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    Is there a Yamaha BB club? There is now!

    think of BB2024/25 as Custom shop quality where wood are picked for tone and picked on cut of wood. The BBP is like a japanese factory made bass where the luxury of tone wood picking and long time spent to details are not feasible. I remember the number of BB2000s out from japan is pretty low in...
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    The Great Bass Preamp/DI Comparison

    i am using one now, like my octave, od and compressor effects through its serial loop, the way the boost react with my od is also very musical, the DI might sounds better than the U5's di cos it retains the natural warmth and clarity very well. The low noise level is unheard of to me. The lehle...
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    Valve warmth/crunch that retains your bass sound?

    I am using the FreeTheTone Bass Blaster BB-2 now, it retains your original bass sound very well but still makes crunchy od sound or thick motown B15 kind of thump. It replaced my EBS valvedrive.
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    Future Impact now available!! WAS: deep impact reissue!!! interested?

    If the Panda Midi makes a knobs and sliders hardware version of a more intuitive editor, I’ll buy it in a heartbeat. I almost flipped the FI due to the difficulty in using the editior which paralyse my musical thought process. But held it back as soon I knew a big update is coming, I’m so...
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    Future Impact now available!! WAS: deep impact reissue!!! interested?

    Hi Andras, when will i be able to download the new firmware which contains the modulations update?
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    Something like RMI Basswitch IQ DI preamp?

    I have the $200 Mesa boogie highwire buffet/booster and the basswitch iq too, I did a comparison between them and the clean bass through basswitch sounded more musical and natural, the Highwire buffer has brighter sound and somewhat stiffer string feel, similar to the buffer in my boss waza...
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    Something like RMI Basswitch IQ DI preamp?

    Hi Jacques, I just got the basswitch and I like what I’m hearing through the eq section! Where is the equivalent of 2 Sunday drivers located in the basswitch? John
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    Your favourite drive pedals of all time?

    1) EBS Valve Drive Good pleasing sound and “feel” of the breakup and responds through the pedal is really amp like. Nothing more I could have asked for. 2) Human Gear Animato This thing needs to blend with a clean bottom to do its magic but it’s one dam tight sounding higher gain pedal. Mostly...
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    Future Impact now available!! WAS: deep impact reissue!!! interested?

    I want nothing more from the unit, but I just find the editor very very difficult to use. The user manual is not very informative either. For example the pulse width and amplitude is something I could not hear what it does. Some videos of using the editor to create custom patches will be...
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    Your favourite drive pedals of all time?

    FreeTheTone Bass Blaster BB-2 Buy one and never look for bass od pedals again.
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    Good alternative to a Noble?

    The EBS ValveDrive DI is a good alternative and more versatile. Musical EQ, 3 knobs EQ + 1 Vol and 1 Gain. Very FAST working fender style tone stack. The vintage and modern switch will influence the amount of mids/low mids. Gain wise, it goes from clean to very dirty and with VERY high...
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    Bergantino Forte

    Getting my card ready ....
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    Bergantino Forte

    So I connect either of the output of the amp into the input of the cab , the amp will output accordingly? Oooooo.... time to place an order with the dealer :)
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    Bergantino Forte

    Hi everyone, I read that the forte has 2 outputs power 700w at 4ohms and 800w at 2ohms. I am concern that using just a HDN112 which takes in 350W max at 8ohms will blow it .
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    DMC 3XL GEN3 and Boss DD500 (RANT)

    boring thread. deleted.