Pre- vs Post-EQ DI is a contentious topic everywhere that amps are used. Amazing how a great amp with a built-in Post-EQ-only DI will be passed over without considering a simple DI box that goes between the bass and amp! But, a built-in Pre-EQ-only DI then requires a mic on it to get the player's selected sound. Either can be a deal breaker! O, for the want of a simple Pre/Post switch!
Yeah! If yer gonna tout the Nutube as a tube sound then, dagnabit(!)*, put that sucker into the DI, for Pete's sake!
* Just who is "dag" (Dagwood?), and why should he nab what?
Yeah, there's that. Or tri-amp. Or quad-amp, or ..., or ... ... I don’t know the effective limit to how many Foxy Voxys could be chained together in that way. Might depend on the lengths of the connecting cables, or the available power circuits, or sumpin' technical like that. The downside is that each amp would have to be EQ'd individually.
Yeah! They say, "Nutube gives you that real tube sound!" Then later you hear that nagging little voice whispering, "but micing is the only way to reinforce or record that sound!"
"You're welcome, ...", they say, "... for a real old-school tube amp." "Oh, but it's also got an old-school DI built right in! (... to keep that tubey goodness accessible only by old-school methods, too.)"
Here in the 21st Century there are many, many ways to electronically capture the dry signal of a bass for whatever purpose you may wish. How many ways are there to electronically capture this new innovative Nutube sound of the Vox VX50BA? One. Just one method, which is as old as sound recording itself.
And don't get me started on how
Vox slighted the bass version of the Mini SuperBeetle.
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