Zoom B1four

[petetexas]

Hi ,

Has anyone used the Zoom B1four as a preamp yet , feeding into a power amp or effect return ?

Itried it at rehearsal , seems ok , but not tried it at a gig yet .

Pete

 

[jrixn1]

Yes, I've used it at a gig into an RCF powered speaker, and it all worked fine without problems.

[petetexas]

Gonna try it next wekend then

 

 

[petetexas]

Hi , what settings did you use ?

Pete

 

[Al Krow]

@jrixn1 - that's a good Q from Pete, likely to be of wider interest. If you fancy also posting your suggestion on here, that would be ace! 

 

Edited August 10, 2019 by Al Krow

[jrixn1]

I can put my settings if it's of interest.  For context, I'm playing five-string P bass with flats, "wedding repertoire" leaning towards Motown, with a 10-piece band.

I'm actually not using a Zoom right now as I'm currently trying out the EBS MicroBass 3.

Anyway, the Zoom settings:
1: OptComp
4, 54, 65

2: B-Man
3, 3, 0; 400, 40, 71; OFF, BM 4x12, 64

3: Bass BB
14, 0, -4; 16, 70

4: Ac Bc Pre
50, 8 [60Hz], 100; 0, 0, 800; 0, 0, 0

 

[petetexas]

Hi Guys ,

Been away for a few days ( without Bass , with wife ) , will play catchup tonight .

Pete

[petetexas]

Hi Al Krow ,

Tried your CLEAN setting ( without the ZNR ) suits my bedroom set up , as you say , gets rid of  the mush at the low end .

Will try it out at a small Festival Sat afternoon , with full rig , and if ok , will use Sat night and Sunday night .

I play a much modified Hagstrom Viking Bass 2012 ( Schaller 232 pups , re wired for normal 3 way switch  , tone & vol for each ) through MB Ninja and 2 MB 2x10 cabs on end , for a Stones Tribute Band .

Have tried going straight into the front end of the amp , and through the effects return , sound very simular ( both good )

Will let you know how I get on . Working on a Phaser for the intro to Anyone Seen My Baby .

I have now put my Zoom B3n up for sale , because the ZoomB1four fits inside my guitar case . Less to carry .

Pete

Edited August 14, 2019 by petetexas

[Al Krow]

19 hours ago, petetexas said:

Hi Guys ,

Been away for a few days ( without Bass , with wife ) , will play catch up tonight .

Pete

Catch up with bass, without wife? 😀

Glad the clean patch proved useful.

[petetexas]

Hi Al Krow,

Used your CLEAN setting without the ZNR ( with just a few small tweaks for each venue ) for an outdoor festival Sat afternoon , Large pub gig Sat night and a small pup gig Sun afternoon .

Suits my set up perfectly .

Thanks for sharing it .

When I can get a suitable PHASER setting , and CHORUS , I will share with all .

Thanks again

Pete

Edited August 19, 2019 by petetexas

[Al Krow]

Sounds like you're busy gigging Pete, which is great! And I'm glad you and your audiences are getting some Satisfaction 😁

[JohnDaBass]

3 hours ago, petetexas said:

Hi Al Krow,

Used your CLEAN setting without the ZNR ( with just a few small tweaks for each venue ) for an outdoor festival Sat afternoon , Large pub gig Sat night and a small pup gig Sun afternoon .

Suits my set up perfectly .

Thanks for sharing it .

When I can get a suitable PHASER setting , and CHORUS , I will share with all .

Thanks again

Pete

+1

@Al Krow CLEAN patch has been my starting point ever since he published it. His experience really helps many of us ! 

Thanks Al Krow.

[Al Krow]

@petetexas and @JohnDaBass - you gents are far too kind! I clearly struck lucky on the 'clean' and the 'compressor' patches which both seem to have been well received. 

Equally, if you come up with any decent patches for phaser or chorus then please do share them on the patch ideas thread so that we have have everything together in one handy reference thread. I'll add @jrixn1's shared settings from above to that thread now also.

 

[dave_bass5]

Just a heads up there is new FW for the Four/X.

https://www.zoom.co.jp/products/effects-preamps/bass/b1-four-b1x-four-bass-multi-effects-processors#downloads

Just 2 changes.

You can now change the position of the Looper, either Pre or Post Effect.

You can now see the Rhythm speed when its running. Before you just got the black dots, but now you get the same screen as when its stopped, along with the dots up in the right hand corner.

That reminds me, i have a B1-Four somewhere at home.......😁