New MXR bass synth pedal released

[AndyTheBassBison]

50 minutes ago, kiat said:

 

Where'd you find it and how much was it Andy, if that's not too personal a question!?

 

My Thomann order status still says 3-4 weeks (I paid for mine on 12th October) as it has been for over a month and when I chatted with them today they now pushed out the "we get stock" to 9th of Jan.  Well it was Nov, then early Dec, then late Dec.  How long is a piece of string with these guys.  So I googled the pedal out of desperation and it said the usual, that these pedals were available from multiple UK vendors, so I clicked on a few (to find out they haven't got any), then tried one more for luck and Bingo!  The magic words "In stock" appeared (it feels odd to be excited by those two words, but it's been a long wait and rigmarole).  A quick phone call to them confirmed the good news and they had my order in a few mins.  What surprised me is that Thomann with all their pull couldn't get any or enough (they assured me, that only those presold to customers before me had gone out in the past two months, so at least their queing system is working, just maybe too many people bought in hope there) whereas Bass Direct said they got 30 of them recently. It's a lot of money for a single pedal though and new territory for me (as I've gone only for inexpensive multipedals before, Zoom B3 and Valeton GP-5).

 

 

 

I put a wanted ad on here and got it for £255 posted which seems fair 

[kiat]

26 minutes ago, AndyTheBassBison said:

I put a wanted ad on here and got it for £255 posted which seems fair 

Good idea and it works! I did the same for a Zoom B3 a while back. As for the price it seems fair as it's recent enough from launch so likely as new.

[Kev]

1 hour ago, kiat said:

 

Where'd you find it and how much was it Andy, if that's not too personal a question!?

 

My Thomann order status still says 3-4 weeks (I paid for mine on 12th October) as it has been for over a month and when I chatted with them today they now pushed out the "we get stock" to 9th of Jan.  Well it was Nov, then early Dec, then late Dec.  How long is a piece of string with these guys.  So I googled the pedal out of desperation and it said the usual, that these pedals were available from multiple UK vendors, so I clicked on a few (to find out they haven't got any), then tried one more for luck and Bingo!  The magic words "In stock" appeared (it feels odd to be excited by those two words, but it's been a long wait and rigmarole).  A quick phone call to them confirmed the good news and they had my order in a few mins.  What surprised me is that Thomann with all their pull couldn't get any or enough (they assured me, that only those presold to customers before me had gone out in the past two months, so at least their queing system is working, just maybe too many people bought in hope there) whereas Bass Direct said they got 30 of them recently. It's a lot of money for a single pedal though and new territory for me (as I've gone only for inexpensive multipedals before, Zoom B3 and Valeton GP-5).

 

 

 

 

Standard practice, every time I have pre-ordered something it seems they become available on general sale elsewhere before I get mine, complete waste of time.

 

Bass Direct and the Gallery both had free stock available last week, not sure if any are left now.

[kiat]

Incredibly, yesterday I called up Bass Direct and they assured me they had some in stock, I ordered one and it just arrived today as promised.  Colour me impressed!  Thomann still can't guarantee a delivery date after having been paid for the pedal two months ago - they just agreed to process the refund. Now to get to grips with the pedal!

[skej21]

On 16/12/2025 at 10:09, kiat said:

Incredibly, yesterday I called up Bass Direct and they assured me they had some in stock, I ordered one and it just arrived today as promised.  Colour me impressed!  Thomann still can't guarantee a delivery date after having been paid for the pedal two months ago - they just agreed to process the refund. Now to get to grips with the pedal!

Anderton’s also have them back in stock in time for Christmas!

Edited December 20 by skej21

[markbunney]

On 16/12/2025 at 10:09, kiat said:

Incredibly, yesterday I called up Bass Direct and they assured me they had some in stock, I ordered one and it just arrived today as promised.  Colour me impressed!  Thomann still can't guarantee a delivery date after having been paid for the pedal two months ago - they just agreed to process the refund. Now to get to grips with the pedal!

Did it come with a power supply?

 

I have seen some listings saying it does (Thomman) and some saying it doesn’t (Andertons).

 

thanks

 

[Dazm66]

Mine did (from Andertons) with various adaptors for different regions  

[Sean]

All gone! 

On 20/12/2025 at 09:32, skej21 said:

Anderton’s also have them back in stock in time for Christmas!

 

[Bass Direct]

We have 50 in stock and they FLEW out the doors... More coming in the new year! This must be the product of the decade (or longer) for MXR

 

Merry Christmas everyone!

[skej21]

On 22/12/2025 at 01:50, markbunney said:

Did it come with a power supply?

 

I have seen some listings saying it does (Thomman) and some saying it doesn’t (Andertons).

 

thanks

 

Mine came from Andertons with one that had multi region adaptors

[Bass Direct]

2 hours ago, skej21 said:

Mine came from Andertons with one that had multi region adaptors

The pedals we have shipped come with the adapters too

[kiat]

On 22/12/2025 at 01:50, markbunney said:

Did it come with a power supply?

 

I have seen some listings saying it does (Thomman) and some saying it doesn’t (Andertons).

 

thanks

 

Yup, mine did from BassDirect.

 

To check the polarity (my pedal board runs on battery) I needed to photograph it as the writing is very small and faint.

 

[Kev]

Bit the bullet - ordered one, should be with me tomorrow.

 

I still have this niggling thought that its all hype but hoping I'm wrong!

[Woodinblack]

4 minutes ago, Kev said:

I still have this niggling thought that its all hype but hoping I'm wrong!

 

Just because something is all hype doesn't mean it won't actually be useful to you!

 

[Kev]

Just now, Woodinblack said:

 

Just because something is all hype doesn't mean it won't actually be useful to you!

 

No, but I've been agonising between this and the FI VIP, which are very similarly priced.  The VIP can do a whole lot more, but is incomparably difficult to program by comparison.  If the MXR tracks well and sound quality isn't far off, it'll be worth it for simplicity alone.   If its just hype and its not better than other mainstream synth efforts that have been frankly rubbish, boo.

 

I just read that MXR sold the first 3000 of these units in 28 hours, which is absolutely insane.  Its also insane that there are so few on the used market, given how many are selling and how much of a hype FOMO pedal it is, which I take as a good sign.

[Paddy777]

16 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Just because something is all hype doesn't mean it won't actually be useful to you!

 

This ☝️ I think a lot of people have bought it because they get all gassed up by the YouTube videos, but then realise they don’t have any particular need for it in a live setting. Tracking wise I found that it wasn’t as good as I thought Ian Allison made it look and said it was but I don’t blame him for that - he was pretty transparent, his technique for it is just flawless. The tracking is still good, but you do have to play a certain way. 
 

For simplicity and having the main sounds a gigging cover/wedding/function band bassist is likely to need at your fingertips the MXR absolutely kills it, that was a very astute piece of design/marketing. People don’t necessarily understand filters and square waves etc and so find the C4 and FI overwhelming, I don’t think it’s necessarily that the MXR is better than either of them (I’ve never had an FI to comment - the FI sounds top drawer in the examples @Quatschmacher posted up earlier in the thread) but the C4’s editor certainly baffled me and I ended up getting rid fairly quickly as I just needed a couple of tones for certain tunes and had neither the time nor the inclination to bother to work it all out. The MXR is set & forget if you want it to be, and that suits the majority I think 

Edited 8 hours ago by Paddy777

[LukeFRC]

3 hours ago, Paddy777 said:

Tracking wise I found that it wasn’t as good as I thought Ian Allison made it look and said it was but I don’t blame him for that - he was pretty transparent, his technique for it is just flawless. The tracking is still good, but you do have to play a certain way. 
 

In fairness to him, him and Scott do also offer a series of courses to improve everyone’s technique… 🤣

[Paddy777]

52 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

In fairness to him, him and Scott do also offer a series of courses to improve everyone’s technique… 🤣

Seriously?!? I wish they’d told me about it! They could have at least sent me an email?! I’m totally sick of being stuck in one area of the fretboard..!

[Sean]

Hypothetically, where would I place this Synth pedal in my signal chain? 

Edited 2 hours ago by Sean