Al Krow

Fair do's. And if they brought out a BB 735A in a neck-through they could take a grand off me too, no question. I'd add another £50 on top if they did one in white 😁

> £1,000 plus shipping. Seems a fairly "full" price. Fortunately it's got a string missing 😁 And I'm not sure it will sound any better than a BB 1024 which will set you back less than half that? I was about to say there's even a 1024/X in the FS, but just checked and they've ALL gone! But maybe I'm just completely missing the point...

Thought I'd take my BB 1025 for a little spin with a new 4 piece outfit who met up for the first time last night. Ended up at the Pirate rehearsal studio in Greenwich. Apart from being very hidden (is that like a requirement for rehearsal studios?) it was actually pretty well stocked in terms of back line and all included in the price. Ashdown RM and Ashdown cab provided for me to play through. Well I was (genuinely) looking forward to trying a different rig out. But what is about Ashdown cabs at rehearsal studios that they are always beaten up (even when relatively new looking as this one)?! I hit the A note on the E string and the cab starts 'farting' like it's just had green veg only for the past week. The rest of the band (typically) didn't seem to mind too much, saying "they have heard worse"...Anyway we all know that the folk most bothered about bass tone (and rightly so) is us bass players. So I set up my trusty BF SC and DG M900 rig which I had brought along just in case. We weren't playing too loud so, for once, I didn't stick plugs in my ears at all during the rehearsal (partly also to be listening out for what the new guitarist was doing). What I heard coming from the bass rig (no compression, no pedals, just bass amp and cab) I just loved! So what's the point of this rambling post? Well it's simply this: those of you who have Yamaha BB1024s / 1025s, if you're not desperate to have the additional option of an active preamp on your bass then you absolutely shouldn't feel you are missing out by not having a BB 734/5A, you've got a really fine piece of kit in your hands.

On overall compactness / weight / power / cost I'm finding it hard to better the Alto TS308 as a decent little floor monitor. Given the positive feedback from folk who have owned or just heard them, I think that's where I'm landing for our band. Either way, it should be a step up in sound from the Behringer B205D. We've got our next pub gig in a couple of weeks when we can put it through its paces.

Well that's still better than "KFC...with triple gravy!" 😂🤣

Surely the best advice is surely to start with a door stop / Stylophone and work up? 😂🤣

It's been good to take the opportunity to refresh. Bit of yin and yang and all that...

Haha - looks like I should seriously try to reverse my desire for 'order' (aka OCD - lol!) and put the B string saddle back to factory, as this seems to be what most folk have stuck with. Having said that - it sounds bloody good in normal setting!

Out of interest, have you kept the factory ('inverted') setting for bridge piece saddle on the B string, or reversed it so that is a 'normal' bridge saddle as with the other 4 strings?

👍 Cool, and the best sort of band!!

@Merlino - that's a really neat summary, thank you! Are you currently playing in a band and using your filters in a band mix? (If you have any clips of you doing so, please do share with us!)

@ChrisJaxon that all sounds great! You had your 735A a while or a recent addition? You got other BBs?

Does sound like a well considered and articulate analysis dB...but I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about - particularly with the Fwonk! 😂🤣

@Merlino We both know that we can get quite a range of sounds from the Fwonkbeta and MXR BEF depending on the settings we are using - but I would be interested in your, or anyone else's, thoughts who also has both: would you say those clips are a fair representation of their overall sound i.e. the Fwonkbeta delivers a more consistent and sweeter tone, whereas the MXR is more responsive to playing style?

Cheers Paul. Me too actually! But I've got a sneaky suspicion that the BEF is going to cut through better in a full band mix.

Fwonkbeta vs MXR BEF - both on my current fav settings (you'll need to excuse the playing but it's getting late!) Fwonkbeta.mp3 MXR BEF.mp3

Ssssshhh! His missus might be checking in, after all he's not home yet...

Interesting. Sounds like a Thumpinator or other HPF would similarly work to take out the low end crud in place of the RMI. HPF --> comp is how I have things set up on my board, so good to hear that combination working well elsewhere.

Oh my, that's nice!! 😍 So glad it's missing a string though! 😂 Where did you manage to find that beaut?

Aha got what this was about 2.00 mins in...a Korg Volca Keys! Good stuff!

@hookys6stringbass? You tried contacting Yamaha directly?