stewblack

Great response! Thank you.

Genuine question. Do any of you bass bashers use these effects? I'm confused because they appear counter productive to our job as part of a rhythm section. I don't want my notes to wobble in and out, nor to repeat themselves, and yet these effects always appear on bass multi pedals. So if you find either or both of them indispensable to your sound, how do you use them? Any specific song examples? PS Are there perhaps effects which baffle you too? Why not let us know?

Took the B6 to a rehearsal this afternoon. Just used a few of the presets, and the tuner. It sounded absolutely superb.

Yep.

Unreliability is a killer isn't it?

Ah yes, but at least one reviewer has stated a preference for the B3 over the B6. I regret selling my B3 - it was handy to use just as an audio interface - a solid, easy to use piece of kit. However I am very happy with my new toy too.

Shocking really, especially as the next TC Electronic Plethora update is supposed to fix connectivity issues with the James Webb Telescope. At least that's what a bloke on Talkbass said.

It doesn't?? FFS BOSS

I've found that any new tech seems to attract much displeasure - often before the people decrying it have used it. Immediately we hear negativity surrounding the design decisions made by whatever company is involved. Personally I would trust Boss to know what they're doing.

Yes! I haven't used it that way because it seemed to bounce around randomly. Easy to create patches, it's the memory function I feel most drawn to, once I've nailed that I'll be away

I tried this and thought it hadn't worked. I'll try again. Thanks for the great advice. I'm not used to this pc software having become familiar with ToneLib.

Hi guys, I'm looking at the pc editor. I can't see any way to reorder the memory banks. This seems to me something I'd want to do easily to accommodate the changing of set list order. Also is there an easier way to find the memory banks you want than clicking through everything?

I really struggle with this. Not being able to alter the ultrawave with the other pedals is a pain.

Zoom have attempted to address this on the B6

Just had a quick tweak of a preset, Chameleon, a small adjustment to suit my bass and it's absolutely on the money.

Looks very nice. £500 according to GAK, but it's not in stock yet. Boss is an utterly reliable force in the world of effects, so this will tempt many people I'm sure.

I can't improve much on @jimfistanswer. Everything sounds better and editing with the touch screen is great. As far as only switching four out of six pedals on and off is concerned I don't see this as an issue for me given that almost any board I'm likely to use will have a couple of always on effects. Having said that it would be great if two effects could be simultaneously switched with one switch. I could do this on my HXFX.

Initial thoughts on the B6: Firstly my fx background. Used Zoom and Boss multi effects since the 90s. Have pedals of all types and monetary value and have had Helix Stomp, HXFX, and Zooms; B1on, MS60B, B3, and B1-Four. Caveat - only used through headphones for an hour and a half. It's a thing of beauty. The pictures don't do it credit. While everyone else produces near identical machines, or apes the Line6 range, Zoom as ever, do their own thing. It's the stealth bomber of multi effects. With bright coloured lights. So not really that stealthy. Touch screen. I've read sniffy reviews from folk who haven't tried it telling the world that the touch screen was rubbish. Seems to do everything I want it to, as and when I want. 🤷‍♂️ Ease of use. With all modern tech one expects a learning curve. I managed to scroll through various boards and patches, alter effect parameters, set up my own board, rename it and promptly save a different board over it by accident. All in about 20 minutes working from the pedal not the computer software. Working from the pedal has to be easy for me because it's only in a band situation I really know how well I've programmed a patch. I don't have a computer at gigs and at present only IOS is supported via the optional Bluetooth. It is extremely simple to adjust. Really, really simple. And having real life, overall tone and volume knobs right there is just great. Silent running? Well that depends. My upper frequency detection system has been lost or replaced with some tinnitus so I simply don't hear the highest noise. I found it to be utterly silent. Unless I plumbed in a high gain distortion followed by a flanger and reverb - but then show me any set up with those pedals which is silent! And there's a noise gate if you want it anyway. Why Zoom? Isn't it just a plastic toy compared with the real deal Line 6 stuff? I didn't compare it with Line 6 to be fair. I chose it in preference to a variety of other multi effects because it has the effects I like and none of the others had all of them. It doesn't restrict me to one of each type of effect as some others do, it doesn't do parallel but the effects all seem to have mix options so that's fine, I know and like the brand. Oh and of four Line 6 products I've owned two have broken on me. None of my Zooms ever has. Is it any good though? Yes. So far I'm very pleased. The synth sounds are ace, the envelope filter is ace, the drives are ace, the Trace Elliot amp sim is ace, the harmony pedal effect is ace, the pitch shift seemed less warbly than on the earlier Zooms but I didn't play with it for long. I see there's a setting for a whammy type shift which I will try with my expression pedal. It sounded pretty good as a standalone octave up. What else does it do? It's an audio interface for my computer. It comes with free Cubase activation code. More thorough review to follow when I've learned how not to lose the patches I create 🤦. Including side by side comparison with other pedals.

Thank you @jimfist . I think, in the end, all the other options I considered, lacked something I wanted, and ultimately, I like Zoom pedals. I like the ease of use, I like the range of available effects.

Well I've spent a few weeks researching all the various options. I've discovered that the stuff I need to know is often difficult to find. Then after all that sensible, sober investigation, I had a rush of blood to the head and bought a B6. It arrives tomorrow. I despair at my inability to hang onto my money. Ah well.

Played my first Bandeoke last night. Horrible name, but great fun. Better audience reaction than most gigs I've played, genuine sense of togetherness between the muggles and the musicians. Drummer I'd not met before was just great, guitarist has years of function stuff under his belt, which I don't. 300+ songs on the list for Joe public to choose from, no I didn't know them all but had the chords loaded onto a tablet so no problem there. Used my Behringer head and Harley Benton musicman style bass, a bunch of effects which I stomped on pretty randomly. Just great fun start to finish.