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11-13-2007, 05:50 AM
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I am evaluating several overdrive effects and DI box combinations for an ampless gig. I need a quality DI box, better for bass than the house box that will be provided. Switchable overdrive and tubelike saturation, and hopefully some EQ for a passive bass. I've used the Sansamp Programmable Bass Driver DI in the past, but was not enthused about the sound.
I'm looking at one of two fairly different combinations:
1) Seymour Duncan SFX-03 Twin Tube Classic into the SFX-06 Paranormal Bass DI.
2) Boss ODB-3 Bass Overdrive into a Radial JDI.
I'd also be open to considering switching those and running the Twin Tube into the Radial, or the ODB-3 into the Paranormal.
Any thoughts about these combinations? Any TB'ers using these combinations?
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11-13-2007, 05:59 AM
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Sounds great, way better to me than the Sansamp
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11-13-2007, 06:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | | Just remember that when you DI an overdrive you get a lot of harsh top end, a speaker sim solves that though.
The Bass Driver has one built in, and I assume the other similar "all in one" units do too, but most straight overdrive pedals don't. I really like the Digitech Bad Monkey, and it has a second output with a speaker sim that I find really helpful. |
11-13-2007, 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Timi  Just remember that when you DI an overdrive you get a lot of harsh top end, a speaker sim solves that though.
The Bass Driver has one built in, and I assume the other similar "all in one" units do too, but most straight overdrive pedals don't. I really like the Digitech Bad Monkey, and it has a second output with a speaker sim that I find really helpful. | That depends on the overdrive really
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11-13-2007, 07:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | | I'm quite curious to hear which overdrive pedals you can just directly DI and not sound like a buzzsaw.
In my experience, running a DI after any overdrive/distortion/fuzz sounds terrible without a speaker sim. I hear soundclips online of gain pedals on bass and just about always they are straight DI'd and just sound terrible, but do people like that sound?
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11-14-2007, 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Timi I'm quite curious to hear which overdrive pedals you can just directly DI and not sound like a buzzsaw.
In my experience, running a DI after any overdrive/distortion/fuzz sounds terrible without a speaker sim. I hear soundclips online of gain pedals on bass and just about always they are straight DI'd and just sound terrible, but do people like that sound? | Personally I've had no issues with the following
Tone Factor Cream Pie
Catalinbread Hyper Pak
Tone Factor/Mojo Hand Mule
Tone Factor Copperhead
Barber Black LTD
Xotic BB Bass Preamp
Dod 250
I've probably tried more but those were my favs
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