Al Krow

Wow is that a brand 'new' BB 615? If so, that's a good price!

So unless you've moved this on, if I've done the math right you've had this nearly 6 months => the honeymoon period should be over by now and you will have had a decent chance to put it through its paces. Still going strong and the GM still taking a back seat? Be very interested in getting an update from you!

@operative451 of the three 'Dr Funkenstein' was my fav

Aha, thanks. And here's the point: you've kept (and really liked?) the 615 with OBP3 pre for nearly a decade! That speaks quality to me.

How is he your 'mate'? You've been keeping that particular relationship very quiet 😉 Besides the dUg's biggest fan, who unlike me can do clever things like spell his name right, is already one step ahead of you...

And following hard on the heels of Mick's timely thread divergence, there are a couple of Glocks in the FS too, right now including a Blue Rock. Modern = hi-fi?

Dang! Now regretting not picking up the one in the FS! Do you have the v1 or v2 of the BB and is there much difference between the two?

If you don't mind me asking, how much was the whole upgrade for the OB3 plus fitting (or did you manage to get that done yourself)?

A bass you've never owned... yet! 😄 If you're making admiring statements like that, it won't be long.

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?)