Al Krow

Great post, thanks. @mrtcat - have been thinking your comments through and discussing with my band, in particular about rejecting suggestions on personal preference. I guess where I'm coming from is that there's gotta be enough cheesy floor filler songs out there which audiences love, so that the band isn't forced to play particular songs week in week out if one or more of the band members can't stand them? Particularly ones which have been done to death e.g. Wonderwall, Sweet Home Alabama etc. Playing live music has gotta be fun, if it becomes a chore then that's a real shame.

Ah cool if your strap prevents neck dive, that's a bit of a game changer!

Going to appeal. The Commission hasn't given up yet. But if little Ireland does win against the mighty EU (and good luck to the Irish!) then they'll be happily continuing as a corporate tax haven for a while yet 😄

Ahh Ireland has let Apple off $13 billion of tax, according to the EU. It's a a national sport sanctioned at the highest levels of government 😆

These are great looking basses and that's been quite a short production run! I didn't hold onto mine (also B-stock - I wonder if the returns were killing the margins on these for Thomann?) as I couldn't get comfortable with the amount of neck dive, so I'll be interested to see how you get on with yours in that regard.

Oasis. Got all their albums when they came out. OMG are they dull!!

My pleasure and privilege to start Ely's @lidl e feedback thread. I've just sold him a pedal he didn't need for a use that he's not quite worked out yet. Payment was prompt and comms throughout were great. He's a real gent and also happens to be in a band in which Andy Rourke (ex The Smiths) laid down the bass line to a recent single! Enjoy the pedal! Cheers, Bas

I'm spending far too much time with bandmates who understand craic far better than me for it not to rub off a lidl 😄

Well I think you're going to need to let us all know what you think of it yourself! 😁

Great track and great story!

Hey - happy new year to you too! Well we had a bit of a scare as on the first outing there was a little power surge in the pub which caused the trip switch to cut everything out just before we were due on! Following which, we couldn't get any decent output from the mixer and meant we had a very stripped back start (drums, vox, guitar), whilst I spent 20 mins in the car going through the manual to see if I could find a fix... On the plus side whatever I did seemed to do the trick (or the thing simply reset itself, haha) and when we had the full band with a decent bass in the mix it really did sound soooo much fuller! I guess the band (including me) appreciated bass in the mix so much more after that! We managed to recover after that shaky start and had a great night! Here's a little clip for your entertainment: LA Mixtrax (@lamixtrax) But in answer to your question, I'll definitely let you know after the next gig in a couple of weeks time - as getting the fx settings sorted last time ended up not being a priority!! A couple of us are going down the relatively budget Xvives U4 route for wireless IEMs - and the 4 individual monitor outs that can give each of us a tailored mix on the Zoom L8 should hopefully be just the ticket.

Ahh, it's good you're out: used Yamaha bass prices would collapse otherwise, particularly since Andy T has gone all "sensible"...

"Magic moments" = when you really really need to use the B string to rest your thumb on? Just askin' for a friend (he's a fan of bass apparently).

Modesty doesn't become you.

Why?! I thought you'd long established that the world's top bass players pretty much all gig 4 string basses, with one or two notable exceptions? You: "But Jaco only played a 4 string bass" Band: "Who's Jaco?"

One of the best reviews of the PM2 I've come across - will give you a good feel for what it's capable of:

The B1-4 has the Zoom drum machine, which I think is a standard set of drum patterns / rhythms that are used across quite a few of their multifx pedals. I use mine for practice, too. Will save you a few quid compared to the B6.

Apologies if this cover has been posted on this thread before. But it's soooooo good! Happy Christmas all!

From a quick review of the spec it seems to be a significant step up in processing power/memory from the G1 Four (and by implication the B1-4) e.g. can have up to 7 FX in the signal chain vs 5 for G1-4, 300 vs 50 memory patches, 80s vs 30s looper. But also nearly 3x the price.

If he would be up for doing that, he wouldn't be selling just one of them!

Had the privilege of hearing a 2 hour set from Acoustic Alchemy last night at Pizza Express Soho. Superb musicianship!

Yeah fair. Well I find them so useful I've actually got three! If there's not one still available in the FS in the NY you'd be welcome to have one of my battalion on loan to try out / to buy outright if you like it. It will come fully loaded with 40 Al Krow patches, which can be easily factory reset, haha ! I'm sure I'll be able to manage with "only" two of them 😄

Maybe worth thinking about a Zoom B1-4, and save yourself a LOT of money? They're amazing value! Think I saw one in the FS recently. And then get a few dedicated pedals for the fx you use a lot to combine with it.