NBD: My first ever Rickenbacker

[SurroundedByManatees]

42 minutes ago, prowla said:

On that front, I have an EBS Microbass 3; it is an absolutely excellent piece of kit.

Its only downfall is the "distortion" channel; if it had two identical ones it would be perfect (they do a Stanley Clarke acoustic bass version, but it doesn't have the tuner).

Apparently the Microbass is the pre- section of their Reidmar amps, so I have one of those to try.

The last jam I did I took along a Trace Elliot amp and played it through a large cab; it sounded rather good with just the pre-shape button pressed.

The EBS MB3 is a fantastic piece of kit indeed, it makes everything sound better for me, and spices up "thin" sounding basses in a satisfying way. I use it a lot as a headphone amp too. I use the drive channel for some subtle grit, sounds decent to my ears.

[prowla]

1 hour ago, SurroundedByManatees said:

The EBS MB3 is a fantastic piece of kit indeed, it makes everything sound better for me, and spices up "thin" sounding basses in a satisfying way. I use it a lot as a headphone amp too. I use the drive channel for some subtle grit, sounds decent to my ears.

It also functions as a hub on my pedalboard, as it has an FX loop.

I run that to a GigRig switcher which switches/bypasses various other pedals.