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03-16-2011, 07:20 PM
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...but not necessarily a Sansamp!
i know, i know. but please share your opinions and keep in mind a budget of around $200.
i play through an Ampeg V4, and i'd love to have a DI that can simulate that sound. i don't need an overdrive, just a good tone similar to my V4.
now, if that happens to be a Sansamp, then so be it.
i'm just trying to learn from other users out there that have tried different things.
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03-16-2011, 07:26 PM
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03-16-2011, 07:40 PM
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03-16-2011, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Death Hello? Pink sparkles? That alone makes it more awesome than a robotic sharkodile with lazer beam eyes that go pew pew pew. | Fuzzrocious #34 Mediocre Bassist #193
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03-16-2011, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by My name is Mudd  Putnam-modded VT Bass. | and where, sir, would this happen?
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03-16-2011, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Death Hello? Pink sparkles? That alone makes it more awesome than a robotic sharkodile with lazer beam eyes that go pew pew pew. | Fuzzrocious #34 Mediocre Bassist #193
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03-16-2011, 08:25 PM
| | | | I used this before hi-tech tube D.I. and it kills:
Buy a 300 watt 4Ohm ballast resistor; it will be about 1' long by 1 1/2" diameter; make 2 brakets to support it and mount it to a 2x4; connect with speaker cable to a 1/4" jack
Plug reistor wire into speaker output jack / connect a DI to the pre-amp out; can't remember if a Countryman or a Jensen transformer was preferred
Plug in bass and go to town; something about loading the power amp with a constant resitive load sounded good to us. |
03-16-2011, 08:28 PM
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03-16-2011, 08:55 PM
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03-16-2011, 08:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: My bass-ment | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Footbutt ...but not necessarily a Sansamp!
i know, i know. but please share your opinions and keep in mind a budget of around $200.
i play through an Ampeg V4, and i'd love to have a DI that can simulate that sound. i don't need an overdrive, just a good tone similar to my V4.
now, if that happens to be a Sansamp, then so be it.
i'm just trying to learn from other users out there that have tried different things. | I've got a SansAmp RBI to get a sound similar to my SVT with a DI and it works. I once tried the SVT simulation of a Roland Cube off it's XLR out and it got me appreciating the SansAmp even more. Honestly, I don't think you can go wrong with a SansAmp. |
03-16-2011, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by jeff arddun | Oh are these on sale? 
The OP said around $200 |
03-16-2011, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by jgroh Oh are these on sale?
The OP said around $200 | Oooops.......Er...um....ahhh.....VT BASS??? Wait...no DI..... Ok, never mind... |
03-16-2011, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by jeff arddun Wait...no DI..... Ok, never mind... | Putnam-modded VT Bass!
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Originally Posted by Smurf-o-Death Hello? Pink sparkles? That alone makes it more awesome than a robotic sharkodile with lazer beam eyes that go pew pew pew. | Fuzzrocious #34 Mediocre Bassist #193
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03-16-2011, 11:12 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | in the $200 budget, there are the vt bass, the olc flipster, and the catalinbread sft. i'm a vt guy myself.
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03-16-2011, 11:14 PM
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Endorsing Artist, Yamaha Guitars, MonoCase, Aguilar Amplification | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | try to find an older SVT DI....all tube, big, but a great DI. Aguilar made one too for a while, never heard that one, but i'd assume it kills...... |
03-17-2011, 12:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Camarillo, CA | | | Check out DHA. They make a tube distortion with a DI and a solid state DI box, both available with or without an eq section. The tube box can run fairly clean, or as grungy as you like. Definitely a bit of svt-inspired mojo there. The tube box (vt-1 EQ) is about $300 new, but its worth it. The ss di boxes are a bit cheaper. You won't find much on the USA site, go to davehallamps.co.uk |
03-17-2011, 05:07 AM
| | | | I keep coming back to "sounds like an Ampeg"
Why try to sound like one when you have the real deal?
Perhaps the OP should try just taking a send from the preamp out since he already has a V4B | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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