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playibanez

Apr 3, 2006
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#1
i was thinking instead of going with the bddi mybe to get a rackmount distortion...and the rbi looks really good...but everyone i see using it is using it as a preamp.

has anyone used this for what i would like to?

i saw it for $230 somwhere and i think it would be worth it for that lil more money to get something alot better.

any thoughts?
 
#2
It is a preamp. But you can use as distortion purpose only... but for live performances, you will have one RBI for each distortion setting?!?! u can use few units and use a footswitch to swap then... but, expensive hã?? or you will stop and change the settings after each music? or you use only one type of distortion?

or as I did, buy a psa-1 !

better get an programmable bddi and you have 3 different settings in one equip... don´t have the effects loop, but... has 3 presets!
cheaper than RBI or PSA-1


p.s: not the best choice for live purposes <- for people that uses only as distortion equip and needs various settings
p.s.: sorry my poor english
 
#3
i was kinda of leaning towards something that isnt proggramable...for the fact that i can tweak the settings easily and when i want to...like if im at practice and im not liking the first setting on my progamable bddi i wouldnt be able to tweak it without pulling out a book where i have them written down.

but then i have the ease of 3 settings at my foot...

i dont know which i want...im leaning towards programable now

any thoughts?
 
#4
I own the progeamabl Sans Amp Bass Driver pedal and it is pretty cool. I have it set up to give me a warm SVT tunbey sound on the first channel, a nice breaking up overdrive on the second channel, and a clean deep setting on the third channel with the high end rolled out.

Its pretty fun to have the ease of quick and simple programming. very cool pedal. I only actually use it with my old Traynor tube head and don't keep it on my pedal board.

I consider it my spare "mini rig" as I can take it anywhere and use it as a DI preamp unit.
 
#7
There are many more options than the Tech 21 Sans amps for distortion. If you want rackmounted, check out SWR Interstellar Overdrive. I haven't played it but have heard good things.

If you are looking at a pedal, the best one I've tried (loosing the least amount of bass) is the Fulltone Bassdriver. It has two switches for two different sounds on the fly.
 
#15
playibanez said:
i couldnt find the aguilar agro. but i would like to take a look at it. but if it is expensive, which i have a feeling it is going to be since its aguilar. then i wont bother hunting for it.

and the swr was priced at around 600...which is a little steep.
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It hasn't hit the market yet AFAIK, but it's the distortion channel of their AG500 amp, which from samples I've heard seems to be super nice and indeed distortion, instead of the sansamps and other units recommended that are overdrive. First thing that came to my mind when I read "rackmount distortion" was the AGRO.
 
#16
Dragonlord said:
It hasn't hit the market yet AFAIK, but it's the distortion channel of their AG500 amp, which from samples I've heard seems to be super nice and indeed distortion, instead of the sansamps and other units recommended that are overdrive. First thing that came to my mind when I read "rackmount distortion" was the AGRO.
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FWIW you can also dial it in as overdrive. The distortion is in the ballpark of the Sansamp but better imo.
 
#18
Run either on the high end of a crossover feed or in a blend loop, the guitar version of the Behringer V-amp works nicely for this. (There, I've said guitar and Behringer in the same sentence on TB. Am I shunned yet?)

I don't care for the effects, but the amp patches are actually pretty nice on this unit -- much preferable to the bass V-amp IMO. Add an expression pedal, and you can control in realtime the amount of drive, the patch's bass/mid/ or treble, etc.

Not endorsing of Behringer's "R&D" practices, etc. Just reporting on this bit of gear I don't often see discussed here.
 

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