Bearfoot Honeybee in the house!!!!

[roquero]

Just got my Bearfoot Honeybee in the mail!



Wow! That was quick shipping! The finish is MUCH nicer than the BJF Honeybee- now to plug it in and play it!

Here is a pic:

[Joeleo]

Wow, that WAS fast! I wonder if mine is waiting for me! Happy NPD!

[zornshorn]

Sweet! Congrats! And, of course, the finish is nice, Donner knows finishes!

[Donner]

Yey! we have Bee sightings

Yes they all went out on Sat and Sun Priority Postal Insured, so theres no reason all the US buyers shouldnt be bee'd up in the next couple days .... enjoy !

[roquero]

Yey! we have Bee sightings

Yes they all went out on Sat and Sun Priority Postal Insured, so theres no reason all the US buyers shouldnt be bee'd up in the next couple days .... enjoy !

Well this bee made it to Miami fast!

Probably wanted to escape the cold St. Louis weather.

Thanks, Donner, and looking forward to the next Bearfoot offering [please make it the EGDM!]

[roquero]

Just did a quick comparison between the BJFe Honeybee and the Bearfoot and I was able to get them to sound just about the same.
I swear if I played them back to back you would not be able to tell which is which!
I had to dial the BJF one notch up on all three knobs to get them close but that's to be expected with parts tolerance differences [example: drive knob of Bearfoot at 3 o'clock equals drive knob on BJF at 4 o'clock]
Great job, Donner and the Bearfoot crew!

[roquero]

OK here's a quick down and dirty comparison clip for your enjoyment. I'll leave it to the professional demo guys like Burgs and Bobby D to make something better.

I start out with one of the pedals and strum an A chord. Then I play a little melody. Then I play an ascending chromatic chord pattern and come back to the A.

You'll hear me say "Two!" and then I run through the same pattern again with the second pedal

Guess which is the BJFe, and which is the Bearfoot- answers forthcoming tomorrow:

Download: http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10337687

[Donner]

Right they should sound identical within parts tolerances ~ thats the point , these are properly executed, handwired versions of BJs exact recipes including the secret ingredients...

[cajone5]

Guess which is the BJFe, and which is the Bearfoot- answers forthcoming tomorrow:

Download: http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10337687

So my HBOD has arrived but my girlfriend is in town so I won't have a chance to test drive it until some time next week

However, based purely on the fact that I liked #2 better in the sound clip I'll say that was the BJF, although they do sound like the same pedal just with the drive knob turned up and maybe the nature down slightly on clip 2 compared to 1. So I'll say...

#1 BearFoot
#2 BJFe

But to be fair I feel like I can get both of those sounds out of my BJF so it's starting to look like Donner and Bjorn haven't been blowing any smoke up our So I'm glad my optimistic thoughts have been confirmed. Great work Donner/BJ

[Joeleo]

Yep, definitely close enough in sound to be accounted for by pot tolerances.