How has your L.R. Baggs Stadium DI aged?

[Rdore2000]

Managed to snag one, and kept it aside for a while in favor of Sansamps. But of late, I've really fallen in love with it. It lets you dial in a wide variety of tones, from really aggressive to really, really smooth. It also sounds sublime with active basses I've found. Does anyone still use one?

 

[gtirard]

Managed to snag one, and kept it aside for a while in favor of Sansamps. But of late, I've really fallen in love with it. It lets you dial in a wide variety of tones, from really aggressive to really, really smooth. It also sounds sublime with active basses I've found. Does anyone still use one?

I like the descritpion of the "Growl" and the "Attack" controls

 

[pisces_bass]

I looked at them when they were first released. Certainly a different approach in a pre/DI. More focused on character than EQ for tone shaping. I’d like to try one. All of my preamps put emphasis on dialing in the mids. The Baggs approach seems to rely on other factors.

 

[Lync]

I can get a good tone out of it. It is made well, uses phantom power (if available) besides battery and AC. I think it’s biggest downfall is I wish it had some sample settings to start with since the controls are not intuitive for plug and play. It sounds great as just an active di too.

 

[Rdore2000]

I can get a good tone out of it. It is made well, uses phantom power (if available) besides battery and AC. I think it’s biggest downfall is I wish it had some sample settings to start with since the controls are not intuitive for plug and play. It sounds great as just an active di too.

I find it interesting you say that. Once you get used to the controls I personally don't find it difficult to dial in a tone.

 

[Lync]

Good point-but it takes a bit to get there (and that could just be for me lol). I used to see them up for sale so maybe others had the same issue.

In tribute to this thread, I used mine at my gig last night. Lakland 55-01 (with tc electronic clip on tuner)->NUX 5.8 wireless->Stadium Di->IEM/FOH.

It sounded really good…fat and clean but then growly when I hit those lower notes (I play modern country which has some heavy bass).

I guess a slight tweak of the manual with some suggested settings and that pedal goes up a few notches for us players.

I generally use my SABDDI v2 but it looks like the Stadium DI will continue to get the call.

 

[TomB]

I’m jumping on here not because I have a Stadium, but I do have a 30-yo Baggs Para-Driver. I had to laugh at the controls comments. Mine has equally opaque markings on it, but once you play with it a bit, you get the hang - it’s quite a powerful EQ! Mostly though, I’m impresses with its rock-solid reliability, never a blip. It’s really built to take stage life.

 

[pisces_bass]

My daily driver is a Tone Hammer DI. I like that it adds fatness, punch, and a little grit to my passive j-bass. Do you folks have any insight on what the Stadium DI is doing? HPF/LPF? Saturation and hamonics?

 

[Lync]

Well, you have a decent compressor that works well for sustain. It is on the cleaner side unless you crank the growl (but with that comes bass and low mids). If you activate the grit the distortion then also affects the high end. I am not sure about LPF/HPF specs. It mixes well in a band context though.

 

[Rdore2000]

Good point-but it takes a bit to get there (and that could just be for me lol). I used to see them up for sale so maybe others had the same issue.

In tribute to this thread, I used mine at my gig last night. Lakland 55-01 (with tc electronic clip on tuner)->NUX 5.8 wireless->Stadium Di->IEM/FOH.

It sounded really good…fat and clean but then growly when I hit those lower notes (I play modern country which has some heavy bass).

I guess a slight tweak of the manual with some suggested settings and that pedal goes up a few notches for us players.

I generally use my SABDDI v2 but it looks like the Stadium DI will continue to get the call.

What bass did you play it with? Also how did it compare to your Sansamp?

 

[Lync]

What bass did you play it with? Also how did it compare to your Sansamp?

Last night I used my Lakland 55-01 (onboard eq set flat). I think the Sansamp is more pleasing to my ears stand-alone, but in the mix the Stadium DI sounded really nice. Especially the sustain and the high notes staying at the same volume. I am a minimalist guy so I try my best to use just a DI into my IEM's. More to come...big summer lineup for me so the Sansamp and the Stadium DI will be the ones I carry to all gigs. I especially appreciate that I can use phantom power for both. No dealing with adapters/power cords or worrying about a battery dying.

 

[j.albert]

I still use my Stadium DI when I play at a church that has a ground loop issue. (If I use my pedal board I get too much noise for my tastes.) Having the Stadium powered by phantom power solves that issue. I could also use a battery, or the power out from my battery-powered Turbo Tuner. don't tweak the controls too much, just a little compression. The Stadium is small enough that I carry it my gig backpack as a backup should something go sideways with my pedal board.

 

[Lync]

The stadium DI has a level meter which is also cool to set the gain stage as well as a visual to keep different basses even. It is really thought out well except the lack of sample settings. I know this isn't that big of a deal, but I personally always check out manuals and want to see what settings they recommend. That would have really helped right away.

 

[Lync]

LR Baggs could come out with v2 with the only change being a new manual.

 

[groovaholic]

I loved the sound of the Stadium in all the online demos, but when I finally got one, I didn’t get along with it…at all.

I joked “the only control that did anything I liked was the bypass switch”.

I have to wonder if the one I got was defective…

 

[Lync]

That was me for quite a while. Since I have been revisiting it sounds really great with the band. My settings aren’t far off from 12 noon.

 

[pisces_bass]

I looked at the manual

If I squint at the descriptions of “growl” and “attack”, I could interpret them as low mid and high mid controls, although they sound like they do additional things too.

 

[gtirard]

I've just watched the four videos on the product page. I think I understand now what each of these unconventiaonal controls do, and I understand the design intent. In theory it seems to be very well thought out. But the 4 videos are so different from one another — depending on the instrument and playing style, that it's completely impossible to guess if this pedal would be useful for me. Could be great, could be trash. I would have to try one myself (in a band setting).