No idea what he was using. But I love that tone. Not a clink or clank to be heard. Just round warm goodness.
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The Great Bass Preamp/DI Comparison
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No idea what he was using. But I love that tone. Not a clink or clank to be heard. Just round warm goodness.
Sounds like I'm the only one who didn't think the RNDI was an improvement.
Because once in a busy metal mix it sounds huge.
But yes on its own it sounds rather terrible
IIRC (big "If"), he used a jazz bass with everything wide open. I'd ASSume flats and ASSume a lot of the tone is how the track is mixed.
I lived in the Shoals area for a bit and got to meet David Hood. Of course it was just a few years ago, but he was playing Lakland basses.
I had no idea who I was talking to until he left and someone asked me if I knew who that was.
Cool!! I read he was playing Lakies. A 55-94 was one bass. But I'm sure he has quite a few to choose from.
To get back on track, I wonder if somebody line David Hood has his own personal preamp/DI he uses? It if he would rely on the studio gear where he is recording at any given session?
Free the Tone Bass Blaster. Mine has survived every pedal sale. Every board change. Every pandemic so far
Many of the studio guys I know show up with basses, a tuner, and maybe an effects pedal or two depending on the job. They use whatever the engineer sets up for them. I do have a few friends who record bass parts in their homes. Now they use varying things. None I know use anything way out of the norm. Maybe a REDDI, RNDI, one guy I know uses a GR Bass preamp/DI. They tend to get the signal in the DAW and apply whatever tone shaping they need there.
My focus has always been on live performance. Getting the tone I like to the FOH and IEMs.
Free the Tone Bass Blaster. Mine has survived every pedal sale. Every board change. Every pandemic so far
Got a kinda prototype version of this one, branded as Providence pedal, which is the same company, with a Cornish-like finish. I don't know how close is it to the Bass Blaster. It runs with AC current, with a quite nice medium grit to full-out fuzz breakup to it. It doesn't shine for me with low-gain OD, which is what the FTT Black Vehicle is really about. Damn great pedal too.
These FTT pedals are pricey but they're quite good at what they do.
@mostvaliant i'd lurk on Reverb to get a nice price on the Black Vehicle. You get a great low to medium-gain OD and a flexible boost, more volume, more breakup, or both.
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I tried the Black vehicle at namm. I have a one Pot Justiciero for that med to high gain stuff...…..great pedals too
I'd love to try one of those.Free the Tone Bass Blaster. Mine has survived every pedal sale. Every board change. Every pandemic so far
My favourite is the Smallsound Bigsound Mini. It replaced 3 pedals in my pedalboard and it's the only dirt pedal I have in my entire setup.
At the risk of continuing to derail this thread, I'd love to hear more about how you use the Mini. It's intrigued me for a while, and I love the ss/bs TA!FM (as in, I've stopped even looking at new fuzz pedals). I've also got a buddy who's got a Mini off his board at the moment, so I could take it for a test drive...
And here it is. Such a great piece of gear. Worked on learning some stuff this morning. I haven't been this inspired in a while. I actually took off the cab sim. It just sounds better without it.
How is the battery life on the Mackie M48?
Also, how does the performance compare between using a battery vs power adapter, is there any noticeable difference in the sound?
I really wish more of these had headphone and aux ins, although I realize they are generally made for live or recording use. I guess it makes choices easier since I've decided to not do a Rolls or mixer for when I use it for practice. But the Oracle sure sounds like it would be right up my alley. Oh well.
I don't have one (yet). I did research with the intent of (eventually) purchasing a Quilter BB800 and running my pedalboard with the RNDI into the Quilter, which would require phantom power injection.
I've got cabs, but at the moment no amp. But this is what I would do. And power the M48 from my Cioks DC7.
I've just been playing at church through my pedalboard to FOH.
You can't tell it from the main page and bad picture angle, but the Atomic Bass Box has aux in and headphone jacks.
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The Nux Melvin Lee Davis has that and a lot more, and it's ridiculously cheap. Haven't tried it, but preliminary demos sound pretty good. I'm sure it's no Oracle, but it's got an impressive feature-to-price ratio.
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There's another great ongoing thread about the Most Iconic and Desirable Bass Preamps (or preamps within bass amps), not pedals.
If would be nice if the two threads could be coordinated or correlated (more often) when we can, for example by mentioning how some pedal(s) compare to the preamp out or DI of some amp(s). In many cases the amp might win the cost/benefit.
In some cases the pedal and the amp are made by the same company and the pricing is likely to induce purchase of the whole amp. It's tough to keep track of all of these.
If would be nice if the two threads could be coordinated or correlated (more often) when we can, for example by mentioning how some pedal(s) compare to the preamp out or DI of some amp(s). In many cases the amp might win the cost/benefit.
In some cases the pedal and the amp are made by the same company and the pricing is likely to induce purchase of the whole amp. It's tough to keep track of all of these.
