New MXR bass synth pedal released

[krispn]

On 02/10/2025 at 22:42, kiat said:

How are folks finding the MXR Synth Bass pedal? Guessing by the constant state of sold-outness in the UK and Thomann there must be quite a few BCers with them. On Marketplace there were 5 already sold and I'm wondering if that's a usual amount for a very popular bass pedal.  Looking to get a 2nd hand one or wait til the new ones become more available. 

Two things and this isn’t gospel…

 

1. It’s as ‘plug and play’ as this type of unit can be in it’ll work for almost everyones playing style but you may need to make very minor adaptations to your playing style - it’s as good a synth pedal as any bassist wanting to do the synth thing will find out the box. 
 

2. It’s the closest and easiest ‘out of the box’ in terms of its actual sounds and in that regard it’s as ‘plug and play’ sound wise as you might want with enough scope to refine or edit to taste. 

 

In the same way something like a classic OC2 octave pedal has to be ‘played’ due to its quirkiness/glitch related behaviours there are little changes we might need to make with some gear to make it work.