RapcoHorizon Dominator Gold Tuned Cables

The unwritten rule of cable design has long been maximum transparency, but RapcoHorizon takes a different approach with its Gold Tuned cables. Each of the four cables in the line incorporates different materials and construction to influence the signal for particular sonic objectives. The NBGGT4 (10 feet, $65 list) is Rapco’s recommendation for bass. It’s intentionally designed for high capacitance to smooth out treble response and emphasize low-end frequencies. The directional NBGGT4 also loads the amplifier input for further tone shaping. www.rapcohorizon.com

Elixir Cables

Considering that Elixir, the innovative brand behind coated-string technology, is a subsidiary of W.L. Gore & Associates, the company that invented the innovative moisture resistant material Gore-Tex, it’s of little surprise that its new products show a knack for clever design. Elixir’s new cable line (available in 10–20-foot lengths for approximately $50–100 street) takes the hi-fi approach, using low-capacitance cable and high-quality proprietary jack plugs for maximum fidelity. www.elixirstrings.com

Planet Waves Custom Pro Cables

D’Addario subsidiary Planet Waves has a remarkably diverse lineup of accessories and cool little widgets, but the new Custom Pro line ($60–160 street) shows the focus is also on its core cable business. The Custom Pro line moves away from the old bulky packaging and features rugged Amphenol gold-plated plugs, oxygen-free copper conductors, and low capacitance. They’re available in various lengths and plug configurations. www.planetwaves.com

Alleva-Coppolo Cables

The New York bass builders at Alleva-Coppolo are expanding their endeavors to include high-quality instrument cables (contact Alleva-Coppolo for direct pricing). The Coppolo cables use oxygen-free copper conductors, silver solder, and heavy-duty gold-plated G&H jack plugs. Coppolo designed the outer jacket for durability and extreme flexibility. www.alleva-coppolo.com

 

 

Alleva-Coppolo KBP5

The KBP5, Coppolo’s first 5-string P-style instrument (contact Alleva-Coppolo for direct pricing), features proprietary pickups and a custom-design vintage-style bridge. The bass comes standard with an old-growth/old-cut rosewood fingerboard and alder body and is available with a variety of wood and finish options. www.allevacoppolo.com

 

Warwick: Something Old, Something New

German bass manufacturer Warwick celebrated its 25th anniversary with a reissue of the company’s first bass and a pair of new brand-new models.

The headless Nobby Meidel Bass ($5,499 list), originally released in 1982, has a small, angular body like an original Steinberger.

The Corvette $$ 6—that’s “Double Buck”—looks macho and massive with its six strings and twin exposed-polepiece MEC humbuckers ($2,799 list).

The biggest attention grabber at Warwick’s booth—aside from the Jonas Hellborg rig and Jonas himself—was the Star Bass II ($3,999), a model inspired by the famous Framus Star Bass of the ’60s. The sweet-looking hollowbody has a vintage silhouette and passive electronics, but its composition shouts Warwick: bubinga body, ovangkol neck, and wenge fingerboard—not to mention that Gumby-shaped headstock. www.warwickbass.com

 

 

Ampeg ADA4

Almost universally known as the Dan Armstrong bass, Ampeg reissued a near exact replica of the famous “Plexi” bass designed by the Armstrong’s son Kent in the late ’60s. The Ampeg ADA 4 ($1,899 list, $1,400 street) has an acrylic body with a bolt-on maple neck and 24-fret rosewood fingerboard. One of the hippest features of a Dan Armstrong bass is the easily removable Kent Armstrong pickups. With a twist of a thumbscrew, you can swap pickups for a “Bright Bass” or “Deep Bass” sound. www.ampeg.com.

 

 

Lakland Chi-Sonic Pickups

Though Lakland founder Dan Lakin initially intended his new Chi-Sonic pickups (price unavailable) to conjure the classic warm tone of Hagstrom Bi-Sonic pickups, the final product ended up delivering a “wide tonal range and frequency response with superb output,” due to the switch from Alnico to neodymium magnets. Chi-Sonics are available in single-coil and humbucking configurations for 4- and 5-string basses, as well as a bracket-mounted version for compatibility with Lakland’s Hollowbody bass. Once in full production, the Chi-Sonics will come standard on all Decade and Hollowbody basses and will be offered as an option on other models. www.lakland.com

Basslines SSB-5NYC 5-string Passive Phase II NYC Soapbar pickups

Used to be that getting your hands on one of these custom Basslines pickups meant purchasing one of boutique builder Fodera’s gorgeous basses, but now Basslines is offering the SSB-5NYC 5-string pickup to anyone with $184 (or $346 for a calibrated pair). The NYC Phase II is a dual-coil J-pickup with exposed Alnico polepieces and a four-conductor cable for wiring in series, parallel, or single-coil mode. www.basslines.com

EMG PA

Active pickup gurus EMG introduced the PA pickup, a P-style pickup with Alnico magnets. EMG switched from ceramic to Alnico to give the new PA’s ($129 list, $105 street) a more vintage-like tone. www.emginc.com

 

 

Ibanez Jet King Bass

Paying tribute to Ibanez models from the ’60s—which became prized pawnshop finds by the ’70s and ’80s—the new Ibanez Jet King ($466 list) pinches some Jet Age styling, while benefiting from the vastly improved quality inherent in modern production techniques. The Jet King has a mahogany body and neck, with a rosewood fingerboard, two humbucking pickups, and cool retro Ibanez logo on the headstock. www.ibanez.com

Ibanez BTB & Soundgear Series

Ibanez updated its entire BTB line with deeper cutaways for easier upper-fret access. Likewise, the Soundgear line was also treated to a complete refreshing, although the line received a more extensive “something old/something new” treatment. Each Soundgear, like the SR706 6-string pictured, had 1mm trimmed off its neck dimensions—a return to the original, trimmer 1987 neck specs. Various Soundgear models also received upgrades such as new neck woods and Bartolini MK1 pickups and EQ. www.ibanez.com

Mesa Engineering Fathom

Mesa’s latest head, the Fathom ($1,000 street), is a 600-watt Class AB design that shares—and departs from—some qualities of its M-Pulse line-mates. Most important, it does away with the other heads’ “Simul-State” design, which used a tube to drive the power amp, opting instead for a MOSFET circuit. Its simple EQ includes typical shelving filters, but it’s the “voice” control that shows distinctive Mesa cleverness. It’s a 5-position footswitchable rotary control that offers a variety of midrange cuts and boosts, all designed to substantially impact the amp’s timbre and presentation. The Fathom is available on its own, in a Mesa rack case, or as part of a 2x12 combo. www.mesaboogie.com

Aguilar Tone Hammer & Little Jack

New York amp heavies Aguilar had a bunch of cool new stuff at the show, but the biggest attention-getter was probably the new Tone Hammer preamp ($186 street). Based on Aguilar’s popular OBP-3 onboard preamp, the Tone Hammer integrates semi-parametric midrange into its 3-band EQ and includes facility for overdrive tones. Additionally, it features Aguilar’s Adaptive Gain Shaping (AGS) circuitry, a footswitchable EQ contour and gain structure that’s interactive with a front-panel knob. The Tone Hammer’s balanced xlr output makes it a viable stage and studio tool. Aguilar also showed off its new Little Jack cabinet ($635 street), a 2x8 + 6w cabinet designed in conjunction with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna bassist Jack Casady for deep bass, clear mids, and smooth highs. The 300-watt, 4Ω cab weighs in at 50 pounds. www.aguilaramp.com

AccuGroove Synergy

The Synergy (price unavailable) is the first amp from AccuGroove, a California company known for its multi-size-driver cabinets. A response to what AccuGroove perceives as over-complicated controls in bass heads, the simple Synergy offers 4-band EQ as its only tone shaping. The hybrid amp incorporates a single 12AX7 in the preamp and the Class H power amp. The power amp, which can drive 1,000 watts at 2Ω, is fed by a switch-mode power supply, which helps keep the weight down to a svelte ten pounds. The two-rackspace chassis houses all the typical connectivity, including a balanced xlr output with a Jensen transformer. www.accugroove.com

Fender American Standard Series

Continuing in its tradition of subtle but substantive updates to its legendary Jazz and Precision Basses, Fender debuted its new American Standard Series at a big NAMM press conference. The final product stems from an extensive R&D process, which sought, through deconstruction and analysis, to unlock the secrets behind what makes a classic P- or J-Bass great and bring these qualities to a new line of production instruments. The results are 4- and 5-string basses (including a fretless J-Bass 4) that offer new bridge designs, an updated neck treatment, thinner finish undercoats for enhanced resonance, and lighter tuning keys. www.fender.com

Peterson BodyBeat BB-1 Pulsing Metronome

Better known for its ultra-accurate strobe tuners, Peterson enters the time-keeping game with a literal bang. The new BodyBeat metronome ($100 street) offers both aural and tactile feedback of tempo and rhythmic subdivisions. Predicated on research that suggests tactile rhythmic feedback is more quickly interpreted than visual or aural information, the BB-1 includes a vibe clip that shakes in time to the metronome’s extensive tempo, accent, and subdivision settings. www.petersontuners.com

EBS Classic 450 Head & CL-810 Cabinet

Swedish bass-rig builders EBS reached into a Wayback Machine and pulled out some vintage styling for its budding ClassicLine. The whole set looked delicious on the outside, with black Tolex with white piping, but the goods inside weren’t retro-rehash. The rig’s muscle is the Classic 450 amp ($1,000 street), a solid-state head that can serve up 450 watts into 2Ω. The preamp has two semi-parametric mid controls and a boosted drive section for adding subtle to saturated distortion. The ClassicLine CL-410 4x10 cabinet is now joined by the CL-810 8x10 ($1,300 street) and CL-212 2x12 ($700 street). www.ebssweden.com

Hagstrom HB-8 8-string

The thick, chimy sound of the Hagstrom 8-string bass is back: The defunct Swedish company’s name was recently revived by U.S.-based American Music & Sound, which unveiled a modern version of the classic ’60s Hagstrom H8, now called the HB-8. Perhaps more tribute than a reissue, the all-new Korean-built 8-string ($695 list, $490 street) has a retro-cool look and short scale like the original Swedish bass, but with sturdy modern construction, and a pair of aggro-looking dual-rail humbuckers that vary considerably from the original. www.americanmusicandsound.com

 

 

Big Bass Multi-effects

Last year, all the new bass multi-effects were compact, two- or three-switch floorboard jobs with an expression pedal and a street price of about $200. This year, they’re bigger.

Zoom B9.1ut

Building on the B2.1u, Zoom added the expansive B9.1ut to its bass multi-effect line. In addition to the numerous bass models and effects, including two onboard synthesizers and multi-dimensional parameter control via the expression pedal, the B9.1ut has tons of connectivity, including an effect loop, MIDI in and out, xlr out, and USB 2.0 jack for use as an audio interface (Steinberg Cubase is included) as well as editing and storing patches. www.samsontech.com

Rocktron B200 & B300

Rocktron has followed up its Utopia B100 bass multi-effect with the bigger B200 ($559 list, $340 street) and even bigger B300 ($669 list, $420 street). The two expanded multis offer more (the B200) and even more (the B300) switches for calling up patches and turning effects on and off, as well as a tuner and USB audio interfacing. The little pedal in the middle is a new Rocktron Utopia Bass Wah, which has the same sturdy steel rocker pedal that's on the B200 and B300 multi-effects. www.rocktron.com

Boss GT-10B

Boss’s new flagship bass multi-effect, the GT-10B ($695 list, $500 street), builds on the power of its predecessor and easy user interface of multis like the ME50B and ME20B. The10B—which allows for two discrete parallel effect chains—aims to let players intuitively find sounds amid numerous effect and amp models without diving deep into parameter menus, while at the same time allowing for intensive patch tweaking. Also included a phrase loop function, sound-on-sound looping, parallel q" and xlr outputs, and a USB port, which allows transfer of digital audio, MIDI, or patch data. www.bossus.com

IK Multimedia Stomp

IK Multimedia is one of the big boys of software amp-modeling, with its Ampeg SVX virtual bass rig and Amplitube 2 guitar tone package. At NAMM IK introduced StompIO ($1,049 list), an “advanced guitar and bass FX system” that allows complete control over five IK software packages—including Ampeg SVX and Amplitube 2—with or without a computer, expanding the power of plug-ins to the stage environment. The included software bundle packs thousands of modeled amps and effects, all of which are selectable and editable like a standard multi-effect. The StompIO unit also serves as an audio interface. www.ikmultimedia.com

 

 

Music Man Bongo 6, Sterling 5 & Limited Edition 2008

Five years after debuting its radical-looking Bongo 4- and 5-string basses, Ernie Ball introduced a Bongo 6-string. The distinctive bass is available with a single humbucker ($2,400 list), two humbuckers ($2,550 list), or a humbucker with a single-coil ($2,550 list). The Sterling line also gets another string with the Sterling 5 ($2,350). Ernie Ball’s Music Man annual limited edition models are always luscious, and the Limited Edition 2008 ($2,450) is no exception. The ’08 bass has a unique Sequoia Gold finish, gold hardware, and a 12th-fret inlay. www.ernieball.com/mmonline

 

 

NS Design Bass Cello 4-string

The NS Design Bass Cello is an electric upright that’s easy for bass guitarists to love. The 34" scale makes it an easy adjustment for players wanting the looks and sounds of an electric upright without the time and commitment it takes to learn an entirely different instrument. This year NS lopped off a string for an instrument that’s likely to be even more familiar to electric players. The CR4 Bass Cello 4-string ($3,580 list) has NS’s unique pickups, a curved fingerboard to facilitate bowing, position markers, and Ned Steinberger’s stripped-down, modern-looking design. NS is also offering new looks for its CR Bass and Bass Cello lines. For $200 you can add a custom slate gray finish, or for $300 you can customize your electric upright with a zebrawood, burl poplar, or quilted-maple top for $300. www.nedsteinberger.com

Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver Deluxe & VT Bass

After upgrading the original SansAmp Bass Driver DI to the three-button programmable version a few years ago, Tech 21 has gone one step further—or one footswitch further—with the SansAmp Bass Driver Deluxe ($350 list). The Deluxe has all the tone-shaping and tube-emulating overdrive controls of the original Bass Driver, more memory settings than the Programmable version, and two input jacks for switching between two instruments A/B-style. You can set three custom tones for each of the two inputs, or use all six with a single instrument. The Deluxe can be powered with a 9-volt battery, optional power supply, or phantom power.

Tech 21 also introduced five stompboxes in its new Character Series, including the VT Bass ($195 list) for us low-enders. In addition to level and tone controls that would be familiar to SansAmp users, the VT has a character knob, which sweeps from a clean SVT sound through a classic “flip-top” tone to the high-gain crunch of modern rock. Each pedal can be used as a standalone preamp and includes SansAmp cabinet emulation, which in the case of the VT is tuned to match a SVT-style cabinet loaded with 10" speakers. www.tech21nyc.com

Forge Bass Rig

XP Audio, the same folks behind Motion Sound’s mechanically rotating speakers (way cool for keyboard and guitar but possibly retch-inducing for bass) have launched a new bass amp company with very intriguing and distinctly non-rotating bass gear. Forge Bass introduced three products that will be built in the U.S. The AXB Tube preamp has seven 12AX7 tubes governing pre- and post-gain, selectable “clean” and “classic” tube circuitry, and tube compression. There are segmented LED meters for input and output and for the compressor, and there are gobs of EQ. The AXB 4108 Active Tri-amped Bass Speaker Enclosure (price unavailable) has one 18, four 10s, and three 5" speaker drivers, all with lightweight neodymium magnets. The internal power amp has two crossovers for tri-amplification: 1,000 watts are given to “sub” frequencies, 800 watts to bass, and 300 watts to highs, for a total of 2,100 watts. The AXB preamp is built into the AXB 2105 combo (price unavailable), which has one 15" subwoofer, two 10s, and two 5s. www.forgebass.com

Eden E Series Head & Cabs & ROC 1500 Rocco Signature Rig

Eden’s new E300T tube head (price unavailable) aims to save on service bills by making it possible to bias each tube quickly every time you play, and replace a single tube rather than the whole set. The power section packs six KT88s for 320 watts at 4Ω or 8Ω. The preamp section has a mid-shift switch and an overdrive switch to coax more grit from the front-end tubes. The matching cloth-grilled E series cabs (E115l 1x15, E210 2x10, E410 4x10, E810 8x10; prices unavailable) are loaded with custom Eminence drivers and tuned higher than Eden D series cabs for more punch.

Eden also introduced the ROC 1500 (price unavailable), a signature rig designed for and in collaboration with Tower Of Power bassist Rocco Prestia. The head, which can pump out 1,400 watts into 4Ω, allows switching between a 9-band graphic equalizer and a standard 3-band EQ with enhance and bass boost. www.eden-electronics.com

 

 

Universal Audio LA-610 Signature Edition

Many home recordists (and even tone-obsessed live performers) go the studio “channel strip” route for their basses, instead of the more typical DI box or bass-specific preamp. One of the best options in this category is UA’s LA-610, which offers simple EQ, an all-tube signal path, adjustable input impedance, and a compressor built on the studio-standard LA-2A circuit. The new LA-610 Signature Edition (approx. $2,000 street) has an identical signal path as its less-expensive cousin, but the limited run of only 500 units includes hand-selected NOS tubes, and custom-wound CineMag input and output transformers for the truly tone obsessed. www.uaudio.com

Genz Benz Uber Bass 410T-UB & 810T-UB

In addition to its killer new ultra-light head, the Shuttle (see March ’08 or bassplayer.com), Genz Benz debuted a couple of products on the other side of the size spectrum. The 4x10 and 8x10 Uber Bass cabs (410T, $1,300 street; 810T, $1,800 street) both use custom GNX 10250 neodymium drivers to help keep weight down—the 4x10 is 79 pounds while the 8x10 is just 120—and offer a new heavy-duty Tolex “nubby-textured” finish for durability. The 4x10 is available in 4Ω and 8Ω configurations. www.genzbenz.com

AXL Tyrant 200B

New from AXL is the 200-watt 2x10 Tyrant 200B ($659, list; street N/A), a straightforward combo with a bit of attitude thanks to its mean-looking embossed skull graphics. The preamp offers four bands of EQ, a “tone cut” switch, and a balanced xlr output with ground lift. www.axlguitars.com

Korg Pandora PX5D, pitchjack, pitchblack & pitchblack+

Korg has expanded its line of Pandora multi-effects to include the Pandora PX5D ($250 street), which now includes effect and amp models for both bass and guitar, a USB interface for recording audio to a computer, and Ableton Live Lite recording software. The Pandora’s phrase trainer records loops of up to 80 seconds and can transpose the input from external sources, and the PX5D can accommodate footswitches for live use.

Korg also added three tuners to its roster: the pitchjack ($30 list), pitchblack ($150 list), and pitchblack+ ($200 list). The pitchjack plugs directly into a bass and provides accuracy within one cent, while the pitchblack and pitchblack+ are pedals housed in black aluminum cases. Weighing o lb. each, the pitchblacks offer true bypass and can provide dc power to other pedals. The pitchblack+ has sensitivity of ±0.1 cent, allows users to connect two instruments simultaneously, and can store custom tunings.

 

 

Bass Player's NAMM Report, Part 1

Aaahh … There’s nothing quite like the invigorating sound of a dozen slapping basses at 10 o’clock in the morning. There are only a few places you can experience that, and one of them is the Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California. The real thing to take in is the googobs of all-new gear. Bass Player was there to let you in on the latest; this is the first part of our in-magazine NAMM report. Visit Music Player’s not-live-anymore-but-still-quite-cool NAMM blog at livefrom.musicplayer.com.

The biggest news was also the smallest: More amp companies are offering super-small, ultra-light bass heads with surprisingly big power.

Gallien-Krueger MB2

Gallien-Krueger’s entrance into the small-space race is its MB2, a 3-pound head with 500 watts of D power. It’s available on its own ($599 street) or in a combo coupled with one of GK’s neodymium cabs, with prices starting at $999 street. The combos employ a neat-o attachment system for the head, which allows for head-only use with minimal effort. www.gallien-krueger.com.

Epifani Piccolo, PS 400 & PS 1000

At NAMM, New York’s Epifani is always parked next to Fodera—whose artist list is remarkably virtuosic, thus making their zip code the epicenter of the show’s bass-jam scene. Beyond the hang, Epifani also debuted some exciting new amps in the Piccolo, PS 400, and PS 1000 (prices unavailable at press time). Boasting a 600-watt power output at 4Ω, the 8-pound Piccolo employs a similar preamp to Epifani’s well-regarded UL-502 head, which itself is fairly light and small. Epifani also updated its Performance Series line with the 400-watt and 1000-watt PS 400 and PS 1000, replacing the PS 600 in this lower-priced line. www.epifani.com.

Genz Benz Shuttle Series

Further capitalization on the low-weight amp trend was happening to good effect over at the Genz Benz booth. The Shuttle Series revolves around the Shuttle 3.0 ($689 list) and 6.0 ($879 list) heads. The 300-watt 3.0 features a FET preamp, Genz Benz’s proprietary Signal Shape tone controls and a 4-band EQ. The 6.0 mimics the 3.0 preamp, adding a tube-equipped front end and cranking out 600 watts at 4Ω. The heads find a good home in a series of combos, each featuring a clever slide-out bracket for quick head detachment. Combo configurations include a 1x8 ($879 list) and 1x10 ($999 list) for the 3.0 and a 1x12 ($1,499 list) and 2x10 ($1,629 list) paired with the 6.0. www.genzbenz.com.

Meanwhile, Euphonic Audio showed a revamped version of its dual-channel mighty-mite, the 300-watt, 2.5-lb. iAmp 300. More on that, plus another flyweight from Ashdown and even more Epifani gear next month . . . .

Ampeg SVT Micro & SVT210AV

Ampeg’s new SVT Micro head ($399 street) and SVT-210AV 2x10 cabinet ($299 street) add up to one tiny little SVT. Dressed in the same silver face, black tolex, and silver-blue grille cloth of its much bigger brother, the cute little Micro rig can produce enough power for a small gig or studio session. The 150-watt solid-state head has tone controls that should be familiar to lifelong SVT users, and the sound itself was pretty much SVT, at least as far as we could tell on a noisy NAMM floor. www.ampeg.com.

Roland Micro Cube Bass RX

Busking bass on the sidewalk? Need to practice during a blackout? Roland has the prescription for you. The Micro Cube Bass RX ($319 list, $229 street) is the world’s first battery-powered modeling amplifier for bass. The amps promise big sound along with six onboard effects, a 3-band EQ, onboard chromatic tuner, and a rhythm player for playing or practicing with beats. A stereo aux input allows you to blend in a mic, mp3 player, or second instrument, and a phones jack doubles as a recording output. The 4x4 Bass RX runs on battery power or with the included AC adapter. www.rolandus.com

Yamaha BB714BS

On the show’s second day, bass dazzler Billy Sheehan introduced the latest addition to Yamaha’s Signature line, the BB714BS. Based on Billy’s super-tweaked Attitude Limited II signature model, the BB714BS ($1,049 list, $900 street) will seem a little more familiar to the average player, while retaining some distinctive Sheehan flavor. The BB has a single output for the two pickups (dig that beefy, dual-rail neck humbucker) and a more conventional 4-bolt neck attachment. www.yamaha.com.

Danelectro Dano ’63 Bass

After a few years of not offering a bass, the vintage hounds at Danelectro have reissued the classic 1449 model as the Dano ’63 Bass. Available in short-scale (center) or long-scale (left and right) versions in the colors seen here, the Dano ($349 list and street) features upgraded hardware and pickups that more closely match the specs of the original lipstick tube pickups than what Danelectro previously offered. The Dano ’63 is going to be offered only in 2008, with another reissue bass replacing it in 2009. www.danelectro.com.

MXR M182 El Grande Bass Fuzz

From Mudhoney’s grunge-spawning sludge to Larry Graham’s grooving fizz with Sly & the Family Stone, I have always loved the sound of fuzz bass. Now, those effects wizards at Jim Dunlop have added a bass fuzz to their MXR line. The M182 El Grande Bass Fuzz ($165 list, $100 street) has a classic ’70s fuzz circuit retuned for bass and a deep switch for +15dB @ 87Hz–113Hz. www.jimdunlop.com.

Tascam MP-BT1 & CD-BT2

With a 240-song memory, the Tascam MP-BT1 MP3 Bass Trainer is like an iPod especially made for bassists. The MP-BT1 ($269 list, $200 street) has an input for your bass, plus bass boost and cancel functions so that you can emphasize or eliminate bass from MP3s as you learn the tunes. You can also vary the song speed without changing pitch, loop sections, work with the metronome, and tune up with the chromatic tuner. With many features similar to the MP-BT1—but for learning from CDs—the CD-BT2 ($199 list, $150 street) is a handsome and easier-to-use evolution of the popular CD-BT1. It has a 10-second anti-shock memory and a selectable footswitch for flash back, rewind, fast-forward, bank, or effects on/off. www.tascam.com.