My only wish is for say 50% more DSP/CPU power and an expression pedal. But I can solve that with the FX loop as well, and an exp pedal next to it. But that also means getting a pedalboard, which is also okay because then I can get a bag to store/carry the whole thing. There isn’t a Zoom G6/B6 specific bag atm I had a gig bag from when I got an MPC Live that would work, but it might have been thrown out for some reason as I cannot find it at all.
And also I want to steal the idea I got from one of the guitarists that was in my band: he had light strips on his pedalboard
I finally brought The Beast to the B6. And it overpowered the presets, causing distortion and volumes needing to be turned down, making things unsuitable for my other basses. The Beast demanded its own bank:
I’ve been playing around with the B1 four, although not a lot. My new Yamaha TRBX bass sound very neutral and overall pleasant, but in comparison to the JB clone feels dull at times. I can tell now, that Harley Benton has a cumbersome personality… and I am not only referring to its weight. Which still surprises me every time I play it
The Zoom multi-effect brings some variety to the table. So far, my favorite effect is the “dark pre” preamp, which gives some needed spice to the TRBX tone
I haven’t done a sound comparison, yet, but I have basically found all the effects of the B6 on my MS-100BT - a little disappointing, especially considering the MS-100BT offers 1, 2, or 3 pages of 3 adjustments each, while the B6 is locked to 4 total. Obviously I can’t say if algos were updated for the B6; I recreated and identical patch based off names.
MS-100BT: 1)Plate Reverb 2)Corona Tri 3)HD Hall (basically maxed out, I could not add anything else
B6: 1)Plate 2)Corona Tri 3)Cannot do HD Hall - Welp.
That’s pretty weaksauce imo
The B6 reverbs are a bit “metallic” so I’m not holding my breath they are much better than the MS-100BT. I don’t generally use the tri chorus anyway. But yeah. I stand by this thing having an underpowered DSP chip.
this kind of thing can happen. my beloved preamp is the very old (1st generation) Line6 Bass Pod Pro, and this thing sounds like a fantasy version of the real amps. I use only one model, the '74 Ampeg SVT with the matching 8x10 cab, this thing sound like a “perfected” version of this amp. Not 100% realistic at all, but just what we want it to sound like. I’me fine with that. and that’s the preamp you may have heard on almost all my covers, not something theorical.
just to say that sometimes, models can sound “better” than the actual analog thing. I’m OK with that.
For sure. The bassified Metal Zone sounds great with my bass. But it lacks the mid sweep control of the guitar pedal, and sounds like absolute ass on a guitar. All it has for controls is Gain, Tone, Balance, and Volume.
but on that bass, if you want brutally heavy sonic meltdown it delivers.
the Metal Zone being one of my favourite metal guitar preamp, I’d really like to test the “bassified” thing. I love the Metal Zone when used as a preamp.
here is an actual old Metal Zone into a Marshall VS 8080 (a bit modified), with my beloved LTD … the small room doesn’t sound great but yeah, you get the idea.
Yeah that’s the thing, it’s not necessarily a bad idea. Sending outs to hardware effectors and back in to the mix is so old school, this just makes it all digital for “cheap”.
yeah, also it looks like something unnecessarily complex, and also if you need to have a hardware module for each VST, it’s the exact opposite of what is a VST but at the end it’s very EHX : it’s weird and somewhat it’s cool.
I know it’s not standard to put the TLC Compressor at the end but it’s part of a process of experimentation.
I was really impressed by how it tamed the Boss OC-5. I didn’t even realize it needed to be tamed until I tried it. I turned the TLC off and on over and over and over again just messing around and enjoying the experience.
Just this was worth $99 and for those that got the Octamizer too, you’re in for a treat when you start playing around with both together.
Next up, move it to the beginning and see how that works out. Then start experimenting to see if I can find that compression fat-ness people talk about.
I had a gig bag from when I got an MPC Live that would work, but it might have been thrown out for some reason as I cannot find it at all.
but at the end it’s very EHX : it’s weird and somewhat it’s cool.
