Signal chain :
HoTone Trem (tremolo pedal, acting primarily as buffer, but also got some very subtle tremolo dialed in) -> EHX Black Finger (tube driven optical compressor, though primarily used as tube preamp, with minimal compression dialed in) -> Boss XS-1 Poly Shifter (set to a 1 octave up, to emulate an effect somewhat similar to that of an 8 string, octave course, bass) -> Boss LS-2 -> [Loop A : Tech 21 Oxford |+| Loop B : Dry blend (67:33 ratio)] -> NUX Tape Core Deluxe (emulates a Roland RE-201 Space Echo tape delay, dialed in with spring reverb, and additionally is set to deliver a reverb like subtle delay) -> Zoom Ms-70CDR (exclusively used to emulate an EQ based cab sim filter, utilizing multiple units of the dual parametric EQ model for bass) -> ART Tube MP Project Series (tube preamp)
Playing a 28.6" scale length 5 string Ibanez GSRM25 Mikro Bass, with just the stock J bridge pickup wired directly to the output jack socket, and tuned to G#1 (51.91Hz) standard tuning (that is as in one half step bellow the upper 4 strings of a 6 string bass in regular B standard tuning, plus a high E).
Setting on the Oxford in this sound test :
Level: Unity - Mid; Ever so slightly boosted not even full 1 o'clock (12:30) - Character: same as Mid (12:30 o'clock) - Drive: a bit above 1 o'clock (1:30) - Low: noon - High: ever so slightly cut, not even full down to 11 o'clock (11:30) - Cab Sim: Off
First half or so of this sound test is finger plucking, last half, from about the 1:48 mark, or so I use a pick.
