Sire V7 tone

To me, "punch" means presence in the mids, try bumping the mids a bit up and tweak the mids frequency knob to find the spot...

 

Playing in passive mode with my beloved Tone hammer worked for me. I had three Sire 1st gen. basses.

 

Well it's such a matter of taste, hard to say, but I'm guessing "punch" means "some extra mids", maybe try nudging both the sweep and boost / cut to the "PM" side past the 12 o'clock detente? You'll have to fiddle around to see what gives that sound you're looking for though, I'm just guessing. But try boost at 2pm and start sweep freq there too, vary the sweep freq until you find the "sweet spot" then fiddle with boost / cut again. The "cut" side is very powerful, too, can create a sharp "mid scoop" that some like for slap (if I understand, I can't slap to save my life).

 

Like said, very well, passive mode with Aguilar TH worked great. I dont know about 2nd gen, never tried them. Tone Hammer is my "go to" pre/DI with just every bass I play.

 

Active mode aint bad but aguilar has much cleaner, musical and overall usable eq. As for sansamp l personally dislike it but your preference and taste might be different.

 

I find punch comes from the amp/cab setup. I chased that dragon for years buying pedals or pick ups......my mesa boogie subway amp has lots of punch with my sire p7.

 

First reply nails it. Look no further. Them pedals you suggest are going to scoop your mids and have even less punch

 

Wrong