Al Krow

I've kept things very simple for live band work so far i.e. just bass --> amp & cab. Pedals have pretty much entirely been for home creative use for me to date. However I've put together a budget mini board centred around an inexpensive Zoom B1X-4 multifx and powered by a Harley Benton Iso5, which slots easily underneath the HB 50M board. I went for the HB board instead of the usual Pedaltrain as it has a perfect width for the Zoom multi. Board has all the bits I'm likely to be needing for live use: Smoothhound wireless--> Boss LS2-->Zoom B1X-4-->Digitech Mosaic The Zoom is in the LS2's 'A' loop to allow me to blend in as much clean to combine with the Zoom's effects. That's a must for a lot of the Zoom drive patches, particularly my fav Rat Tail, but it will be a "nice to have" to keep some authentic low end with other fx. One area that the Zoom is pretty pants at IMO is pitch shifting, including octave up (although it's not too bad at octave down) and the Mosaic is on the board for that particularly duty. Looking forward to giving it a spin just as soon as the next non cancelled gig materialises!

Yeah crapping out on a gig is never going to be fun. But less of a surprise with an old road worn amp than a new one. HXFX will be on same board as VTDI. But first things first, nice simple mini board with Zoom B1X-4 set up and ready to rock! Although gigs are currently slipping out of the diary at a rapid rate of knots!

I'm afraid the Ibby Portamento 5 is an obligatory addition for any complete set. Avoid checking it out 😉

Is that completely right, though? Surely lifeless 3 /4 year old rounds are not going to be same as a set of new flats?

Good man! Going to be using it solo or with any other pedals. Amp failure! Ouch. Which one? Was it "not unexpected wear and tear" 'cos it had a fair few miles on the clock?

Fair, it would be in keeping wouldn't it?

Congrats!! I very nearly bought that bass off Paul myself! They really are superb basses. You've caught the bug** haven't you? You'll soon be surpassing my modest hoard of 3 Ibbys and Woody's stash of 6,359 which he keeps in a shed together with 6 months' loo roll and tinned bean supplies 😁 **Ibanez not the OTHER one...

I can tell that you've done a good thing getting into @walshy's supply chain! I think I'm going to have to follow in your footsteps at some point soon! Out of interest, Walshy what's succeeded the BAmp in your own line up?

Congratulations! You've gone fully Berg (well nearly, just need a Sandberg bass😁) Can't wait to hear it in action and also to get your thoughts on whether your Mesa M6 could now be relegated to back-up amp... It does look great!

But you're missing the crowning glory of the throne, surely?

And TI flats, right? Although both PJs, it should then be quite a different beast to a Yammy BB 1025 with nickel roundwounds (well at least that's what I'm telling myself to justify the spend 😁)

Not really an issue, I think all the folk who like that combo are due to be burned at the stake so the problem should go away pretty soon 😁

I can see that you and me are going to get along very well 😁 Yeh word on the street is that Warwicks were (are?) a bit of Spector rip off, but probably no more so than everyone else who found "inspiration" (aka design right theft) from good ole Leo...

Shared by @Quatschmacher - nice demo of a Sire P7 in action. Obviously would have been improved if he had a B string to rest his thumb on...

Now Elvis' tone (unlike the Daleks'), even in his final years, was still truly magical. R.I.P.

Now for the important decision of black or silver knob hardware upgrade on an antique white bass with tort PG...

As you say... 😁

@Cosmo ValdemarI was never really a fan of the Dalek tone. Lacked low end and a touch boxy in the mids. But hey, I suspect none of our audiences would notice...

In which case, you really do owe Sire to get that second bass then. Suggest you return your Yammy BB 435 and get a P7 (after you have tried mine out, of course) 😄

How did you wangle that?! Or did you simply order an extra one?

Noooooo! Don't do it Andy! There won't be enough firewood if you are going to be joining me, Sylvie and 4000 at the stake... 😁 PS tbf if folk describe that BB as brown and not orange, you won't be able to complain.

Looks like you, me and Sylvia will be plenty warm when we get tied to a stake and burned. The irony is that it will be by folk who think relic'd basses are classy. 😁

But I guess I can't complain: I spent a while discussing the P7 model with Andertons and then the guy offered me a discount based on V7 pricing and managed to send out a V7 rather than a P7 before I spotted what he'd done. Happy ending is that they're going to swap the basses to get me the P7 I was after but stick to the discounted price they had given me. So apart from the slight inconvenience and delay, it's not a bad result!

Speaking of V7s, here's "mine" complete with gig bag...