Done a handful of gigs with mine over the last 6 weeks, it’s a great pedal, I definitely prefer it to the V1. Although being the ridiculous gear idiot I am, I’ve just bought a big box to compare and scratch the itch of “does it really sound better?”, first impression after a quick play was a hmmm, I dunno? It’s definitely bigger though. 😂
Don’t dilly dally, someone snap this up, mine has done every gig I’ve played for the last year and a half, it’s a pleasure to use, you can’t get a bad sound out of it.
I think that sounds decent, I’m in a busy function band and we charge a fair bit more than that for a normal gig but for a direct venue booking for a short set with PA provided we’d look at that. £400 would have been crazy low though.
It’s possible when changing strings for them to get stuck in the nut, so when you are winding them to tension all you’re doing is tightening the section of string between nut and tuning peg, with a snap in the peg area I’d consider that a possibility/likelihood. I’ve known guitar techs rub a pencil in the nut before stringing, a bit of graphite provides some extra slippage.
First impressions, it feels quite dinky after being used to old one! Seems about as tall and wide but length is quite a bit smaller. Metering is so much more useful than the crappy old jewel light, makes seeing what's happening so much easier. Plus will be fun to see the lights bouncing around on stage! 😆
Sound wise I'm not hearing (nor was I expecting) much difference but that's only after a quick play on my desk, will gig it this weekend and see how it behaves.
Will do, I’m not expecting much difference but we’ll see. Interesting that it’s now 9V only, must remember to switch down from 18V on the power supply!
Cheers for the heads up, ordered for delivery tomorrow, straight swap on my board for the V1, it’s all about that metering for me, sure it will sound basically the same.
Which effect were you using on the Stomp? I regularly use Poly Capo to drop a semi-tone or two and it works great, although I’ve not tried it below low E.
I play the 5-string for the bulk of my gigs and it’s fantastic, way better than the American Elite/Deluxe Jazzes (jazz’s? jazzi?) I was using previously.