VT Bass + Class D amp = Amazing!

[77PBass]

The day Tech 21 couples the VT Bass to a class D amp section like the one on the Orange Bass Terror, they will have a huge seller.

I picked up the VT Bass and was astonished by how close it replicates the Ampeg sound. The pedal gets 90% of the way there for less than 1 lb. Amazing. Best bass pedal I ever heard.

Couple this with a class D amp and you have a B-15N a saturated SVT and everything in between for under 4 lbs.

Imagine that!

[Rossman59]

You mean something like this -

New Tech 21 VT Bass 300 Head!

Of course I think is is suppose to cop a SVT.

[Downunderwonder]

Someone's been living under a rock.

[John D]

Originally Posted by Rossman59

You mean something like this -

New Tech 21 VT Bass 300 Head!

Of course I think is is suppose to cop a SVT.

Not sure, but I don't think this is class-d.

[::::BASSIST::::]

Originally Posted by Rossman59

You mean something like this -

New Tech 21 VT Bass 300 Head!

Of course I think is is suppose to cop a SVT.

That thing is 23LBS. I agree VT + micro amp = awesome. I especially like it with my LMII.

[Aaron_D]

Man, Im loving my VT through the shuttle 12.0, but my band hates it :/

Live it just doesnt cut through as well as a pure shuttle tone.

For the practice room tho...it jams

[Smurf-o-Deth]

Originally Posted by Rossman59

You mean something like this -

New Tech 21 VT Bass 300 Head!

Of course I think is is suppose to cop a SVT.

A VT Bass and a Class D lightweight amp can be had much cheaper (roughly half of the cost) and at much less weight (around 20 pounds less) than that thing. So, really, the point of the OP stands.

[rpsands]

I've got about 850 in my VT deluxe and Shuttle 9

[77PBass]

Originally Posted by Downunderwonder

Someone's been living under a rock.

Funny coming from a sheep lover.

That amp is 23 lbs. I am talking about something the size of GB Shuttle or Orange BT.

[Rossman59]

You guys are all right. The Tech 21 VT Bass 300 head I pointed to is not what the OP wanted. For an all in one unit it's back to the old drawing board.

[sidez81]

Stickin with my BDdi DLX.... dont think ill get the VT until I can get the head version of it here in Aus.

[GrowlerBox]

Originally Posted by 77PBass

Funny coming from a sheep lover.

Settle down. Leave the sheep out of it. It's all very funny until someone loses a ewe.

[jimmyjames77]

Originally Posted by Downunderwonder

Someone's been living under a rock.

Haha. OR... busy playing bass?

[Downunderwonder]

I don't lust over any of the itty bitty amps so I completely missed the backbreaking 23lb status of the VT. Sorry about that.

To shag a sheep first you must catch it. Takes a real man to do that.

[77PBass]

Originally Posted by Downunderwonder

To shag a sheep first you must catch it. Takes a real man to do that.

And you would know....

[Downunderwonder]

Caught a few but never shagged any.

[audiomitch]

FWIW, I'm using a VT pedal with a Crown XLS1000 or a Gallien Kruger MB200. Both sound pretty great with the pedal. I sold my SVT Pro head (which sounded great) because I thought this setup sounded better while weighing less.

[Jeremy Allen]

VT Bass driving a Bergantino IP112/112 stack sounds unbelievably good, much better than a Tonehammer or BDDI doing the same thing and better than many of the boutique rack preamps I've tried. I prefer it in this capacity to using it in an fx loop on an integrated amplifier.

(I've also been using it between my Hammond B3 and Leslie 45--which doesn't have an amplifier in it but which has been rigged to be usable with any external amp--and somehow it is just the right thing...)

[Munjibunga]

[seamonkey]

The VT Bass 300 looks like the "Apple Ploy"
Holding back features on purpose.
I really doubt they found any measurable difference in amps they chose and a good class-d, but this way they can get sales from the excitement of the new amp and from those that believe weight has anything to do with sound. Next year they come out with a new light weight model. Or maybe they just missed the boat entirely.