Tech 21 has the English Muffy, which is is modeled on a Hiwatt DR103 with a Fane cab sim. I have one and I think it sounds quite good.
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Ampeg SGT-DI
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Tech 21 has the English Muffy, which is is modeled on a Hiwatt DR103 with a Fane cab sim. I have one and I think it sounds quite good.
Sure was, I'll bet it's the same circuit in a different format with a Muff circuit added.
Jazzdogg
Less barking, more wagging!
Aux and IR Cab level are good moves, and the rest of the features check a lot of boxes.
Like everything but the name.
Sergeant Drill Instructor??
Sushi box have a few preamps based on a hiwatt too
Been a big fan of the Tech 21 VTDI which has been my goto pre-amp for some while. But this new Ampeg Pre-Amp appears to be a cut above and has a LOT of features not offered by my VTDI:
- two stomp switches which allows you to set the clean tone you want as an always-on and kick in the drive when needed, rather than having to choose between one or the other with the VTDI (or faff around with resetting the dials - not really something you want to be doing on a live set);
- the dirt has both saturation level and separate volume level;
- three "classic" factory cabs sims for 115, 410 and 810 cabs or up to three cabs of your own by using the (free) Ampeg IR Loader app (via USB port), plus separate volume control;
- semi-parametric mids;
- ultra-Hi and 3-way ultra-Lo switches (including a cut to the Lo - which I'm guessing is equivalent to an hpf);
- variable compressor up to 10:1 ratio - albeit one knob functionality and no metering;
- aux-in (with separate vol control) / headphone section - making it perfect silent home practice home tool.
Not going to deny that I'm also huge fan of Yamaha basses and this new offering from their Ampeg stable looks class.
- two stomp switches which allows you to set the clean tone you want as an always-on and kick in the drive when needed, rather than having to choose between one or the other with the VTDI (or faff around with resetting the dials - not really something you want to be doing on a live set);
- the dirt has both saturation level and separate volume level;
- three "classic" factory cabs sims for 115, 410 and 810 cabs or up to three cabs of your own by using the (free) Ampeg IR Loader app (via USB port), plus separate volume control;
- semi-parametric mids;
- ultra-Hi and 3-way ultra-Lo switches (including a cut to the Lo - which I'm guessing is equivalent to an hpf);
- variable compressor up to 10:1 ratio - albeit one knob functionality and no metering;
- aux-in (with separate vol control) / headphone section - making it perfect silent home practice home tool.
Not going to deny that I'm also huge fan of Yamaha basses and this new offering from their Ampeg stable looks class.
Loving the innovation and reinvention on display here. Similar to many comments here about the SGT being a meaningful upgrade from the SCR-DI, as a long time user of the Tone Hammer DI, I wonder what the Aguilar/Korg brain trust might be cooking up?
It’s here! Won’t get a chance to play with it until this afternoon though.
I bought it open box/used at a great discount. It does the job though and most gigs I can use my stage amp.
Keep an eye on the TB classifieds, shoppers -- a sell-off wave to raise SGT $$ is coming!
Not really, just coincidental. It is expected that new products will be released periodically and some people will have purchased a similar product just prior to release. To be ironic it has to be the opposite or contrary to what you would expect.
All the YouTubers got the go ahead ok to release the review videos and they all did at the same time. When I see that kind of corporate marketing I tend to step back and think, maybe these reviews are just paid commercials? Makes the review seem very disingenuous.
Ampeg has let me down with anything I’ve purchased from them, although this DI pedal look cool it feels like it’s about 2 years too late.
Ampeg has let me down with anything I’ve purchased from them, although this DI pedal look cool it feels like it’s about 2 years too late.
Do you also complain when movie and TV reviews come out on the same day? Anyone holding a gun to your head forcing you to buy something?
News flash…companies always send samples of their goods to reviewers and have been doing it since reviews began. I’m not saying that you should take anyone’s word for whether a product works for you or not, or even believe their reviews. But if you think Yamaha invented sending out stuff to people for review, then you would be wrong.
I don't see it, only the knob for the SGT (drive).
The SCR-DI has the drive and the blend. So going with a lot of drive and little blend sounds different than little drive and more blend.
I think that difference is what happens when you turn the drive knob. I haven’t used it, though, obviously, but if drive is set low you’re going to have more of a clean signal. If it’s set high, you’ll have less of a clean signal. But yeah, it’s different from having a separate level knob for each, or parallel clean and dirty paths.
