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06-22-2010, 07:37 PM
|  | Tuxedo BassŪ - That's Me! | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hamilton, Montana | |  Do I Need A MXR Bass DI?
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I found a MXR Bass DI at a very reasonable price.
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06-22-2010, 07:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada | | | BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!
but seriously, its just a DI you can use as a pre-amp so you can alter the tone without a head
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06-22-2010, 08:24 PM
|  | Mostly french, not really fried | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Somewhere near Montreal, CA | | Also very useful if you want to plug in directly into a mixing or recording board. But mostly, it's just fun to toy around with. 
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06-22-2010, 10:02 PM
| | Tuxedo BassŪ - That's Me! | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hamilton, Montana | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ayliffe  BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!
but seriously, its just a DI you can use as a pre-amp so you can alter the tone without a head | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bassmike62 Also very useful if you want to plug in directly into a mixing or recording board. But mostly, it's just fun to toy around with. | Ahh! So it takes the place of my pre-amp?
Can it be used as a stomp after the bass and before the Active Input to the existing pre-amp on my combo or is that a bad idea? |
06-22-2010, 10:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Portland, OR | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SurferJoe46 Ahh! So it takes the place of my pre-amp?
Can it be used as a stomp after the bass and before the Active Input to the existing pre-amp on my combo or is that a bad idea? | That is one good way to use it. It is basically an EQ box with a switchable distortion channel that happens to be a DI. You can go direct to your effects return jack, you can put it in the middle of your chain and avoid the DI altogether. It is a pretty versatile little DI box. You don't NEED it any more than you need any other gear, but it is a pretty useful tool. I like it better than the BDDI I had, but others prefer the SansAmp. You will have to decide for yourself. |
06-22-2010, 10:36 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Denver, CO | | Do you NEED one? Nope. Do you want one? Yep. You just don't know it yet. lol
I've got a Sansamp Bass Driver DI (which is similar to the MXR) permanently on my board because it's so handy. If you found a good price on the MXR, I say pick it up. EQ, distortion and DI all in one. 
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06-22-2010, 10:40 PM
| | Tuxedo BassŪ - That's Me! | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hamilton, Montana | | Quote:
Originally Posted by cheapbasslovin That is one good way to use it. It is basically an EQ box with a switchable distortion channel that happens to be a DI. You can go direct to your effects return jack, you can put it in the middle of your chain and avoid the DI altogether. It is a pretty versatile little DI box. You don't NEED it any more than you need any other gear, but it is a pretty useful tool. I like it better than the BDDI I had, but others prefer the SansAmp. You will have to decide for yourself. | Quote:
Originally Posted by fivestringgecko Do you NEED one? Nope. Do you want one? Yep. You just don't know it yet. lol
I've got a Sansamp Bass Driver DI (which is similar to the MXR) permanently on my board because it's so handy. If you found a good price on the MXR, I say pick it up. EQ, distortion and DI all in one.
5sg. | Great! I knew I needed to buy something else!
It's in a pawn shop and doesn't clear until the middle of next month and I put a reserve on it for myself.
Whatchathink? $75.00 is OK? It's super clean and spotless! |
06-22-2010, 10:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Denver, CO | | | Super clean for $75 sounds like a pretty good deal to me!
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06-22-2010, 10:45 PM
| | Tuxedo BassŪ - That's Me! | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hamilton, Montana | | | Nice - I like to make a good decision once in a while. |
06-22-2010, 10:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Portland, OR | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SurferJoe46 Great! I knew I needed to buy something else!
It's in a pawn shop and doesn't clear until the middle of next month and I put a reserve on it for myself.
Whatchathink? $75.00 is OK? It's super clean and spotless! | Not bad at all. |
06-22-2010, 10:54 PM
| | Tuxedo BassŪ - That's Me! | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hamilton, Montana | | | Do I understand that it is a stereo or dual channel output? |
06-22-2010, 10:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Denver, CO | | I think you'll be surprised at how handy that thing will be. The DI is how I go to the house board at church every Sunday, and sound guys at gigs LOVE the fact that I have my own. Some people use it as an "always on" preamp type effect, but I prefer to use it when I want to go from my bass' natural sound to a mid-scooped clean tone, a grindy rock tone or more of a smooth & creamy old-school R&B tone... I use it more as an actual effect. Also, the ground lift on it literally saved a recent recording session when an unexplainable buzz showed up (and not in my gear  )!
Super handy versatile tool!!!
I've never tried the MXR, but I can't see it being too different with all the controls on it.
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06-22-2010, 10:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Denver, CO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SurferJoe46 Do I understand that it is a stereo or dual channel output? | Correction: Yeah, what Cheap said---v
(I forgot about the parallel out. Derrrrrrrrrrr....)
lol
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06-22-2010, 10:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Portland, OR | | Quote:
Originally Posted by SurferJoe46 Do I understand that it is a stereo or dual channel output? | It has 3 outputs. One is a parallel out from your input signal. One is the effect out to your amp, and the third is the DI. |
06-22-2010, 11:00 PM
| | Tuxedo BassŪ - That's Me! | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hamilton, Montana | | | Thanks for the info |
06-24-2010, 06:16 PM
| | Tuxedo BassŪ - That's Me! | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hamilton, Montana | | | Got it - thanks! |
06-24-2010, 08:55 PM
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Is it pretty spiffy? Yes!
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06-25-2010, 01:17 PM
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06-25-2010, 01:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: White Salmon, WA | | | $75 is a nice price for a box you will most likely use all the time.
The clean channel, helps you dial in a strong signal to hit the front of your amp harder, and the color button gives a really cool, spacious, slightly scooped sound. Nice if you have a loud amp that needs some warmth at lower volumes.
The distortion side is weak: fuzzy, cold distortion that robs the low end. Used slightly it can give a bit of edge but cranked it sounds pretty crappy.
The clean side eq and color more than make up for the weak dirt side.
I've run mine non-stop for a couple years, no problems at all.
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