JohnR

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.

Every time I see Ian King play I go straight to the Overwater website and start planning a build.

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.

All probably returns. 😂

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.

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.

Next I will try it with my Cioks PSU

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

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.

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.

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

They replied saying it will be delivered today despite the ‘processing’ status and absence of shipping notification. Watch this space.

Hmm. It's not going well with my GuitarGuitar order. Two days after placing the order for next day delivery and it's still showing as 'pending' on their website. It feels like I've been the victim of sharp practice. I've messaged them asking for an update so let's see what they say.

I was lucky to be sitting in front of my computer when I got the email notification and jumped on it.

Back in stock at GuitarGuitar. I just ordered one. Three left as of now.

ESP do a left handed B-206 which had a decent reputation and was a fair price. https://www.espguitars.com/products/9858-b-206sm-ns

I use GHS Gorgomyte to keep mine as good as new. It's amazing stuff. https://astrings.co.uk/products/ghs-gorgomyte-fret-and-fingerboard-treated-cleaning-cloth-1

I bought mine from Bass Direct several years ago. They might be able to order one in. I customised mine beyond recognition with a Mike Pope preamp, upgraded Bartolini pickups and Hipshot hardware. I also took a router to it and changed the pickup positions and installed Luminlay dot markers on the fingerboard and side of the neck. You wouldn't recognise it as the same bass.

I have a 6 string MTD Kingston. Lovely bass.

Alan bought a Caveman pedal from me. Paid immediately and it was a great experience. Thanks Alan.