Your best (and worst!) bass gear purchases of 2025?

[Mudpup]

The stuff I've picked up this year has all been brilliant. After stopping gigging late last year I've changed loads of stuff out (Barefaced cabs, GR amps and a cab and a MarkBass 5 string) and I've been really happy with all of the replacements.

 

I can't pick a winner between one of @stevie's LfSys Monaco cabs or a purple Spector Pulse 2 5 string with an Lhz preamp fitted. The second hand Bugera Veyron BV1001M that cost buttons gets an honourable mention too.

Edited Sunday at 18:16 by Mudpup

[Bagman]

I read up on power supplies and went with Vitoos DD-12 , very good 

 

Boss OC-5 

I still haven’t given it a full run through but I think a good option from

Boss considering the scarcity and price of OC-2 by the look of it 

 

FKT AUDIO - “ The Fretless” 

think it’s a dumb name but this is an excellent pedal.  I’m looking at other pedals in their range given how good this one is 

[police squad]

Earlier this year, in my quest for U2 basses came these Warwicks

Then came a Harry White 4003

Found myself buying a Ric bridge pickup and the bloke played me some stuff he recorded with his Ric thru an Ampeg V4B. So I had to buy one of those too

Wow, ussed the HW thru the Ampeg last week at a Total Jam gig. Awesome. Total Jam are a Jam tribute

 

not able to get everything lined up but what a year I've had

Ampeg has given me the best sound I've had in 38 years of gigging

Edited 13 hours ago by police squad

[Elfrasho]

One of these. Cort a5. Absolutely astonishing bass. So comfortable to play and sounds tremendous. It's quickly became my #1!

[Elfrasho]

worst piece of kit: LEKATO In-Ear Monitor System MS-1

 

Bought on an impulse to test against my xvive system, and as a back up. Really flimsy, and every connection crackled on even the slightest bit of movement. Dont send many things back. I returned this.