dave_bass5

Thats what i thought. I cant see an issue (in the real world) with going direct to the deck via a jack to jack. Ive been doing it for years without any issues, also on keyboards back in the day, in the same sort of environment as the OP.

Can i ask why a DI box is needed? Whats wrong with going B3n - Desk?

Blimey, whatever next, solar powered active preamps lol. (I bet someone goes off to google that and posts a link lol)

I didn't know you could do that.

How many other pickups did you try? Cost has absolutely no relation to how good a pup sounds. A pup that costs half of what you paid might have made a huge improvement. Ive had Fralins that sounded very mediocre compared to cheaper pups that cost hold of what i paid. Just saying

Ive just had a message come up on my B1 saying the battery is low. Thats not bad going as these are the ones that came with the pedal and ive used it quite a bit.

Or the GASinator.....😂

Thats all i want....oh, and for it to be under £100 🙂 Still tempted to try a Palmer Pocket to use with my BDDI.

Francis just brought my Paradrvier and comms couldn't have been better. Very smooth experience. Cheers mate.

I think we are possibly overthinking this. It’s a £80 box that does everything. It cant possibly have the same quality as something costing a lot more IMO. I too have been looking at the Plex, but it’s overkill for what I need. In fact for the past few days I’ve used the B1 in bypass mode and have been using my BDDI as the tone shaper. There is definitely a difference in quality between the real thing and the sim, even though the sim sounds close enough. Playing with a pick and using headphones is not ideal with this low end stuff

Typing BQ500 in to the search box opens up a world of information ;-). This thread also includes my experience with one.

I wonder if it has anything to do with the way the devices output the signal. The B1 can drive headphones, whereas the 60B cant, so there must be a difference there.

Well the GE300 looks very interesting, and the price seems pretty good. Interesting that none of the Helix boxes could match the B1 for filters, the big Helix seems quite popular with pro musicians. I think I’d be more tempted if they did a bass specific one though.

Well Its definitely got the characteristics of the Stomp IMO. Its so far away from the B1 Four that i cant see why you would want it, considering you sold your Stomp and never used it, but loved the convince of the much smaller B1 Four. Wouldn’t you be back to square one, having another multieffect that you wont take out? EDIT. Sorry, I meant to say Helix, as in the larger one, not Stomp.

Looks like the Stomp, only bigger.

I guess there’s a reason this only costs what it does.

You can sack a venue supplied sound guy? Agree though, they should be on the ball and listening out for things changing. Back on topic, I’d vote for either a GK MB800 or TCE BH800. The GK is more powerful and smaller than the BH800, but theBH800 has a great EQ section and of course the tone prints. Nice to be able to add a bit of compression if needed. I also agree with the OP about MB heads sounding boring, but i look on mine as a blank canvas that responds well to my pedals.

I believe Cort also used to, or still do, make Lakland Skylines as well. Very good quality coming out off the Cort factories IMO. I loved my 505, but just found i wanted a more traditional 5 string Jazz.