As mentioned elsewhere, I had to give up on my dream of owning a Digitech Ventura Vibe, and HM Customs are still having fun playing with my modded Behringer Multi fx.
Because that meant my middle music stand had a huge space on it still not filled, and because I don't have the spare funds to buy anything else (I'm fully expecting it to be a while before my payment for the Ventura is refunded because I've seen plenty of threads
) I was FORCED to fill the space with my DM4, despite being mostly about making weird noises without much in the way of distortion.
Yesterday I played it with the Westone P90 and was pleasantly surprised to find I could get it to play quite nicely with everything else, just a tiny hint of noise with three out of four patches and a little bit of hum on the fourth.
This morning I played my self-built guitar (humbuckers) into it and was very pleased to find it pretty much silent, even with the patch that hummed slightly using the P90.
What I hadn't prepared myself for was that playing my Vitruvian Mod into that patch (MT-2 Metal Zone!) into an Arpanoid would make for the most gloriously pointless racket
So thank you to Digitech for discontinuing the Ventura Vibe, and thank you to HM Customs for hanging onto my Behringer (I'd like it now though, please).
Now, the question I know you all want the answer to is "can I fit another stand in?" and my answer would be, I think I probably could if I can find eight more pedals I really can't do without. Having said that, I would need funds for the pedals, the stand, more power supplies and more plug sockets to plug them into, so I doubt that it'll happen anytime soon.
If that disappoints you then fear not! I could squeeze three more in if I put the DM4 on the floor, so all is not lost
Crazy I know (and maybe a huge waste of money to some) but it keeps me amused, and more importantly, far less depressed than when I started playing again.
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I have a Ventura Vibe doing nothing at the moment if you're still after one. A1 condition, not a scratch on it.
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I was buying a Ventura for £70, but they didn't have one in the end. It's no big deal as I'm sure one will pop up when I have funds. ( @Col_Decker - I might be in touch at some point, but not right now)
@bingefeller - this is the pedal HM Customs have for now.
@sweepy - despite having spent a ridiculous amount on pedals so far, I struggle with the idea of spend nearly £300 on one pedal, although there are one or two (Polymoon) that are tempting.
I do have a vibe patch on the Tonelab so that will have to do for now, but as long as I'm providing entertainment for Andi it's all good
The guy calls himself Simon The Magpie, and he mods and makes all sorts of weird stuff
The Behringer was done as part of a "send me your pedal and I'll mod it for you" thing, not sure if he still does it.
I phoned the distributors who said there weren't any left apart from maybe a couple of b-stock or loaners out somewhere.
I'm not that fussed - I do have plenty of pedals to use until funds allow me to buy more
If I count the Tonelab and DM4 each as being one pedal then I have 25 at the moment, though a number (including the BitQuests and Syntax Error) do quite a lot more than just one thing.
Not only that, but to pacify purists like @Rocker I sometimes play the guitar with no pedals switched on whatsoever!