eude Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 [quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1326801361' post='1502044'] It's arrived! Its metal, and solid and shiny! [attachment=97552:photo.JPG] Much darker red than I thought, I'll let you know how it sounds a bit later... [/quote] Nice one dude, looking forward to hear your thougts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Only just discovered this thread... Very intrigued!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldersqueeze Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Tempted by this! I've been looking for a D.I solution for easy gigging and if the emulated out on this is any good I'm pretty much sold. Looking forward to brensabre79's thoughts. Anyone else here taken the plunge on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 [quote name='soldersqueeze' timestamp='1326804608' post='1502092'] Anyone else here taken the plunge on this? [/quote] Not yet. Need to raise funds first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Tempted also - if I decided to sell I'm sure I wouldn't take much of a hit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 [quote name='soldersqueeze' timestamp='1326804608' post='1502092'] Tempted by this! I've been looking for a D.I solution for easy gigging and if the emulated out on this is any good I'm pretty much sold. Looking forward to brensabre79's thoughts. Anyone else here taken the plunge on this? [/quote] Mine is in transit and will hopefully be here in the next couple of days, but I'm so busy at the moment I doubt I'll be able to give it more then a very quick try out until the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Arrived sooner then I thought! Had a quick look at the unit and it's a bit bigger then I imagined, the red is quite dark and muted which I'm pleased about as I'm not a fan of red, it's reassuringly heavy as it made from metal and the construction is excellent, the rotary knobs are recessed so you shouldn't hit them when going for the footswitches. Right back to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldude Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Right, our guitarist has a G3 and loves it, so looking at the B3. I notice Thomann is out of them, anyone know anywhere else they are for sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 The only place I could find was Thomann... but i'm sure other places will have them soon - not sure if they have made it over to the UK yet. Worth noting: the PSU that comes from Thomann is for Euro plugs, so you'll either need a travel adapter or a new PSU! Fortunately I have a UK Zoom PSU already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Also I noticed a bit like buying printers theses days it doesn't come with a USB cable so you will need to buy one or nick the one from your printer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I haven't had enought time with the unit to give an honest opinion of the it yet but thought I would post the things I find as I start to use it, I downloaded the ASIO driver and plugged it in using USB bus power which works fine, on the down side it doesn't seem to be possible to have the Zoom as the computer input and my Edirol as the output, probably due to the two different ASIO drivers, I'm no expert but there may be a way around this or I just use the Zoom as my sole input/output device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 yeh you have to chose one soundcard to use - monitor out of the Zoom when you want to use that. I quite fancy one of these but I rad through the manual and it doesn't store loops offline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Just seen this http://www.samsontech.com/zoom/products/guitar-effects/g5/ Looks like a B5 might not be far off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 [quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1327075436' post='1506111'] Just seen this [url="http://www.samsontech.com/zoom/products/guitar-effects/g5/"]http://www.samsontec...tar-effects/g5/[/url] Looks like a B5 might not be far off! [/quote] Which, if it does appear will address a lot of the limitations of the B3! I like the look and spec of the G5 a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badass Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 .........and a B5 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1976fenderhead Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 How are the synths on the B3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I've had a bit of time to play around with the B3 today and it's pretty impressive, I own compressors, a pitch shifter, distortion, chorus and an octaver, most of which only get used at home on the fretless and I'll probably sell them all now except some of the compressors. I find the B3 very easy to get on with and can see me having a few patches with amp simulation for practice/recording at home through the computer and a few more with out the amps for rehearsals. I've never had a muti-effects unit before and the amount of sounds from this is amazing, great fun playing with the synth patches some track a lot better then others though and my sloppy playing can cause some odd glitches, one of the ptichshifters actually tracks better then any pedal I have owned, going down to an open E without glitches. I'll probably use this instead of my Edirol interface even though it only does 16 bit 44.1KHz recording and you can't turn the displays off so they will be needlessly on while it's used as an interface only. That's it for now. R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyf87 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Can you daisy chain this unit?? I have a one spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumple Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 It's runs off of a Boss style 9v supply, it's says it's needs 500ma but I've tried it with a 300ma supply and it works fine so you should be able to daisy chain it as long as your power supply has the ampage to cover all your other effects and the B3 - hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 That's one thing that puts it above the Line 6 M9 in my books! Can't wait for them to become more readily available... It's going to replace at least 4 of my pedals on my board! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyf87 Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Thanks for answering rumple!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1976fenderhead Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) How do the distortions sound? The list doesn't seem very good with a bunch of fuzzes and Boss pedals... Edited January 24, 2012 by 1976fenderhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brensabre79 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 They are OK, I don't really use fuzz distortion, but theres a heap of overdrive available in the bass pre/DI section too if thats more what you're looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Do any of the Zoom products do a good version of the "Zoom Ultra Fuzz UF-01"? ( http://www.samsontech.com/zoom/products/guitar-effects/uf01/ ) I've never tried one, and they don't make them anymore, but it was meant to be a very VERY good fuzz, especially for bass... Eude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I've used the fuzz face sim which is the only fuzz sim on the B2.1u. I think it sounds good with some clean blended back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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