dave_bass5

It is indeed a very impressive little box. Ive never seen a need to have one of these things in a band context, and my experience with this sort of thing has been the cheesy Taurus type of sounds from my Zoom boxes, but hearing @Al Krow playing this (I say playing, it seems to more or less payed itself) took me back to early DrWho, right up to the sequenced parts in a film soundtrack. Impressively the tracking never once glitched or got confused. Most impressed with the upright bass tone effect coming from it. That, I could see some use for.

Cool. Ill keep an eye out. To be honest it’s quite a trek for me, as I don’t drive and it’s a pain to get to by public transport, but Ill try and get up there again. Hoping to get a few in next year as well. Pete said we went down well even though the place was empty. We had people dancing so must have have done something right. Oh, and we met Dave, who we thought worked there at first. Nice bloke 🙂

Wow, nice gig.

Gad we got it working Bas. For reference there is only one style of that socket, it’s been around for years. Your socket is actually broken. The centre bit is missing. That’s why they look different. The fix should hold as long as you don’t go unplugging too much. Loved that little Boss synth pedal. Very impressive. Oh, and thanks again again for the other thing. It nearly killed me carrying it from the car and up to the flat lol. That was much further than I would normally carry it not a problem at all. Nice and sturdy Installs confidence in it.

Its not the footswitch, , it’s the dials below the screen. Just sometimes the numbers change to white. I think it’s to do with snapshots but I don’t have any programmed in, and if it was, why not all the parameters changing colour.

I dont gig as much now, but when we were gigging most weekends I just looked on it like work. Some good days, some bad days. Had I refused to do the bad ones I felt I was letting the band (team) down, as some of those needed the money live, so just got,on,with it. I chose to be in that situation so never complained. Life isn’t perfect, and sometimes you just need to get on with it. Saying all that, there were many time so wished I wasn’t there, but then I’d think how lucky I was to be gigging and making money from it, so again, I just got on with it. Had we not had half the band needing the money as their only main income I guess we would have been more selective.

No, that’s not the answer. What I’m after is a block that’s used in more than one patch linked to a master version if that makes sense. So if I adjust a parameter in one patch the block get updated in the others without me having to cut and paste. Not end of the world of course, but it’s a feature I’d like to have. Another slight irritation is when the press down on one of the 3 smaller knobs, it resets the corresponding parameter. I’d love it if another press took ti back to how I set it. I thought it did at one point but can’t see it working. Actually, a question about that. Why, when I press down on one of those knobs do I sometimes get the parameter turn white? I’m not using any snapshots yet.

Instrument. I think it’s on by default but worth checking.

Press the two page buttons at the same time, then page right to take you to global settings, then on the first screen (ins/outs) scroll all the way to the right. Oh, and check you have the correct input settings while you are there. EDIT. Seen you found it already.

Glad to help. I must admit I get overwhelmed with the amount of ‘master’ and ‘Level’ controls, its a bit off putting. Its nice that there is an overall one. For gigs I don’t use any amp modelling, so its not too bad. I use a default tone, with a distortion on switch one, and chorus on switch two. I then have duplicate patches with the 3rd switch set of either filter, phaser or sub octave. I use an external 2 2 switch box to change these patches depending on the song. This is why I need to find an easier way that if I adjust the basic tone (the B7K Ultra) I can get the new parameters to the other patches.

Yep, same here regarding the volume knob. The lest setting to do the better IMO. I’m really impressed with how well this thing has been thought out.

Its probably in Edit but I don’t use that, so I’m talking about on the Stomp itself. Scroll to the white circle at the very right hand side of the block window. You have pan and level control for the main outs. You could also try going to the left hand side and adjusting the input impedance if you are using a hot bass. I think that’s what it’s for.

You can set each patch level independently. there is a level control at the very right had side of the block window. This is my way of doing it. Assuming your signal level is fine going through the blocks, then that might be a quick way of levelling things up.

Will do, see you soon.

This is how I’ve approached mine. As I do all my editing at home with headphones I need to know exactly where to go once I’m in a band situation, so I’ve avoided using my PC. I have hoked it up once, just to back my patches up. I really wish there was a way of setting defaults for a specific sim, and then have the ability to adjust it across a few patches. I can cut and paste, but it’s quite labours. oh, and I’m sure I’m late to the party but I noticed yesterday that the through signal doesn’t cut out if the power does. That’s pretty cool and a nice safe feature.

Bas, want me to bring mine over later to test? I would have said it’s the drivers, this happens all the time with my Zoom pedals, but as you have tried a fresh pc then it sounds like it might be the Stomp. Done a hard reset?

Yeah, Pete booked us. The bands called Mix it up. It was our first gig with this line up, and first one for exactly 12 months (first proper gig anyway). We have had line up issues and our new guitarist is always on holiday, so its been a case of turning gigs down for the past few months. Not a good situation but that’s for another thread. it was good play there, as I used to drink there back in the late 80’s. Who do you play with?

Played at the Hop Poles in Enfield last weekend. First gig with new band line up. We were ok but the venue was empty. Something going on down the road apparently. As we have only played closed gigs in the past we couldn’t get a following along, but despite the emptiness and poor acoustics the bar staff said we were great and we will be back asap .

New FW out. Just bug fixes. https://uk.line6.com/software/index.html

Interesting. Ive always needed to use a BDDI (started with a BDI-21) in front of my amps when using passive basses. When i got my 425 i stopped using it. Then i got my P34 and again, found i didnt need it. Two sonically different basses, but both with the same charterer. I definitely get a growl of sorts from both, but to my ears the P34 is more Jazz like, and neither really gets that 'woody' Fender tone. To my ears both, but more so the P34, have a sort of jazz vibe, even with just the neck pup. Its almost like when you have two pups on the jazz, with the bridge pup lowered a bit. I find it more noticeable with a pick, as the upper mids seem to be more apparent. Not a complaint at all, just an observation.

Cheers guys. Ive had/have the basic Roqsiold covers in the past and they have been fine, it’s only to stop the cabs getting scratched in the car. I don’t need or want to pay extra for protection I’ll not need . Since I started this thread things have changed, and I’ve sourced a Fearless F112 instead. This was my first. choice but it seemed impossible to get one in the time frame I wanted. I loved the BB2 at first, but after a couple of gigs I felt it lacked mid punch. Now my tastes have changed, and I’ve got my old 1212L out of my system I want something lighter than I have at the moment, something I can carry with one hand so I’m more lily to use it for gigs and rehearsals. My Rs212 is just a bit too heavy to cart up and down the stairs. Having played though a F112 a while ago the seed was planted. I would have been happy with a BB2, but the F112 really appeals to me.

Same here. I tired it and can see the advantage of doing it like that, but I too felt too twisted and didn’t bother trying again

Yeah, i was thinking that as well. I guess i could have asked Alex if this was the case.

Yeah, thats what i was getting at. I guess gigging without full PA support is a bit of a comprise anyway.