What Pre Amp/DI will get me closest to a Gallien Krueger tone.

I think the m80 gets really close to my 80's 800 rb tone, when I don't use the color switch. What gk tone are you trying for? The 400/800 rb's sound different the the newer gen stuff to me.

 

So you would need a di with a low and hi mid knob. I really wish gk would make a di pedal.

 

Zoom B3 has a GALLIEN KRUEGER 800RB amp/cab simulation. Plus a ton of other goodies.
Not having heard a GALLIEN KRUEGER 800RB I cannot vouch for it's accuracy.

 

I believe there is one in the works. What stage of "works", I have no idea, I've just seen some casual references to it from rag himself in other threads where people have been asking for it.

In the meantime, an MB200 is pretty close. 2lbs and it will fit on your pedal board.

 

Line 6 Bass Pod?

 

I've seen a video of a guy using one covering an Incubus song and it sounds a LOT like my 800RB.

But I will say this - the Darkglass B7K uses very similar EQ points. If you want a bada** bass overdrive and very similar EQ points, I would go for that one. I'd take it over an M-80 any day of the week, and the M-80 is no slouch.

That being said, I use a B3K in front of my 800RB and it works for both smooth, saturated tones and very aggressive ones.

 

Just get an RB head. You can find one of that line used for pretty inexpensive prices a lot of places. I would just buy a head. I run a B7K through my 1001RB and it kills. But, with the blend fully on, it takes on different tones than the head will put out IMO.

 

Zoom B3 bass and effects simulator can get you pretty close IMO

 

Exactly!

Considering the list of stuff in the OP's "current set-up" and the fact you can get a used GK 1001RB-II used for as little as $350....this thread is a real head scratcher

Sell or trade some of your stuff and get a GK head that already has a built in d.i

easy breezy lemon squeezy

 

Maybe the OP doesn't want to lug a head around.

From how I read the post, I gather he is going direct via a pedalboard... no amp onstage. Having done the same thing myself for about the past year, there are definite benefits to that approach and I personally would be very hard-pressed for a reason to ever take a "stack" back out on the road with me. I take it he is making his inquiry for the express purpose of NOT bringing a head (and cabinet) into the equation.

And, agreed with others: it baffles me that GK haven't gotten into the pre-amp/DI stomp box game yet.

 

I'm guessing you and the OP haven't had that much stage experience...one he is 17...and anyone that has played lots of gigs knows at anytime you can go to setup for a show in a small or med size club that has a shyte p.a and only one working floor monitor

Hence if you don't want to " lug" a small head like a 1001....have fun at "that" gig

TMB

 

32 years playing bass, the last 15 years gigging regularly and the last 8 years averaging 50-120 dates a year and the vast majority of them paid. Currently getting $150/night minimum and $300+ pretty regularly. Rock, pop, county, jazz, gospel. Played bars, festivals, restaurants, jazz clubs, weddings, corporate, outdoor stages, audiences froma a couple dozen up to 10K and several hundred to 1,000 pretty regularly. Been on stages with IEMs, wedges, no monitors at all.

Back to the OP... if you're OK with adding an amp then I would go with a GK combo, not a head and cabinet. That way you're at least keeping your footprint relatively small.

 

Hey cool...if that's the case than your comment "I personally would be very hard-pressed for a reason to ever take a "stack" back out on the road with me" means that in every gig you have you either have played there before or have done the phone calls ahead of time to know that your not going to need a head and a cab at your upcoming gig

The OP is 17 and I would bet the places he is playing he will eventually be screwed in a semi crap club with a sub par sound guy and have to play a gig not hearing himself...even worse if his guitar player has lots of stage presence with his rig

TMB

 

I don't remember the OP saying anything about not wanting to "lug" an amp and or cab on stage........ Lets not start assuming things here.

 

I mean yeah, there is probably a good chance if the OP starts gigging regularly and is not rolling with his own P.A. for support, he'll wind up on the short end of the monitor situation sometimes. In that case he may want to consider a GK combo vs. a stack so at least he's still keeping his footprint pretty small. Right now I have two setups... a pedalboard for DI with IEM situations (80% of my gigs), and a 150w combo that I take on gigs where I know there will be wedge monitors and I'll need some onstage presence. I have a 300-watt head and a 4x10 cabinet but that rig has literally not left my garage for the past 3 years. It simply has not been needed.

I just get weary of people thinking they have to still bring a big bass stack to every gig when a lot of times it's just plain overkill and they're working a lot harder than they have to. But then I'm 47 and don't have the energy I used to either.

 

I've read this too and I'm still waiting for one. For now I use the MB500 as my main amp and an old 400RB for gigs that I know won't be giving me any support through the PA/House. I had the MB200 and it was powerful enough, but the gain only stage controlling my DI signal and amp volume convinced me to upgrade. Loved the tiny MB200 footprint though.

 

Ahh...definitely
If you have your own P.A and IEM's.....HUGE difference when it comes to this particular thread