EBS_freak

It depends on what you are trying to get out of it. Only you can see if the POD500 cuts if for your circumstance or not. The bass pod and pod500 are still very two capable pieces of kit. You'll have to try these things out and see if they give you what you want. I personally run a Kemper - but that replaced both my guitar and bass rig... and I really liked the idea of being able to profile stuff. For example, my current go to profile is based around a high end channel strip mic preamp being fed into a SSL desk. You won't get that out of anything else (and it's a bit easier than carrying a console to a gig).

Agreed. Half of the enjoyment for me is being able to dig the sound I am making onstage.. hence why I have invested in both a foh and dedicated monitoring desk.

For me, somebody that was a die hard big rig fan... the last thing I want now is take a conventional bass rig to a gig. A modeller and inears for me please. I'd much rather rock up with a modeller that makes your bass sound like its been recorded in a studio. Yes, you can mic up your live rig but there will be a compomise along the way. DI - will give you just your DI and not the sound of your speaker cab. Micing up the speaker cab will give you a close miced sound but will introduce bleed from the other noises being made on the stage. Yes, you could use a speaker emulator on your DI - but that's another component to carry around with your rig. The modelling route appeals to me because it gives you the recorded rig sound without the complication. If you are an fx unit user - all the fx you could want (within reason) are in there. The volumes are far more controllable - no more "I need to drive my amp hard to get the power tube distortion that I am craving...". The sound is consistent and instantly recallable from gig to gig. Any tweaks for a specific venue can be made and saved to memory for reuse. If you aren't a big fx user... and not into loads of different sounds, something not as involved as the Helix could be order of the day. As long as you dig the core tone, you are good to go. Of course, you can still use your existing fx pedals etc (if you use them) with a modeller also. If you need a cab to hear yourself on stage, then a good FRFR PA cab will outperform most bass specific cabs. Again, light, portable and multipurpose (a modeller and cab will do the job for both guitar and bass - if you play both). I like inears - less to carry and everything sounds a lot clearer - if you want to learn more about that, you could do worse than read through this thread - (grab yourself a cuppa...)

They aren't the brash cabs type. They prefer to not parade with their tweeters out.

You do realise that if we are keeping you awake, there's other places you can go to amuse yourself?

Shh. Don't upset the apple cart.

All BC experts are self appointed and are of questionable quality. That's the law. Except when it's not.

Helix or Helix LT? Also have a look at the FRFR story thread for inspiration on the cab front.

It's even got an anchor on it too... albeit it in brown.

It's a great time to be buying modellers... and the fx are great too... so see it as an amp and pedalboard replacement and it will make a hell of a lot of financial sense.

Time to go Helix I reckon.

These are collectors pieces!

I'd say the purchasing decision is what is most in question...

Quality spirit level.

Needs more silver screw action.

I like slut red.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AAM25L-Mono-Audio-Attenuator-25dB-line-to-mic-level-1-4-Jacks/183022755574?hash=item2a9d019ef6:g:2e8AAMXQXQxRZ~KC One of these would have sorted you.

I think somebody is trying to boost their backlinks.... (won't work as nofollow links on basschat)

And now... "whacking two out on top of each other" i need an eye test and to flush my filthy mind.

Subwoofers for bass guitar use on stage wouldn't leave you much clarity...

Haha - I misread that as "I agree, a CTM100 gets me stubby immediately" oo-er

Fair play to coming on and setting the record straight.... ...but wasn't somebody having a little niggle when typing in the words "all valve"...? To let it get this far without somebody else apart from the customer going... "eeer, hang on a minute...?" is a little... err...