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Zoom B1Xon Bass Effects Pedal Reviews

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Includes: 2 Year Guarantee Low Rate Finance Options Available (Orders Over £300) Price Promise - We won't be beaten! Part Exchange Welcome - call or email your details for a great deal Zoom B1Xon Bass Effects Pedal Taking bass effects to new heights at astonishingly affordable prices, the Zoom B1Xon is an amazingly versatile effects pedal destined to become an instant favourite in your arsenal of bass accessories. Whatever your level of skill, whatever your style of music, the Zoom B1Xon Bass Effects Pedal is sure to change the way you see your bass, and offer dozens of ways to mix up your sound and creativity. Amazing Effects The Zoom B1Xon Bass Effects Pedal offers 75 spectacular effects, including compressors, noise gates, filters, equalizers, octave dividers, boosters, phasers, flangers, fuzzes, pitch shift, tremolo, vibraro and plus chorus (...and breathe). But that`s not all, the B1on also includes some more advanced and charismatic effects such as a sub-octave generator, an intelligent bass synthesizer that plays along with you in a completely different key, and even includes a "DeFret" effect that changes the tone of a fretted bass into that of a fretless bass. You`re literally spoiled for choice with the Zoom B1Xon! You can tweak each individual effect to your liking, and chain together up to 5 different effects simultaneously. Let your creativity run wild. After tweaking your sound, the B1Xon will automatically save your configurations and store them away for easy and instant access in the future. There`s no longer no need to worry about losing that sound you`ve been working on. Tuning Up All bassists know the importance of playing in tune, Zoom do too! The Zoom B1Xon Bass Effects Pedal has an integrated bass tuner to take all the stress out for you. The tuner is accessible at any time, just step on the two pedals together, and the LCD screen will immediately tell you whether your notes are in tune. The tuner can be used chromatically and carries a variety of standard bass tunings. Perfect Practice The Zoom B1Xon Bass Effects Pedal contains a rhythm function that carries 68 realistic samples of actual drums playing real life patterns of a variety of different genres. These beats range from emo to mowtown, metal to jazz, and everything in-between. Dozens of quarter-not, eighth-note and sixteenth-note rhythms are all included in a number of different time signatures, allowing you to practice those rhythmic scales while still having plenty of fun! The Zoom B1Xon is also equipped with an on-board looper. Perfect for solo play or rehearsal, the looper gives you the opportunity to expand upon those groovy basslines you`ve been working on. The looper allows you to layer up to 30 seconds of high-quality audio (16-bit 44.1kHz), using the effects of your choice. Starting and stopping the loop is as easy as pressing the pedal, absolutely no hands required! The looper can also be used in conjunction with the Rhythm function. Superior PowerThe Zoom B1Xon Bass Effects Pedal can be powered with the Zoom AD-16 AC power adapter which plugs into any standard wall socket. However, for extreme portability, the Zoom B1Xon can also be run on just 4 AA batteries. If powered by using batteries, the B1on will automatically power up once a jack is inserted into the input, and what`s even more impressive is that the B1on will run for more than 20 hours of continuous use, and you can use the LCD Display to find out exactly how much power is remaining. Zoom have added an "eco" function that will power down the unit if it hasn`t been used for 10 hours. Features Include: - 100 effects, including distortion, compression, modulation, delay and reverb and 5 pedal-controlled effects - Up to 5 effects can be used simultaneously, chained together in any order - 100 memory locations (10 banks of 10) for the storage of user-created patches - Swap function makes patch organization a breeze - Auto Save function for automatic saving of all patch parameters - Pre Select function allows silent patch selection while keeping the current patch operational - Onboard chromatic tuner supports all standard bass tunings - Looper feature for the recording of up to 30 seconds of CD-quality audio with seamless start and end times - 68 built-in rhythm patterns which can be used in conjunction with the Looper - Standard 1/4" input jack accepts standard cable (both active and

About Rimmers Music:

Rimmers Music (Est.1978) has an excellent reputation and is regarded as one of the best Musical Instrument Retail Company’s in the UK.

We deal with large amounts of goods on a daily basis via our physical stores, established mail order website www.rimmersmusic.co.uk and dedicated education sales division with education catalogue (distributed to over 26,000 schools and Music Services all over the country). 
We also have stores on EBAY and Amazon retailing musical instruments. 

Retailing both new and used equipment Rimmers Music has a reputation for offering competitive prices (always with long guarantees for peace of mind) and excellent part exchange prices. 
We also buy old instruments to recycle and sell, enabling our customers get a refurbished bargain and also help the environment. 

We price check daily to ensure we are giving you the best deal possible. If you find a better deal than we offer we would be very surprised and like to hear about it.

We offer delivery and collection services for all products to make the process of getting your new instrument and part exchanging your old instrument easy. We use next day delivery and collection services for most items, via various courier companies we have accounts with.

Via these couriers we give tracking information for timed delivery slots (in most cases). We also sell specialist items that require an additional level of delivery service, items such as acoustic upright or grand pianos. These specialist delivery items are delivered by our trained team of experts who know how to handle items of this nature, are fully insured, professional and give our customers the installation with the care and attention they deserve.

We sell a huge range of musical instrumentssuch as acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitars, guitar amplifiers, acoustic pianos (upright and grand), electric pianos, acoustic drum kits, electric drum kits, digital keyboards, synthesizers, percussion, DJ equipment, PA systems, World percussion such as Djembes and Cajons, classroom equipment such as glockenspiels and maracas, accessories and much more.  We sell in the region of 350 different musical instrument brands from many distributors and suppliers such as Yamaha, Roland, Korg, Casio, Alesis, Kawai, Mapex, Meinl, Taylor, Takamine, Mahalo, Nord, Blackstar, Fender, Squier, Stentor, Paiste, Steinway, ESP, Vox, Pearl, Tama, Faith, Valencia, Carlsbro, Vintage, Jupiter, Odyssey, Encore, HK Audio, Boss, Peavey, Focusrite, Epiphone by Gibson and many more. We are the one stop music store withmusical instruments for all the family.

Our customer service team are excellent, they are trained daily on the musical instruments we sell and can guide you all the way to the instrument you need, with simple expert advice. We pride ourselves on our knowledge and service we offer our customers. We want you to recommend us to all your friends and family and we can only achieve this by giving you customer care beyond your expectations, we aim to do this each and every time you contact our company.

Offering affordable easy payments with Low Rate Finance companies for many years, we have made it easy for our customers to get the instrument of their dreams. We offer 0% interest free credit and low finance rate options on all orders of £250.00 or over, available both online and in store with usually instant decisions. We aim to make the musical instrument you want as affordable to you as possible, as fast as possible.

We have established Rimmers Music Schools at each of our branches with hundreds of satisfied students of all age groups from 5 years old to 95 years old. Our music studios are purpose built by us and fully stocked with the latest equipment for you to use. We are also London College of Music and Rock School examination centres (and are highly respected by both), although taking exams is optional. We want you to have your lessons and enjoy them, some people like exams some don’t, we will teach you at your pace in the styles you want to learn, or take you through the exams of your choice. All our tuition is via private one to one lessons so you do not have to worry how you look or sound, just have fun. We will help and guide you all the way. Some of our staff also work as College Lecturers, which again re-enforces our background and knowledge in this area. All our teachers are DBS checked for security on a regular basis and many have students that have returned each week for lessons for many years, constantly improving to higher and higher playing standards and improving the knowledge they have. We offer all our customers a Free Lesson in our Rimmers Music School on the instrument of their choice. We currently teach piano, keyboard, acoustic guitar, classical guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion, singing/vocal coaching, clarinet, saxophone, flute, ukulele, mandolin, banjo, violin and music theory. Basically we can teach you to play to a high standard and all the music theory to go with it. For customers who cannot get to our music school (and customers who can) we allow access to our exclusive online lessons we have created free of charge 24 hours a day.

To conclude, Rimmers Music is a reliable musical instrument retail company with excellent value for money products from all the top brands and manufacturers and we can also teach you how to play.

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01772 622111

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Rimmers Music LtdUnit 18 Centurion Ind. EstateFarington,
Rimmers Music LtdUnit 18 Centurion Ind. EstateFarington
Lancashire
PR25 4GU

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Posted 8 years ago
Peter Sellors
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I wanted an effects pedal with a decent number of effects and a tuner. The B1Xon seemed to fit the bill and I was not disappointed. First it is well built. I can see this being able to stand up to a lot of use, including the pedal. I had a problem many years ago with the pedal on a Zoom 707 but this seems much sturdier. The instructions are clear and I got set up in minutes. The tuner is so easy to use. I then played around with the effects. A few of them seem very similar to others but there are 100, and then by mucking around with the parameters I got myself some great sounds to work with. I've used it almost daily for the last couple of weeks but I've really only just begun - there is so much more to try out. The loop effect could prove quite fun and useful but as I'm recording my sounds anyway using the Zoom R24, I haven't gone into that. I also use a drum machine, so haven't used the rhythm a great deal, but again for someone practicing alone, this gives a good backing to play along to. The patches can be adjusted to produce exactly what you are looking for, saved and can then be moved around the banks so that they follow each other in sequence. This means that when you're on stage and want to switch between two different effects, you're not pressing the foot switch 47 times to switch between them! The only thing I would query is whether I need the pedal, but for the extra few quid I think it may be worth it in the future. The batteries last "up to" 20 hours, but I always recommend getting the mains adapter and using the batteries as back up. I haven't used any other bass effect pedals but I've used a number of guitar effects pedals. I'm currently using a Boss ME80 which has a much greater range and variations, but then again is metal and costs over £200. When I started, I used the Zoom 707 and 707II. These gave me the introduction to effects I wanted before going onto bigger things. The B1Xon is very similar in this respect. For just over £50 the B1Xon is a great, well built, piece of kit that I'm sure will give me all the sounds and variation I need for a few years to come, and if I want to get more serious in the future I can go ahead and spend more money. Based on what I've found so far and the experiences I've had with Zoom products in the past I would certainly recommend this.
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