Al Krow

Cool! What you don't need a PhD in computer editing to go from unboxing to using live?! It tracks down to a low B without a glitch?! Just on that latter point alone, if I may quote you: OMFG !!! 👍

Ah enjoy Some learned and insightful comments from @51m0n on the subject, together with typical d*ick-head comments from the usual suspects, which I do my best to ignore! 😁

I didn't know that was a question? If you head over to the Compiq thread you'll find it's not been a secret, and where I'm getting severely lectured on how compressor pedals only really have any value in a band mix... 'Fraid it's taken the place of Keeley in my affection just as the SY-1 is about to similarly take the place of my FI (although there is a bit of sweepstake being organised by one of the C4 owners on just how long the SY-1 is going to survive on the Krow board - I've bet him it'll last longer than the C4 will on his 😂) Fortunately your board currently seems to be a place of kind refuge for several of my Brexited pedals...

You're catching on pretty quickly matey! Gold star (and six basses) for you Now if you were to get another SIX basses ... what would they be? Nope it means you have nine and a spare Shuker. Like I have nine and a Stagg EUB.

Just bought Colin's Red Ripper pedal. Very smooth transaction and everything as described and a pleasure to deal with. Very happy to recommend Colin to my fellow BC'ers.

Yours arrived yet? My PB has a SY-1 hole ready for filling!

Half of 18 = NINE Ok we seem to be collectively arriving at a magic number for the number of basses we can "get away" with. After some deep analysis as to why this is the magic 'allowed' number of basses, I've concluded that it's not...double figures. There you go! 😂

@machinehead Always grateful when a collection of 9 rather lovely basses is considered to be "fairly modest". Given that I currently also have 9 (excluding a Stagg 3/4 EUB) I can just mention that "Frank says it's fairly modest to have 9..." should Mrs Krow ever question the need for more than (say) one... 😂

Ah so if he can't hear a difference he's useless. Must have been a witch if she floats eh? 😂

Oh just the little compressors we have on our pedal boards vs the more sophisticated compression available to a sound engineer e.g. in a recording studio or with a decent FOH sound system.

Actually I must ask the sound engineer at one of our clubs to have the compression engaged on and then turn off (or vice versa) mid way through a track and see if he can hear any difference in a band mix through the FOH from the back of the room - and I'll have a listen through the monitors (although much more difficult to hear any nuances through those in my experience).

Afraid that sounds completely contradictory to me: if you can't hear pedal board compression at home you're (well I'm certainly) not going to hear it over a drummer with ear plugs in! I'm perfectly happy to let the sound engineers sort out live use compression, for now. Yup - that's what I do when working on material at home i.e. playing along to a track with the bass turned right down. Glad that's a good way to discover what compression is really doing

Ok sorted...

What difference in sound are you getting with it in parallel?

Ah that is frustrating...

Is it just me, or is that a bl*oody tasty Bass VI?

Delighted to welcome Luke (aka @Banjo_hobbit) to Basschat and to be able to start a feedback thread for him. I've just bought a pedal off Luke. Speedy delivery, great comms throughout and everything as described. I'd be really happy to deal with Luke again. Cheers, Bas

@stewblackthat sounds awesome! You're clearly a convert to parallel routing and I suspect about to convert a whole bunch of us in the process! Some Soundcloud clips of your set up in parallel vs in series would be great to have as and when you get chance.

Tbf Fender do own a brand that have just released a rather tasty reverse PJ (but active only)... ...and have just replaced the previously pointy headstocks on these basses with something that looks remarkably like a Yammy BB's headstock (seamlessly back on message 😀)

Well it's a funny ol' world. You were the person, with your excellent review of your 1025X, which you kindly took the time to pm me about, and subsequent joint trip to the Yammy store where I picked up my vintage white 1025, that weened me of Fender basses (possibly for good) and started my love affair with Yammys a couple of years back; and now you're heading back in the opposite direction. Wheels turn, eh? You'll be wearing flared jeans next.

Interesting point about the neck, though, 'cos the flatter / really comfortable to play (particularly on 5ers) / not a baseball bat neck of the Yammys is a feature that a LOT of Yammy fans (me included) love. If a chunkier neck is what you're now preferring, and... ...sounds like you could be heading back to Fender and, based on your comments a few weeks back, forget PJs, you could be going straight to J(ail). 😊

Tbf there are good reasons why Fender are the best selling bass on the planet, and why so many other brands make a good living ripping off their designs. Wouldn't the world be a boring place if everyone had the same taste in basses, genres of music, amps, cabs etc. etc. Plenty of space for us to all enjoy the basses we enjoy. Personally I think my Yammys are just great! And I have no itch at all to buy a Fender. A Spector EuroLX neck through on the other hand... 😄

Mine too. Except I'm not in!!!! Have rearranged my delivery to Friday. Ugh! Know what my weekend is going to be spent doing, in part, already! Or in my case, another thread you've started where I've ended up buying a gear 😁