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blending preamp pedals.

My EQ on the ampeg pedal and main amp remains neutral.
I've had this pedal before, and eventually decided, I'm not so much an Ampeg guy...
The think I learned, at least on the one I had, is that the noon is not necessarily unity on the eq's on that pedal. It is a +/- (boost/cut) pedal, but for whatever reason If I put mine with every knob pointing straight at 12 o'clock, it would not be unity across the board.
Having said that, If it's working, it's working!
 
I run 3 to be honoust. It just happened and I like the small bits every pedal is adding + I run a Mooer Yellow Comp aswell.
TC Spark into an Eden Glowplug into the comp and a Behringer BDI21 to end it. Although I actually bought the BDI21 just for the DI and the Spark to up the volume entering the chain they ended up being an always on pedals. All together my Jazz sounds pretty nice through my GRBass minirig of doom with the eq flat.
 
27744901[/URL], member: 237573"]Same here.

At my church they run SansAmp BDDI (v2) and Radial J48 in parallel as two separate channels so the sound tech has full control over how they're blended for optimal results.

I'm in the process of setting up my own home studio, where I'll be running VT Bass DI and Q\Strip in parallel for blending options.

In my case it’s for a wet/dry setup. Each preamp gets its own channel through the power amp and its own cab. The effects channel gets more of a guitar amp voicing. The clean side is set up as a classic bass amp.
 
Parallel blending of pedals can be really hit or miss because you have both voicing and summed phase conflicts to deal with. As a series combination, you still have the potential voicing issues but not summed phase issues.
 

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