Inspired by "dream wish - software" above, may I put before this august company my dream wish as a bass player getting very weary of paying $70-90 Australian (say, $50-65 USD) for each new set of bass strings.

How about a microprocessor stomp box that senses your notes and adds a preselected amount of higher order overtones, thus restoring the sonic complexity of new strings?

When I think of the processing involved in adding digital reverb of many different types, or digital chorus, flanging, delay, phasing, ring modulation, wah etc etc etc. I can hardly believe it isn't technically achievable.

Guitarists are likely to love it also, but bass players would be the bigger winners, given the disparity in string costs as per the example above.

Won't someone invent such a device,m instead of the hordes of semi useless pedals currently clogging the market?

Later, J.