stewblack

Tease!

When I started to dabble in effects, I asked a similar question. The recommendation was to go with a Zoom pedal as it was an affordable, giggable platform which would introduce me to the ins and outs of such gear. I did this, and it was an excellent decision. The B1Four has external volume and tone controls which makes it even better than the Zooms I started on. Are they any good? Well put it this way, I have bought hundreds of stomp boxes, a TC Electronic Plethora, a Helix Stomp, and an HX FX since and I still own and use three Zoom multi pedals.

Quite a lot of angst online about the power supply for my HX FX. And it is awful. Ungainly, awkward on some extension leads, prone to fall apart and the socket in the unit doesn't accept the 'normal' 9v plugs. I have a simple solution. This is what you want. I use a Diago power supply which delivers 3 amps. It runs HX FX, three stomp boxes, and a TC Electronic Plethora.

Seems to be out of stock everywhere I've looked. For the price of two 'fancy' stomp boxes, this looks and sounds like a heck of a thing. I've always loved Zoom multi pedals. For whatever reason I've taken to their operating system very naturally, always found them simple to adjust on the fly, easy to play with.

So... anyone bought one?

Stop it.

The VT Bass uses the same (9volts) and only draws 100ma so they will both run off the same supply - but you'll need a daisy chain cable with minimum two plugs.

It sounds like a great pedal idea, just a little expensive for what it does. I'd almost certainly get one if it came up second hand.

I've heard back from Raygun, they do test before despatch, a replacement is en route and a return being organised.

Well done!

Yeah, could be. It's different for many pedals. I believe some have a low cut and mid boost, but certainly not all

Nice! I had the HX Stomp with the extra footswitch, but traded for the HX Effects. Poor eyesight made the tiny screen unreadable. I like to look down and see what each pedal is!

I've not used that pedal, but I've stuck pedals into an Ampeg CL and not done any damage. My guess is it's that amp it emulates. I've resisted the pedal because I have the amp it emulates. But it's so reasonably priced it's a tough call

The only weakness I can see is the lack of bass content. He did one show where the message was, stick a graphic after the pedal and boost the low end. But surely the low end isn't there to be boosted if the guitar pedal has sucked it out 🤔

He's a brilliant broadcaster, obviously a complete pedal geek, and by featuring all pedals not just his own, has produced a wonderful show. I love his humour and the way he shares his knowledge. Not a half bad musician either.

I saw the thread title and immediately thought, easy, 2 fifteens. Then I thought how much I love my old 8 ten cab. And I have an Ashdown set up with 2 twelves which is righteous. My regular gigging rig features a twelve and a fifteen. So I guess I just don't have a favourite

Makes sense. Mine came with an 18v PSU so it's all good

I'm perplexed!

It's an envelope filter into a phaser. Only two controls and a choice of upsweep or down. It sounds absolutely amazing. I never knew an envelope needed a phaser. It's like going through life eating chips with neither salt nor vinegar on them. What a revelation. Easily smashing its way into my top 3 ever pedals, the moment I tried it. I do have a question however. The power socket is labelled 9 - 18v. After literally minutes of extensive research, I found a video where Josh wotsit off JHS, said it made little or no difference which I used. He said some people claim it makes a difference, but really it doesn't. He wasn't on about this pedal mind you, just the whole 9 to 18v thing. Now here's the thing. My pedal works beautifully with 18v, with 9v the light comes on but nobody's home, it doesn't affect the sound at all, with 12v nothing happens, the light doesn't even come on. My question, in a nutshell, is this. What gives?