Al Krow

Just took my Yammy 1025 (as per the YT clip) - didn't want to be trialling too many new bits of gear in one go, otherwise it would be less clear as to which bit of gear was responsible for the improved clarity and punch! No question that it was down to the Fearless F112 cab The Spector, with its Bubinga wood, is a touch heavier than my other basses and I'm just in the process of sourcing a Gruv Gear Duo strap. Fingers crossed that will remove any barriers to being able to use full weight basses going forward and I'm looking forward to my Spector LC becoming a staple gigging bass.

Be interesting to see how the Barts on the LTs compare to the more traditional EMGs and whether the LTs have moved away from a more familiar 'Spector' sound. Look forward to getting your thoughts following your next acquisition! Give me a shout if you decide, at that point, to move on the bass that started this thread off Two mids instead of mid / treble seems a bit gimmicky to me; not sure what's wrong with bass / mid / treble and the ability to roll treble off (which is great for a Motown vibe). Mid cut is very different to treble roll-off, right? The BQC pre with a semi-para mid seems to nail it and I agree with your earlier comment that it would make good sense for Spector to be fitting BQC pre's as standard, certainly on their higher-end models.

Haha...well if you're going to be mentally stuck in 23 year old synth tech, that's your call. There are a few clips already of the SY-1 on the SY-1 thread that will bring you up to date. I'll best stop the thread hijack now though... 😄

Ah ok cool, so BQC pre to bear in mind to round off a Euro model. Hmmm...sounds to me that me and mangotango may have stumbled on a bit of a collector's item with the limited run 3 band EQ Legend Custom then, but what the EQ model on it actually is I'd be keen to find out!

I'm sure that both the FI and C4 are the more 'capable' synth engines but if you're into ease of use and being able to dial in something quickly and intuitively 'on the fly' then the more user friendly Boss SY-1 may be the better option for you. I'm looking forward to mine landing hopefully in a couple of weeks. Btw - the FI has the 9 presets of the Deep Impact as the first 9 of its 99 stock presets; it's a big step up from its (often ridiculously over-priced!) predecessor!

Ah ok thanks. That explains why it's taken me so long to find a 3 band EQ Spector and why my ears picked up when @mangotangomentioned that the Legend Custom model, he owned, indeed had a 3 band EQ (with a stacked bass and treble pot)! Not clear to me, however, from the 4 knob options which EQ model is on the Legend Custom? This has an independent volume control for both pups rather than volume / blend and then two knobs providing stacked bass and treble and a separate one for mids. I'm hoping Mangotango might know off the top of his head - there only seems to be a reference to the 'US' Legend models online which have Aggie OB-2 pre's in them, and it's clearly not that! Is the BTQ pre you refer to still available? http://www.emgpickups.com/accessories/bass-accessories.html If not, it seems that the 4 knob BQC pre would now be the one to go for with its 3 band EQ and semi para mids. Either that or go for a John East Uni-pre!

Query for you Spector experts (Specperts?) : Other than the Legend Custom, are there any production or discontinued European models with a 3 band EQ? I've not found any to date. What does Spector have against bass players being able to control their mids?

We've apparently been out of a job for quite a while now...😂 Having said that the range feature on the OC-3, which has been out for over a decade now, is pretty cool and I'm not aware of any other octave pedals that have this feature!

Awww, really sorry to hear that! I guess, not being as experienced as many on this forum, one of my biggest fears about older basses is whether they will still be fit for purpose and being able to spot the issues in time. Probably why I have a relatively new bass collection i.e. none currently over a decade old. No chance of returning to seller I presume? If anyone can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear it will be AndyT, I suspect.

That's great to hear. Well you've had a LOT of experience with comps, what's special about this one that makes it so indispensable?

@dave_bass5 as the most recent (about to be) joiner of the HX Stomp club really looking forward to getting your review of the Stomp vs one of the very best EQ pedals on the market i.e. the Tech 21 Q\Strip and whether the Stomp is going to be sufficiently good to let you sell your current Q\Strip for a third time

Now fixed.

Here you go - Fearless F112 in action (headphones recommended) @lee650 - here you go: a Yammy BB1025 in action

That's fair. The purpose of the thread is really to give folk an unvarnished steer on which emulations the Stomp is going to knock out the park and can easily replace existing pedals and where it's going to find itself struggling and therefore re-considering whether it's going to be appropriate. So e.g. if you're a Panda FI user then don't assume that the Stomp will match it. But I suspect on chorus, flange, delay, dirt (particularly if we can get the low end preserved!), compression, octave down (but not up) and pitch shifting, amongst others, it's going to be great - I'm sure a bunch of other folk will be able to add to the comparisons which should then hopefully increasingly make the thread a useful initial reference point.

4. Helix Stomp 0 - virtually any decent Looper 1 Stomp has just a 60 second mono loop ability (30 seconds in stereo). My old Boss RC-30 had 99 presets and 3 hours recording and was a pleasure to use. More modern loopers (e.g. Nux Core) have up to 8 hours recording time.

Just seen this recent, glowing, review of the Stella. Just make sure your power lead has a 12mm and not a 10mm barrel. https://guitar.com/review/effects-pedal/review-becos-compiq-pro-stella-compressor/ @Opticaleye you still enamoured with yours?

From @jrixn1 B1-4 settings for Preamp into PA : 1: OptComp 4, 54, 65 2: B-Man 3, 3, 0; 400, 40, 71; OFF, BM 4x12, 64 3: Bass BB 14, 0, -4; 16, 70 4: Ac Bc Pre 50, 8 [60Hz], 100; 0, 0, 800; 0, 0, 0

@petetexas and @JohnDaBass - you gents are far too kind! I clearly struck lucky on the 'clean' and the 'compressor' patches which both seem to have been well received. Equally, if you come up with any decent patches for phaser or chorus then please do share them on the patch ideas thread so that we have have everything together in one handy reference thread. I'll add @jrixn1's shared settings from above to that thread now also.

Sounds like you're busy gigging Pete, which is great! And I'm glad you and your audiences are getting some Satisfaction 😁

@MoJo nice! We do seem to like our white BB 425s although Dave's black one is pretty tasty too! 😎

The BB 425 has one BIG advantage over your P34 Dave... If you're not careful, it won't just be the P34 that is going to be for the chop! 😁

Another short clip from the one bass player in the UK who seems to have managed to get his hands on one of these. Looking VERY 'usable' to me!