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[Bleat]

Here is my new, *nearly* finished acoustic bass board. I just need a better power supply and a couple of nicer quality leads, but it is fine for now.  I have room for another pedal if needed. I was thinking of getting a Zoom MS-60B, though not sure if there would be much requirement for effects in any potential acoustic setup. 

[Frank Blank]

1 hour ago, Bleat said:

Here is my new, *nearly* finished acoustic bass board. I just need a better power supply and a couple of nicer quality leads, but it is fine for now.  I have room for another pedal if needed. I was thinking of getting a Zoom MS-60B, though not sure if there would be much requirement for effects in any potential acoustic setup. 

 

At last, someone else with an acoustic bass bo...

 

Hang on, is that an acoustic bass rather than an upright?

[Bleat]

9 minutes ago, Frank Blank said:

 

At last, someone else with an acoustic bass bo...

 

Hang on, is that an acoustic bass rather than an upright?

 

It's for an Aria FEB electro-acoustic. 

[Frank Blank]

1 minute ago, Bleat said:

It's for an Aria FEB electro-acoustic. 

 

Excellent, I'd like to try one of those. Here's my board...

 

[Bleat]

11 minutes ago, Frank Blank said:

 

Excellent, I'd like to try one of those. Here's my board...

 

 

Mine is like the Aldi version of yours! 😆 I'll consider some posh upgrades if/when I get involved in some live playing. I'm hoping something may come to fruition next year. I do really like the Boss AD-5 though to be fair.

 

The Aria really is a lovely sounding and looking bass for the money. Tightened the truss rod, a little nut filing and it now plays amazingly well. If you do get one, be prepared to upgrade the tuners as that is where they have skimped a bit. I'm just waiting on some new ones to arrive.

[uk_lefty]

Well, I never thought it would happen... I got rid of my Spark amp and replaced it with playing electric guitar through my Fender Bassman amp and using a Headrush MX5 multi I picked up second hand. I started to experiment with the Headrush and it's pretty good for bass too so my Boss ME-90B is put to the side for a while. 

 

Well, a nice small multi effects pedal is great, but I wanted to add wireless. I've got a vocal effect pedal too, and I plan to get one of those MXR Synth pedals too... So I needed a board. 

 

This is what it looks like today, with space to spare for the synth. I could even mount the wireless transmitter for my IEMS on here but I think that's overkill potentially.

 

I'll practice and gig this board next week and see how it compares to the trusty Boss ME-90B.

[Gank Bass]

Taking a break from gigs due to the drummer welcoming his first child and me coincidentally dislocating 2 fingers in my right hand has given me a bit of time to reshuffle my board. The goal was to squeeze in a wah pedal and fit my new di box. I'm not 100% happy with the underside mess but it works! Looking forward to giving it a real test in 6 weeks when my splints come off

 

 

[TheRev]

This is my first pedal board, using it with double bass.

 

The Fishman Platinum has always been part of my signal chain as it has the tuner, HPF and DI out. The Aphex and the Grizzly are in the FX loop of the Fishman

It was a lot fun putting this together - I can see why people really get into it.

[Bagman]

Pedal Board A

 

the FTT EQ is excellent if certainly more than what I probably require 

[ordep]

latest micro board setup. usually powerbank powered.

 

 

then this added to whichever board I am bringing with me. (I have two other setup depending on the situation/need)

 

[Frank Blank]

On 05/12/2025 at 19:35, Bleat said:

I do really like the Boss AD-5 though to be fair.

 

It's been discontinued and replaced by the Boss AD-10.

[uk_lefty]

On 13/12/2025 at 14:58, ordep said:

latest micro board setup. usually powerbank powered.

 

 

then this added to whichever board I am bringing with me. (I have two other setup depending on the situation/need)

 

What's the added switch on the MXR? 

[Boodang]

On 13/12/2025 at 16:58, ordep said:

latest micro board setup. usually powerbank powered.

 

 

then this added to whichever board I am bringing with me. (I have two other setup depending on the situation/need)

 

Git!!! You have a MXR bass synth! I even missed out on the second batch, now waiting for the third to be made around end of Dec... I'm not holding my breath. What's the AMT tube preamp like? Review please!

[admiralchew]

30 minutes ago, Boodang said:

Git!!! You have a MXR bass synth! I even missed out on the second batch, now waiting for the third to be made around end of Dec... I'm not holding my breath. What's the AMT tube preamp like? Review please!

Don’t Bass Direct have them in stock at the moment?

[Boodang]

4 minutes ago, admiralchew said:

Don’t Bass Direct have them in stock at the moment?

They do!!

[ordep]

12 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

What's the added switch on the MXR? 

hi, it is to cycle through presets without bending down. very useful, last week we did Remember the time straight into Material girl (preset 1 into preset 2) life saver!

 

11 hours ago, Boodang said:

Git!!! You have a MXR bass synth! I even missed out on the second batch, now waiting for the third to be made around end of Dec... I'm not holding my breath. What's the AMT tube preamp like? Review please!

 

I like the AMT very much, very capable for its size. warms up the tone quite nicely, can even provide low gain tube hair. loads of options available via switches too. Alembic tube pre based according to description, but I haven’t tried the real deal for comparison.  

Edited Monday at 19:58 by ordep

[Jack]

On 11/10/2025 at 09:05, basexperience said:

I noticed someone selling a whole load saying the Anagram meant they were just downsizing everything (although they had specific stuff about travel in there) - I wonder how things have changed since the days of e.g. the bass pod xT (I still have one of those... I should put that up for sale, really) - have recent multifx releases seen more people sell off their pedal collections?

 

I built a truly huge pedalboard a few years ago for a synth / electronic project which didn't happen, and downsized / rebuilt this year. It's definitely revitalised my appetite for effects units - I've built PCs in the past, and it feels a little like that, with a pleasant degree of self-build. I solder my own cables, etc, and sourcing parts is good fun. That said, it's an expensive hobby: the filter board I'm building has definitely hit £500 in new spend on new filter pedals, etc, and I've been sourcing secondhand a fair amount. That only hit me yesterday: I mean, that's nearly half an anagram.

Sorry for all the quotes, just getting caught up on one of my favorite threads. Downsizing from multiple pedals to a multi is definitely a 'thing'. Much easier now as well as they are all fantastic, you could honestly gig with nearly all of them. Although I'm sure in 10 years time they will all sound terrible again! I still have a little analogue board with 3 pedals on a nano, but my QC (and before that my HX stomp) is just my rig now. What else could you need? He says, looking at the limited edition Sansamp paradriver...

 

On 15/10/2025 at 10:24, neepheid said:

 

Yes - I use a pitch shifter all the time to cover off singer requests to "do this one x semitones up/down" - I ain't relearning songs, and I'm no getting a 5 string either!

 

Pleased to see I'm not the only one, although it still feels like cheating. Just for three songs in our set, what about you?

 

On 05/12/2025 at 12:26, Chadu25 said:

Latest iteration and state of the board. 
 

Big fan of Evangelion and Gundam. 
 

my Anagram powers the Pirate MIDI Bridge6 with USB C, no issues, noise or dropouts. Board is a 15.7x5” Gokko from Amazon. 
 

That is slick.

 

On 05/12/2025 at 15:16, thisisswanbon said:

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Angled headphone adapter is an excellent idea!

 

 

On 05/12/2025 at 15:23, warwickhunt said:

 

Yeah it saves having to leave space to insert a headphone jack or a lead if you are using it as an output.

Have you seen the little cable ones? They put a bit less strain on the jack socket IMO.

[neepheid]

1 hour ago, Jack said:

Pleased to see I'm not the only one, although it still feels like cheating. Just for three songs in our set, what about you?

 

I don't think it's cheating at all - better living through technology as far as I'm concerned.  6 or 7 songs get shifted +/- 3 semitones.  I also use it for octave up blend for a bit of "fake guitar" action (pitch shift up + overdrive) on a couple of songs because we've only got a single guitarist.

Edited 3 hours ago by neepheid

[Higgie]

1 hour ago, neepheid said:

I also use it for octave up blend for a bit of "fake guitar" action (pitch shift up + overdrive) on a couple of songs because we've only got a single guitarist.

Probably for the best. In my experience it's the married guitarists that have a tendency to ruin the band.