the lower mids.
  2. GRBass AT CUBE 800 with Cover - £900 Delivered in UK. https://www.grbass.com/portfolio/at-cube-350-500-800/ In brand new condition with original box for shipping. Purchased from Bass Direct on December 17th 2025 so just over a month old. Tried out at home and then unused. The protective film hasn't even been removed. The combo cost £1,250 and the cover was an additional £70. 800W RMS (AES Standard) - 450W 8ohm RMS (AES Standard) W40 x D35,5 x H45,5 cm 9 Kg - 19.8 lbs Horn Driver 1" - ON/OFF and 3 positions switch 38 Hz to 18 kHz 98 dB SPL My plan was to use this to take to rehearsals to allow a more consistent sound with my gigging GRBass stack. I've since seen a bass I want to buy so am selling this and a few other bits and pieces to finance it. Potential buyers are welcome to demo in Glasgow.
  3. Aargh I sold mine and still regret it. Sorry to hear about your situation. Amazing preamp.
  4. Darkglass Anagram £750 Delivered in UK. Note that this has a small ding on the LHS which is reflected in the asking price. Comes with supplied case and power supply as well as a KnK shield which cost me a total of £70 to have delivered from Poland. https://www.darkglass.com/en-gb/products/anagram https://www.knkshields.com/products/anagram Apart from the ding it is in excellent condition. Purchased from guitarguitar in August 2025. With great irony it received the ding while I was fitting the protective shield. I was moving it on my desk and clipped the edge of my Apple Studio Display cracking the monitor's screen in the process. Thankfully I have Applecare+ or that would have been a very expensive repair. I've really enjoyed playing through the Anagram, I've owned all flavours of Helix and Quad Cortex and the tones from the Anagram were the best of the lot. Selling as I don't really have a use for it. I like to stick to a simple preamp/compressor board but do love trying out new kit. Potential buyers are welcome to demo in Glasgow.
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  5. Bergantino Forte HP2 Amp - £900 Delivered in UK. In pristine condition and comes with original box. Purchased from Bass Direct in May 2024. It will also come with the official Bergantino bag. This is the best amp I have owned but I have decided to downsize my rig to a combo to reduce the number of items I need to carry during load-in. Potential buyers are welcome to demo in Glasgow. https://bergantino.com/forte-hp-2-bass-amplifier/ Features: Power Section: 600W @ 8 ohms, 1200W RMS @ 4-Ohms, 1200W RMS @ 2-Ohms Dimensions: 13.25”W x 8.375”D x 3.75”H Weight: 6.4 lbs. User adjustable, parallel compression. Drive Circuit: Goes from Soft Clip “purr” to mix shredding distortion. Featuring our new proprietary B.S.D. (Bergantino Smart Drive) technology. Variable Low-Pass (VLPF) and Variable High-Pass (VHPF) filters, critical for precise tone shaping and taming of the most challenging gigging environments. 4-Band Tone Controls: Bass: +/-10db @65hz, Lo-Mid:+/-10db @250hz, Hi-Mid: +/-10db @ 1khz, Treble: +/-10db @ 3.5khz Bright Switch: Selectable between 2 khz @ +6db and 7 khz @ +8db. Punch Switch: +4 db @100 hz. Auxiliary Input and Headphone Jack: for personal monitor and practice. Software Upgradable via front USB port. Rack Mountable with optional rack ears Effects send and return loop Studio quality Direct Output: software selectable Pre or Post EQ UPS – Universal power supply 115VAC – 240VAC 50/60Hz
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  6. PRICE DROP - Caveman Audio BP1 Preamp - £550 £500 Delivered in UK. In immaculate condition and boxed. Purchased from Bass Direct in September 2025. This is a superb preamp and is the fourth one I have owned but I keep struggling with the amount of pedal board space it needs. This time I am determined to downsize to a smaller board. I would consider a trade for a Jad Freer Capo with a bit of money coming my way. I just bought a JHS Colour Box V2 so not interested in a Capo for now. https://caveman-audio.com/bp1-bass-preamp/ Potential buyers are welcome to demo in Glasgow.
  7. Rich bought my HX Stomp. Paid immediately and was a great communicator.
  8. JohnR

    Darkglass Anagram

    I have the same issue and have been playing email ping pong with Darkglass support for the last two weeks. In their most recent email they suggest sending my a replacement PSU which is worth trying but I have low confidence it will resolve the problem.
  9. Line 6 HX Stomp - £400 Delivered in UK. Purchased from Andertons in June this year and in pristine condition with box and cable, PSU, manuals. I will also include the dedicated Protection Racket case which was part of the Andertons special offer at the time. Potential buyers are welcome to try out in Glasgow.
  10. Pedalnetics Pro Footswitch for HX Stomp - £40 Delivered in UK. Purchased directly from Pedalnetics in the USA in July this year so only two months old. Protective paper on base only partially removed so there is plenty of stickiness left. Collect it in person from Glasgow and save a fiver.
  11. 1Kay bought a compressor pedal from me and paid right away. I think we both underestimated the complexity involved in shipping it to the US but he was very patient while I sorted out the paperwork. Really nice guy with great comms. Deal with in complete confidence.
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  12. Every time I see Ian King play I go straight to the Overwater website and start planning a build.
  13. JohnR

    Darkglass Anagram

    Pretty much made my mind up to return my Anagram. The UI is great but, to be honest, I don't spend a lot of time creating and tweaking patches. Once I create a patch that's it done. So the benefit of the great UI is minimal for my use case. I don't use any amps or cabs in my patches and they are one of the big selling points of the Anagram. If you use amps and cabs it's definitely worth a look. There are only a small amount of FX pedals most of which are distortion variants and I don't use distortion. That leaves a few pedals of interest to me such as chorus, octaver, compressor, etc. The octavers are excellent but the chorus is underwhelming as are the compressors. The two things that convinced me to return it are the poor compressor implementation, I can't believe they gave it that beautiful screen but didn't bother to find space for compressor metering and the terrible supplied PSU which causes mains hum forcing the use of a secondary PSU or a USB supply which means you can't have it attached to your computer while powering it. I have contacted Darkglass support through two different means regarding the mains hum but have still to hear back from them. There simply are not enough fx options of good quality for me and I have low confidence that a company of the size of Darkglass will have the software development resources to improve this any time soon. Please don't take the above as a total negative view as I am clearly not the intended user for the Anagram. If you use amp, cab and distortions this pedal will have a lot to offer you.
  14. JohnR

    Darkglass Anagram

    All probably returns. 😂
  15. JohnR

    Darkglass Anagram

    Will DM my order number now. There was definitely something weird going on with this order as it was still shown as 'processing' when it had actually been delivered and I hadn't received any despatch notifications or delivery details.
  16. JohnR

    Darkglass Anagram

    I have a CIOKS CRUX that would do the job. I will try it for the sake of seeing how well it works but I have no intention of lugging around a pedalboard with CIOKS plus CRUX to power this. I just wanted something small, light and self-contained. The laptop charger seems the best option so far.
  17. JohnR

    Darkglass Anagram

    Next I will try it with my Cioks PSU
  18. JohnR

    Darkglass Anagram

    You are a genius. It is completely silent when using a USB C laptop charger but hums when using the the power supply.
  19. JohnR

    Darkglass Anagram

    Yes using the power supply. I will try more options tomorrow. I really want to love it but any trace of hum is a deal breaker for me.
  20. JohnR

    Darkglass Anagram

    Hmm. Early days but it's a bit of a mixed bag so for. I've dialled in a few patches to compare with my HX Stomp and the Anagram sounds much better to my ears. The octaver tracking is also better on the Anagram. However there is a low level hum I can't get rid of even on a completely empty patch whereas the HX Stomp is completely silent. I'll work on it over the weekend but if I can't solve the hum issue it will have to go back as that's something I am completely OCD about.
  21. JohnR

    Darkglass Anagram

    It arrived. Still showing on GuitarGuitar as processing, no despatch email and no tracking email but it's here.
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