Big Low End

Thanks, it’s definitely my gigging bass for the next two performances at least. This one has always felt just right and now it also looks just right.

No masking tape, it doesn’t seem to stain anything which is varnished but if the bass body was pale in colour I would’ve been careful not to get any on it. All I did was lay the bass on two flat cushions with a strip of kitchen towel on top of the cushions, cleaned the fretboard with lighter fluid and a microfibre cloth, then caked on the Montypresso with a rag and rubbed it in. Made sure there was a really thick coat everywhere and left for 24 hours. The Montypresso is so thick in consistency that it didn’t drip or anything like that. So I now have a much nicer looking fretboard with no anger from the wife due to stained cushions/table etc.

Great result for me this weekend darkening a pau ferro fretboard with Monty’s Montypresso. Cleaned the fretboard with lighter fluid beforehand and left the Montypresso on for 24 hours. Before and after results below.

I got the Montypresso and left it on for 24 hours after cleaning the fretboard with lighter fluid (I need to use the bass today so couldn’t leave it on for 48 hours). A remarkable transformation, exactly as hoped for. The Pau Ferro could now pass for rosewood. Thanks for the recommendation.

Just ordered from Andertons 👍

Thank you, I’ll get some and give it a go.

Previously never been entirely convinced by the look of a tortoiseshell pickguard on a black bass but decided to give it a go. I like it a lot (and yes I wish the fingerboard was a bit darker).

The 200h is a bit limited in terms of EQ control compared to the 500h. Having just looked at the (non-Foundry) 210 200w combo I see what you mean, there’s even less control on that one. Other than using your own EQ pedal I doubt there are any solutions. My 200h is ok for rehearsals but on stage I’d only use my 500h for that very reason - better control of the mids.

My band is losing our spacious garden studio (our friend who owns it is moving house soon), and we’ll need to fit into a much smaller garden studio when that happens. I needed something which could still keep up with our drummer but with a tiny footprint and here it is - Laney Digbeth 200h paired with a Warwick Gnome 210. Whole thing is just 305mm wide and is very loud. Not the highest quality speaker but definitely good enough for rehearsals.

Lakland and Fender

I’ve been using an OBNE Signal Blender for a while to blend overdrive, a harsher distortion and a clean signal. Despite trying all the options of the phase buttons, I was never able to quite stop it from sounding a bit muddy/unclear. So I recently looked at all the reviews for the EHX Tri Parallel Mixer and swapped it in. I’m parallel mixing exactly what I was with the OBNE (clean, OD, distortion) but I’m far happier with the clarity of the final signal. I don’t know what it is, whether there’s better management of phasing, but it just sounds better and less muddy. Just my observations in case anyone is considering buying one of the two. With neither pedal was there a loss of low end, it’s just that the EHX seems to do everything with a bit more clarity.

Love the purple GZ so much I had to buy the white one. Pickups are different so I don’t just have two clones.

Best of luck, it might just be something like firmware. Please let us know how you get on.

Sounds like it might have Windows 98 running inside. 😳