Tech 21 pedals - if you could have only one?

[Nunovsky]

Actually, I only have on right which is the YYZ but I plan to get a sansamp v.2 in the near future and the SH-1 is high in my GAS list.
I had a Sansamp v.1 (2nd gen) for around 20 years or so. I only sold it because I was looking for another flavour of preamp type. After that I got the Bass Fly Rig that I never trully bonded with so I sold it also to fund another piece of gear.

 

[Treblefree]

I'll sound like a broken record again, but you can get an amazing dirt and an amazing clean with no button switching - there is a sweet spot awaiting you, or maybe I am the only one!

I agree, I can dial up a smooth clean tone by itself and use it that way sometimes. I can also then kick on the mix button to add the chunk and drive and have all the dirt one would ever want or need.

 

[Al Kraft]

Actually, I only have on right which is the YYZ but I plan to get a sansamp v.2 in the near future and the SH-1 is high in my GAS list.
I had a Sansamp v.1 (2nd gen) for around 20 years or so. I only sold it because I was looking for another flavour of preamp type. After that I got the Bass Fly Rig that I never trully bonded with so I sold it also to fund another piece of gear.

The BDDI V2 is different enough from the last version that I think you'll find it to be a nice change-up, but still retaining a lot of things that made the original BDDI a winner.

 

[Cuzzie]

I agree, I can dial up a smooth clean tone by itself and use it that way sometimes. I can also then kick on the mix button to add the chunk and drive and have all the dirt one would ever want or need.

and then there were 2.....

 

[crapusername]

It holds the lows just fine. And it has enough top end but I use a JohnK Peavey preamp in front of it for extra clank.

But I go for extreme amounts of clank.

Listen to Juan Alderete's demo of the Getaway Driver. It's really a supreme pedal, and I like it better than what I've heard from the Bass Butler even.

It sounds like an OR120 in a box. No loss of lows at all. The Oxford was one of my all-time favorite pedals and I don't miss it with the GD.

EDIT: I found it for you. It really sounds that good.

Interesting video. Thanks for that. does it do lower gain well? He only goes from 12:00 to 3:00 to max there. hows it sound pre 12?

 

[Nunovsky]

The BDDI V2 is different enough from the last version that I think you'll find it to be a nice change-up, but still retaining a lot of things that made the original BDDI a winner.

It's exactly those changes that make this version more appealing to me. And I need to have a preamp/D.I. that works with phantom to cover certain situations and the sansamp is the right size to carry in my backpack or in the gigbag. I may have certain events in the near future (if things don't change eventually...) that require me to travel and I have to be able to have all the gear that I need in the gigbag or travel case.

 

[FaithNoMan]

Interesting video. Thanks for that. does it do lower gain well? He only goes from 12:00 to 3:00 to max there. hows it sound pre 12?

He barely touched on it near the end of the video but I think it's very amplike and is capable of much less gain than what is shown there. Well worth just over 100 bucks!

 

[Fuzzbass]

One pedal I regret selling on was my oxford.
It was great, but needs must (at the time)
I'm pondering on the Harris, but the price is putting me off. However the number of secondhand ones that have come up since release - 1 - indicate that it really must be that good.

The Harris gives me most of the magic of the Oxford and is significantly bass-friendlier IMO. I have not tried the Getaway Driver, and in this nearly-gigless COVID era I must now try to forget I heard about it (damn you, @FaithNoMan ! )

 

[FaithNoMan]

The Harris gives me most of the magic of the Oxford and is significantly bass-friendlier IMO. I have not tried the Getaway Driver, and in this nearly-gigless COVID era I must now try to forget I heard about it (damn you, @FaithNoMan ! )

The SH1 is def on my short list brotha.

 

[RoketRdr]

and then there were 2.....

Who are tone def. Pretty sure the staff from Tech21, who have verified the complaint from many others, aren't dumb.

 

[Cuzzie]

Who are tone def. Pretty sure the staff from Tech21, who have verified the complaint from many others, aren't dumb.

......aaaaaand 1 who is plain rude, you have to love the faceless internet.....‍

 

[Treblefree]

Or maybe some have better gear and technique than others; LOL

Who are tone def. Pretty sure the staff from Tech21, who have verified the complaint from many others, aren't dumb.

 

[cardinal]

I've been loving a BDDI v2 into a CA9 and pair of Bag End S15s. Sounds very much like an SVT/810 to me. Has that grunt too. Running a fancy Cali76TX in front for some gentle compression really puts it over the top.

 

[Fuzzbass]

The SH1 is def on my short list brotha.

I'm curious: how do you set that internal switch on the Getaway Driver, the one that reduces high end (according to Patrick Hunter)?

 

[Fuzzbass]

I've been loving a BDDI v2 into a CA9 and pair of Bag End S15s. Sounds very much like an SVT/810 to me. Has that grunt too. Running a fancy Cali76TX in front for some gentle compression really puts it over the top.

Sweet rig! As an SVT guy myself I rarely liked fifteens, but those Bags are a notable exception.