What the heck does a Sansamp do? Why do I need one?

[SteveC]

I guess I'll be the decenting voice here. You don't need one. I have bought and sold 2 or 3 of these. I don't have one. For myself, I don't need tone shaping from my DI. I use a Radial JDI. Simple, tough and great sounding.

As far as getting "your sound" from any rig...I guess having a preamp that you take with you everywhere you play is an option. I always have PA support and my Radial JDI (I suppose it's my BDDI) with me and find that I pretty much sound like me no matter what or where I'm playing.

 

[JanusZarate]

[looks at his previous post]

...umm... Zombie thread?

Well, since this thread's still being pushed (despite it being 6 months old)... mlbarlow, did you ever get a SansAmp?

You really didn't need one

 

[Joe P]

[looks at his previous post]

...umm... Zombie thread?

Well, since this thread's still being pushed (despite it being 6 months old)...

Ohhhhh! I didn't know what that meant!

Yeah - I wanna know how that went with mlbarlow!

Joe

 

[SpankyPants]

 

[JanusZarate]

BTW, Joe, it's okay. You're just the latest in a whole series of people to pick on an otherwise dead thread. If you look a few posts back, you can see where it jumps from 6/18/06 to just a day or two ago.

So you're not beating a dead horse. Rather, you're feeding a zombie...

...with yourself. So, no big loss for me

 

[SpankyPants]

On a side note, I bought a theremin today!


Sorry, I had to tell someone!

 

[niftydog]

I pulled the trigger...

On another side, I've decided I don't like the violent undertones of that phrase... not having a go at you, just been hearing it a lot lately and it's just hit me that it's surreptitiously violent.

 

[SpankyPants]

I don't know what you're talking about, niftydiggy.

 

[niftydog]

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Purpose-built person-killing machine, just point and "pull the trigger!"

Man, I even creeped myself out with this post...

 

[SpankyPants]

Yeah... that was a bit much.

Let's calm the mood with this:

Weee! See how much fun we're having?

 

[mlbarlow]

to put a cap on the zombie thread ... nope, didn't get a sansamp. I have cycled through a lot of gear, and am pleased with what I'm using, though. not opposed to checking out a sansamp in the future, and i'm grateful to all with your input.

gave me a chuckle to see the thread back from the dead!

 

[niftydog]

 

[Crabby]

I have stated this before, but I really like my sans amp and will likely always keep it. But i dont actually have it in my board and keep it seperate as a "pocket rig" in the event that i cant take any other gear.

I love to goof around with it. in the end, my Stingray needs no help to achive my sound!

 

[The BurgerMeister]

I know many people don´t do it, but I also use my SABDDI for recording.

SO many people do this. the sansamp is ubiquitous in studio-land! i record with mine all the time. i usually run a split signal: one into the sansamp, the other into some other preamp (or maybe into a crazy effect of some sort). mix the two, and you've got an amazing sound.

 

[The BurgerMeister]

I have stated this before, but I really like my sans amp and will likely always keep it. But i dont actually have it in my board and keep it seperate as a "pocket rig" in the event that i cant take any other gear.

+1

 

[the giz]

What's wrong with an F1-x as oppose to the sansamp, i know one is rack mount but, what about the signal and sound?

 

[bongomania]

What's wrong with using a top professional preamp? I don't know, you tell us.

 

[vtwo]

I used to think this too - by reading stupid musiciansfriend catalogs. I think words like "tone machine" and "makes crap gear sound great!" throws you off on a Sansamp's real functions...

and yeah I know - old thread.

 

[Munjibunga]

I'd get the ParaDriver DI rather than the Bass Driver DI (I own both). The PDDI has the semi-parametric mid, which makes it more versatile than the SABDDI. It still has the Drive control to give you tube emulation, amen.

 

[dancehallclasher]

I'd get the ParaDriver DI rather than the Bass Driver DI (I own both). The PDDI has the semi-parametric mid, which makes it more versatile than the SABDDI. It still has the Drive control to give you tube emulation,

oh no guys something happened to Munji in the middle of posting! Send help!