New Zoom Multi FX: the MS-60B+

[warwickhunt]

58 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

I get what you are saying, and funnily enough i also found the SWR to be favourable over the SVT that i wanted to use. Also the Markbass. Both seemed to have more life to them. I was aiming for a SVT rig sound though. 

I tried a few presets at first but wanted to create my own. Dont get me wrong, i really like most of what im hearing, its just to my ears using headphones there is something in the sound, every sound, that is putting me off. I noticed a lot of the presets have multiple EQ blocks, i thought that strange. 

I wont give up on it until ive used it with the band. I feel that’s where it will work better. 

 

I'll agree that through IE/headphones there are are lot of amp SIMs that just sound too anaemic or polite.  Adding cab SIMs via my recent acquisition of an HX Stomp helps but some the classic bass cab SIMs are truly awful.  Simply scrolling without reading what a cab is, has revealed that some choices such as 1x12 'guitar' cabs sound as good as anything that is marked 'bass' and has improved the IE sound.  The MS60 does have a couple of cab tweaks which can really help.

[dave_bass5]

6 minutes ago, warwickhunt said:

 

I'll agree that through IE/headphones there are are lot of amp SIMs that just sound too anaemic or polite.  Adding cab SIMs via my recent acquisition of an HX Stomp helps but some the classic bass cab SIMs are truly awful.  Simply scrolling without reading what a cab is, has revealed that some choices such as 1x12 'guitar' cabs sound as good as anything that is marked 'bass' and has improved the IE sound.  The MS60 does have a couple of cab tweaks which can really help.

Yeah, there is a lot of variety in these pedals, but i just cant get the openness ive heard from others, inc my old HX stomp, just something missing from the top end. No sparkle, even if i boost it all. Playing along to music is fine, so im sure in a band situation I’ll never notice it.