Al Krow

Design patents seem to be such a lottery, though. Fender don't seem to have been able to patent their iconic designs e.g. Stratocaster, Telecaster, P Bass and J Bass and stopping a myriad of clones pinching their designs. You would have thought that Sadowsky, Sandberg etc all would have at least had to pay a royalty on each bass in the same way Warwick had to with Spector (in the end) I believe. Seems a lot easier to get compensation for folk filching a melody or bass riff than it does an iconic guitar or bass design!

I am indeed the original owner, I believe (If this is the bass I think it is - you bought from @KotorTom right?) I bought yours new a couple of years back - if you scroll back to near the start of this amazingly active thread you can read my detailed review which I posted. It has a P pup punch like no other bass I've played! I've since gone on to get myself several Yammys - they are such a good bass! In terms of "wise like Yoda" - haha! More like "ugly as Yoda!" 😄

Congratulations on your BB! And I now feel like a proper BB grandad! That white BB425 was the first bass that I felt a twinge of seller's regret over - so much so that I went and replaced it, albeit with a black one!

The Yammy gig bag that comes with the mid range Yammy basses are very well made, apart from being a touch too small in length! The pic below illustrates very well the additional headroom (and we are talking actual headroom, not some wishy washy amp wattage concept here 😁) that I'm getting from the Gator.

Thanks for that @lemmywinks Appreciate this is a bit of side track on a bargain gig bag thread, but if you did want to go one step further than the £100 bags in your post above, to a more top-end gig bag are we into mono territory and looking at £150+?

Sold Dave my Spectracomp. Smooth transaction, quick payment and very good comms. Hope you enjoy the pedal! Cheers, Bas

Met up with Marcin to try out his Berg CN212. He very kindly helped me shift my gear from car to his flat and then very patiently put up with me A/B'ing my existing amp and bass through his and my cabs. End result: I wandered off with my first Berg Pleasure meeting you and thanks very much for your hospitality. Cheers, Bas

Sold my HX Stomp to Mark (posted). Smooth transaction, usual great comms and I already know from Mark that this excellent feature laden Line 6 pedal is being put to much better use than it was on my board! Bas

Mine arrived today. Reasonable quality - I'd give it 7/10. It's not flimsy, neither is it high-end and £50 to £60 actually feels like the 'right' price point for this. It'll get the job done for me, so I will be holding on to mine and using for band rehearsal this evening. (And always good to have a packing box, which the case came in, for shipping basses in for the next time one gets moved on )

John - I presume when you say rehearsal levels that was in the mix with your band rather than just simply turned up loudly at home? Agree you shouldn't notice this digital noise with pretty much anything else in the mix e.g. aux in, or other band instruments etc. Personally I don't think the Zoom UK units will be pre-production units - they will almost certainly have road tested this in Japan before exporting to the UK and US. But as a headphone amp with tuner and effects there is nothing that comes close to this in the sub £100 price bracket. And the only folk likely to ever notice this "digital noise" is going to be us bass players when listening out carefully for it and when playing an isolated bass. It shouldn't impact its live use at all. So for both the above reasons it's gonna be sticking around a while longer in the Krow pedal pantheon and I'm going to pass on my 60 day window to get a full refund from Zoom UK.

Trouble is, once you are listening out for this digital noise under the notes you can't unhear it!! I'm now finding I can easily hear it through my (decent) pair of headphones. Ugh! However if I wanted to replace it as a headphone amp with a built in tuner the only alternative on the market seems to be the GK Plex, which would cost me over £300! At which point I would be definitely be better off getting a Helix Stomp (although I never did get find the headphone output to be that great on the Stomp - I'm finding the B1X-4 is actually better in terms of volume and clarity on that score).

Yeah - there's a great irony that it is often the musicians most deserving of great equipment and who would be able to get the most out of their gear who are often least able to afford it and vice versa.

She's a complete looker Paul! Congrats mate.

Haha - the Yammy Big Butt or "BB" to its lovers. Broad Bass just doesn't have the same ring to it, does it? 😁

So we've got to the 2000th post on this thread! 🥂 🍺🍸🍹🍻 I.R.A. / Initial Response Acceleration Much vaunted and Yamaha charge a lot of money for doing it, but does it actually do anything? Here's what Yammy have to say about it: "If you've ever played another guitarist's instrument and not been able to get the same sound, it's probably because you are playing a different style than what the guitar is used to. After playing the same guitar for years, the guitar adapts to the guitarist's playing style. It takes time for a new guitar to adapt to your own way of playing. Stress found between parts like finish, woods, body, neck, fingerboard, nut, bridge, etc., must be released before all of the parts can resonate together as an instrument. It takes time and a lot of playing for this to happen. Using IRA technology, stresses like those between the finish and wood are release by applying specific vibrations to the completed guitars. Once this treatment is complete, the guitar responds accurately to the guitarist's performance, and produces sound more easily. It also shortens the time needed for the guitar to adapt to your playing style. And it delivers excellent sustain." I'm loving my P35 and kinda can't explain why I prefer it to my otherwise excellent previous 735A, 'cos they have so much in common e.g. woods, pups etc. Maybe I.R.A. does do something after all?

Haven't you taken that one out of the trash yet Andy - it's been there since Saturday?! Not gonna be great if it rains. Just sayin' 😁

I don't think the Helix does poly synth, but I'm happy to be corrected if I have that wrong.

Polyphonic synth!! Does Helix even come close to doing this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtsTFgQh6UE Love to hear this demo'd on bass.

That is a really good price. The case by itself must be worth around £70 so he's effectively selling a BB 414 for £120.

@WHUFC BASS excellent post! Couldn't agree more. But there again, I'm also a WHUFC fan, so I guess we are pre-disposed to think along similar lines 😂

Can't remember if there was any change in the pups / electronics between the 414/5 and 424/5 (I'm kinda thinking not). But I totally get what you're saying about the sound being huge on these basses. The 425 is the most ridiculously punchy passive bass I've played. It's kinda like a Ford Mustang. The 1025, by comparison, is more refined / a bit less kick-you-in-the-stomach than the 425. I guess more of a Jaguar XFS, but certainly not bland 😀

Yup, good shout. And certainly with a 5er would also reduce any tendency to neck dive.

I guess they must have used different and more dense woods in the "2" series than in the earlier "1" series. They also went down the laminated neck route in the "2" series from a single piece neck in the "1" series - which may have had some impact on overall weight?

That is amazingly light - I think @gobasserk was saying something similar. Having said that my 1025 is only 9.4 lbs and definitely feels lighter to wear than my NE2 and P35 which both weigh in at a fulsome 10.2 lbs