Al Krow

@ratman I see you're a London boy! Any links to your band(s)?

It's also a shame that they didn't include an aux in - for £110 this would have been a good value little headphone amp.

I think if I was stepping up to a BH250, I'd then be tempted to go the whole hog and get a RH750. You see how it starts don't you? 😂

So nearer 130W with a standard 8ohm cab. Not gonna cut it as a back up for me... 😔

Not sure I can justify uploading another pic of my BB 1025 (but what the heck eh?!) on this thread. I'm kinda sensing it may not be seeing as much action as it was getting before the arrival of its newer sibling. But until a white Yammy BB 735A comes out, this can certainly have a home here in E London. Besides it's nice to have a purely passive bass that I can just leave plugged in and never need to worry about having a flat battery for my troubles!

Been struggling to find out from online spec: whether this is 200W at 8 ohm or 4 ohm; what its actual dimensions are? Anyone managed to find out?

This (for less than the cost of a decent dedicated analogue pedal)?

True. But equally I've got to know (and trust) the views of the guys who have owned both on here. No one is saying Bergs are crap. They are very far from it! My question was given how good Bergs are and the fact that they cost twice what a PJ passive / active Yammy does, can a Yammy hold its own? The answer seems to be a resounding yes. And I definitely wouldn't want to be paying twice as much for a Berg and then finding I had to fork out another £500 for different pups and EQ, to suit me, on top.

Enjoy! Look forward to hearing how you get on.

Aha interesting, yes it was. You're a font of knowledge Master John R. Ixn (the First). How have you got yours set up, still reversed? Feels more 'natural' the right way around to me, but probably just my OCD (that I deny to the rest of my family I have) 🤣

I bought mine used from the FS here. I was fortunate to get one in pretty mint condition, just 6 months old - they do come up from time to time I was waiting for around 8 months before one popped up (which kinda says something in itself). The weird thing is the one I bought used hadn't been set up particularly well (e.g. one of the string saddles at the bridge was somehow inverted and the action had been set so low there was a lot of fret buzz) - all very easily remedied. Part of me wonders if they guy who I bought it off, who kinda felt that a Yammy should work for him, had set it up properly, whether he would have ever sold it. But hey, my good fortune. I'm down in London, which is probably a little too far for you to trek, but there may well be a BCer round your parts with a Yammy BB 735A. I'll leave them to make themselves known! Just checked PMT Brum's website and they don't seem to have Yammy BBs in stock (they have all the TRBs). Bass Direct does have it though - but just be careful to only take enough cash to buy what you want (and not a penny more) if you're heading there 😂

Which is exactly the model (and/or the Berg VT4 that Cam mentioned) as the "V"s are the Berg P basses. So your comments about your own bass were totally on point for me (and which one you're keeping!) Been a very helpful GAS avoiding bit of feedback on this thread for me this morning! The grass ain't always greener...

Only if you feel the need for the best synth bass pedal currently available. Otherwise my recommendation is steer well clear, there is plenty of less capable cheaper stuff out there to disappointment you. 😁

@ratman - great post, thanks!

Thanks. The fact that you and Cam both would / indeed are choosing to hold onto your Yammys in preference to your Bergs says enough on the subject to me. (Fyi - I didn't have the VM4 but rather the TM4, which has a J rather than a P neck pup).

Cheers Cam, excellent post!

The BB 1025s were going for £810 new in the year before they were replaced (2017) by the new series and there were then some final stock clearance prices at around £550 to £600. I think the 1024s were generally around £50 less.

Comparison of Sandberg VM4/5 with Yamaha BB 734/5 As a former Sandberg TM4 owner I've often thought, in hindsight, that I might have preferred a VM4 (and now a VM5) which also has the P/J set up I really dig on the Yammy BBs. The Delanos and the 2 band EQ are a bit of a sticking point for me with Bergs, but they're obviously (from a experience!) a really well finished bass. I'm just wondering what folks' views are, who have owned both the VM4 or 5 and BB 734 or 5, on how they feel that the Yammy BB 734/5 stacks up against their Bergs? Obviously a new Yammy is going to be half or less of the price of the Berg, so I'm kinda expecting the Berg to edge it? @CameronJ and @krispn are you guys our resident experts on this one?

Ah ok, I got excited too soon then! They are only managing to knock £17 off the normal stock, which is not much, but at least showing willing...

8.37 cm

Well done to Musik-Produktiv for being first out of the block in breaking price 'cartel' ranks: https://www.musik-produktiv.com/gb/mesa-boogie-subway-wd-800-10113222.html

FI software update coming soon! I knew there was a reason I'd not spent time getting to grips with the FI PC editing just yet... this is from the owner of Panda Audio posted on TB: "Furthermore, if you look at the video on youtube you can see that it was released in May 2018, so it is not two years old. But anyway, I am busily working on the software now and the FI software will be finished in early April, but yet with a temporary editor. It would be useless to release the software before a final editor is ready, and also until proper sounds are designed to demonstrate the new features. We will have to rearrange and skip some of the 99 factory preset sounds, to make space for the new ones. Anyway, our editor designer, Zsolt works usually very quickly, so there is good hope that you can get the new release soon. Andras Szalay" This is going to make an excellent pedal even better!

Yes, definitely, when you've bought a bunch of investments for your pension and seen their value plummet. Although as someone better paid than me once said "it's a zero sum game!" But not when you're making a donation to a good cause and seeing a smile on a young child's face. And also not when you've bought a piece of kit that brings a grin to yours.

Out of interest, how long have had your Stomp? I've just seen your pedal-board clear out in the FS of some really good dedicated pedals and I'm thinking "yup, another person has just cottoned on just how good their Stomp is!". It seems to me that the Stomp is already having an impact on the supply and demand for dedicated pedals. And the direction of travel IMHO (aka in my opinionated and not always correct mind) is clear. And goodness knows how good the next generation Stomp is going to be! That is one bass pedal I will be getting for sure and it may also end up being the last one I ever need.