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REDDI Tube DI Mega-thread-III

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My dilema: Get a REDDI or get a dbx di AND a brand new MarkBass LM250 amp ?

I can totally see why you pros get the REDDI, but for an average pub band bassist,that might get $50 a gig, I went for the Dbx active DI and the MarkBass amp, and I'd still have $100 left over.
I wish it was in stores here in Oz so I could try one out and hear for myself what is obviously a much loved piece of kit.

Not dissing on the REDDI, more that I wish I could try one, and afford one :)
 
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BazzTard said:
My dilema: Get a REDDI or get a dbx di AND a brand new MarkBass LM250 amp ?

I can totally see why you pros get the REDDI, but for an average pub band bassist,that might get $50 a gig, I went for the Dbx active DI and the MarkBass amp, and I'd still have $100 left over.
I wish it was in stores here in Oz so I could try one out and hear for myself what is obviously a much loved piece of kit.

Not dissing on the REDDI, more that I wish I could try one, and afford one :)
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Hey man, rest comfortably in the knowledge that talent and entertainment abilities are way more important than gear. I have shown up to arena gigs to back up some of the biggest stars of the 50's and 60's with all manner of janky-ass basses, from SX P copies to budget violin basses to a cheapo Steinberger copy I paid $80 for, then plugged said basses into a Whirlwind Imp 2 and some sad old beaten-up amp and 410 with a crackly volume knob, and nobody complained, the crowd loved the show, and I got paid. All around the world right now, people working all levels of the show business ladder are out there doing gigs with average-to-crappy gear and going over as long as they have a good act and know how to get the best out of what they have.

That said, having awesome gear is fantastic, not gonna lie! And the REDDI's definitely the best DI I've ever used. But if I don't sound good no matter what I'm forced to use, nobody ever blames the gear. At best I can blame the soundman ;)
 
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In the studio now. I'm working with a country band. I've got my P bass with flats going through this sweet little chain:

P > REDDI > Board
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P > Meatsmoke > Torpedo CAB

The Meatsmoke and Torpedo are set up essentially as an ampless SVT. It sounds awesome. The producer is running both signals and blending them together. He's super happy and just had me redo a couple of other tracks for him with it.
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JimmyM said:
So that Two Notes thing is actually good, eh? ;)
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I like it so far but I still need to mess with it. In addition to the cabinet simulations it's got different microphones, placement, EQ options, power amp simulation with different tubes and a bunch of parameters to change around.

I set up an 8X10 miced with an RE20 and ran a KT88 power amp sim for the session.
 
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JimmyM said:
Not a bad idea, Jeff, but while I can only speak for myself, I'd like a button you can push to engage an SVT 810-y frequency rolloff that doesn't otherwise mess with the character of the REDDI. It's become a little less important to me since I got this nifty new EMG Geezer Butler P pickup in my Precision, since its highs are much prettier (available any day now at your local music stores... ;) ), but I'd still like one, and I'd like one without having to resort to a big rackmount Palmer dealio.
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I'm with Jimmy on this one.

Aside from changing the pickup on my '65 precision to the EMG (don't see that happening) - any other ideas on how to get that rolloff? (Short of a pedal I don't want between my bass and REDDI/amp?)
 
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JimmyM said:
Hard to complain when your one channel gets the REDDI feed ;)
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And with most soundmen complaining about only having one channel sure as hell won't buy you anything that will improve your sound out front!

A couple of days ago I set up and when I came back for sound check there was an AKG D112 on my cab. I thanked him for it and he said, "No prob, I had the mic and the spare channel and I want to hear what that DI sounds like in comparison." Needless to say he was impressed.
 
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the dude said:
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I'm with Jimmy on this one.

Aside from changing the pickup on my '65 precision to the EMG (don't see that happening) - any other ideas on how to get that rolloff? (Short of a pedal I don't want between my bass and REDDI/amp?)
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I would think the pickup in your 65 would be pretty close to the Geezer anyway. It's based on the pickup in Bobby Vega's 1960 Precision. The Geezer doesn't cut highs past 5k like a speaker sim...it just tones them down from what the 62 Original I had in there before did. Man, that's a bright pickup. Ya man, no way you want to replace that 65 pickup. That's grounds for being Baker Act-ed!

Anyway, after seeing what else was on the market, like the Palmers and the Two Notes Torpedo digital speaker sim/modeler, I resorted to a pedal ;) I busted out my Tech 21 VT Deluxe again over the summer and decided it's pretty good as a speaker sim after all. If I set it to its flat settings (which are anything but knobs at noon) and to have no dirt at all, it's fairly invisible other than the rolloffs. Still sounds like the REDDI when I run the VTD through it out front, too. But the only thing you can realistically do if you don't want to use a pedal is to roll the tone knob down on your bass.
 
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Thanks Jimmy.
I'm o.k. with the VTD being out front - to the extent that makes my sound more like SVT/810. I just don't want it running through the SVT/810 - which is already giving me exactly the tone I want!

My (and I assume others) concern with using a DI (even a REDDI) versus miking the cab, is that the soundman makes it into what he wants to hear.

Of course, that is a good part of the reason we a pick a REDDI in the first place...
 
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the dude said:
Thanks Jimmy.
I'm o.k. with the VTD being out front - to the extent that makes my sound more like SVT/810. I just don't want it running through the SVT/810 - which is already giving me exactly the tone I want!

My (and I assume others) concern with using a DI (even a REDDI) versus miking the cab, is that the soundman makes it into what he wants to hear.

Of course, that is a good part of the reason we a pick a REDDI in the first place...
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Remember, too, that even if you mic your cabinet, the soundman will still turn it into what he wants to hear.
 
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f.c.geil said:
Remember, too, that even if you mic your cabinet, the soundman will still turn it into what he wants to hear.
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Fritz is right about that, Dude. Micing, as I found out, is not a cure-all. I still had to tell soundmen sometimes that if they EQ'd it to sound like my amp, that will be the correct FOH sound for our band. But you are right that it's why I went with a REDDI eventually, even though I've had to tell soundmen the same thing with it and eventually brought back the VTD to kind of force it on them.

And yeah, I never wanted the speaker sim going through my amp, but I've pretty much resigned myself to it now. My cabs do sound similar to the rolloffs I get with the VTD, at least ;)
 

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