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Behringer Bass V-Amp vs Zoom B2

Which multi-effects unit is better?

  • Behringer Bass V-Amp

    Votes: 15 28.3%

  • ZOOM B2 Multi-Effects processor

    Votes: 38 71.7%
  • Total voters
    53
  • Poll closed .
#41
""""The output from the B2 is on the same level as a bass guitar."""

Don't know how you figure that...

No doubt the Zoom has less output than a true preamp but I am able to drive my CROWN XLS-602 to 90% or more--I have even clipped the Crown on occasion.

I had a MXR M-80 (which is advertised as a pre) and it would drive the Crown only slightly more but only if you ran the MXR's volume and the EQ knobs pretty far up. To get full volume, the bass knob has to be so far up that it became bassier than I like. With a strong mid-range, the MXR would not drive the power amp fully either.

I can get enough power for gigging out of the B2 and be able to EQ it exactly like I want. Most folks using a pre-power setup have large enough power amps that if you get 90% out of it--that's fine. Just leave the power amp trims on full to get max potential power.

I keep an Art tube preamp I got for $30 to jack it up a bit higher if I'm in a situation where I want to truly max out the power amp.

The B2 and my Crown are my backup rig to my Fender Bassman 300 Pro.

When not needed for backup, the B2 stays around as my main gig tuner and fits nicely in my guitar case. The B2's tuner is more stable than a Planet Waves tuner I had (that was really good I thought).
 
#42
I just got a B2 and love it ... tough and made out of metal, as people said before good sampling rate and high-quality effects, plus the amp modeling is excellent in my opinion. I especially like the low and high eq's, the harmonic pitch shifter and the two chorus options. Definitely recommended, plus I don't like Behringer either, in my opinion their stuff is generally unreliable.
 
#43
I tried both Zoom B1 and Behiringer Bass V-amp. My need was to have a nice amp simulation as I am using a Peavey KB-60 (keyboard amp) that has a "plain" sound (no fat, rich, etc). So for this purpose (getting different sounds) I found the Bass V-amp better. As mentioned in this thread, it has the ability to chose 1 from a list of effects (actually 2 effects - compressor and another). I also tried with an acoustic guitar and sounds very nice.
 
#44
ihateusernames said:
Holy revived threads.....

The Zoom does a nice job at a lot of things and despite other reviews to the contrary I find a lot of the factory presets work pretty well out of the box. I'm speaking mainly of the B bank with different amp models. We can be certain they aren't identical sounding to the amps modelled.
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I have to say, the Trace Elliot sound is dead-on. I own a Trace Commando 12, albeit not the one that's modeled, but when I dialed it up with my Spector bass, it sounded just like the Trace Elliot sound.

Irony of ironies, I'm using the Zoom to switch between a Ricky 4001 and a Spector ns-2000-4 and the endpoint of it all -- is a Behringer amp & speakers. Which so far is OK. The footswitch with the Behringer is weird and mislabeled, but I have already permanently put it away because the octave function doesn't go below Bb.
 
#45
Justice said:
The Zoom is a multi effects unit...

The Bass V-amp is a Modeling Preamp w/effects

apples and oranges..they are 2 different things.

If you want amp and cab sims, get the Bass V-amp

If you want to pay with effects, get the Zoom

If you amp and cab sims and effects, get both.
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Actually, the Zoom B2 is a modeling preamp with effects, too. It shines when recording direct, in my opinion. But yeah, I would get it over the V-amp.
 
#47
Bruno89 said:
The last post was 4 months ago, so I hope this won't be classified as making a zombie thread :).

I was wondering, as far as distortions/overdrives go, which of the two do you prefer?
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i prefer the zoom models on those regards. the superbass and fuzz models are quite useable, as is the ts9 to a degree. however, the vamp pro has some very useable guitar amp models.
 

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