Yeah still enjoy the Korg effects box – partly because it keeps me from getting bored playing by myself all the time…If I was playing in a band I’d probably use just a few simple effects – at different times – reverb, flanger, fuzz, compression.
Yeah that’s the Behringer mixer I have…bought mine at a local Guitar Center. The setup I described works / sounds good – I can mix my bass to blend-in or be more out-front when I’m trying to learn a bass line – bad notes stick out like a red flag. I have an iPhone 7 Plus – and almost 30 days of music on it, which uses 93.71GB of storage (I like to Bluetooth my music to my vehicle’s JBL sound system - and have a Bluetooth adapter on my Yamaha receiver at home too – so another way to jam with records is play iPhone thru stereo and bass thru Peavey amp…now if I put on Beatles, Lyle Lovett, Bonnie Raitt, The Eagles, Stones or something of that nature – my wife usually doesn’t mind if I practice to one of them …and she might request I repeat a track )…so anyway – I plug in a 3.5mm stereo patch cord from iPhone Lightning to 3.5mm headphone Jack adapter to mixer. Haven’t had any issues so far…
…which reminds me – it’s true confessions time: this was back in my formative years as a wannabee bass player – about 15 years old…when my older brother was out I would plug in my Frankenstein bass to an aux input of his Pioneer receiver. It sounded way better than my dinky 10-watt cheapy practice amp made for guitar…one day I noticed a little bit of distortion – sounded a little like something rattling when you played records or radio at about half volume – so I quit using that as a practice amp after that. ...and since then my brother has had a few more stereo receivers anyway
I’ve noticed some heavy amp enclosures come with snap-on casters – so you can pull them out once on the stage floor.