Yeah - portability is a key driver. A few weeks away from getting them set up as I'm still waiting for delivery of the HB 50 board, but happy to furnish pics in due course!
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Wicked - be good to see how you link it up and your clips when you take it out to help put it in context as it certainly gives interesting sounds!
Rest of the boards look pretty legit too.
Managed to dig out this quote from Tech 21 posted on this forum at the back end of 2011...
...I'd clearly best get the VT Bass DI to complement my Ripper then
Managed to dig out this quote from Tech 21 posted on this forum at the back end of 2011...
...I'd clearly best get the VT Bass DI to complement my Ripper then
That's good to know from the manufacturer themselves, thanks for that.
Are you using an amp emulator or an amp already?
Be interesting to see how it compares if you do get a VT Bass DI
If I could safe only a single pedal at all - not limited to Tech21 - from the proverbial fire,
It'd be my Programmable Bass Driver DI. This one sounds just a wee bit different than the others I owned and every time I play without it, I strife to replicate that sound.
I've tried to replace it countless times, with expensive tube driven hardware and literally lost hundreds of Euros buying and selling gear moving thousands of Euros, until I stopped at one point.
I asked myself why I need super expensive hardware to emulate a sound I already have.
I mean I can tell people now that I use this pedal as my preamp because I like it better than the tube driven vintage/boutique stuff I owned and sold again.
It'd be my Programmable Bass Driver DI. This one sounds just a wee bit different than the others I owned and every time I play without it, I strife to replicate that sound.
I've tried to replace it countless times, with expensive tube driven hardware and literally lost hundreds of Euros buying and selling gear moving thousands of Euros, until I stopped at one point.
I asked myself why I need super expensive hardware to emulate a sound I already have.
I mean I can tell people now that I use this pedal as my preamp because I like it better than the tube driven vintage/boutique stuff I owned and sold again.
The one they haven't made yet! 
The Bass Driver Fly Rig or the Geddy Fly Rig. Tuner, aux in and headphone in.
@tech21nyc
Best wishes,
Brent
The Bass Driver Fly Rig or the Geddy Fly Rig. Tuner, aux in and headphone in.
@tech21nyc
Best wishes,
Brent
With a Q/strip like EQ section. Take my money nowThe one they haven't made yet!
The Bass Driver Fly Rig or the Geddy Fly Rig. Tuner, aux in and headphone in.
@tech21nyc
Best wishes,
Brent
Just got this one today, If you like the brand, and need delay, this is nice!. Will see if I can get a picture up.
Actually just can't live with one, I'll get better fire extinguishers and keep them all.
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Have had:
programmable BDDI (twice)
RBI (twice)
VT Bass DI (keeper).
Had the RBI and the VTDI at the same time....can't really put my finger on it, but always found myself using the VTBass more----there was just something about it's tone...(I think someone in an earlier post mentioned "openness"---maybe that's what I hear in the VTBass).
Had the programmable unit for a spell too....figured it would be the "all in one pedal" - for some mild tube warmth, and some dirt, but again....the VT Bass always beckoned.
So...in case of fire....the VTBassDI gets saved.
Latest add though: the VT Bass 500 amp. It friggin' sings through my Eden CX210's!!
programmable BDDI (twice)
RBI (twice)
VT Bass DI (keeper).
Had the RBI and the VTDI at the same time....can't really put my finger on it, but always found myself using the VTBass more----there was just something about it's tone...(I think someone in an earlier post mentioned "openness"---maybe that's what I hear in the VTBass).
Had the programmable unit for a spell too....figured it would be the "all in one pedal" - for some mild tube warmth, and some dirt, but again....the VT Bass always beckoned.
So...in case of fire....the VTBassDI gets saved.
Latest add though: the VT Bass 500 amp. It friggin' sings through my Eden CX210's!!
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With all the great pedals they make, that's a tough one. But for me, it would most likely be one I haven't even tried yet but know for certain I would like, and the one I'd choose, the Geddy YYZ would be the one I'd have to choose.
VT Deluxe overall, though I could do my current gig with just a VT pedal since they're not looking for dirt out of me.
Programable BDDI. Only pedal I use on bass. My guitar side of pedals is another story.
Ever since I picked up a VT Bass, my SCR-DI never gets used, my BDDI clone never gets used, and my tone hammer got sold with no remorse. Safe to say the VT bass is part of my sound now.
VT for me as well. It does have something a little different to it... it's very hard to explain. It's a slightly more lo-fi type of distortion compared to something like a Bass Driver, at least to my ears.
I've used words like natural and organic in an attempt to describe it in its past, but they don't really do a good enough job. Regardless, something about it just makes bass sit in the mix really for my preference.
We're still tweaking this one, but you get the idea.
VT for me as well. It does have something a little different to it... it's very hard to explain. It's a slightly more lo-fi type of distortion compared to something like a Bass Driver, at least to my ears.
I've used words like natural and organic in an attempt to describe it in its past, but they don't really do a good enough job. Regardless, something about it just makes bass sit in the mix really for my preference.
We're still tweaking this one, but you get the idea.
@Kro is this going into your GK or just the VT on its own? Sounds great!
Best wishes,
Brent
