Seems perfectly rational to me. And the smaller footprint is always appreciable.
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says it all 
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That’s a cool band picture.
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Thanks @eric.kiser we’re having fun, and that’s the whole reason I got into this thing in the first place.
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I’ve previously mentioned that I like buying pre-loved kit. I also like bargain! I think this is both.
Over the last few months I’ve have bought a number of individual pedals, all second hand and perfectly adequate.
BUT…I was at a jam session a week or so ago and one of the guitarists turned up with a Neural DSP Quad Cortex Floor Amp Modeller. Freak me!! The sounds that thing was making blew me away … as did the price, £1,500 (UK).
I started looking at other options, Line 6 HX Stomp, Zoom B6… you get the idea. All cheaper than the Quad Cortex, but all more than the CEO/CFO/COO/wife would countenance!
Then I saw this on Facebook Market, a Hotone Ampero One, as new and at about 60% of the prevailing new price. I emailed my pro-guitarist buddy, what do you think? Reviews are good, came back the response. So last night I bought it.
LOTS of guitar patches that sound surprisingly good with a bass, and while there are only a few factory preset, bass specific tones, those that are there are really good. Plus there are more user defined slots than I will ever need.
I’ve only had it for 24 hours, but so far, I’m
loving it! And the separate pedals? They are all going to be listed! Anyone need a compressor, phaser, chorus, delay……… ? 
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The Quad Cortex is awesome, even if it’s still not quite living up to the immense original hype of being plugin-compatible.
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I’d hope it is awesome for £1,500!
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That’s actually not so much for the league it’s in. Check out the full Helix models (Helix Floor, the rackmount, etc) and the Kempers - that’s the tier it’s in, not the Zoom or Boss (or Line 6) consumer models like the B6 or HX Stomp. Right now the Quad Cortex is only something like $300 more than a Kemper head (and the Kemper is much older).
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Isn’t plugin compatible supposed to be imminent?
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It has been for two years now, so yes 
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Ooh and just in time for my holiday 
It’s got the approval of @Al1885 so I know it’ll be alright. Plus it’ll work with my cheapie $199 Squier Tele.
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waiting for mine, backordered at sweetwater
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Gosh dang you two!
I had $117.93 in sweetwater gift cards that I wasn’t sure what I would do with.
They have been spent.
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obviously this is completely our fault 
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I don’t think I’ll use this much for bass, but we’ll see. For $54 shipped I’m happy to see if I can make cool violin sounds with this!
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A classic!
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So I ordered this bass in September '23. It was forecast for October.
Then December
February
March
July
Yesterday I checked again, and it is now pushed out to November. Okay, so CME now has the Bass VI in Antigua up on there site, forecast for October. So I contacted them to check, and they had a small shipment come in and mine has been consigned and is going through setup.
So I have a new bass coming in a week. Unexpected. And a box of parts for it, which includes pickups, bridge, hardtail, wiring harness with a serial/parallel switch, which may not get much use but more than a high cut. And strings. In a sense good that it took a while because I ordered the Staytrem Bass Vi bridge back then and I only got it last month.
My Paranormal pickups are in the mail as of yesterday
So it’s a shiny day all around
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Noob question that I’ve been wondering about, what’s the difference between a bass VI and a baritone guitar?
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Did a quick spec comparison against a couple of baritones.
Bass VI has a 30" scale length vs. 27"-ish for the baritones. Bass VI has thicker strings. (.024 - .084) than the two baritones I compared (.014-.068 / .012 - .068)
Oh and the baritones are commonly tuned to B standard (Between a guitar and the Bass VI), while the Bass VI is E to E.
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My Bass Vi will have .026 - 095 strings.
Baritones are, and I may get this wrong (theory not my strength), tuned a diminished 5th lower (B standard) than a normal guitar as @fennario said, and is a full octave lower, and as it’s tuned to E you can play a normal bass line on it.
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