Bass Multi-Effects Processor, Over 60 Effects and Amp Models, Nine Bass Amp Models, Up to Five Simultaneous Effects, 50 User Patches, 30-Second Looper, 68 Rhythm Patterns, Chromatic Tuner, Aux Input, USB Audio Interface, Battery or USB Powered
The Zoom B1 FOUR is a bass multi-effects processor that packs more than 60 effects and nine bass amp models into a stompbox small enough to live in a gig bag. Up to five effects chain in any order, so a single pedal covers a clean fingerstyle DI, a driven rock tone, and a synth-bass patch across one set. Fifty memory locations store those chains for instant footswitch recall on stage. For the bassist building a light fly-rig, it replaces an amp, a tuner, and a board of pedals with one box.
Nine amp models capture classic and modern bass voicings, from round vintage tube tone to aggressive modern grind. The effect set adds compression, envelope filters, octave, overdrive, chorus, and delay tuned to keep the fundamental of a bass intact rather than swamping it. Chaining up to five at once means a complex signal path lives inside a box the size of a paperback. That keeps a pickup-truck load-in down to an instrument and a pedal.
A 30-second looper with unlimited overdub lets a player lay a bassline and build parts on top of it, ideal for working out arrangements alone. Sixty-eight rhythm patterns supply a beat to lock into, turning practice from a metronome grind into something musical. A chromatic tuner keeps the low strings honest without a separate pedal. For the bedroom player, that trio makes daily practice both efficient and fun.
Plugged into a computer over USB, the B1 FOUR is an audio interface that records bass with its effects already applied. Zoom Guitar Lab manages patches, backs them up, and pulls new effects from the online library. Four AA batteries or USB bus power give the pedal the runtime to follow a bass from the practice room to the stage. It is a rig that scales from a first pedal to a working musician's backup DI.
| MPN | ZB1FOUR |
|---|---|
| Color | Black |
| Input | 1/4" |
| Power Source | Battery |
| Form | Bass Multi-Effects |
| Output | 1/4" Output/Headphone, USB |
| On Promo | No |
| UPC / EAN | 884354020606 |
| Brand | Zoom |
| Product Condition | New |
| Availability | In Stock |
| Type | bass multi-effects processor |
| Total Effects | over 60 effects and amp models |
| Amp Models | 9 bass amp models |
| Simultaneous Effects | up to 5 |
| User Patches | 50 |
| Looper | up to 30 seconds with overdub |
| Rhythm Patterns | 68 |
| Tuner | chromatic |
| Expression Pedal | no (see B1X FOUR) |
| Inputs | 1/4" instrument (active/passive), aux in |
| USB | audio interface + Zoom Guitar Lab |
| Power | 4x AA or USB bus power |