Give me a reason to Buy a VT Bass

[Ayliffe]

Okay, i Love the VT bass pedal, but i can't justify buying one, since i dont REALLY need it. Right now i'm running:


Warwick Thumb BO --> Ibanez SB7 Synth --> EBS MultiComp --> Bass Big Muff --> Sansamp PBDDI --> Digitech Whammy IV --> Boss DD20 --> Behringer 4500 Head --> An old Ampeg 610

At the moment i use the Sansamp as my preamp for the most part, and just use the head as a mid boost, since the sansamp doesnt really have a mid knob. I run two presets out of the sansamp; a clean and a somewhat driven tone, still haven't decided what to do with the third preset, so at the moment its a mute.

I was considering splitting the signal at the big muff and sending the dry to a VT and making that a dirt tone to send to my head as well, (I play metal, it needs to be dirty ) but was going to send the VT signal to the effects return in order to bypass the "mid boost" of the head. Will this overload the head? or does that only happen if both signals go through the preamp?

If anyone else has any idea why i should buy one of these things fire away. I love them i just can't REALLY justify it.

[cnltb]

If you need perfect strangers to give you reasons to buy something I'd recommend "don't buy it".

[Blue Moose]

Um...because I'm online to order one myself?

[groooooove]

i diddnt think i would care for a VT bass either. i had a BDDI back in the day and thought it sounded pretty good, but ended up tossing it.

the great thing about the VT bass is that it actually replicates the massive sound of a SVT or other tube amp. before i got it, i never felt like my sound had enough bottom, or enough "rumble," if you will. with the VT i can get that bottom end, without it sounding too boomy or muddy- just nice and thick, but still punchy.. it actually does sound like the rigs it emulates. so thats just what it does EQ/preamp wise- then theres the OTHER side of it.. the overdrive / dirt.. trust everyone that says its 95% of the real thing. it can do fat and chunky, or crunchy and agressive (chris squire, if you will..)


another thing that i love about it, is that it not only does what i stated above but, it will do that even into a crappy rig. friday night i did a gig and used the venues backline, a behringer 8x10. without the vt it sounded lame and lifeless. with it, it WAS an svt..

my .02, get one, youll love it- and if not you can always sell it.

[moose23]

Don't bother.

[irvinz]

cause ur pbddi stinks. hence u should get a vt.

well. if u have to put it this way. save some coin and not buy it. if you really really do wanna spend some money, give it away to some charity!

[CapnSev]

I think that a new amp is in order before more pedals.

[Jared Lash]

All your friends are doing it.

[Crockettnj]

I just got one. ran it into a VERY old PV basic 40 combo. Sealed single 12", 40 watts. I am not a big effects guy (yet?) so I ran it pretty flat with just some subtle drive and character dialed in. Barely there.

And the rig sounded completely and utterly vintage cool.

So my early assessment is that its a good tool to make a low end rig sound good.

(some pops and slaps had sort of a ganky sound at times, so I'll have to EQ that a bit.)

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by Crockettnj

So my early assessment is that its a good tool to make a low end rig sound good.

This is what I've always said about the SansAmp BDDI and it applies to the VT Bass as well. FWIW I think the BDDI is actually better at making a lower end rigs sound better.

What I think the VT Bass does much better than the BDDI is make a very hi-fi or flat sounding rig sound like an Ampeg. IMO it does this job on a level dramatically above that of the Bass Driver. The BDDI can do more extreme eq'ing and has it's own charms, but the VT convincingly made my GK rig sound like a B-15 or a SVT. At the moment that's not a trick I need in my arsenal but it's still a pretty amazing little pedal.

[rosstanium]

save some coin and not buy it. if you really really do wanna spend some money, give it away to some charity!

+1


If you end up buying it, it really should replace your bddi. unless you desperately need a DI live (does your amp have one? or is it just not very good?)

[Headless Llama]

not only should you buy it, you should send it to me to save you the disappointment in the fact you blew 150 on a pedal you really don't need.

[moose23]

Originally Posted by CapnSev

I think that a new amp is in order before more pedals.

+1 on that.

[JimmyM]

VT = pedal of the future.

[varunkapahi]

you wont have to carry your head and you cab anywhere you have a decent PA

[Ayliffe]

Originally Posted by varunkapahi

you wont have to carry your head and you cab anywhere you have a decent PA

It's not a DI....

[varunkapahi]

Originally Posted by Ayliffe

It's not a DI....

ok so you put a DI after the vt if you like. it puts out a low Z signal, i have recorded straight out of the vt with no issues

[Ayliffe]

Originally Posted by varunkapahi

ok so you put a DI after the vt if you like. it puts out a low Z signal, i have recorded straight out of the vt with no issues

Oh okay.

Well, I'm thinking of selling the PBDDI and getting a VT bass, it just sounds way better, and the Mid knob is something i really miss out on with the BDDI. If i do this, i'll completely bypass the preamp of the behringer (its obviously not the best preamp in the world :P)

[NoHomework81]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

VT version 2.0 will = pedal of the future.

fixed

I just couldn't get along with the EQ section (esp. the character knob). But it's got a lot of potential!

If you get it and don't like it, it won't take long to sell it.

[Floridabwoy]

I agree with buy a better amp first..... I love my vt pedal, but if your amp is choking on that ampeg rig, you can't polish a turd.