more VT bass love.

[Zako]

love this pedal, great buy. At first i tried using it to get the ampeg sound/good tube tone but for some reason i like it better used as a high gain/distortion.
I think it makes me sound like converge, just a little haha. even though he uses an Orange head and an ODB-3.
But i guess the VT is more like tube distortion? either way it sounds awesome without losing much bass at all. i love it.

[BassInUrFace]

i love the vt and all, but do we reallly need another thread??

[faceinbass]

X 1,000,000

[fasto]

Originally Posted by BassInUrFace

i love the vt and all, but do we reallly need another thread??

what i want is a hate thread, want to know more about the negative aspects of the VT.

[Ric5]

talkbass intolerance rears its ugly head.

[DanRJBrasil]

Originally Posted by fasto

what i want is a hate thread, want to know more about the negative aspects of the VT.

a neg for me is that I expected that will give me more growly mids and that growly mild dist that I love in the ampeg sound it doesn't, I love that big dog bark, what I can say that is only neg side of it for me.

[jpTron]

Originally Posted by DanRJBrasil

a neg for me is that I expected that will give me more growly mids and that growly mild dist that I love in the ampeg sound it doesn't, I love that big dog bark, what I can say that is only neg side of it for me.

I'm getting a mod that adds a knob to change the mid frequency. Maybe something like that would help?

[slapstick13]

I dont like mine!!!! Trying to get rid of it. Its ok if you have a non ampeg and want some 'ampegish' growl. But used with an svt 3 pro, i liked the tone of the 3 pro way better. I just could not find a good setting. Sounded kinda plasticy and very 'processed' sounding to me.

[heavyfunkmachin]

Originally Posted by jpTron

I'm getting a mod that adds a knob to change the mid frequency. Maybe something like that would help?

WOW!

a parametirc mid knob would be AWESOME!!

can you elaborate on it?

[jpTron]

Originally Posted by heavyfunkmachin

WOW!

a parametirc mid knob would be AWESOME!!

can you elaborate on it?

Mike from www.putnamguitars.com is doing the mod for me. Should have it back soon. I suggested it in another thread and he said he could do it. He already did the DI mod for my VT bass too. ANd i'm having him add the speaker sim bypass.

[jgroh]

Originally Posted by jpTron

Mike from www.putnamguitars.com is doing the mod for me. Should have it back soon. I suggested it in another thread and he said he could do it. He already did the DI mod for my VT bass too. ANd i'm having him add the speaker sim bypass.

Cool! I have been on the fence on whether or not I want to keep mine and maybe a mid control would help. It seems to me that I either get too much of a scooped tone, or too "metallic" sounding. I can get a great tone while recording into my laptop, but live it hasnt knocked me out...yet. And I did try running it in the effects return of my head and bypassing the preamp but the jury is still out on that one.

[aledeville]

The VT Bass colours the tone, different basses tend to sound similar. Unacceptable for me. I don't pay a hell of an amount for a Glockenklang Equipement that I can use a little stompbox that kills the features of my basss.

IMHO it has a right to exist directly into a poweramp or just with a bad sounding amp.

I like to watch tendencies. It's the same with the RH450. You don't have be a sound engineer to hear its unprecise tone, but people are happy with it. That's all that matters.

I think I have a lot of enemies now

[loendmaestro]

thread of the future.

[jgroh]

Originally Posted by aledeville

The VT Bass colours the tone, different basses tend to sound similar. Unacceptable for me. I don't pay a hell of an amount for a Glockenklang Equipement that I can use a little stompbox that kills the features of my basss...

You are right, it does color your tone but I kind of think that is the point of the pedal. The question for me is if I like the colorization...I do, but Im not totally knocked out by it. Im trying to decide on keeping it or my DHA VT1-MK3 overdrive pedal that gives me the tube overdrive without the colorization.

If you are just looking for some tube overdrive warmth without altering your tone, there are alot of other options out there.

[12bass]

With some effort it is possible to adjust the VT Bass so that it is close to flat (albeit with rolled-off extreme lows and highs about ~5 kHz). However, that isn't very close to all knobs at 12:00 - set that way, it is very colored sounding. One way to get close is to A/B between active and bypassed until both signals are as similar as possible. Starting to build a tone from there might make the pedal more usable for some players.

[DanRJBrasil]

Originally Posted by jpTron

I'm getting a mod that adds a knob to change the mid frequency. Maybe something like that would help?

for sure!! if the vt had that 5 mid selec would be perfect

[jpTron]

Originally Posted by 12bass

With some effort it is possible to adjust the VT Bass so that it is close to flat (albeit with rolled-off extreme lows and highs about ~5 kHz). However, that isn't very close to all knobs at 12:00 - set that way, it is very colored sounding. One way to get close is to A/B between active and bypassed until both signals are as similar as possible. Starting to build a tone from there might make the pedal more usable for some players.

It's true for both statements. You can get close to flat tone, and no it's not with the knobs set at 12. And the speaker sim mod will get rid of the rolled off lows and highs. I can't wait to get mine back.

[Bassist4Life]

Originally Posted by jpTron

I'm getting a mod that adds a knob to change the mid frequency. Maybe something like that would help?

The EQ on that pedal lets you do SO much. I find that I need to dial the high end down a lot. The treble at 12 o'clock is kind of like a bright switch with my bass/strings.

Mike has done sooooo many mods with this pedal that it's mind boggling. I've already taken my VT to Mike 2 times to have him do some of the more recent mods. NOW, I want the mid-shift, the blend, the speaker sim bypass... gosh, what else am I missing?!


Oh, here's a link to the thread. It's one of the most viewed threads in the effects forum. GET YOUR MODS HERE...
VT Bass Mod (w/pics)

[Bassist4Life]

Originally Posted by 12bass

With some effort it is possible to adjust the VT Bass so that it is close to flat (albeit with rolled-off extreme lows and highs about ~5 kHz). However, that isn't very close to all knobs at 12:00 - set that way, it is very colored sounding. One way to get close is to A/B between active and bypassed until both signals are as similar as possible. Starting to build a tone from there might make the pedal more usable for some players.

I saw another thread on here where someone posted the settings to make the VT "flat"; however, I don't know why anyone would want to do that other than for comparison purposes. I thought people wanted it for it's "character".

Peace,
Joe

[Bassist4Life]

Originally Posted by heavyfunkmachin

WOW!

a parametirc mid knob would be AWESOME!!

can you elaborate on it?

There's more info on that over here toward the end of the thread:
VT Bass Mod (w/pics)