Got this from Amazon Friday and have playing around with it over the week-end. Nothing but good things to say, it is perfect for what I do, need, and want. Much easier to use than the B1 on as far as programming patches and effects parameters. A quality, well priced piece. Fun to play with, learn on and practice with. Not knowing a lot about effects, it is hard for me to speak of the quality of any vs the real thing. Hope my knowledge increases. But honestly, as fun as this is, I know I need to focus more on progressing on the bass itself.