Al Krow

Also a big fan of Geddy. He's right up there with the very best bassists for me. I'm skeptical, however, that any pedal is going to deliver 'canned Geddy' though. Bass, amp and cabs and, oh yes, that tiny point of having the technique of a legendary bass player.

The 615 always did seem like a lot of bass to me. The precursor to the current 735A if I'm not mistaken (and there was no equivalent in the "2" series). Did you go for an OBP3?

@bassjim thanks for the review! I'd love to hear a couple of sound clips of what the pedal is doing to your bass sound, if you're able to upload?

Hah! I saw the same material on that column adorned around a number of ladies in the audience at a recent African themed party gig! 😁

@garyt I very nearly got myself a Beat Buddy from the FS a while back, maybe I should have done! I guess I was thinking it wouldn't be any real difference to the Alesis SR18 I have, but the key point (if I have understood you correctly) is that you can edit the drum sequences easily, to create your own drum lines, via your PC and then upload them onto a pedal for use with a band. If that's correct, then that sounds like it's providing the best of both worlds!

How is the interface for creating and editing your own drum lines?

Ok cool. In which case I'll get some audio samples done for you later in the week. The NE knob can be completely by-passed, but I like it set 'always on' about 9/12 in one direction. The sound clips should make it clear why!

If anyone spots a 1200S FS in good nick, please give me a shout. I've found a very good home for my BB425 (which I've not managed to touch yet!😂) so there could be space on a rack for a 'one in one out' Yammy. I could get it refinished in Olly White and then either sell to Ken in Hull or bassfan in Essex 😁 In response to your earlier Q, krispn, I couldn't say I've landed on a definitive setting on the NE2 yet, as if I'm being honest I've not been brave enough to take it on the road yet, and it's likely to get usurped by the 735A and P35 for gigging purposes. When I'm back home I'll take a pic of what settings I'm currently using on it (if you're interested in that amount of detail) and at some point I'll get around to recording the tonal sweep that the NE dial offers which perhaps is the more useful thing for folk to hear.

He might be in one but not the other! 😂

I've bought and sold stuff from non BC members before. I managed to survive to tell the tale (just)... 😄 😄

Ok. Andy, who did you sell yours to? Done 😂

Never is a long time!! Land yourself the white BB1100S you're after and I bet you'll find it hard to resist taking out on the road!

Hey krispn, it interacts as an overlay to the 3 band EQ and seems to add a breadth of tonal palette to my NE2 that I don't find on any of my other basses. It has a surprisingly large impact on tone. There's a Nathan East NE1 pedal in the FS right now going for a good price and I'm a little tempted to get it for use with the rest of my Yammys, but it's not a particularly petite pedal! I can also see why the para mids on a John East uni pre seems to be such a popular feature, although this will not be quite the same as the NE para mid-cut overlay. So in answer to your Q it's an 'always on' feature of my NE2 tonal set up (and not by-passed).

That and the fact that you found it pretty close in sound on the NE2 (although am I correct thatit doesn't have the semi parametric mid cut of the NE2 - which means it does a bit less tonally?), was definitely very helpful in ending my particular gear quest for one of these, for which I'm very grateful (who isn't when a BCer has just saved them spending ££s?)

Aha, gotcha.

Andy - that one's a 425 and you're mostly (entirely?) a 4 string man, right?

I'm guessing the additional (HPF and other) patches are only available via the Zoom software and not ToneLib. I'll check when I'm back at the ranch next week. It makes sense to delete the surplus patches, as you suggest Dave. Be interesting to see which ones we all keep. I reckon probably no more than 10, tops, of the preloaded ones for me. Eg that 'Explosion' is fun, but when are you ever going to actually use it? So why leave that on rather than some of the much more usable modulation or drive patches from the B3N? Ah well, I'm sure we will rectify!

Face it, Dave, you're a total Zoom fanboy 😂

Hah! Definitely like your phrasing of that more than mine, Dave!

Just posted a little sound clip of the A-wah filter on the Filter and Synth sounds thread. I'm kinda surprised how good this is as multi fx have never been famous for their filter and synth sounds, but I could definitely see myself using this patch 'live'. (I even remembered to save it as an mp3 file so that Dave can download )

@Merlino how are you liking your GR2? I've been very pleasantly surprised by the stock filter patch on the new Zoom B1X-Four multi-fx. It sounds very 'usable' to me and I'm not sure audiences will notice a great deal of difference between this and a dedicated filter in a band mix. See what you think? (I've stuck to the same riff as previously for ease of comparison). Filter 10 - B1X-4 A-wah.mp3

I'm sure @Quatschmacher will be along soon, who has become our FI 'expert in residence' over the past year There's also a bunch of comment about the FI (mostly gushing but a few negatives too) on the Bass Synth and FI patches threads.

Well the OC-2 is indeed pretty iconic! If you want a clone that nails the OC-2 sound, then the Valeton OC-10 is your man. It's more compact, very sturdy and around half the price new that used OC-2s are selling for. Check out comments and sound clips in the thread below if you want to explore that one further: