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Amp & Cab, Stomp & PA setup. Mixing old and new. Help please.

I was looking for some help/recommendations on setting up my office for day to day playing/practicing. I have multiple times during the day that I have 10 min windows to play and I'm looking to setup something that requires little fiddling and just let's me play.

I'll put questions first in case you don't want to read everything below:)
1) Will the Lahle 1@3 and the Radial TB HB VT work together this way and keep the signals clean? They both claim they will but I'm adding a lot of stuff.
2) How important are the connecting cables? I have a mixture, but this will be a relative permanent setup so should I choose a single style/brand, and what brand/type would you recommend.
3) Will the Radial work with a non-tube amp like the Berg?
4) I know there are many talented people on here with a wide range of experience, if someone likes setting up/messing around around with the Hx Stomps/HR Looperboard, I would love help in making sure I have the optimal settings.
5) I have a six outlet Furman surge protector and need to upgrade any good recommended choices or should I just add another Furman?

My Diagram below:

Purposed Bass Setup.jpg


I can add full discussion but the flow is this. I'm awaiting my RevSound Cab but have all other components. One setup is my HxStomp/Looper board to PA to let me mess with modeling. The next is a setup with my new cab and one old school amp and a Berg. The last setup is currently connect to an Apogee Jam + that lets me play along on Yousician.

So Bass/u-bass to Lahale 1@3 switcher. First run goes to Hx stomp and looperboard (looper board can take mic, keyboard, additional guitar inputs) out to my PA speaker.

Middle setup is Lahale 1@3 switcher to Radial ToneBone HeadBone VT allowing me to connect the GK 400B and the Berg B Amp to the RevSound Cab

Bottom setup is Apogee Jam + to my iPad, or could be my small practice Fender rumble 15 or whatever thing I'm fiddling with later.

As always, thanks in advance for indulging me. New to this, but setting up your toys was always half the fun, when I was a kid.
Happy Holidays

My Equipment:
Sire M7 Bass
Kala U-Bass
Lahale 1@3 Switch
Radial ToneBone HeadBone VT
Line6 Hx Stomp
Head Rush Looperboard
Head Rush Powered Pa speaker 8"
RevSound Cab 210 (on order)
GK 400rb (1st gen)
Bergantino B Amp Mk II
 
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It seems strange to me, the complexity of your settup seems to be the exact opposite of your will to be able to play instantly. By experience, if you have all these switches & knobs in front of you, you will spend more time turning knobs than playing your instrument. I would keep the Berg amp and the Revsound cab, store or sell everything else, and just play.
 
Thank you for the response. I assume many if not most would agree.

90% of my time is currently with the fender 15 and the berg/cab will take its place.

However I am using the other two setups now when I get bored near the end of the day and sometimes the straight repetition hurts my wrist so fiddling around doing something different helps.

While it will be a year or two before I can play well enough to effectively use the looper I have goals that invoke using it and want to learn to use it effectively.

Again thank you for the advice.

Merry Christmas
 
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