Al Krow

It's a digital blend within the sim itself on all the Zoom pedal sims, not a parallel path clean blend (which is possible on the much more expensive Helix multis). Such a digital blend won't stop drive sims, particularly tasty rat tail, sucking out low end.

There's a few on this thread: Zoom patch ideas,

The post below got me thinking about the very short loop time and general meh status of loopers on both my Helix and Zoom multis, which provide a max of 60secs or 30secs loop time respectively. A bit pants, right? Came across this nifty little pedal today, the Lekato Loop Station, which seems worth checking out. 40 mins total recording for 9 loops. Max per single loop = 10 mins. Unlimited overdubs, LED display including showing how far through any particular loop you are. Ability to load backing tracks from PC and store your loops on PC via micro USB. Built in tuner. And at just £33 on eBay, I couldn't resist ordering one although I guess there will potentially be 20% VAT and £12 handling charge on top, so more like £52, but still seems like a lot of pedal for the money. By comparison, the similar sized TC Ditto with a total of 5 mins recording time is around £75; but the Lekato seems way more feature rich.

I think the 5ers have significantly flatter necks than the 4 string Yammys, so I'm not sure we can do a straightforward read across from the 4s to the 5s? I did have both a 425 and 735A but not at the same time and I don't currently have either in my herd, so I'd be hard pressed to give an accurate comparison; but I've found all the necks on my Yammy 5ers very comfortable indeed to play. Might be worth sharing that the BB425 is the only bass I've ever had sufficient seller's regret to replace!

That's a seriously nice collection. Back in the day, before lockdown was a thing and bands played live music, we would have described your four Yammys as "a full Trav". But he's since been seduced by Sadowskys... You just need a BB P34 to round that collection off. And when you do, let us know. I can put you in touch with a chap who is definitely going to sell his. We'll at some point. Or maybe not. But get him on the right day...

Haha, won't find a new one with the 40P5 / 40TWX combo. I think best bet might be to get hold of a decent quality used Euro LX5 at a decent price. The ones currently in the FS are a little too pricey unfortunately, whereas the LX4 which is in even better condition than either LX5 is on for a better price and willing to take offers, but I'm only after a 5er. Typical eh?!

Just really enjoyed having both 40TWs in humbucker mode with neck pup on 10/10 and bridge on 5/10 to add in a slice of sweetening mid-cut. Now wondering if the hassle and expense of replacing these pups with the 40P5 and 40TWX is actually going to be wise move, or whether to double down and load these pups on a different Spector body at considerably greater expense! Decisions, decisions...

I'm kinda intrigued that a BB 1024 got snapped up within 24 hours of being listed. OK let's maybe clarify that - given what a big fan of these basses I am, that in itself doesn't surprise me! What I'm more surprised at is that it got snapped up ahead of a more recent build vgc 734A, listed by one of our thread regulars, which does pretty much everything the 1024 does and then some with its active circuit, particularly as there was just £100 between them. Put it down to colour finish preference? Or are BBs "famous for" being passive basses and active capabilities, where present, ignored?

Hah - yes I forgot about it being a really neat tuner with LED lights which are ideal for poorly lit stages, I guess I now just take that for granted! Needing to use a decent USB lead seems to be common for a lot of folk (me included) with the B1 - I had exactly the same issue. The one tip I would share is that the drive sims tend to lose a fair bit of low end on the Zoom multis and as it's not possible to parallel route the effects to allow you to properly blend in some clean to your signal, I've solved that by using a Boss LS2 pedal and putting the Zoom into the Boss's parallel loop.

+1 ^^ You'd be hard pressed to find a more capable bass pedal for the money. And that's before you discover it's a great headphone amp, with a really useful drum machine built in! Agree that a lot of the existing patches aren't worth bothering with. The fun and the value from this pedal is creating your own, tailored to what you want / need. Downloading the free editing software makes creating and saving patches a breeze. Zoom provide this, but folk who have tried both generally seem to prefer the (also free) ToneLib software. There's a separate thread with Zoom patch ideas, which it might be worth checking out. Enjoy!

A great idea to put on a mini board 😉

Oooh lovely! That does look grand - I'm a bit partial to a neck through myself. My only hesitation with the Corts is whether the pups they use would be overly polite for my currently less than polite taste, so I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on it - do let us know how you get on with it and how it stacks up against the rest of your herd. Oh and have fun getting to grips with a 5er. Does that mean we're gonna have to call you Bead from now on in? 😁

What did you get? Pics please!

Check the OP. Freshly updated!

Absolutely. You just gotta persuade the last couple of stragglers to fall by the way side. Bet he's probably not been social distancing either, eh? eh? 😂

That's a quality fail! And another £5er in the kitty!

Loved it! Do you have your six string bass tuned in trad. B, E, A, D, G, C?

Yup - I was agreeing with you on this, although clearly not expressing it very well! Based on what you've said the 40P5 plus 40TWX seem to be a really good combination - i.e. you've said that with the TWX you can switch settings between the double coil humbucker to the single coil J or without too much loss in volume, which is much more of an issue with the TW pups. I'm very tempted to replace my two 40TWs with this combination at some point.

Yeah, agree that there is a fair old volume drop on the TW going from double to single coil, so if the TWX has largely dealt with that, then definitely worth putting those on my radar to swap out the TWs at some point. Thinking this through, I'm not sure you would ever use a coil tap with a P configured pup so if I'm looking for a P/J config then a good combo would be neck 40P5 plus 40TWX for the bridge pup? So a push/pull pot for the single / double coil bridge pup; bass and treble pots plus simple volume pot for the P. Or better still keep the push / pull pot for the P and use this as a active / passive switch. Now all I need is to find a clever techy who can sort this out for me!

You get a more crisp J with the single coil. I find it works really well when blended with the other pup in full humbucker mode. Definitely not a weedy sound with that combination! Besides if you need things beefed up you can always get a further boost by dialling up the TonePump - but most folk on this thread seem to find 50% Tone Pump plenty. With the EMG DC you don't get the choice, so it's good you prefer it on its one default setting. Horses for courses eh?

Sounds to me that you've got a first class rig! But if you're finding your sound too polite and want more clarity and zing, I'd recommend putting a Tech 21 VT Bass DI in front. The tone shaping plus "Bite" selector can give you exactly the clarity and zing you're after - a bit like lifting a blanket off your rig! But it can do a lot more besides. The "Bite" is very much a key ingredient of the VTBassDI. It provides a ‘presence’ boost by boosting the upper mids and treble so that the tone becomes more pronounced and 'present' especially in a mix. The pedal also has a subsonic filter (i.e. hpf) to tighten up the sound. It's a great little preamp and very much an all time favourite of Tech 21 pedal users from the feedback I've read and with good reason.

Slightly depressing news... Seems like that the possibility of getting a Euro LX 5er with P/J configured EMG 40TW soap bars is off the menu: According to chap I've been speaking to at Andertons today, they are only offering that option with the 6 string version now and not the 5. They've redone the whole line for 2020 and they now come with EMG 40DC which does not offer the same flexibility as the 40TWs. They are apparently not even offering the Aguilar pups anymore on the 5's! It is only EMG or Barts at the moment as they have just done a deal with Bartolini. Anyone else heard / confirm this? If that's correct my double J/humbucker configured EMG 40TW 5er has just got itself further embedded in my herd! I guess the solution is to get hold of a decent used Spector EuroLX and sub in a EMG 40P5 https://www.emg-pickupsonline.co.uk/emg-40p5/ for the neck pup.

I've had the 425 and 1025. Both excellent basses for the money. Is the 1025 "twice as good" as the 425? Nope. In fact it would be hard to find a bass that is. But is the 1025 worth the extra for me? Absolutely!