Yo bass players some help

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i have bass players that drop by to work on stuff here and there. I usually plug them into the pa but I am getting nervous about doing this without a di box. Any suggestions on what I should pick up? Just a di or should I get something like a Tech 21?

[jtougas]

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Bingo. Tech21 Bass Driver... and guard it.

[Snake Aces]

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For that purpose I would definitely go with the Tech 21.

[Kamanda~SD]

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Can't believe I'm responding to a 'Yo' thread... But yeah SansAmp all the way! lots of tonal variations available as well.

[dg27]

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SansAmp it is...I almost never leave home without it.

[Securb]

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Not often I see unanimous replies on this site. Guess I know what I gotta do. Thanks a lot.

[dystrust]

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Not often I see unanimous replies on this site. Guess I know what I gotta do. Thanks a lot.

If you need a lot of sound options I prefer a bass POD, but for quick & dirty along with decent sound a Sansamp is impossible to beat.

[One Bad Monkey]

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I'll be the dissension in the ranks, but I'd opt for the Aguilar Tone Hammer. Very different from the Sansamp, but I've found a lot more usable settings with the TH.

[jtougas]

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There's also an MXR bass pre worth looking at, supposedly.

[Securb]

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I did look at the MXR they are half the money and I have always loved MXR pedals. I think I might go that route.

[crguti]

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if you connect direct to the PA it will sound bad, but nothing to be nervous about.

If you wanna get a DI bass with amp simulator on the cheap, get the Behringer BDI21 which is the copy of the Sansamp BDDI.

[One Bad Monkey]

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if you connect direct to the PA it will sound bad, but nothing to be nervous about.

It will not.

I gig ampless on a weekly basis, plugging direct into the FOH with a RMI Basswitch DI IQ unit (usually using channel 2, which bypasses the onboard preamp) with a stage monitor, and it sounds pretty incredible. At that point, it might as well be a standard DI box or just plugged into the back of the board, since I'm not using any of the onboard tone shaping capabilities; straight signal.

[jtougas]

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It will not.

I gig ampless on a weekly basis, plugging direct into the FOH with a RMI Basswitch DI IQ unit (usually using channel 2, which bypasses the onboard preamp) with a stage monitor, and it sounds pretty incredible. At that point, it might as well be a standard DI box or just plugged into the back of the board, since I'm not using any of the onboard tone shaping capabilities; straight signal.

Ummm... that is not connecting directly to the PA, that's connecting to the PA using a DI.

[One Bad Monkey]

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Ummm... that is not connecting directly to the PA, that's connecting to the PA using a DI.

True.

I've also run a 1/4" straight into the board. No problems.

[Johnny the Kid]

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I did look at the MXR they are half the money and I have always loved MXR pedals. I think I might go that route.

That's my suggestion as well. For 1/2 the price, you get 2x the channels of the SansAmp.