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Can you copy and paste settings in tonelib? I spent a while (after deciding to stick with digital, long story!) a/b-ing my favourite fuzz and finally replicated it, now i want to copy and paste it onto the front of other patches. Ok, i could note down the parameters and then recreate it everytime, but where's the fun in that?

Oh yeah, as far as digital sqzchqsch noise goes, i have a joyo filter thingy in between the power supply and the B3n, sorts it right out. Also i find that sometimes my bass pickups er, pick up noise from computers, digital TVs etc. I've got a Ground lift box thing that tends to clean that up too (zoom to amp)... I live in an old building, probably dodgy electrics...

To be fair also, a lot of the amps and pedals that its modelling are pretty buzzy and fizzy.. Personally i'd maybe leave that bit off but you'd totally get people going 'hey where's the authentic hum duuuuuuuuuuude?'

Basically i 'replaced' it with analog pedals, couldn't really tell the difference, and so the pedals are going back to Amazon! I seem to get on better with guitar effects, so if anyone knows a way of hacking the firmware so it thinks its a G3, i have some black spray paint handy,... ;D

Its basically the B3n with fewer buttons and plastic. Bit annoying actually! FYI i still have my 20+ year old zoom 505 mk1 which its basically a successor too, and its had a lot of bashing about and works fine. If you don't jump on it, i don't think it will be a problem!

wood chopping board and some spray paint:

Okay, okay, i get it. Individual pedals are Just Better (although please buy my Zoom ;D) Proper power supply, proper compressor and bought a replacement for the Joyo California sound that i previously sold... Now i need a proper board instead of some random bits of plastic i found in the rubbish pile at work...

Boo, that's annoying! Oh well, we all know what it looks like! I'll fix it when I'm near my computer... Well, if no-one buys it, it's bizarrely not bad as a guitar processor, so...

I've failed. Finally got fed up with the level of fiddling required with digital and have pedal versions of the things i use most coming from amazon...! Fortunately just a decent compressor (Electro Harmonix bass preacher) and a joyo california sound (that i had but sold..!). And there was the speaker replacement in the amp. But i consider that maintenance... And the Zoom B3n is up for sale on the effects forum, so that cancels it out, right?

Update: I've been wanting to get this a bit cranked and I don't want to upset my neighbours too much, so I dragged this, my B3n and my trusty bass to my local rehearsal place today. Handily, even though I booked the cheapest room (as I was byo-ing), it had a nice ashdown head and what looks like a 4x10, so that was handy for 'this is what proper bass amps' sound like' reference. Ok, so first job, after getting coffee and tuning, get a sound I like out of the ashdown. Must admit I like a bit more 'twang' than it had but I've never used super posh gear so I have no idea if that's what proper grownup kit sounds like! Next, straight into the hbw... which I wouldn't have bothered with previously as it sounded kind of... blegh. Now: much better, not as much thud as the ashdown but a pleasingly punky honk if I pushed the high mids! There was a Marshall half stack there too. So obvs I was lemmy for a few minutes. Being careful not to hurt the speakers! Then, for reference, played the zoom through the PA. Which was fine and probably closest to my hbw, which was loosely the plan as I wanted it quite neutral and FRFRish to use the cab sims on the zoom. Then into the hbw! Yep, that worked! Not as earth shaking (or loud) as the ashdown but plenty loud enough! And the handy thing about the speaker being able to handle about 4 times the wattage of the amp, there was minimal speaker distortion. It was doing a weird sort of tremolo thing with some nutter fuzz noises at one point but then I realised it was actually vibrating... so, note to self, put it on carpet next time..! Job's most definitely a good 'un...

Final pic and all done! Been playing this evening with my Warwick bc15.1 using the left and right outputs from the zoom and am very happy with the results! Job's a good 'un!

I should have stuck a mic in front of it and recorded it before i started... Can't be bothered to put the other speaker back in though! I've actually finished it, i just don't have the pics yet (cos i forgot to take them!) - yeah, the dirst thing i noticed is that the EQ knobs now DO SOMETHING, where all they seem to do before was either add mud or string rattle. It is a bit less loud but a lot more bassy (heft? Might be good for metal?) and i've been using it with a Zoom b3n anyway, but now i could actually use it by itself. I may have to drag it to my local rehearsal space and see how loud it goes. The previous speaker just went PTTTHHHH at about 1/4 volume but didn't seem to go up any louder. I think this speaker will stay clean with the amp more cranked. Also, note the UMC404HD velcroed to the top, i usually DI into that and out to the amp - my benchmark bass tone is the isolated bass recording (its on youtube) of REM's Orange Crush. I stuck that through it and it sounded epic..!

The speaker has a weird connector.. And the wire from the amp isn't very long, so... The speaker has to go in upside-down! I went for 'wonky' cos then it looks like you meant to do it...

So first job, get the original speaker out. Quick job with a drill with screwdriver attachment!

First job, find a speaker! Bit of a google found the replacement speaker that Thomann sold for the HBW80 which is 4ohms, 50 watts and about 26 euros. So on amazon i found a Pyle PPA12 on amazon - 200 watts RMS, 8ohms and £33.33 which is an odd number, but hey...

After much mucking about with DIs, headphones and wires trailing across my living room, I've worked out that the thing that i don't like about my HBW80 amp, is the speaker. It actually makes a really good guitar amp with some drive in front, which suggests its too mid-rangey and bright. It farts out with not masses of bass and needs the treble turned down pretty much all the way! I wonder if they actually put a guitar speaker in by accident! So i decided to change the speaker....

Two. The one I mostly play and the first one I got. Which I still play sometimes so it doesn't get sad. I get attached and anthropomorphise things a lot... I don't think I could cope with having lots of basses, I think instruments die if they don't get played...

I keep mine in a neoprene zippy case thing that i got from Staples when i bought a compaq netbook (titchy laptop!) yonks ago... You can still get the cases (not in staples, i don't think it still exists!) rebranded as being for tablets. Also - beware... i keep saying i'm going to sell mine and then i get exactly the sound i was looking for out of it. I think it listens....

Just heard Ed flipping Sheeran on the radio and the UK lost all its points...

Me too... Within Temptation, Epica, And obvs Nightwish. All together now! OOOOOHHH HOW I WEEEEEEEEEEEESH FOR SOOTHING REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNN!!!

Lead bass, rhythm bass, and um, bass bass. Can't see the problem...

The thing is... (White) America never got over the 1950s.. which means they keep re-inventing rock 'n' roll. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. It gave us the Stooges and Guns 'n' Roses. England (deliberately used) has never got over the 1960s which means we end up with stupidness like Britpop, Blur, Oasis and the assumption that jangly guitars held high, shaking your head and going 'yeah yeah woo' is a work of musical genius... My vote goes to Black America. Proper blues, motown, p-funk, disco, rap, house... Disco and rap are pretty much the foundation of 21st century pop. Oh yeah, and metal = Finland for me...