Boss FBM-1 - will the GAS ever stop.

[VikingBlues]

I'd half wondered about one of these for quite a while. I'm sure I recall some of you on 12bar using this pedal.

Anyway - one came up ex-demo at about half price, so I threw caution to the winds.

It arrived safely despite the package having no bubble wrap padding.

Boss FBM-1 Bassman Pedal

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Not a great picture - we're only getting rain at the moment here in Scotland so there's not a good light for photos.

Put together a few notes on a Bluesblast.com A minor BT.
The 'Strat' is tuned down a half step so my position for playing the notes is all one fret higher than normal - that seems to be working OK - I'm just assuming I'm in Bb. I'm happy with the feel of the strings tuned down a half step (a whole step was too floppy) and I like the sound I'm getting. Bear in mind I've had the pedal less than a day so I've not played around much with trying to find the best settings. The sound is through the FBM-1 and the Nano Reverb pedal straight into the PC - a very little bit of delay added in the DAW. (I like the sound of the FBM-1 through the Vox AC4TV too which is a nice unexpected bonus).

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[tytlblues]

Sounds pretty good......I think it has a lot of potential!

[Blindboy]

Sweet! Looks like a nice bit of kit (I'm learning the lingo). Sounds good.
Glad the 1/2 step thing is working for you. Are you using .11s? The difficulty I found wasn't so much for me, but for anyone playing with me, particularly when I was playing in the E position, and they had to play in E flat. When I stopped having my own band, I stopped tuning down.

[2WheelsOfBlues]

Nice Vb sounds good.

Like the playing also

[HalfBlindLefty]

Good sounds in there VB.
It´s to late, but I was getting curious how my thingie would sound in a clean Bassman 59 setting. Maybe tomorrow

[roswellj]

Got one of these at home. I LOVED it when I had my old solid state amp, used it all the time. Since getting the blues junior I have barely touched it. I think it is great with certain amps but if your using an amp that can already produce that kind of sound then it becomes a bit redundant. Have used it to overdrive the tubes before to get extra breakup without fiddling with the control knobs on the amp.
That being said it was always my go to pedal before I upgraded amps.


and in answer to the question in your title.... the gas will never stop. My fiance has banned me from visiting both music and motorbike shops because I can't leave empty handed... think of all that gear on the wall waiting for a new home

[vancouverois]

Nice tone VB, a half step down sounds good too
GAS, we all know about it

and in answer to the question in your title.... the gas will never stop. My fiance has banned me from visiting both music and motorbike shops because I can't leave empty handed... think of all that gear on the wall waiting for a new home

The same here