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13 hours ago, Musicman666 said:

 ..everyone goes on about fret lines on a fretless and how superfluous they are ..but nothing about fingerboard dots and led lights on a regular fretted ..go figure. 

Fretlesses also have markers, whether they're lined or unlined. Go figure.

I prefer unlined but I'd rather have my lined fretless Sei than no fretless Sei.

12 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

 

Saying 14 weeks when I clicked on the Bax website! Which ties in with Zoom saying the pedal will ship in July. Liking the £135 though. But not getting the thinking behind making the patch editor only available on iOS ☹️

This is something I've been complaining about ever since the Zoom MS-100BT which only had an iOS app. Zoom are ignoring the majority of smartphones and tablets.

15 hours ago, JohnDaBass said:

Do we know if the MS 60+ talk is  Tonelib and  Zoom Guitar lab?

Tonelib doesn't support the B6 or B2-Four yet and there doesn't seem to be any response from them on the subject - they're a commercial operation and Tonelib-Zoom is freeware so they might not feel any great impetus to update it. Zoom GuitarLab was last updated in 2022. I think Zoom have just lost a sale.

19 hours ago, lemmywinks said:

Bax have the MS60B+ listed at £143, link to the listing is down but still visible if you look under Zoom bass effects:

https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/bass-multi-effects-pedals/zoom

Also listed at Thomann: https://www.thomann.de/gb/zoom_multi_stomp_ms_60b_590550.htm - £138 plus a tenner shipping, availability listed as "on request".

The Bax listing now says "Delivery within approx 15 workdays" and it's down to £135.

Just noticed that the Cort is down to £649 at Thomann.

7 hours ago, lowdown said:

 

Do you have to shove it in his face? If not, can I suggest you get a vibrating metronome, because I can think of a better place to 'shove it'. 

 

😂

Beware, he may suddenly shout out "checkmate!" at an inopportune moment.

2 hours ago, Marky L said:

Wotcha

Well, as it says above (but add in cheap). Anything anyone can suggest? I want to be able to biff in the bpms and hit go and a big assed light begins to flash.. so I can shove that in our drummers face so he can count in songs at the right speed. (Something he seems to think only he can do).

 

Thankee.

That's all very well, but what if he gets hypnotised by the light and never starts?

Their website filtering seems a bit odd - if you filter on basses that are in stock, a lot of the results are marked as "sold".

https://zoomcorp.com/en/gb/multi-effects/multistomp-pedals/ms-60b-plus/ - the Zoom GB offering on the MS-60B+.

Are you looking for a set and forget type or do you want multiple patches for assorted sounds?

What is "not too expensive"?

Have you had a look at the Zoom B2-Four? Similar capabilities to the B6, not as many switches and no touch screen but half the price.

That buyer must be crackers.

If your eyesight is as blurry as mine, check resistor and capacitor values before putting them in. Something like https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166388291985 is really useful.

3 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

If you don't gig i'm not sure why you would bother with a wireless system to be honest.

I always use one except when I'm using the Nux Mighty Plug. Leads just get in the way. With bug-type wirelesses, it's hardly any more onerous than plugging a lead in.

As the setup has worked without noise elsewhere, the lack of an isolated power supply wouldn't seem to be the problem.

16 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

For some reason, every 'barrel' type jack socket I've ever encountered has been dodgy.

With most other jack socket types the contacts are accessible so you can bend them a bit if they start getting baggy. You can't do that with barrel jacks, hence them being consumable items.

2 hours ago, nilorius said:

Mainly when we see a bass - we evaluate 3 things - the body shape and it's finish, the neck, which looks all the same, exept if it's painted with great drakon or snake and headstock. No need to say that headstocks are no more wanted and the smaller the body is, the weight of the bass lowers. I think we all choose what we like or dislike individually. This thread is for those who want to publish the bass models they hate or dislike for their design. Some one could quote - yes i don't like it too. Someone will say that this is the model he loves most. This thread is all freedom full. Please, just respect all opinions and try to write more individually. Thanks.

Why aren't you respecting my opinion?

2 hours ago, Minininjarob said:

I would like a blank notebook with bass (4 lines) staves printed on so I can make my own tabs for songs I’ve been practising. 
Here’s the problem - I want it to lay flat so ring/spiral bound. Can’t see the point in one that doesn’t lay flat!

Size not very important. 
I have wrangled with Google for half an hour now and I can’t believe I can’t find one!

Get a 5-string and use conventional music paper.

Headstocks are truly awful things. Make a bass unbalanced, add a load of unnecessary weight, make it less convenient to tune, all for the sake of putting an advertising hoarding at the end of the neck. I feel that headstock addicts are to be pitied rather than raged at, poor creatures, clinging on desperately to those awful relics of the past. It isn't as if they can even agree on what is a good shape for a headstock, they argue about them endlessly, which shape will satisfy their terrible craving, which shape repels them utterly. And then trying to repair the damage done to the instrument's balance by paying hundreds of pounds for super-light tuners.

The only real limitations with basses tuned E-G (4), B-G (5), B-C (6) are that you can't play below a bottom E on the 4, or more than around 2 octaves above top G on the 4 or 5 (depending on number of frets). Plus the number of strings dictates the maximum number of notes in a chord, if you're that way inclined. Everything else is optional.

It's been a long while since I had a P [1] but IIRC the jack socket is one of these:

If so, you can gently bend the connector which goes to the tip inwards a bit so it presses more on the tip, which will also push the plug over a bit and make better contact with the sleeve.

[1] Stop sniggering at the back

On 13/04/2024 at 13:49, Acebassmusic said:

I use a Korg GA-CS GA strobe tuner for my 5 string basses and it does the low B and intonation great 👍 I always plug into it (as opposed to using the built in mic) to get a better reading.

I've got the same. Excellent bit of kit.

Added: I use it in house for doing intonation. Gigging, I use either the Zoom MS-60B tuner or the HX Stomp tuner depending on what I'm doing for effects - both of them are fine for tuning for live and studio work.

2 minutes ago, lidl e said:

I ordered a predrilled enclosure!

 

Made it easy on myself first time...

 

Is a kit considered DIY? I suppose it is.

Well, you're going from a completely disassembled state to a completely assembled one, and doing it yourself, so yes. The next step is to be @disssa, deconstruct an existing design, design your own PCB, and build that. Next stage from that is to get a copy of Horowitz and Hill and any relevant IC design documents and design your own effect from the ground up. I suspect that even the most dedicated purist would stop short of manufacturing their own components, so that's about as DIY as you could get.

Mrs Zero and I used to use the Digitech Vocalist Live 4. Haven't used it for years now though. Run the guitar through it and it can detect key, put effects (separately) on vocals and guitar, and add up to 4 harmonies. Someone's done a demo video:

Also have a look at Seis (Flamboyant and Original), although they don't come up that often and the price seems to have gone up a fair bit since I got mine.

2 hours ago, lidl e said:

I took the plunge with my first kit.

 

Let's see if i can figure this out. 

 

It's a HPF/LPF clone kit from das musikding

 

 

 

 

I made one of those recently. All came together quite easily, although I had some sort of brain fade when doing the drilling and put the hole for the LED on a direct line between the two upper pots, so had to stick a screw in that hole and drill a higher one. Must get round to putting some labels on it.