Al Krow

@Chopthebass I hope yours has got black hardware and not the trashy gold hardware that this one has - otherwise you're likely to come in for a fair bit of abuse from ancient Egyptian admiring types on this forum 😁 Check out P13 / 14 of the thread for some NE2 chat and I posted a short review of it on 13th March 2018 (P13). And congratulations!! Dunno what other basses you currently have, but the NE2 is an absolute corker!

May have been mentioned a couple of times 😉

I thought it would be a slam dunk for the matt black - particularly with ALL Series 3 headstocks (including on the P34/5s!) being black, but the black headstock doesn't feel too out of place with the burst either.

Actually that's really good to know, as I've been reliably informed that latency is an issue with the GK 13 pin unless it's fitted very well?

Bass Direct have just dropped their price to £729 shipped for a 735A and given that these basses seem to hold their value pretty well (as can be seen from 414/5, 424/5 and 1024/5 used prices), I'm really tempted to get a new replacement one for the used one I sold a while back (apparently because I was holding onto my P35, or so I thought!). Lot more convenient for me in terms of follow up servicing / warranty issues to get from the Yammy store in London, and they have confirmed they are willing to match the best online prices - so that's a point worth bearing in mind. So I just need to decide on satin black or coffee sunburst now then - decisions, decisions haha! I'm guessing you lot would split fairly evenly between the two options?

You've gone for some quality Yammys then! I've included in the "wall of shame" on the OP - amusingly the Yammy bass owners with names / avatars beginning with "M" are far and away the most common. Not sure what that says about anything! 😁

Well the Berg 212 is an awesome cab! My only draw back with the Berg 112 is its lower power handling compared to the F112 or BB2: you would probably want 2 x Berg 112s, whereas a single F112 or BB2 should be able to handle most venues where there isn't a PA available.

So you're particularly after a cab for crappy hollow stages...gotcha! 😂

Yeah, shame you weren't there (a) to hear it in person and (b) to do us a much better video recording with your talented photography and videographer hat on!

Come on @ped - chip in, you know you want to (I can see you lurking) 😁 A worthy successor to your VB99 at last?

I am sorry to hear that. But what is your concern about medication - I'm not aware of any plans to abolish free prescriptions?

Thanks, agreed. Any views on whether an active or passive bass is likely to work better with the SY-1000?

Hah! Come to think of you it you're right! My favourite mainstream basses - Yamaha, Ibanez; favourite multi fx pedals Helix, Zoom, Boss (aka Roland). ALL Japanese (parented)! Good job we have a FTA with Japan then isn't it? 😁

Probably the best demo I've found so far on YT. Yes, this thing is impressive! @Kiwi check out the signal chain and multi instrument layering at 04.00+ Does that get you to where you need to be on the sequencing front?

There's a used Fearless F112 in the FS currently for £500 which is a complete steal. I personally rate it as one of the very best 1x12 cabs around (worth also considering a BF BB2). I have my F112 set up at with a Mesa M6 for my home rig and it's a superb combination. There are a large number of excellent amp heads in your price range - all with different flavours and features. Do you have a particular sound you're after?

Done. Name your US bass pedal for the wager and I'll reciprocate with one of the same value Yeah leave the politics aside, let's just focus on economics and facts. Key point is nor have the EU. But I'm happy to wager with Woody we will get a FTA with the US before the EU does (and we will get cheaper US bass kit as a result).

Fair point. But remember that's because we struck up a FTA with Japan in 5 mins flat this year, and no reason we won't put in place one with Indonesia also in the near future. And I'd be happy to wager we will have a FTA in place with the US before the EU manages to (it took them 7 years to do their FTA with Canada!!). In which case, as well as lower VAT on Italian sourced Markbass (Italy's VAT rate is 26.5% next year), we could well have cheaper US Fenders, Mesa, 3Leaf than when we were in the EU etc etc. Oh and Cornish fishermen will hopefully get a little more than the 9% entitlement to fish stock off the Cornish cost due to French fisherman currently having 84%! But that's another story...

You've really got the Yammy bug bad haven't you? Only had your lovely 1024 for 5 mins and you're already after a 734! 😂 Remind me, was the 1024 your first Yammy or do you have other models as well?

"Short" sterling by buying buy $ if you believe that. It's a simple currency hedge. You stand to make a 30% return in 8 months if you are correct - go on back yourself 😉

Italian VAT rates are going up to 26.5% in 2021. We will have UK VAT rates of 20% instead from 1 Jan. Looks like Markbass gear is going to get cheaper 😊

Currently £1.30 to $1.00 - what are you predicting it's going to fall to? And I presume you know better than legions of currency traders who are putting their money on the line and who think that... err £1.30 : $1.00 is the right value? 😉

Great purchase! Yeah that combined PJ setting is an absolute favourite for BB owners!

Mick - was just about to post the same thing! And obviously there are a bunch of amps (e.g. Ashdown, Laney), cabs (anyone heard of Barefaced?), pedals (e.g. Cog). ...or Japanese, or Indonesian, or god forbid, from the USA!

Congrats!! Did it come with that hard case in the price? If so you got a bargain and a great looking bass at the same time. You had a chance to put it through its paces yet? First impressions?

Not quite. The GT 1000 doesn't have a synth waveform generator, nor does the SY-1, which we (you!) have correctly established to be a synth emulator. This does (see Kiwi's post above) and in editable format. That immediately puts it in a different league to the SY-1 and starting to properly compete with the C4 and FI, but with the advantage over those two excellent pedals, of a decent screen UI, and potentially even better tracking.