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[Robotsatemygma]

Little help here guys.

Been awhile since I was visiting regularly (I logged in yesterday and it says my last log in was Dec 2010) but I bet no one noticed. lol.

Any who, here's my dilemma.

I'm chasing a tone I have in my head. I've never been all that infatuated on fx, even when I was playing guitar in a band. I've always preferred a simple set up, aka the whole instrument>amp.

Best way I can describe it is a warm, vintage, articulate, fat tone. With punch.

I'm pretty close with my EQ on my amp, and fudging with the volume and tone controls on my bass, but I still get way too much boom on the low end at high volumes. I like treble overtones of the roundwound strings.

Problem is, I want to be able to switch into it, so a pedal is what I'm looking for. Should I be looking into the Tech 21 SansAmp DI pedals or an EQ?

Or should I bite the bullet and seek out a vintage amp and forever ab switch live? I thought maybe it's my bass, since I'm playing a Squier VM Jazz, but with today's technology, anything is possible if you look hard enough.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Low Sound Love]

the tech 21 VT Bass does warm, vintage, fat tone (ampeg tones) and has a very sensitive eq-section, so that might work out for you.
or maybe just a good EQ-pedal to dial in extra punch without the boom? I do that with my Boss GEB-7.

 

[Bassdirty]

the tech 21 VT Bass does warm, vintage, fat tone (ampeg tones) and has a very sensitive eq-section, so that might work out for you.
or maybe just a good EQ-pedal to dial in extra punch without the boom? I do that with my Boss GEB-7.

+11

I also have the GEB7.

I would like a vtbass too though.

 

[bassbrad]

It all depends on the "warm phat vintage tone" thang you mean. For lots of folks that means Ampeg and for that the VT Bass or Flipster may be your thing.
My warm phat vintage tone is more of the Bassman or vintage tube pre recording desk sound which Line 6, Zoom and Boss do pretty well as does the original SansAmpBassPreampDI.
I also love my Zeibek (Electronix) Submarine pedal because it really nails the tone I am most after- warm round articulate ever so lightly compressed that sits in that perfect sweet spot for recording or playing live.