How well would the preamp on this pedal sound going into my solid state amp with a passive bass? I'm looking to turn my jazz into an active bass
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Sansamp bddi???
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It will work and sound just fine, but it will not turn your bass into an active bass. to make you bass active you would need to add active electronics to the bass itself. There should be quite a few manufacturers who offer these and a search here would probably turn up lots of good info
Very well.
I'm running a passive Jazz into various pedals, one of them being the BDDI, and into a GK rb1001-II. I you don't want any cab simulation or dirt, but only a clean EQ, then set the blend at 0. This will bypass the Sansamp tube-emulation, but the EQ section will still be active.
here, this will help you
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f38/possible-make-passive-bass-active-549544/
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f38/possible-make-passive-bass-active-549544/
The reason I'm askin is because I have some pedals that work really well with my active stingray but not with my jazz. So I'm looking to boost the signal of my bass for the pedals. Plus you can sweet tones out of the sansamp
It would boost your signal , yes, but be cautious, it's not the same as an active bass output. I have destroyed one piece gear that was apparently not designed to accept what comes out of my sans-amp. (I could be wrong about the cause, but that's what I was doing when it failed)
Generally the sans amp comes at the end of the signal chain.
Generally the sans amp comes at the end of the signal chain.
The Sansamp BDDI will do what you want it to do. It will act as a preamp. So just plug your bass into the BDDI, and use the 1/4" output to plug into your pedals. Then plug the output of the pedal into the "Effects Return" usually found on the back of your amp. You can also plug into the normal amp input instead of the effects return, but be careful. The signal could be too strong for the amp. (See the directions in the Sansamp manual)
I have another question, I have gk 210 combo with 115 daisy chained. On the head of the amp it has two inputs active and passive. If I'm running through the sansamp what input should I use?
The active input on those amps is merely a -15dB input. It doesn't matter what kind of a bass you put through either jack.
droo46 said:
Thanks for clearing that up, I've always wondered but couldn't find any info about that
It seems to come up pretty frequently. Although, I will say that for some reason the active input sounds better to me than the passive input.
Maybe it's just my amp... 
droo46 said:It seems to come up pretty frequently. Although, I will say that for some reason the active input sounds better to me than the passive input.
No you're right. It sounds better on mine too
