Does anyone know what size the plastic nut on the output Jack of the THDI is? Mine fell off somewhere. I emailed Aguilar a week ago and am caught in a Korg corporate support loop, plenty of responses but no answers!
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Tone Hammer DI appreciation thread
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Anybody know anything about Eublet's status? Last time he was here was Jan 6th 2023.
You could always take the other nut off the input, then take it to an Ace hardware or measure yourself if you are trying to order off the internet.
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my tone hammer has this type nut for the jack:
Plastic Jack Nut - Replacement for Marshall® Jacks
Plastic Jack Nut - Replacement for Marshall® Jacks
Resurrecting this thread as I am considering throwing one of these as the DI on the end of a worship pedal board. I use a Tone Hammer 500 at home. My main question is how the crossover would be. Right now I don't heavily use the drive and I'm wondering if that correlates to the AGS channel on the pedal? Also many moons ago (circa 2010 lol) people reported it could pretty noisy as a DI? I'm thinking that can't be the case with current iterations?
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I use a THDI in a couple of different bands. Playing rock and Americana with a drummer, the AGS is always on. As you add gain, It fattens up and saturates before it breaks up. I keep the gain around 9-10 o’clock.
I also do acoustic gigs with an acoustic bass guitar and use the THDI without the AGS, just clean setting. Lots of EQ on tap and no drive character, if that’s what you want.
Awesome, thank you guys, sounds like it will still be the perfect fit. I'm a big fan of its larger brethren.
I think I remember reading that the AGS on the THDI is about equal to the Drive on 3:00 on the TH amp.
The noise may have been someone not checking the GND/Lift setting - the one time I had something crunching out of the PA that solved the problem.
I was playing with the AGS off (I thought) and at the end of a song the drummer said: "that sounded much better, what did you change?" Looked down that the AGS had been on...
Never turned it off again..
I was playing with the AGS off (I thought) and at the end of a song the drummer said: "that sounded much better, what did you change?" Looked down that the AGS had been on...
Never turned it off again..
Thanks all, I'll definitely fidget around with it both on and off.
I typically run my 500 at like 9ish Drive, Gain at noon, but I'm also running a Nightowl Edison preamp and an effectrode PC-2A compressor before it and they each have some drive/gain.
I typically run my 500 at like 9ish Drive, Gain at noon, but I'm also running a Nightowl Edison preamp and an effectrode PC-2A compressor before it and they each have some drive/gain.
In order to understand what AGS does, have a look at post No. 1825 in the following thread:
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/ag...-500w-megathread.717712/page-92#post-13429280
https://www.talkbass.com/threads/ag...-500w-megathread.717712/page-92#post-13429280
Bit late to answering....
My THDI is not noisy.
I play typical classic rock with P Bass, rounds and a pick. My settings are below. My bass sorts an EMG GZR pick up which by all means is not super hot, to my ears it has a little more output than a standard P bass pickup.
Values are "o'clock"
AGS on
Gain - around 8 (any higher I feel produces a nasty mid range that can't be dialled out)
Bass - 1.30
Mid freq - 3
Mid gain - 10\10.30
Treble - anywhere between 11 and 1
Volume to taste
I run the THDI at the end of my chain after EBS Multicomp and Shiftline Buzz v2 for moderate drive. Shiftline off for almost completely clean tone.
Gives a nice fat P bass tone with a bit of fur when I dig in.
My THDI is not noisy.
I play typical classic rock with P Bass, rounds and a pick. My settings are below. My bass sorts an EMG GZR pick up which by all means is not super hot, to my ears it has a little more output than a standard P bass pickup.
Values are "o'clock"
AGS on
Gain - around 8 (any higher I feel produces a nasty mid range that can't be dialled out)
Bass - 1.30
Mid freq - 3
Mid gain - 10\10.30
Treble - anywhere between 11 and 1
Volume to taste
I run the THDI at the end of my chain after EBS Multicomp and Shiftline Buzz v2 for moderate drive. Shiftline off for almost completely clean tone.
Gives a nice fat P bass tone with a bit of fur when I dig in.
I went to a jam session yesterday. It ended up being me and a couple of guitar players with 50w fender tube amps. I used my Quilter BB + BF Super Twin and THDI w/AGS and kept the gain on the pedal low, around 8 o’clock. The tunes were Bluesy, gypsy, Americana, old country, and even a Bowie tune showed up. They were pretty loud at times but the TH claimed the sonic space I needed without having to turn up. Great dispersion from the cab helps too!
THDI Testimonal... I have a friend that gigs locally with several different bands. He has a 70's Marshall full stack handwired bass rig. The rig has been gigged a lot, but he has taken care of it and it still looks nearly new. It sounds awesome. And is probably worth more than a nice used car. He was a session player in LA in the early 80's. (mostly ad jingles, and tv themes, etc...) His runs his Marshall rig at a very moderate volume and sits really nice in most any mix.
He has had some smaller gigs and didn't want to lug in the big Marshall stuff. He borrowed my spare THDI to try out. After a couple of gigs not having to lug the big rig, and liking the sound, I ended up selling him my spare. He loves it. He runs the AGS full time about 8-9 o'clock. Of course the fretless Sadowski that he plays doesn't hurt the sound at all.
He has had some smaller gigs and didn't want to lug in the big Marshall stuff. He borrowed my spare THDI to try out. After a couple of gigs not having to lug the big rig, and liking the sound, I ended up selling him my spare. He loves it. He runs the AGS full time about 8-9 o'clock. Of course the fretless Sadowski that he plays doesn't hurt the sound at all.
Been doing some preamp roulette lately. Some of the preamps have more features, ins and outs etc but for me the THDI just sounds great and beat them all out. I love everything from clean tones with AGS off, vintage furry tones with AGS on, and then downright dirty tones adding in EBS Billy Sheehan Deluxe or Shiftline Buzz V2.
The setting I posted above sounds great with a relatively clean tone. Had a play today with P bass, EBS Multicomp and settings below. Phat and greasy is all I can say, but not boomy.
AGS on
Gain - 8 o'clock
Bass - 1.30
Mid freq - 8 o'clock
Mid gain - 1 o'clock
Treble - 10 o'clock
From memory that is similar to Eublet's REDDI setting. Sounds fantastic.
The setting I posted above sounds great with a relatively clean tone. Had a play today with P bass, EBS Multicomp and settings below. Phat and greasy is all I can say, but not boomy.
AGS on
Gain - 8 o'clock
Bass - 1.30
Mid freq - 8 o'clock
Mid gain - 1 o'clock
Treble - 10 o'clock
From memory that is similar to Eublet's REDDI setting. Sounds fantastic.
I really love the THDI and I’m going to try those settings out this weekend. Thanks for posting your settings.
If I went to and island with my bass and could only choose one pedal to take with me it definitely would be my beloved Aguilar Tone Hammer 
Bought a Tone Hammer DI for the first time a few months back. Still haven’t plugged into it yet (mainly because I’ve got so used to the VTDI), but I will do soon. Mainly play in worship band. Will have a read of what settings people like on this box. I’m very used to the VTDI but just want to try something from outside of the Sansamp stable for a change & see which I prefer.
I like to run a little drive, say 10:30 -11:00 o’clock, but not much character, (9:00 or less, 1:30 blend and no bite) on the VTDI, so I will most likely try AGS on but with low gain (8-9 o’clock seems popular for clean-ish with a touch of hair it seems). It's a while since I had sweepable mids (and even then, it was on the super clean MXR M81), so I will have to figure out what sounds good in ears / in the room there too.
I read a trick about plugging IEMs into a 1/4 inch headphone adapter into the 'Out' of this box, to use it as a headphone amp. It would be cool if this works, so I don’t even have to use the practice amp. I must say I really like the sound of "Very nice warm and vintage tone, plays clean and warms up nicely when you dig in" which I saw on another thread about the THDI.
I’m hoping I can boost the low mids & get a similar tone to The Pixies one from this short Aguilar video. Of course it’s a Tone Hammer head specifically he’s using, but I imagine the THDI will achieve it too:
If the link doesn’t work it’s an Aguilar video named ‘Dialing in a rock bass tone with the Tone Hammer’. I just wish it didn’t end so abruptly as I’d like to hear more of that sweet tone. Also it ends so quickly that when he says he likes to add a touch of drive for some tube-like grit, we don’t even get a shot showing how much.
The ‘Bass Stuff’ demo is a really good no nonsense playing demo with no talking and plenty of useful info on screen. These P & J finger & pick demos are what made me want to try a THDI:
I like to run a little drive, say 10:30 -11:00 o’clock, but not much character, (9:00 or less, 1:30 blend and no bite) on the VTDI, so I will most likely try AGS on but with low gain (8-9 o’clock seems popular for clean-ish with a touch of hair it seems). It's a while since I had sweepable mids (and even then, it was on the super clean MXR M81), so I will have to figure out what sounds good in ears / in the room there too.
I read a trick about plugging IEMs into a 1/4 inch headphone adapter into the 'Out' of this box, to use it as a headphone amp. It would be cool if this works, so I don’t even have to use the practice amp. I must say I really like the sound of "Very nice warm and vintage tone, plays clean and warms up nicely when you dig in" which I saw on another thread about the THDI.
I’m hoping I can boost the low mids & get a similar tone to The Pixies one from this short Aguilar video. Of course it’s a Tone Hammer head specifically he’s using, but I imagine the THDI will achieve it too:
If the link doesn’t work it’s an Aguilar video named ‘Dialing in a rock bass tone with the Tone Hammer’. I just wish it didn’t end so abruptly as I’d like to hear more of that sweet tone. Also it ends so quickly that when he says he likes to add a touch of drive for some tube-like grit, we don’t even get a shot showing how much.
The ‘Bass Stuff’ demo is a really good no nonsense playing demo with no talking and plenty of useful info on screen. These P & J finger & pick demos are what made me want to try a THDI:
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