Anyone got a Sansamp VT-bass

[enemybass]

Im thinking of buying the Sansamp VT bass
I had a search on here but couldnt find much ifo on it
Im looking for something to get me dam close to some of my favorite Metal / Rock bass sounds
somewhere between Mike inez alice in chains Rex browns tone in Down, Tim Commerford in Rage im looking to clone these sounds so gear nerds telling me i need thousand of pounds worth of gear or another bass need not reply
im playing Schecter basses one active emgs one passive through through an ashdown abm rig

So is this the pedal im looking for or is the regular sansamp better
or should i sell my ass and start saving for a real SVT amp

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by enemybass

I had a search on here but couldnt find much ifo on it

Try using the Google search. There have been a huge number of threads on this pedal in the last few months.

[tomich]

Originally Posted by enemybass

Im thinking of buying the Sansamp VT bass
I had a search on here but couldnt find much ifo on it
Im looking for something to get me dam close to some of my favorite Metal / Rock bass sounds
somewhere between Mike inez alice in chains Rex browns tone in Down, Tim Commerford in Rage im looking to clone these sounds so gear nerds telling me i need thousand of pounds worth of gear or another bass need not reply
im playing Schecter basses one active emgs one passive through through an ashdown abm rig

So is this the pedal im looking for or is the regular sansamp better
or should i sell my ass and start saving for a real SVT amp

I was looking into one of those myself. I would say we're looking for different tones, but two other things I can think of that might help you get there:

- If you have a store that has Sansamp compare, compare the VT with the SansAmp bass driver DI or RBI

- Somebody turned me onto using a Hughes and Kettner Tube Factor pedal. While not designed specifically for bass, this thing is awesome. The clean (A) channel really fattens up your bass tone, and the overdrive (B) channel can get skull crushing and sounds like real tube overdrive - not clanky.

Having owned two before I moved continents (and from 120 to 220v power), I can attest there's nothing like a 70's SVT in terms of tone, back problems, hearing loss, belligerent soundmen, and repair bills! But it kicks ass!

If I could do it all over again, I'd just make sure that whatever recording studio had one, and used something lighter and more trustworthy and less maintenance-intensive for practice and touring. I use an Ashdown EVO II and love it. I heard a MarkBass for 30 seconds and was impressed with its aggressive tone, despite the fact they should find another designer for the front of their equipment.

Meanwhile, the Fender 300 PRO tube amp looks like it might do the trick with mixing two channels, and it is a relative of the SUNN 300T (which had some old Ampeg SVT guys working on its design, so it's a relative of the original SVT, etc. etc.)

There's lots of ways to get to tone nirvana - but it's the journey, not the destination!

[Bardley]

Originally Posted by TheBigO

Try using the Google search. There have been a huge number of threads on this pedal in the last few months.

+1000000

I have one and it's great. Search and read...

[enemybass]

Oh yeah my bad theres loads of posts on it
I didint know about the google search for I am but a Forum NOOOB !! couldnt search for VT before but i Found it now Thanks

[ihateusernames]

i've not played a vt bass yet, but my schecter stiletto through sansamp rpm, tech21 gt2, sansamp bddi, behringer bdi21 - doesn't quite get the tone from mike inez/mike starr at all. i've switched the pickups to 35dc and 35cs and it helped - i can do a better job with my zoom b2.1u or a dod250. ymmv

[AndrewShirley]

I play an EBMM Sterling with a VT Bass and it sounds really good.

[DaveF]

Originally Posted by tomich

I can attest there's nothing like a 70's SVT in terms of tone, back problems, hearing loss, belligerent soundmen, and repair bills

Sig'd!

[funkbassplayer]

I just got mine yesterday and it's a keeper,

Funky

[ihateusernames]

Originally Posted by AndrewShirley

I play an EBMM Sterling with a VT Bass and it sounds really good.

i can only imagine how great they work togehter. my primary player is a sterling single h and it rips with a sansamp rpm! i'll add a vt as soon as they're in stock and on the bay with buy it nows.

[enemybass]

Originally Posted by ihateusernames

i've not played a vt bass yet, but my schecter stiletto through sansamp rpm, tech21 gt2, sansamp bddi, behringer bdi21 - doesn't quite get the tone from mike inez/mike starr at all. i've switched the pickups to 35dc and 35cs and it helped - i can do a better job with my zoom b2.1u or a dod250. ymmv

I also changed the pickups to x2 35dc's and it really wasnt for me all of the tonal differences i could get by different techniques that it had while it was passive have gone and now its only good for one tone and that an extremly thick harsh booming wall of noise some people would probly say thats a good thing but all of my bands quiet clever interludes are lost with this booming bass sound
but i must be the only person on this forum that prefers the schecter with the hz's lol

Anyway i just ordered a VT bass so ill soon find out

[ShowKing]

will there be any conflicts if i add this pedal to the chain with my sadowsky preamp pedal? eg. the EQ?
its only been about 2 months since i got the sadowsky so itll be a waste if it was useless after getting a vt bass.
i want to know that both pedals are useful to me.

i really like the SVT sound clips of this pedal.
and if i use the pedal with an ampeg amp, am i adding an ampeg sound to an already ampeg sound?

[JimmyM]

Originally Posted by sungjin891118

will there be any conflicts if i add this pedal to the chain with my sadowsky preamp pedal? eg. the EQ?
its only been about 2 months since i got the sadowsky so itll be a waste if it was useless after getting a vt bass.
i want to know that both pedals are useful to me.

i really like the SVT sound clips of this pedal.
and if i use the pedal with an ampeg amp, am i adding an ampeg sound to an already ampeg sound?

Wish I could answer, but I'm not you, so I have no idea if you'll find them both useful together.