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Al Krow

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  1. Al Krow
    BB 1025 - 5 string version of your white BB 1024 - which I think you are also liking a lot?
  2. Al Krow
    Well I am now down from these 4 beauties (and a couple of fantastic 425s which came and went along the way), following the departure of my lovely NE2 into appreciative new hands today 😢 To this solitary, but very wonderful, beast!
  3. Al Krow
    If you don't have 30 mins to spare, then you could do worse than dive in at 17.35 to hear a classic Yammy BB "punchy growl" on the 735A on @such's video link. Great tone!
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    Believe me, the really excellent work you have done on the v3.5 and v3.60 editor and also the updates to the manual are the reasons I'm getting another FI! It's in a completely different league to the editor and manual that came with the first FI I got three years ago.
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    @Quatschmacher - no ruse mate, I had already secured a used v3 for a fair market price** 😉 Bit shocking they didn't give you a response, though, given how much time and effort you've invested with them.
  6. Al Krow
    Well hopefully they might take the opportunity to release a more compact version at the same time and, if they further improve the UI/display along Boss RC-5 lines, they're going to have a "ticking a lot of boxes" product on their hands.
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    Hehe - I'd best buy that mint v3 off you then 😄 Besides, I won't be getting a v4 until they're getting flogged used 6 to 9 months after they first come out, which could be 2+ years off. Plenty of time to get into the minutiae of @Quatschmacher's excellent manual!
  8. Al Krow
    New model FI v4 This is what Panda FI have just emailed me to say: a) "Yes, in our latest version, v3.60 we have reached all the limits of the current hardware - the processing power is used around 100% and the code memory is full as well. For additional functionality we have to step forward " b) "we already test new processors" (!!) The only thing holding them back is: c) "but you have probably learnt about the terrible situation on the chip market caused by the pandemic. It is still not known when we can order commercial quantities from them and from the other components. So we still can't set a target date for the next hardware release." So it seems to me that a FI v4 is very much in the pipeline and, unlike the v3 which was only a cosmetic upgrade from the v1, the v4 (or MK2 or whatever they will call it) is going to be step change as a unit. Exciting!! My best guess, based on a guestimate timeframe for the chip shortage to be rectified globally and the fact that they're going to be at the bottom of the queue behind car manufacturers etc, would be at some point in 2022, maybe 12 to 18 months from now.
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    @krispn
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    I was gobsmacked by how good the Xotic BB pre sim sounded on my B1-4. However, it really loses definition with the low notes on my 5 string. I'm guessing that's 'cos it's a cheap and cheerful multifx and that you don't find anything similar happening with the real thing?
  11. Al Krow
    Thanks for that clip - makes a massive difference listening connected through a decent pair of headphones vs through my laptop speakers! 40 Hz is pretty much what the fundamental on the low E is (41.2 Hz) so you would have thought it should add some weight to the bottom end (which I guess may have been MB's original line of thinking on this?) but, in practice, just seems to cause resonant boominess.
  12. Al Krow
    Aww come on, nobody needs a £10k Fodera!! Surely a £6k one will do just fine? 😄
  13. Al Krow
    @Jus Lukin - that's a useful set of graphs, thanks. It does confirm for me the EQ "hole" point though. There is relatively small boost available at the key 1.6kHz range which is associated with "bite" or "presence". I have to separately adjust for this with an EQ pedal when using my LM2 combo (121H) and it feels like I've removed a blanket when I do! So I'm very much with @fretmeister on this one. But at least they have replaced the boomy 40 Hz bass EQ with a MUCH better 68 Hz centre point.
  14. Al Krow
    Now you come to mention it, there are definitely worse things in life you could be spending your time doing 🙂
  15. Al Krow
    A ten year unlimited supply of Ben & Jerry's? Yeah, almost certainly 😁 Sadly it may well be in the hands of new owner come Friday...
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    It looks like a very rehashed LM3 with a limiter bolted on. Better EQ centre point for the bass at 68 rather than 40 Hz, but they've still left a massive EQ hole between upper mids at 800Hz and an unnecessarily high treble centre point of 10kHz. Shame.
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    Or just a get Zoom B1-4 to do all of the above a little less well than the Stomp (other than the Z-Synth on the B1-4 which outdoes anything that HX is currently offers!) for £45 plus P&P used, and then spend the £250 saved on a DOD Meatbox (or a decent second hand bike, or a lot of ice cream...) ...😄
  18. Al Krow
    I agree that about Meatbox - prices went mental! But I think that particular one is a function of a lack of new product coming onto market i.e. a limited production run.
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    Yeah that’s about ball park, but just for the record a couple of Mk1s have gone for £175 on here and £178 on eBay very recently (with P&P on top). Maybe it's just me, but 65% of new for a 3+ y/o pedal still feels very reasonable, just based on the nearly 100 pedals(!) I've bought and sold on here over the past four years. But you're right, at the end of the day a fair price is what a willing buyer and willing seller are happy to agree!
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    Just trying to get my head around a fair price for a used one of these currently. I see that Panda are selling a brand new FI (including P&P) for €299 i.e. £255 (at €1.17 to £1) all in - which works out at approx. £247 plus £8 (P&P) So does: £160 for a Mk1 i.e. 65% new for a 3 to 5 year old pedal; and £185 for a Mk3 i.e. 75% new for a 1 to 2 year old pedal Seem about right, given the cost of a new one which will have the advantage of being under warranty? I'd also love to know when the Mk4 is due for release - combined with the fantastic work @Quatschmacher has done on the UI, must admit I'm eagerly awaiting the launch of the Mk4!
  21. Al Krow
    That is very good to hear about the steep decline in infection rates; we are similarly seeing a similar decline from the recent peak in the UK even with the full opening that has happened although it's still early days to see how that pans out. Speaking of facts - Covid continues to not be even a top 20 cause of death in the UK currently and, according to the ONS, 90% of adults now have anti-bodies.
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    Just picking up on a couple of the broader "context" discussions we've recently had: Phil the Australia / UK approach debate has been a really important one - certainly lessons to be learned. They have currently vaccinated just 24% of their population - they are way way down international vaccination league tables. Literally half of all Australians are currently under lock down and their economy is taking a battering. Australians abroad are pretty much stranded. We've obviously made serious mistakes along the way but there was no Covid "play-book". However, I don't think anyone can say with confidence any more that the Aussie approach is still the one the rest of the world is looking to for inspiration? @DiMarco I have no idea how things are developing out in the NL but I sincerely wish your wonderful (albeit a little too tall) nation well. Your suggestion that lockdown was going to be re-imposed in the UK after 2 weeks is just not going to happen. My sense is that we continue to turn the corner. And seeing 10,000 in @walshy's crowd (what a glorious sight!) I know, hand on heart, that I would right now rather be a relatively free Brit, both as an ordinary citizen and also as a performing musician.
  23. Al Krow
    So exactly how does "orgasmic" look then? Just asking for a friend...and they are particularly interested in whether it differs between the UK and Germany? 😁
  24. Al Krow
    I bet it did! Brilliant!!
  25. Al Krow
    If you're ever down London way you'd be very welcome to borrow mine, mate
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