Mudpup Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) Just a heads up really.... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zoom-B1on-Bass-Effects-Pedal/dp/B00JLEHMG6?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duc08-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00JLEHMG6 This is down to £39 on Amazon and a bit of a bargain imho. Looper, Drum machine, Aux In, headphone out, tuner and a load of fx and amp models in there too. Runs on batteries or mains. Great for home practice or as a multi fx unit. Edited January 24, 2020 by Mudpup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Agreed. If it was a battery powered headphone amp with aux in it would be considered a bargain. Actually it is way more than that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Makes me wonder what it's making way for... 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudpup Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, paul_5 said: Makes me wonder what it's making way for... 🤔 They recently released a B1four as its replacement i believe. This must just be a bit of old stock lying around - still a good bit of kit though Edited January 24, 2020 by Mudpup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Yeah the 4 is the new 1 (as it were) and jolly good it is too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) If they run out, they're only £2.65 more on Thomann with 3 year warranty and 30 day return policy 😉 I've got an order I want to place with Thomann anyway, so I might just stick one of these in the list. I thought they were just cheap, outdated crappy plastic pedals, but the review are actually pretty good. I'm generally not a fan of "patch" driven pedals, they're way too much arsing about, and I don't really use many effects, occasionally a bit of reverb. But I need a new tuner anyway. At at that price it's probably worth it just for a tuner and reverb pedal. Edited January 24, 2020 by Newfoundfreedom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Seriously, it is. Its light and can be powered off AA batteries, a useful headphone amp if nothing else. Lots of reverb and delay effects. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 9 minutes ago, stewblack said: Seriously, it is. Its light and can be powered off AA batteries, a useful headphone amp if nothing else. Lots of reverb and delay effects. The only thing that puts me off slightly, is I'm sure I had a Zoom pedal many years ago, kind of looked like this but with a circular central display. Probably much older than this model. But I just remember everything sounding really wooley and pretty much useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said: The only thing that puts me off slightly, is I'm sure I had a Zoom pedal many years ago, kind of looked like this but with a circular central display. Probably much older than this model. But I just remember everything sounding really wooley and pretty much useless. I'd hope that they've improved since then! I had the original 90s 506 which I used to use all the time. One rehearsal I forgot to bring it, and the drummer said something like "Man, your bass sounds really good today. Did you change something?". I don't think it came out again after that... Edited January 24, 2020 by Beer of the Bass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Impossible to say if you will like the effects or not it's all down to personal preference and expectation. However it's an excellent practice tool, and tuner. If you're only after reverb, you can't really go wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 5 hours ago, Newfoundfreedom said: If they run out, they're only £2.65 more on Thomann with 3 year warranty and 30 day return policy 😉 I've got an order I want to place with Thomann anyway, so I might just stick one of these in the list. I thought they were just cheap, outdated crappy plastic pedals, but the review are actually pretty good. I'm generally not a fan of "patch" driven pedals, they're way too much arsing about, and I don't really use many effects, occasionally a bit of reverb. But I need a new tuner anyway. At at that price it's probably worth it just for a tuner and reverb pedal. I think the patches are the same as their more expensive pedals. It can get a bit noisy if you chain lot's of fx but then so are standalone pedals. It is a plastic case but decent quality. The fx are really slow to set up but easy enough to use once set up and the settings are saved. The B1-4 addresses this as instead of everything being adjusted through a menu system you get instant access to minor adjustments via the extra knobs. As a practice tool I agree with Stewblack it really is excellent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_bass5 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 The B1on is a smaller B3, as in both use the older engine. The B1 Four shares the same quality as the B3n. Either are more than up to the job for home/headphone practice, but if it was me (and it was), id get the B1 four as its much easier to use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 4 hours ago, stewblack said: Impossible to say if you will like the effects or not it's all down to personal preference and expectation. However it's an excellent practice tool, and tuner. If you're only after reverb, you can't really go wrong. I used to use my 506 quite sparingly, chorus on one tune, octave and distortion on sections of others, so I had the effects off most of the time and it was the difference between the Zoom with effects off or bass straight into amp that was noticeable. But I'd expect like any other piece of affordable digital kit, things will have come a long way in the past 20 years! I don't have any complaints about the sound quality of my Zoom recorders, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Well you lot have talked me into it. I think I'm gong to add one to my Thomann order on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushbo Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 On 24/01/2020 at 10:24, Newfoundfreedom said: The only thing that puts me off slightly, is I'm sure I had a Zoom pedal many years ago, kind of looked like this but with a circular central display. Probably much older than this model. But I just remember everything sounding really wooley and pretty much useless. That sounds like the B2. I had one of those and I found that the preset sounds could be a bit hit and miss, but with a bit of a tweak, they sounded great. The exception being the fuzz and overdrive patches, which always sounded a bit fizzy. The B3 (which I love) is a bit better. Maybe the B3n has more convincing drive sounds, or maybe I just need to try harder to dial in useable sounds. I love Zoom stuff, especially their multi fx- you can’t get better bang for your buck,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 9 minutes ago, rushbo said: That sounds like the B2. I had one of those and I found that the preset sounds could be a bit hit and miss, but with a bit of a tweak, they sounded great. The exception being the fuzz and overdrive patches, which always sounded a bit fizzy. The B3 (which I love) is a bit better. Maybe the B3n has more convincing drive sounds, or maybe I just need to try harder to dial in useable sounds. I love Zoom stuff, especially their multi fx- you can’t get better bang for your buck,. No mine was a much earlier and cheaper model. I think probably the aforementioned 506. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machines Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 I've used Zoom multi FX since I started playing, I like the way they're laid out and are moderately simple for on the fly changes. My current B3n is great, however since updating the firmware it randomly crashes if it's been on a while requiring the power to be reset, it tends to keep doing this after it has once (not overheating). By good chance, it has only done this at home and never a gig so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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