Al Krow

Actually I must ask the sound engineer at one of our clubs to have the compression engaged on and then turn off (or vice versa) mid way through a track and see if he can hear any difference in a band mix through the FOH from the back of the room - and I'll have a listen through the monitors (although much more difficult to hear any nuances through those in my experience).

Afraid that sounds completely contradictory to me: if you can't hear pedal board compression at home you're (well I'm certainly) not going to hear it over a drummer with ear plugs in! I'm perfectly happy to let the sound engineers sort out live use compression, for now. Yup - that's what I do when working on material at home i.e. playing along to a track with the bass turned right down. Glad that's a good way to discover what compression is really doing

Ok sorted...

What difference in sound are you getting with it in parallel?

Ah that is frustrating...

Is it just me, or is that a bl*oody tasty Bass VI?

Delighted to welcome Luke (aka @Banjo_hobbit) to Basschat and to be able to start a feedback thread for him. I've just bought a pedal off Luke. Speedy delivery, great comms throughout and everything as described. I'd be really happy to deal with Luke again. Cheers, Bas

@stewblackthat sounds awesome! You're clearly a convert to parallel routing and I suspect about to convert a whole bunch of us in the process! Some Soundcloud clips of your set up in parallel vs in series would be great to have as and when you get chance.

Tbf Fender do own a brand that have just released a rather tasty reverse PJ (but active only)... ...and have just replaced the previously pointy headstocks on these basses with something that looks remarkably like a Yammy BB's headstock (seamlessly back on message 😀)

Well it's a funny ol' world. You were the person, with your excellent review of your 1025X, which you kindly took the time to pm me about, and subsequent joint trip to the Yammy store where I picked up my vintage white 1025, that weened me of Fender basses (possibly for good) and started my love affair with Yammys a couple of years back; and now you're heading back in the opposite direction. Wheels turn, eh? You'll be wearing flared jeans next.

Interesting point about the neck, though, 'cos the flatter / really comfortable to play (particularly on 5ers) / not a baseball bat neck of the Yammys is a feature that a LOT of Yammy fans (me included) love. If a chunkier neck is what you're now preferring, and... ...sounds like you could be heading back to Fender and, based on your comments a few weeks back, forget PJs, you could be going straight to J(ail). 😊

Tbf there are good reasons why Fender are the best selling bass on the planet, and why so many other brands make a good living ripping off their designs. Wouldn't the world be a boring place if everyone had the same taste in basses, genres of music, amps, cabs etc. etc. Plenty of space for us to all enjoy the basses we enjoy. Personally I think my Yammys are just great! And I have no itch at all to buy a Fender. A Spector EuroLX neck through on the other hand... 😄

Mine too. Except I'm not in!!!! Have rearranged my delivery to Friday. Ugh! Know what my weekend is going to be spent doing, in part, already! Or in my case, another thread you've started where I've ended up buying a gear 😁

Fixed. Or at least that's how it felt to me 😁

I agree with you in part - my 735A was definitely a bit lighter than my BB P35, but actually only comparable to my 1025. A fairer comparison is perhaps between fully passive basses. The wood in the body of the 735A will have been reduced to make way for a larger EQ housing area i.e. more air and less wood, so you might well expect the body to be a bit lighter on that particular model.

What a seriously unhelpful thread to be linked into 😂 Now you've got me checking out £3,000 guitars (not to mention Spector basses that I'd managed to ignore for the past few years), Mr Charlie-Tango-Foxtrot! 😈

Well my BB P35 is heavier than my BB 1025. Both purely passive. So I'd say "no" based on that very limited sample"!

@razor5cl I'd say the key difference between the BB 734A and the older BBs is that the 734A is both active and passive which gives it greater tonal versatility. Body shape etc has been more of a subtle refinement rather than a wholesale change from the Series 2. Most of the earlier models (Series 2, Series 1 and earlier) are either mostly purely passive or a minority that are purely active. The 734A gives you the best of both worlds on that score. Combine that with a capable vol, blend & 3 band EQ and P/J configuration and you have a very capable bass indeed. Here's a demonstration of my old bass(!) being played by @TJ Spicer, which will give you a good feel for its tonal variety and capability:

Nope - and that's really helpful to know thank you. If it can't do parallel, why would you bother having it, other than being able to click on say three pedals in Loop 1 with one stomp rather than needing to engage them all separately with three stomps?

Yup that last one, looks just the ticket. Fingers crossed the dimensions work.

Nope - matey I guess you hadn't spotted or were not bovvered by the erosion of blocks point, which is actually a real issue? Besides the purpose of this thread is not about the limitations of the HX Stomp or otherwise, but a discussion on parallel vs serial use of pedals - you got any of your pedals in parallel? If so, which ones and what benefit are you finding from doing that?

You just need to take a view on whether yours will actually provide any decent protection? Looks worth every penny of what you are paying for it (no, that's not a compliment - lol!) and obviously mine has a pouch for TRS cables...😁

Actually used this for my B3n, but suspect it could work a treat for the Stomp too. And within budget! 😊 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00DUGZFA6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

HX Stomp is defo a good suggestion to follow up on. I think the only two downsides to using the HX Stomp for parallel routing are: (i) although it has two FX loops, each loop takes up a 'block' so you're at risk of only having 4 blocks left out of the already limited (some would say) 6 blocks on offer at the outset; (ii) not everyone reading this thread has a Stomp! Just come across this neat piece of kit - circa £55 which will take up minimal board space and allows two effects loops (probably for synth and dirt in my case), which should be plenty to be getting on with for those of us just starting to get into parallel routing.