Al Krow

Haha, I knew someone would say that (and quite rightly too!) I've literally just been trying to pull off one of my black knobs 😁 But it seems happy where it is.

Wondering how they might look on a white BB? Too white, or just right?

Yeah, loved my SR 1825 (which is a more recent replacement of the 1805 model Crawford mentioned). Was one of my two goto gigging basses pre lockdown. And its place in my herd has only very recently been "trumped" by a couple of later acquisitions. I'd never have described it as my "dream" bass. But it's always been a superb one.

Good stuff! Hope he wasn't telling porkies on that video interview then - and did he take them both to the same gig? But he clearly discovered the benefit of having a 5 string bass, whilst he was at it 😁

Check out the attached...in his own words. The guy was seriously "unprofessional" 😂

Well if I never manage to evolve past JPJ who only ever had one bass for much of his Led Zepp days...

Yup, i was kinda guessing it was the N4 based on the pups, but thanks for confirming Andy. It does seem to have a slightly thinner body than the usual suspects, or is that just the camera angle?

I'll probably never venture into the Wal price bracket of high-end basses, so I'm a little intrigued by the comment Mick! How does neck profile on a Wal differ from the classic J or P?

Great looking bass, which model?

Congrats! New bass and potentially new band / part! When do you hear back?

Clearly moving out of the London smog and heading further West is refining your thinking; you'll be delving into the virtues of compressors next! 😁 More seriously, are you finding that there is any difference in the overall quality / sound from the two pedals?

Hey Woody, that's brill! Just pulling you onto this B1-4 thread for my follow up B1-4 query: Great that you've already had a chance to try the B1-4 out in a band mix. What patches were you using and what was it bringing to the party? Given that you were saying that the B3N sounded a lot "richer" tonally for stereo effects, I presume you're not finding that for non-stereo effects?

There was a recent BIG debate on the related subject of amps which went on to include spare basses, batteries, strings, you name it: This seems to have split the BC community right down the middle, with plenty of experienced gigging bassists in both camps. But I'm assuming the OP will be very familiar with that thread 😁

Pricing will ultimately boil down to supply and demand with some new factors affecting that mix. Right now used car sales prices are going up!! (Due to a shortage of silicon chips used in making new cars). Not sure too many folk saw that one coming. In terms of demand, well we have a 20% VAT price "wall" around the UK on imported used basses from the EU (and vice versa) which is taking a lot of used basses off the table in both directions.

Yeah 31 bids - so I'm guessing that there must be a few disappointed purchasers who didn't win that auction and a couple who would have just been just pipped at the post i.e. willing to pay close to £2k.

Wow you 8 or so PH owners on this thread, you're going to LOVE this bit of news!

Great job - looks fantastic!

They seem to be quite different pedals to me? But I appreciate I'm no expert...

So how are folk getting on - any crumbling of will power with gigs starting to happen again? Question: would trading a Helix Stomp for a Helix HX Effects (if they were for the same price) count as a "like for like" trade? Just askin' for a mate... No really, I am just asking for a mate. 😂

That is such a great pic, Andy! You really should enter it in one of the monthly photo comps they have in off topic - it would get my vote!

Sorry to hear about the chronic fatigue. It's probably worth mentioning for anyone else following, that in price terms, once you have added midi & /or neurohub options to get the most out of your C4 it's broadly in the same price bracket as the FI i.e. £300+ whereas the SY-1 is retailing for around half of that, but also that the FI and C4 are true synth pedals i.e. generating synth waveforms whereas the SY-1 is a synth emulator.

@stewblack - thanks very much for that "first impressions" post - very useful. I've had the FI and several SA pedals, but not the C4, but also decided to opt for the SY-1 because of its phenomenal tracking and the immediacy of its dials. I think you're the only BC'er I've come across who has had all three of the FI, C4 and SY-1, and I sense you're broadly at the same level of "geekery" as me i.e. happy to get into some PC editing. So I'll be following how things develop with interest!

No debate from me on about Time being ELO's best! Be interesting to hear if @casapete agrees? We've got a few weddings in the diary, but all deferrals from last year. Local pub landlord is chomping at the bit to get bookings going post June 21st. ^^ exactly this. Fingers crossed.

Saves me getting into my nuclear bunker. Which is greatly appreciated, given the weather is so nice out there today 😁 You've clearly been avoiding the PB mega-thread then!

Amazing! That's even more than @bassfan. Very jealous of you both! 😊 Ok that gets a bit of a "wow!" from me. Any festival footage?