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.

 

[ehdwuld]

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Might I suggest one of the Digitech BP series pedals

You know with drum loops and such

*(Sent from my durned phone!)*

 

[ginormous]

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Depends on how big the venue is. You'll have to go into the FOH system, no matter how much artillery you pack onstage, for anything larger than a 250-person club (assuming 1 human per sq. ft., which is basically "get your ponytail out of my drink, you dam hippie!").

Bass through stage amps without sound reinforcement sounds mushy and boomy to the crowd, hence the term "reinforcement".

Tech 21 has a bunch of "character" pedals, which will hand off clones of various amps to the mixer. The build quality seems to be up to snuff.

 

[dd12939]

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Tech 21 has a bunch of "character" pedals, which will hand off clones of various amps to the mixer. The build quality seems to be up to snuff.

I have their little Ampeg-a-like pedal. It's pretty simple and straight-ahead, but I like it.