dave_bass5

New gear is always 'the best ever', when you first get it, but once its been tired and tested in the right context, you get a proper understanding of it. If you read my posts in this thread, i said i was really happy with it and couldn't wait to gig it. I then sold it after the gig, so no, not strange at all. I never said it was great or any thing like that as far as i can see, I just said i was happy with it so far, and i dont think i even mentioned the sound or tone, other than i commented it was clearer than my GK, and definitely not as being great. You ned to read a bit more carefully so you dont get the wrong idea. Still, its that last bit that didnt work for me, and the band noticed this as well. It was not a tone i cared for or felt worked well. Various Fender type passive basses were used, playing general covers. I record all my rehearsal and gigs, and it definitely sounds lacking something in all of them compared to with other heads. Should also add, ive had private chats along the way with other members, so although i didnt post any of these concerns ion this thread, it wasn't an instant decision. In fact i started a returns action with Thomanns a week after i got it, but held off as i was still trying to give it a chance.

Maybe Santa can bring them, he seems to have a way of avoiding customs 😭

I got my son (12 at the time) the cheap G4M £150 kit. He loved it at first, but he is also having drum lessons at school, and found the way the snare is sitting was not comfortable and now he doesn't use it at all, other than to hang his uniform on it. He still has drum lessons but never plays at home. Every now and then he asks for a real kit, but the floors in our flat are terribly thin. I cant even use a bass amp at home. Shame as he is quite good, but he has a couple of guitars, which i try and encourage him to spend more time playing.

A block is a slot in a patch. A patch in the Stomp can have 6 blocks, 9 in the Effects. The blocks are the components of the patch. Could be amp sim, single effect, mixer block, eq block etc.

As i dont think ill be buying anything else music related this year, i think my best has been the Helix HX Effects. Really happy with it and it makes me smile when i use it. Worst is hard to say, i have drawer full of effects i used maybe once or twice and wont use again. None of them are bad though, i just dont need them.quite a lot of wasted money went in to buying them. Same with the 2 amps ive brought and sold this year. I just didn't like them but there was nothing i hated about them. So although not bad in anyway, my biggest regretful purchase is my Yamaha BBP34. Wish i hadnt bothered, as it made life a bit more complicated, and although there is nothing wrong with it, i just cant settle 100% with it.

We've just started playing Bartender and the Thief. What a great song,

Ok, ill go first. There are plenty of them here already 😎

Mine is just the 800watt head, going in to a Fearless F112, not the combo. Agree, we all like different things, lucky my band also hated me using the BB800 😉

First rehearsal with my new Fender rumble head. Same room ive been using for months. It was like night and day compared to the BB800. The band noticed it straight away. A lot more authoritative and with a nice low end kick. Filled the room with low end much better than the BB800, and the upper notes had the punch i was told the BB800 would give me, but didn't. Its more coloured, but i think this is what i needed to get the F112 sounding bigger. Still clear, but with a depth to it i hadn't had since my GK. A lot more tone options as well. Horses for courses i guess. I sometimes think playing with a pick brings its own problems that finger style doesn't suffer from.

Nah, its too big and heavy. Everything just fits in my old camera bag, and i do this for a reason. I even gave up using a pedal board for the same reason. Anything larger is automatically off my list. Maybe if i was gigging more regular things might change, but what i have now is more than good enough for all my gigs. ..........😂

Yes, i still have my GKMB800, and that too worked better for me over the BB800. I wanted to get something less coloured than the GK, but still with a usable EQ (so not going direct to the power stage) and the Quilter is definitely flater, but i found it a bit too flat. The Rumble is much more to my liking, being in the middle of the GK punch and the MarkBass warmth. At least, to my ears based on 3 hours at rehearsals.

I own both a Stomp and a Effects, but chose to vote for the Effects as to me its the most suitable, and the one ill use all the time (at least for live and rehearsals). I did briefly look at the LT, but like you i found the lack of Scribble strips a bit of a negative, mainly as i was looking to get the Effects for these.

Its the BC way..... 🙂 Put it this way, its not perfect, but its definitely a step up from my previous heads. In fact the reason i went for the Quilter was for the added punch/thickening on the notes. I never found that, but the Fender has it in spades.

Ive not seen many Rumble 800HD users posting so i took a chance. Happy i did, although it's still early days.

Just got back from my first rehearsal with my Fender Rumble 800HD. Blown away by it. Much better to my ears (and the bands) than the Quilter i had. It has a real kick to it. Low end it big but clear, but it has a low mid punch that ive struggled to get with out heads. As i play with a pick all the time i struggle to get that finger style punch, but tonight it was almost perfect. The tone was more room filling than with the Quilter, which i found to be a bit more neutral, but that wasnt want i really wanted.

I am definitely not a redhead 🙂 Just ordered a set of red knobs (lol at how that sounds). Thanks to Rob for the help.

Nice one, ill do it now.

Damn, I want red but there are only two small ones left. Ill wait for the next batch.

Got a match the shoes, otherwise gig is ruined 🤣

Ah, cool. and yes, the silver does fit the colour scheme well.

Thats a cool offer thanks. I cant decide what colour i prefer. Black seems a bit of a waste, although fits in with the existing colour scheme. Probably go for red though. Ill have a think about it. Big question is will they fit a HX Effects? I thought the purple ones might peak your interest 😉

Anyone using these? Not sure what to make of them. Cool idea i guess. https://helixknobs.com/?fbclid=IwAR1zpP_lU2urxcmYt3ZEvc9JctQXSTBpBvMl7WrA_zLzWyyiTNfspYSHjEo

And means less production lines. With the same colour headstock on all 3 finishes it costs them less to manufacture.

Ive upped the mix of my Chorus, Filter and Phaser for tonight's rehearsal. ill see how it goes (also with new Fender amp). Im contemplating getting an Expression pedal, but in all honesty i dont know what ill use it for. No need for volume, Filter is hardly used and i prefer the auto type anyway. No other effects need manual control, so im at a loss as to why i want one.....but i want one 🙂

Yep, thats about it. One thing i was happy about with the Stomp was i can use a small external foot switch to give me 5 on/off switches, which worked well except there is no indicator that the other two are on or off, other than if those blocks are lit on the screen. Its a very small screen and i found it hard to tell. This was the main reason i got Effects.