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12-03-2004, 08:17 AM
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I'm just wondering if anyone here has a preference between a DI built into your amp head vs. an external DI (like a SansAmp, Sadowsky, Countryman, etc.).
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12-03-2004, 08:32 AM
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Sales Rep: Benavente Guitars - Endorser: SIT strings, & Epifani Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlanta/Lexington | | I like to have options on a gig, so I lilke to bring an outboard DI with me, assume/hope the soundman has one and also have the use of the one built in to my pre: 
Sometimes neon signs mess with my signal to the sound board when I just use the DI built in to my Trace... and conversely some DI boxes haven't given me what I would like... And then again some sound guys have some real cheap crappy DI boxes.
My motto is that I would rather have it and not need it, rather than need it and not have it... It's like the whole murphy's law paradigm gigging bassists/g@itarists deal with if they forget to bring an extra set of strings to a gig... |
12-03-2004, 09:08 AM
| | stinkholier-than-thou | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Beaumont, Texarse | | DIs built into amps, even on most "pro-level" amps, have a reputation for just being an add on/convenience/afterthought. A dedicated DI is usually considered a better option. I agree with j-raj, that more DI options can never hurt.
Don't confuse a DI with a preamp, whether in a rack or box and whether the functions are combined. 
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12-03-2004, 07:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: footballscannotbekickediguess | | Why Donk, you seem as if you've had experience with this... 
At least yours wasn't wired wrong from the effin' factory... 
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12-03-2004, 07:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | | I prefer my Avalon U5. |
12-03-2004, 07:51 PM
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Endorsing artist: Brubaker Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Gaithersburg, Md | | | The DIs on my ThunderFunk and AMPs work fine when I use them live. |
12-03-2004, 08:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: PDX | | | I'm diggin the DI on my 400+. The cool thing about DI's on the amp is that they capture the sound of the amp. Where as DI box captures the dry tone of your bass, or bass post effects. I feel better when I can use the DI on my head, then I feel like the audiance (or recording) is hearing more what I am hearing, instead of just my ol' P-bass. |
12-03-2004, 08:57 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Hipshot Products and SIT Strings | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: St. Louis | | | If you use an internal XLR, and your amp goes out, you have no signal. Always use an external DI. That way, you'll always be in the house.
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12-03-2004, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric Grossman If you use an internal XLR, and your amp goes out, you have no signal. Always use an external DI. That way, you'll always be in the house. | Good point! Though depending on what part of my amp goes down I am still good to go. If its just the power section, no big deal, the pre still works. Pre amps usually don't die out of no where, so I would need a complete systems failure, or power supply to go dead. But yes a box is always good to have around. |
12-04-2004, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Eric Grossman If you use an internal XLR, and your amp goes out, you have no signal. Always use an external DI. That way, you'll always be in the house. |
That would be a good reason to "carry" an external DI, not necessarily use one 
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