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Tech 21 Club

My wares. I’ve owned a good number of T21 stuff with zero complaints. They build their products well and give me a sound that always works.

I do want to swap out the Para for a BDDI v2 eventually so I can use it for other instruments. I keep looking on here but they always get snapped up quick! If anyone is selling HMU
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Update. I got to plug in the fly rig and I must say that it’s got good things which include the preamp, delay, reverb. The only negative is the drive is definitely not the sound I’m after. I drive it and it definitely has its limit for certain frequencies that we sit in as the bass in the mix. I tried it with my Darkglass pedals and that surprisingly works pretty well. I wanted a single pedal solution for all my effects but instead I have essentially a clean tech 21 sound with a delay when I want. Not a bad thing but just something to note. If you were looking for a driver there’s a ton out there so you might as well steer clear of this one unless you’re after cleaner tone and delay or play guitar and just want to use 1 pedal for both. I’m just a little surprised that the eq is fine on bass but not distortion. Maybe it’s just me and not to my taste but that’s all I have on this one.
 
The next question would be how close the preamp on the fly rig 5 sounds to the other sans amp pedals like the v2 bass driver, bass fly rig, the DP and SH signature fly rigs, etc. We know that the drive sounds and effects will vary but I wonder if the fly rig 5 is an accurate representation of what I could expect from the more bass specific pedals. (Specifically preamp eq section speaking)
 
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I tried out the Bass Fly Rig v2 and I really like it...the drive channels could be better but they definitely sound Sansamp-y.

Now the question is whether it's worth replacing my VT Bass DI (which I like) with the Fly Rig or the new Programmable Bass Driver Elite thingie....


I wouldn't replace it - save up, and have both.

I have the VT Bass Deluxe, which I really like; but quite often life would be easier with the controls just defaulting to the position they're currently in - as per any regular pedal, such as the VTBDI.
 
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I wouldn't replace it - save up, and have both.

I have the VT Bass Deluxe, which I really like; but quite often life would be easier with the controls just defaulting to the position they're currently in - as per any regular pedal, such as the VTBDI.
I'd love the VT Bass Deluxe - it looks like you can save presets on it like the regular Programmable Bass Driver?
 
I'd love the VT Bass Deluxe - it looks like you can save presets on it like the regular Programmable Bass Driver?
Yes you can save up to 6 different presets, 3 on each input channel I believe. I gigged one for about 10 years, but sold it off a few years ago.
 
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I'd love the VT Bass Deluxe - it looks like you can save presets on it like the regular Programmable Bass Driver?

Yeah, it's basically a VT Bass pedal, with provision to save 6 unique presets, and the option to incorporate an f/x loop into those presets, as well as choosing between two different inputs / instruments (3 presets each), or one main input (all six presets across two banks A/B).

It does have some limitations though: such as you can only save the present you're editing to the same slot (rather than being able to move it from, for example, slot 1 bank A, to slot 3 bank B).

And I really wish it would have been possible to have a sliding switch, to select between its default "preset" mode, and a "regular" mode, where the knobs behave like a regular pedal (i.e. whatever their position, that's the result you get, even after power down / power up).

As it is, the knobs only come into effect when you adjust them away from the current preset setting - and in some higher gain settings you can hear the blinking lights that indicate how far / close their current position is to the value saved in the preset (as soon as you double-stomp to save the preset, the lights stop blinking, so there is no audible interference, regardless of how high the gain is set / EQ is boosted).
 
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