Al Krow

Agreed with first two points. But not sure about the your final one about it being a winner. For a start exactly what sound would it be delivering with a D class power amp and how would it differ from other already established products with loyal followers? Peavey will have done their market research and almost certainly have a better clue about this than most of us.

Having mastered AFAIK, IBTL, IMO, IMHO and even TLDR, I was definitely stumped by AIUI and had to look that one up! Ah well that's my new thing for today... Now is someone going to explain valves and voltage to me please? 😁

Demographic change can happen quite quickly as has been shown by Indonesia already. Have you checked the forward growth projections? It was the link you made between being a "Muslim" country and high birth rates that we should tread very carefully on. Poverty and lack of women's education seem to be much bigger factors in this and Bangladesh would be another good example of a Muslim majority country where fertility rates have dropped considerably over recent decades. The highest population growth is actually predicted to be in Africa not Asia.

Interesting point. If it's done by diodes, what's the valve actually doing? My skepticism about valves in pedals is whether sufficient voltage is available to really drive them?I think purists / experts would say that even with the 240v in an amp, preamp valves are not going to provide the same tonal impact as power amp valves. I don't have the engineering nous to expand on this, though.

Cheers Martin - and it was a very good Lockdown #1 demo video, if I might say so! Is the "thru" output in effect a "DI pre" output then and the "DI" a "DI post" output then. I think I read on your other thread not to use quality headphones with the unit though? 😁

Congrats mate, be interested in getting your thoughts on this one. Ignoring my slight disappointment that "Showtime" = mute button and not some mega fuzz option to overlay the drive of the valve, from what I've been able to gather it provides: - a 5 band EQ (including 3 mids) i.e. comparable to what you would find on a decent amp or EQ pedal; - a preset shape button, which I think delivers a slight mid-scoop; - its magic sauce of the valve drive which kicks in at 0.40 on this clip: Ashdown Engineering OriginAL preamp pedal demo - YouTube My question is to what extent that valve sound differs to a mild fuzz setting on a decent fuzz pedal or what you would be able to get from something like your Paradriver v2, which I know you're a big fan of? Look forward to your feedback once you've had a chance to put it through its paces.

Really?? What data have you got to back up such a statement? Declining fertility rates are generally considered to be correlated to economic improvement and women's educational opportunities. Specifically Indonesia's birth rate has fallen from 5.7 in 1960 to below 2.3 today so it has clearly fallen a lot in that time contrary to your statement. Bear in mind a replacement birth rate is around 2.1

Not sure whether anyone's posted about the SolidGold Funkzilla on this thread (11.40 onwards in Zac's review):

Is that right though Len? I agree we have access to far more music than ever before but we're actually spending as much on music (e.g. Spotify, concerts etc) as we've ever done, if not more; and we're spending way more on other streaming (Netflix etc) than we did even 20 years ago. Totally agree with your first point about music being fundamental to who we are.

Would folk subscribe to the view I've heard recently that: "there will be live music, but not I think as we once knew it." If you do agree with it** how would you see that view applying to festivals like Glasto and to live music more generally? **for the record I don't - I see it being more the sort of comment that emanates from someone's nether regions after they've had too much of something or other!

I'm amused that certain learned gents, who should know better, find it difficult to understand the difference between a "vaccine" and "test and trace". That point is not rocket science, surely? 128 days till May 31st - just an educated guess, nothing more / nothing less. When you're not employed by the State, particularly if you're running a business employing others, it's something you have to be doing all the time. (And tbf it's not something limited to folk working in the private sector just have to do - plenty in the Public sector in leadership / management positions are having to make educated guesses very regularly too). Let's hope the date pub and other gigs restart is sooner rather than later, whether or not we get there by the end of May, for the sake of the hospitality industry in the UK which has been the whipping boy in this pandemic. And I'm delighted that we are rolling out the vaccine at record pace across the UK - it's great news for all our elderly and frail. Something to be celebrated and credit where it's due.

My old Stomp in fact, Mark? 😁 In terms of the Stomp XL vs the LT, if they turn out to be similarly priced, the LT has an expression pedal, additional stomp switches, a bigger screen and double the processing power (the same as the full Helix in fact). It's obviously a fair bit bigger but my vote would go to the LT. Oh...and it has an XLR out too 😉

Yeah totally with you on having to pay for features that you don't need. I had the same issue originally with my DG M900 amp, but ended up using most of it in the end. Still hardly using any of the additional stuff on the back of my M900 Mk2 (AO), but given I was lucky to pick that up for what I got for my Mk1 I guess I should think of them as being free! Hooky you don't need an XLR as such as the Stomp has a balanced output. Just get 1/4" to XLR cable and you're good to go.

Yeah very much had you in mind with the EP comment, mate. But if they are going to be adding £250+ [TBC] for the privilege of not plugging in an external stomp switch pedal, that's asking a lot from punters!

Personally, I think if Yamaha relaunched the BB2005 they would have a ready market and it would likely be received as the equivalent to the BBNE2 that the BB1025 is to the BB2025.

Yeah not surprised at all and I was really tempted myself - they hardly ever come up and this was on for a really good price! Okay it might need a bit of work on the bass EQ but I can't imagine that would add more than £75 to £100 tops worst case? And given there is one on eBay for £1,200 it's still great value.

A lovely black BBNE2 and an even rarer BB2005 which is on for a great price in the FS. Yamaha BB2005 - Basses For Sale - Basschat

Interesting point about the expression pedal - I know some folk specifically have mentioned that they are turned off by units that oblige them to have an EP attached which they won't be using. Also agree that this could choke off sales of the HX Effects going forward - depending on the price point of course. Good question and also what it costs? If it's the anything like the £ equivalent of the $ price on ordep's post i.e. £749 that is almost double the price of a £399 Stomp and I can't see it flying off the shelf at that price point. I'm guesing folk may be willing to stump up maybe up to around £500, given it doesn't cost a lot more to add a couple of footswitches. But I'd certainly balk at much beyond that, particularly with a nearly 6 year old chipset and comments about running into DSP limitations after release 3.0. Be good to get your thoughts on how much extra you'd be comfortable with paying for the Stomp "Estate"?

Doh! Not really that difficult to understand what a vaccination is and that it is not the same thing as test and trace, I would have thought?

Well spotted and it's for real! Looks like NAMM 2021 has finally got interesting on the pedal front. In terms of design - they've sliced off the right edge where the volume knob previously was (the vol knob is on the back now) and the D & B buttons have been added to the left of the screen instead. AND then the other 4 stomp buttons on top. So in effect you've now got a Stomp with as many stomp buttons as HX Effects (and obviously the amp and cab sims which HX Effects doesn't have) in a package that is probably slightly smaller than the HX Effects. Interesting.