Geddy Lee Sansamp Pedal!

[fauxtoe]

"How do you know whether you need it unless you buy it and do a full comparison with your other pedals?" Signed, Fuzzbass -- AKA the little devil whispering in your ear

I've got over a dozen dirt pedals that I love, so I sure as heck don't "need" the YYZ... but I was impressed with the demos I heard, and believe I'll get along very well with the feature set. So yeah, I'm in the same boat as you.

Anndddd preordered. I sell pedals to buy others, so that’s what I did!

 

[fauxtoe]

BTW, I preordered it from Sweetwater and their sales rep said they are expecting them sometime in June.

 

[bassnyc1]

I'm also planning to pre order this pedal but sometimes I wonder if I really need it. I use a VTDI and an Ampeg Classic pedal for live work and I'm mostly satisfied with them but with this new pedal, maybe it's the same thing or maybe something different? Only one way to know .....

 

[Nunovsky]

Now with the Ric!

Wow! Such a tight bass sound! I love it. Now I want one of these.

 

[BeyondFiredUp]

No Blend? No sweepable mids? I like the supposed Deep bass feature, but no blend or sweepable mids makes me prefer the Paradriver at this point. Seems like they dropped the ball here...

 

[Briton]

No Blend? No sweepable mids? I like the supposed Deep bass feature, but no blend or sweepable mids makes me prefer the Paradriver at this point. Seems like they dropped the ball here...

I own a Para Driver and I will be looking to get the YYZ pedal once it is available. They are different pedals entirely, the Para is essentially an EQ pedal that allows for some tube emulation via the blend knob.The YYZ is basically a character pedal based on Geddy's sound, but there is a mix feature on the YYZ that lets you dial in a cleaner bass tone or a more driven bass tone.

 

[BeyondFiredUp]

Besides not having a blend knob for the whole signal and not having sweepable mids, I am also highly disappointed that it doesn't have XLR out, nor does it have the boost or pad switches that the other sansamp pedals have, nor does it have a parallel out, and from what I can tell it's not even specified that it will drive a power amp. These things are all really disappointing to me for a pedal that's supposed to be a stomp box version of the rackmount unit.

 

[Jantelagen]

Besides not having a blend knob for the whole signal and not having sweepable mids, I am also highly disappointed that it doesn't have XLR out, nor does it have the boost or pad switches that the other sansamp pedals have, nor does it have a parallel out, and from what I can tell it's not even specified that it will drive a power amp. These things are all really disappointing to me for a pedal that's supposed to be a stomp box version of the rackmount unit.

More info here Tech 21 Club

You can mix in the cleans with the Deep side that works much like the parallel preamps in the 2112. - "The signal is split internally to the Deep and Drive sections and you can Blend between the two which are summed to a single output." Its not a regular dry/wet blend that's taking from one or the other.
Active Eq points are set to Ged's specs that affect the Drive side only. It can drive a power amp. You can send to FOH or Mixer.
The demos and sound are awesome. I've preordered​

 

[MDBass]

No Blend? No sweepable mids? I like the supposed Deep bass feature, but no blend or sweepable mids makes me prefer the Paradriver at this point. Seems like they dropped the ball here...

They didn't drop the ball at all, blending back in a dry signal would be useless given what the pedal is already doing: sweepable mids aren't necessary, and amount of tonal options on tap between the Deep and Drive sides and dual distortion circuits is already incredible.

 

[MDBass]

Best bass pedal @tech21nyc has ever made in my opinion: this thing SLAYS and is incredibly easy to dial in

 

[LSMFT6]

Preordered

 

[Bigwan]

Best bass pedal @tech21nyc has ever made in my opinion: this thing SLAYS and is incredibly easy to dial in

Got any fingerstyle clips Matthew?

 

[MDBass]

Got any fingerstyle clips Matthew?

Not yet, but rest assured some are forthcoming

 

[Bigwan]

Not yet, but rest assured some are forthcoming

You are all things awesome as usual!

 

[MDBass]

You are all things awesome as usual!

Thanks my man!

I forgot I actually do have this live from the floor clip from NAMM:

 

[jcburn]

Best bass pedal @tech21nyc has ever made in my opinion: this thing SLAYS and is incredibly easy to dial in

Man your tone in that clip is great.
In future clips would you mind playing a dry signal first, just so we could hear exactly what the YYZ does to that base tone?

 

[jacoby75]

Best bass pedal @tech21nyc has ever made in my opinion: this thing SLAYS and is incredibly easy to dial in

Fan-freaking-tastic tone! I already wanted this pedal. And now? Well . . . . I still want it. Like, really, really, really want it.

 

[Nunovsky]

Best bass pedal @tech21nyc has ever made in my opinion: this thing SLAYS and is incredibly easy to dial in

I'm really loving every video that I've been seeing about this pedal. The tone is also so tight and sounds amazing.
This one is joining the new Filter/synth pedal by Source Audio on the top of my GAS list.

 

[MDBass]

Man your tone in that clip is great.
In future clips would you mind playing a dry signal first, just so we could hear exactly what the YYZ does to that base tone?

No problem.

I can just record a dry take of this one and juxtapose it with the effected take: hang tight...

 

[MDBass]

Fan-freaking-tastic tone! I already wanted this pedal. And now? Well . . . . I still want it. Like, really, really, really want it.

I'm really loving every video that I've been seeing about this pedal. The tone is also so tight and sounds amazing.
This one is joining the new Filter/synth pedal by Source Audio on the top of my GAS list.

Thanks fellas!

I definitely wasn’t being hyperbolic: @tech21nyc has made some great gear over the years, and I’ve owned a lot of it, but this is the cream of the crop