Al Krow

And not only that, but Zoom are facing some serious competition in the sub £150 price bracket e.g. from the Mooer GE150 (£126 Amazon) and Valeton GP 100 (£115 Thomann)

Need - No. Want = really like having - Absolutely!

But only (on this occasion, anyway - hehe) because you know you will love that bass 😊

Mick - exactly, it's a Yamaha BB NE2 If you can find one used and fancy splashing out, you won't find a much better bass I know you're also a Spector fan - I did a comparison of the NE2 with my Euro LX5 recently on the Yammy thread (see "Unlikely Twins" post - 17 Dec). Both superb basses and with a strikingly similar set of high-end features.

This should be excellent, looking forward to it. You're just missing a Valeton OC-10!

Your hearing is going. I think she actually said: "What's a gig, grandad?"

I like that approach! Should introduce you to my missus...😄

Haha - at least confirming exactly how much of this "vitally important stuff" I store in short term memory 😂

Now he tells me! Best go sell my TC BG 250 then asap...oh wait I did that already...back in 2014, phew! 😂

Did you get the Ampero? It does look super cool: 9 effects blocks, IR, drum machine, touch screen all for £269 (Andertons). But looks mainly geared to guitarists / not much for bass - has that changed with the recent firmware update? The "deal breaker" is parallel path routing which is a big plus for me on the Helix - having had a quick look at the manual couldn't see that the Ampero provides this?

If we are allowed to include used prices, as I'm guessing that's where many of us source a significant proportion of our kit (particularly where we have such a trustworthy market place on BC!), then a used HX Effects can be bought for £250 to £300 which falls very nicely into that gap! ^^ exactly this. I'm also a big Zoom fan - but can't deny the accuracy of this post! @MattiZ @jimfist do you know if Zoom have upgraded their chipset from the B3N and B1-4 with the G11 and G5N?

Just started using the WL-20s with both active and passive basses and so far so good. No question it's an easier set up than the SH, particularly if you don't have a pedal board with the SH set up on. Early days and home use only so far, given Covid, but first impressions are positive.

Yeah - fair point.

Having got my head around Josh's counterintuitive labelling and a better idea of what it does, I guess I've rapidly gone in the other direction as it's basically his HPF / LPF pedal with a variable mid EQ. Useful? For sure - particularly if you don't have an HPF (I already do in the shape of my Thumpinator and both my multifx's). Interesting? Not particularly. I'll leave you good folk to part with your cash; I'll be keeping my wallet closed for this one 😉

Here's a useful intro note - hope it's not to basic. Pickup types guide.pdf

The missus and her NHS colleagues are getting done tomorrow - they're all really happy about it. Means she'll be able to visit her mum for the first time in months.

What sort of a prick would you have felt like if you had done that? Actually don't bother answering that, 'cos it's obvious - a big one.

TIER 4 !!!!

Yeah fair, life can crap on timing sometimes 😞

So...hold on! You had a 435 that you preferred to your P34 and was in a different league to your TRBX, with a great low B string and weighed around 9 lbs and was in your chosen finish, right? And you did what, exactly, with this wondrous bass?! 😁

Fixed 😁

Well obviously it did - the P34 really struggles with the low D and C in my experience, almost like there was nothing there 😁

Cheers Dave - I almost linked you into my original reply as, at the back of my mind, I thought you'd had a TRBX in times past, but couldn't remember the model! I think you've nailed what @Ricky Rioli was looking for in terms of a comparison between the two. What you're both saying about the two humbuckers on the TRBX seems to completely chime with each other and I suspect there is no way that most of the BB owning crew on this thread would describe the P-J pups on the BB 435 and its sister basses as being in the same bag!

Do you know this guy personally SM? I've always been very impressed by his YT demos - he seems to totally nail the covers he's playing.

Cool - well now that we've got that sorted 😁, it does look like a significantly souped-up version of his HPF / LPF with individual gain knobs rather than a global single "make-up gain" (using compression terminology) knob. And given that it's $180 vs $165 and shipping will be the same and seems to have the same footprint from the pics - the newer model is definitely the more attractive option!