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Geddy Lee Sansamp Pedal!

#842
Briton said:
Boring!.........Why not just plug it in and demo it?
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I never understood the "unboxing" videos. Why do I want to watch you take something out of a box that I want?! I want the box! Give me the box! Or at least let me hear how what's in the box sounds. It's not gear porn, for crying out loud. I think maybe you're supposed to live vicariously through their opening of the box. Feel the rush they must be experiencing. Like a pseudo-Christmas morning.
 
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I sold mine - I found it a one trick pony, although an excellent trick.

Certainly does exactly what it says on the tin - nails that Geddy Lee tone with a Jazz bass but I was hoping to get a bit more versatility in my setup but I’m also trying to get nice grit with a Stingray which is a fairly difficult task.

If I played passive Jazz basses more and was into that Tech 21 dirt flavour it would be a slam dunk.

I compared it to a dUg and a Darkglass X7 and X7 won out of all three but that’s my taste.
 
#851
johnk_10 said:
i don't find it to be a 'one trick pony' at all. i bought the dUg twice, and just couldn't gel with it. i still have my X7 though but i use the YYZ more. of course, everyone has different dirt needs.
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For me, with my Stingray, I just sounded like Geddy no matter where I put the dials and found it kinda hard to get away from that, or it was too fuzzy for me. Hence my one trick pony comment. Don’t get me wrong, a great tone but had a pretty small spectrum of use for me.
 
#853
JKos said:
YYZ pedal plus low-B string equals? For those of you who play 5-string, 6-string, or BEAD (you get the point), what do you get from your B?

Thanks,
John
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I use the yyz with Basses tunes to drop C and drop B and it sounds great ! I use it as a first level gain always on pedal for it a slight grit and punch/ presence. Sounds great.
 
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tonymcbony said:
For me, with my Stingray, I just sounded like Geddy no matter where I put the dials and found it kinda hard to get away from that, or it was too fuzzy for me. Hence my one trick pony comment. Don’t get me wrong, a great tone but had a pretty small spectrum of use for me.
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i just tried my yyz with my stingray and i see what you mean. i could get it to be clean on the drive side, but IMO, the distortion isn't pretty at all with a stingray (and probably most active basses). i'll have to try it with my alembic and my jaguiar bass to see if it works with them but i have a feeling it prefers passive pickups, even if they're hot. my hofner's german pickups have very high output yet still sound great through the YYZ.
 
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tonymcbony said:
For me, with my Stingray, I just sounded like Geddy no matter where I put the dials and found it kinda hard to get away from that, or it was too fuzzy for me. Hence my one trick pony comment. Don’t get me wrong, a great tone but had a pretty small spectrum of use for me.
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It's a 9 volt pedal and is designed for instrument level. Your best bet with an active bass is to set the tone controls flat and run the volume lower. One of our techs here has a Stingray and he just tapes his volume control lower to work best with our pedals. With an active bass, you are running one low voltage preamp into another. The rack GED-2112 has a PAD on the rear input for hotter signals.
 
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tech21nyc said:
It's a 9 volt pedal and is designed for instrument level. Your best bet with an active bass is to set the tone controls flat and run the volume lower. One of our techs here has a Stingray and he just tapes his volume control lower to work best with our pedals. With an active bass, you are running one low voltage preamp into another. The rack GED-2112 has a PAD on the rear input for hotter signals.
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This answer is by supposing the active Stingray has a higher output than passive bass , right ?
Because I have passive basses with higher output than my stingray.

Or maybe it is linked to a preamp impedance thing ? A Different thing than just the "volume" of the signal ?
 
#857
Clemouze said:
This answer is by supposing the active Stingray has a higher output than passive bass , right ?
Because I have passive basses with higher output than my stingray.

Or maybe it is linked to a preamp impedance thing ? A Different thing than just the "volume" of the signal ?
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i believe it's an impedance issue rather than an output one, since my (passive) hofners have more output than my stingray.
 
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#859
Clemouze said:
Yes or just maybe the EQ shape of the Stingray tone
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could be, but i really don't think so. i can roll off the treble and bass, and mine has a splitter switch so i can run just one coil and it can almost sound like a passive bass, but i think that the output impedance is the biggest issue with the YYZ. i think that i'll try a buffer buster to see if it makes any difference.
 
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#860
I've used this pedal on one gig with my MM Sterling 4H (BEAD). I usually use a Tech 21 Para Driver DI; so I put both on my board to compare thru the PA (small club w/subs). The Geddy pedal made the low end less full, BUT sat in the mix better than the Para, the Geddy got rid of muddyness; it sounded like a taylored bass tone that sat in the full band mix very well. I admit, I still like the fullness of the Para Drive when alone; but in the mix the Geddy pedal sound best, so I used it. I went out on the other side of the stage to check it when playing a full band song and really liked it. I used a Duncan Studio Compressor before the Geddy pedal with level slightly lower than the bass guitar to hit the Geddy with touch less signal.
Next gig I used a, Fender P-bass build with Jazz neck and single EMG Geezer P, passive (tuned BEAD), used the compressor after the Geddy pedal on this one.
I noticed when using the Geddy pedal we didn't have to make much EQ adjustment on the PA channel. I also think the Geddy pedal works better on the passive bass. May not be a tone you want in the studio, but live it really is easy to EQ a good sound.
 
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