Sansamp Poll - Blend Control

[I-Love-Ratm]

Can't you actually use it as a DI but not have it turned on??Or am I totally wrong?

It makes my bass sound pile-drivingly heavy either ways

 

[dunamis]

yes, you can... but why would you?

Try this, plug your bass into the input, click the footswitch off (red LED not burning)-- then switch the inst/line switch to the line position-- note the increased gain but without the coloring normally provided when the sansamp circuit is active.

 

[plasson]

then switch the inst/line switch to the line position

Sorry but, what do you mean when you talk about INST/LINE SWITCH?

 

[dunamis]

The original version of the SABDDI didn't have it, but more recent examples have a switch on the front (near the phantom power/ground connect switch) that provides a boost of (I think) +10dB on the 1/4" output jack. What I meant in my post is that this boost still works even when the tube emulation circuit is bypassed.

 

[Nickthebassist]

The original version of the SABDDI didn't have it, but more recent examples have a switch on the front (near the phantom power/ground connect switch) that provides a boost of (I think) +10dB on the 1/4" output jack. What I meant in my post is that this boost still works even when the tube emulation circuit is bypassed.

Mine is the old one.

 

[LowEndLobster]

I have my blend and presence at 50% and drive at 25%

 

[Fuzzbass]

40-60% for me too.

I don't have a problem with the poll except for the semantics: I wouldn't say 100% Blend "destroys" the bass' natural tone, but it does change it signficantly. As noted, that's the whole idea of the device. I prefer less significant tone change, so I set Blend as noted above.

An advantage to rolling Blend back (IME) is that you can crank up Drive more without fuzzing up your whole sound.