Al Krow

And I'm guessing someone swapped their C4 for an FI, so balance has been maintained in the universe?

In terms of value for money, it's going to be hard to beat Sire for an active PJ bass or Yamaha for passive. I've had the Sire P7, great bass, only gripe for me is that it felt like it had only 17 accessible frets which was a little constraining for me, but I suspect may not an issue for a lot of folk. And it has a ridiculously well featured preamp, in terms of EQ options including semi-para mids. If you like passive and are cool with Yamaha body shape (it's not everyone's cup of tea), I'd actually recommend a used "Series 2" Yamaha: either the BB 425 or the 1025: there's a lot of love for both on the Yammy thread and for very good reason. They are superb basses and hold their own with basses costing several times as much.

Your finest board ever, dare I say Mr Bassfan!

Yawn.

...but also humans that play bass. And insects. Soooooo many insects. Apparently we bass-players some of the finest creatures that have ever lived Bass - Wins The War - General Discussion - Basschat 😁

+1^^ exactly my thoughts, too.

When it comes to being a "pro" you clearly don't advocate taking spares of everything then?

So in 2032 then...😂

He's put together some SERIOUS pedal boards (and a rather excellent bass!)

Nah, it'll be just fine. Check this one out (which I've previously had): P3110 | PROMETHEAN | AMPLIFIERS | PRODUCTS | Ibanez guitars Tbf if they offered it as a 1x12 similar to the Markbass CMD 121P but without the annoying tweeter hiss, even better!

Well if it's 300W at 8ohm then it will be "just" 300W into a 1x10, which will be plenty loud. With the option of 600W at your finger tips, with an extension 8 ohm cab. That works. Besides, I wonder if it's 1200W peak (at 4 ohm) in which case more like 600W RMS? And a Peavey watt is a proper watt. Just sayin'! 😁

I did like the look of these little combos when they came out, but they were a bit underpowered for full band rehearsal: If they end up putting this new amp into a 1x10, colour me very interested!

Aha - gotcha!

Yup and they made some very attractive neck through basses, too, that I was too late to the party to enjoy!

Fixed. The current Series "3" BB734A doesn't really have a direct predecessor in the Series "2" range, it's really a combination of features from the Series 1 BB614 with the Series 2 BB1024. Personally if I had to chose, I would actually go for a 1024 over the 734A - or more accurately the 1025 over the 735A.

Good question about whether TE has really disappeared without a trace? Some owners are better at letting their acquisitions thrive whilst others simply gut them private-equity style. From what I've observed, Japanese new owners are some of the best at getting this right e.g. Yamaha --> Line 6. The latter are doing superbly well with their Helix range of pedals. Intrigued by the new offering, though. Besides, I wouldn't be ashamed at owning a Peavey one bit - my Peavey Tour 450 was a great bit of kit!

Brilliant Alfred, that's going to make a huge difference to getting into the 500 exercises in your book!

I think you can on the B1-4, but maybe not on the B3N. I've got a couple of dedicated loopers (the Lekato and Boss RC-5) so I don't really make use of the loopers on the Zooms for the reasons I set out above. @Woodinblack has both the B3N and B1-4 and maybe able to advise, and I know @stewblack is a big fan of Zoom loopers.

Yes, plenty. Please refer to my post immediately above yours But you're getting an absolute ton of other features on both the Zoom B3N and B1-4 for very little outlay, particularly used. So if you want something basic in terms of looping, you won't go too far wrong. The drums are a lot easier to get to on the Zoom B1-4 as they don't have to be accessed within a patch (which is the case for the B3N): there's a separate switch for both the drums and the looper on the B1-4.

Same looper and drums also available on the Zoom B1-4 which work nicely together - Zoom have made the drums a bit easier to access on the newer, cheaper and more compact B1-4. I personally find the loopers on multifx (Zoom and Helix) very limited as they are typically limited to 30 to 60 seconds and one loop, but maybe that's all you need? Helix doesn't offer drums. In terms of dedicated loopers, for me: Best value: Lekato Looper Pro (no drums, but combine with a Zoom B1-4 and you're good to go) Intermediate: Nux Core Deluxe High-end choice: Boss RC-5 The Nux and Boss give you hours of recording time and 99 loops. The Lekato a more modest 40 mins and 9 loops but still a massive improvement over your typical multifx. All three allow multiple layers of overdubs should you you want (again another plus over Helix / Zoom). The RC-5 is currently sitting on my board with an additional footswitch, which the RC-5 allows, giving me two extra stomp buttons: one to avoid needing a double press to stop recording and one to start the drums. I previously had the bigger RC-30, but the RC-5 is a really neat update of that older sibling in more compact form. PS @bubinga5 if you fancy updating your thread title to "Looper" pedals to avoid confusion with Loop pedals, that would be great!