Al Krow

The noise blocker John is referring to is the Joyo ZGB. I ended up getting one but not needing in the end, so mine is lying about spare; if the OP would like it I'd be happy to send it to him (no charge).

Very nearly got me excited and thinking about falling off the GAC 2020 wagon! This is getting pretty close to a pedal board amp that I would snap up. But 140W RMS at 4ohms => 100W at 8 ohms won't quite cut it for me, sadly. [INCORRECT - PLEASE SEE UPDATE BELOW] But, seriously, bravo to Ashdown Engineering! If they can get to 200W (ideally 300W) at 4ohms they will have cracked it IMO i.e. TE ELF power territory, but in a package ant sized. [IT CAN!!] I'm guessing that efficient heat dissipation is the engineering limitation to this nirvana.

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What did you settle on in the end?

You're on. Deferred challenge till Jan 12th 2021 accepted! We could maybe start a 'penitents' list'. 😁

That's gotta be the most spectacular falling off the wagon in 12 days...ever! You really are shi*te at this particular game aren't you, Dave? 😄

@Maude just to confirm, you weren't part of the challenge but failed it anyway? Are you maybe getting the thinking behind this thread confused with a NBD thread? Easily done, I guess. 😁

98% of the first batch of 1,000 already sold within 48 hours of launch! => They can invest with confidence in some really good sim software, which is only going to result in additional sales. Wow - this thing really is going to take off!

The tort, for me, seems to work better with the indigo blue rather then brown burst, but I can't really talk given the complete absence of a PG on either of my Yammys!

I think I prefer it as it currently is, although a variation of that cream could work well too!

Yup, when a multifx nails an OC2 and an FI, the game will have changed.

Helix is a step up from Zoom, though, and processing power IMO plays a big factor in the realism of the sims and how almost indistinguishable from dedicated pedals they become. For me - if this nails synth and octave up with no latency, then we will be getting close to a multifx that does everything. If it doesn't, my much(!) cheaper Helix won't be making way. I do love the UI on this as per bjelkeman's YouTube clip above - that really is a killer feature in making this very usable.

Cool! Let me add @PJ-Bassist, @Wolverinebass and @CamdenRob to BCers in London I can immediately think of (and I'm guessing it's CR's manor anyway :)) Right...best go gig myself!

Hopefully @Osiris will be along shortly... he had a Zoom B3 for many years and was a fan of a number of the comp sims on that pedal. He's also one of the more experienced comp users I've come across on my journeys so, fingers crossed, a good combination!

12 March is a Thursday, right, KT? Well no gigs in the diary for then currently, so would love to pop along to see you guys that night. Free entry or tickets on the door? @dave_bass5, @christhammer666, @Reggaebass, @mangotango, @jrixn1 and any other London / neighbourhood BC'ers who fancy making a night out of it please drop me a line and we can get this organised.

But not everyone uses headphones when playing at home.

@King Tut - disagree, the bass sounds just great through a decent pair of headphones The whole mix is very well balanced - what was the sound recorded through? And frankly you guys are great - would love to see you play live next time you're playing in London and my lot are not!

Please, please don't give me any more excuses not to change my old bass strings 😁 Btw if Jamerson's playing could in any way be associated with a 'dead / lifeless' tone then I suspect we all need to give up right now!

I was guessing earlier in this thread that the step up in processing power from the Stomp to the QC would be equivalent to going from a Zoom MS-60B to a Stomp. That's actually not going to be far off: Doug from DG has confirmed that the QC has "twice the CPU of a Helix Floor/Rack/Fractal AX8/FM3" in a Helix HX sized package. In other words 4x the processing power of the Stomp. Add in touch screen UI, profiling like AxeFx, Kemper and live usability of 10 stomp switches and there's a LOT to like about this! It's going to be one to keep an eye out for as will NAMM 2021 when the competition, whom I suspect will have been a little blindsided by this, will have had time to react. Never been a better time to be into multifx - amazing just how much mulits have developed over just the past 3 years since the launch of the Zoom B3n and Helix was still in development in Line6's labs.

Very much hoping you might have a few clips you can share of you playing reggae live with some of your bands!

Not really. Given the processing power and price differential. Bit like comparing a Stomp with a Boss MS-60B methinks. Another recent review, this time by Premier Guitar: https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/29838-neural-dsp-introduces-the-quad-cortex

Love the UI. Looks awesome.

@Rich - loved that! Always jealous of a great horn section!

Basket Case - Green Day Had to fight to keep that one in the set from the Toto lovers in the band. But the punters seem to really rate it. May even get BRX's nod of approval 😁

Don't tango with Mango if you want to avoid Spector GAS!