can somebody i.d this Di box

attackbass · #1 09-02-2010, 05:30 PM

this is a long shot...I worked with an engineer a few years ago and tracked the bass through this awesome tube di box.. the sound was incredible! Anyway despite remembering to make a note of what it was at the time I now for the life of me can't remember.

It was a tube di box which had black metal casing and then all the writing and graphics were in yellow (not a sansamp)... it was quite big but not very high - kinda like a sansamp shape but bigger and it weighed quite a bit.

any ideas of what it might have been?

nirvanasflight · #2 09-02-2010, 05:35 PM

maybe it was a markbass

crapusername · #3 09-02-2010, 05:37 PM

ampeg?

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...Box?sku=481847

attackbass · #4 09-02-2010, 05:41 PM

definetly wasn't ampeg or markbass :/

cheapbasslovin · #5 09-02-2010, 06:12 PM

Demeter?

Writings not yellow, but maybe it'll stick.

Music Valve?

Box isn't black, but maybe it'll stick.

bongomania · #6 09-02-2010, 06:34 PM

Black metal casing with yellow writing sounds like a B.K. Butler (Chandler) product.

blastjv · #7 09-03-2010, 07:20 AM

Yeah, Tubeworks?

groov'ster · #8 09-03-2010, 07:24 AM

Try Google Images

Emibass · #9 09-03-2010, 07:34 AM

why don´t you call the studio or the engineer and ask what he used for recording you?

Maybe it wasn´t a DI only, I mean maybe it was a Pre with built in DI

attackbass · #10 09-03-2010, 07:53 AM

i'll see if any of those match up - cheers

I can't phone the engineer, it was with Michael C Ross (Christina Aguilera etc..) and it was a studio in the states and i'm from the UK :P

attackbass · #11 09-03-2010, 07:56 AM

it was jsut a di box here was no tone shaping going on

Mad Maestro · #12 09-03-2010, 02:09 PM

What was the name of the studio? A lot of studios have websites that list all their gear. The DI could have been personally owned by Michael, so I would try emailing him at michaelcross@earthlink.net

vegas532 · #13 09-03-2010, 02:21 PM

one of these?

http://www.palmer-germany.com/index...._id=33&clang=1

strke-fender · #14 09-03-2010, 08:50 PM

Countryman?

bongomania · #15 09-03-2010, 10:29 PM

Neither Palmer nor Countryman make tube DI's.

SteveC · #16 09-03-2010, 10:39 PM

I'd guess an old Tube Works DI. They were awesome. They turned into Genz Benz. Maybe they know?

laklandplayer · #17 09-03-2010, 10:42 PM

Demeter / Innovative Audio makes a great tube DI, very popular in the studios. Was it that?

agedhorse · #18 09-03-2010, 11:30 PM

Tubeworks 4001, also called the Real Tube DI. Intimately familiar with it. Here's the manual:

http://www.genzbenz.com/img/manuals/...UserManual.pdf

JimmyM · #19 09-03-2010, 11:41 PM

sometimes i wish you guys would reissue some of the cooler boxes tubeworks made.

Jazz Ad · #20 09-04-2010, 12:26 AM

I agree. Especially the tube DIs and overdrives.