Al Krow

@hypercarrotsyour 1982 BB1200S is a fair bit heavier than both the 1984 model and actually just about anything else! Any particular reason in terms of type of wood used etc.?

Al knows the weight of his two Yammys: 2017 BB1025 9.7lbs 2016 BBNE2 White (with gold bling) 10.4lbs I'll be asking for a refund regarding the gold bling 'cos it's clearly not 24 carat, hypercarrots, or any form of carrots...

Have you thought about setting up one of your 1100s up BEAD so they are doing different things? And that'll give you some proper low end "on tap" at the same time? One of my BC mates told me that he's going to be doing exactly that with his prospective Yammy purchase, and I must 'fess I thought "what a bloo*dy good idea!"

Oooh it seems you and I are currently on a bit of a similar pedal journey (see my most recent post / query on the "new DG amp head" thread). Love the "building a new garage / jam room" concept. The prospect of having something to store a car in down here in Central London is totally alien!

Looking forward to hearing what you think of the WD-800 if / when you get one (and I won't be alone in being interested on that score!) Is that likely to be imminent (paid for out of your recent 'brokered' M6 sale 😄)? (The funniest exchange btw for' me was when bassfan mentioned that the "M6 was on a van" on its way down and a fellow BC'er said that his experience was usually of it being the other way around!).

Excellent, thanks. I've recently got the Gecko MKIII so it sounds like that should also work well with the Stomp.

I've been finding that using the V1 M900 VMT with my active J basses and the B3K with my passive P basses seems to provide me with the best results and I'm starting to use these combinations more regularly, live. But these new amps have got me thinking about what difference the AO (and X) dirt bring to the party? Is it a noticeable difference, or pretty nuanced and likely be lost in the mix? Would anyone who's tried them all like to have a go at summarising the difference in drive sounds between the VMT, B3K, AO and X?

Gotcha! Maybe I'm getting lazy but I do love having my 3 band active EQ to hand on the bass itself when I'm gigging, especially if I'm combining with a wireless and not 'tied' to the spot. But obviously plenty of folk prefer to use EQ pedals and I know how much that NE1 should be able to give you in terms of tonal flexibility!

I suspect that wouldn't be worst decision you will ever make, by a long way Although several of your BBs are active - do you only play them passively? The folks on this thread who have got themselves a BBP34 / 5 have been uniformly delighted from what they've said... and if you get a chance to give bigsmokebass's P34 a whirl first, well even better!

Congrats Is this your first dip into Yammy basses? I'm loving the fact that you've jumped straight in at the top of the passive Yammy tree!

You've got both a BBP34 AND a P35 on order?!!! 😍

I politely disagree on both counts As the OP said (whom I do agree with on this!): If you go down your definition then pretty much every pre-amp is now a "multi-fx" pedal if they do EQ plus just one other thing (tuner, dirt etc). With due respect, that's bollox. I think a MUCH better definition (obviously from a different less battered dictionary to yours) of "multi" is "a prefix to signify many" and that is certainly the one the industry has been using to date. We had the very same discussion elsewhere and at length about amp makers using non industry standard definitions (in that case of power output e.g. peak rather than RMS) which most of us agreed, I think by about 9:1, was misleading, particularly for newbies. My point about about cheaper multi-fx doing more for less money is about me recommending an MS-60B to a newbie looking for a multi-fx rather than this Fender "multi-fx". It was nothing to do with getting an FI as an excellent synth pedal (which I would also happily recommend). But I've said my piece and all's good. I've had a look into this Fender pedal and it's not going to be for me...and having concluded that I should properly leave the field for folk who are serious about getting one to discuss its merits

No no no! Fixed.

Save the Andy Travis (cream) One I can see the campaign starting already... Plus a discrimination case being brought by 'burst basses 😀

Given the price differential - I'm guessing the Sadowsky is like £2k+ (?), you'd kinda hope / expect a step up in finish. I actually totally agree with (at least the first part of) that sentiment, Paul!

Wow - great spot, John, that's a steal! If that had been a 5er, I would have found it very hard to resist!

No doubt he does - and, come on BC'ers, surely Osiris' actual comment should get more "likes" than Cam's approval of the comment? 😂 [Aside - on a more serious note if anyone is aware of a multifx that delivers the excellent bass synth that an FI does please do share - there will be more than me genuinely interested to hear. Neither my Zoom MS-60B nor Zoom B3n are even in the same ball park and @HazBeen who has got much more deeply into his Helix than I have yet managed to do with mine assures me he's not managed to create any patches on that, that come close. It's for that reason the FI is still on my board ]

If someone new to pedals wants to get a "multi-fx" they should get a Zoom MS-60B or Zoom B3n they don't need to start with a Helix Stomp. Both the Zooms are cheaper than the Fender, do a LOT more and frankly aren't rocket science. I gave my 18 year old relation who's starting on bass an MS-60B. It was his first pedal and it's the one he now won't be without. Downloand the Tonelib software and it's a doddle to edit.

Sadly not, other than their spec sheet, as I think they have just been released. However if I hadn't already got a Stomp, I would definitely have wanted to consider this as an upgrade option from my previous Zoom B3n.

I guess my other slight gripe is with Fender describing their pedal as a "multi-fx". That's pretty much bollox. It's just a variation of this (£137 pedal) without an aux in and headphone out, taking up more space on your board for a higher price.

Just DG VMT dirt tonight with my (active) Ibby SR, which seems to pair well. (Whereas I've previously found that the DG B3K seems to work better with my passive Yammy BB).

Pup arrangement is a key difference between the two. TM = J / MM VM = P / MM I had a TM4 which was my goto bass for 4 years before moving it on last year, but don't take that as a recommendation as such for a TM over a VM - if I was to buy one now it's more likely to be a VM5 (with a 3 band EQ, if I could get one).

Trouble is: do I need another EQ in addition to the one on my bass and my amp? (Not really). Is the compressor going to be any good (and better than a £60 TC Spectracomp)? Drive is very subjective.

Relic'd bling! Desperately need a pic to sum that up! 😂

Haha boys - thanks very much. The BBNE2 IS a wonderful instrument; as bassfan knows having tried it out and taken an instant like to it. And obviously you're both clearly not finding the hardware "bling" too off-putting (or I suspect in bassfan's case positively atractive - lol!)[1] I'll have to 'fess to recently turning down a very tempting offer for it recently from another chap who was after one in the same finish in the "items wanted" section: but I kinda worked out that I would have instant seller's regret, particularly as I had waited six months for one in white to turn up. So nope, mine's not going to be up for sale any time soon... What I am still waiting from Yammy is their BB735A with a neck through and individual bridge pieces - a P/J sister of the J/J BBNE2. There would be no hesitation in getting my plastic out for that Yamaha, if you're listening, particularly if you made one in white 😀 [1] But there again some folk are willing to pay extra for their basses to look like beaten up cra*p ("relic'd" I think they're called), so they can pretend to be 'cool', but each to their own eh? 😛