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BGRA: Tech21 Sansamp Bass Driver DI
| Manufacturer |
Tech21 Sansamp |
Model |
Bass Driver DI |
| Reviewer |
Askia N'degéOcello |
Email |
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| Experience |
6 |
Item owned |
Less than 1 month |
| Review Date |
2002-03-24 |
Price paid |
250$ |
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Dimensions | small stomp box |
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Weight | not mentionable |
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Other | input, two jacks output,balanced XLR output, and the DRIVE knob!!! |
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My former preamp was a trace elliot GP11 preamp, and I was quite satisfied
with it, only my slap sound was not the best, if there was no tweeter in
the bass cab. And my main bass cab has no tweeter, I don't really
like the sound of it. But how will I get the highs for the slap plucks? I
was wondering a tube preamp would do that, because of the rich upper
harmonics. But before I purchased a tube preamp, I tried out a Bass driver
DI, which has an analog tube simulator.
...I bought one as soon I could. My dear trace is in a shop now, waiting
for someone to buy.
Wondering why do others put the bass driver DI to effects, actually
it's a preamp. And the best I've ever played through. You can
take your sound anywhere, and it makes any garbage amp sound like a dream.
I don't really use the eq knobs, just a little, depends on tha place
where I play,but I set the drive knob(which emulates the tube simulation)
to half way, and my sound is as big, as rich -my bass cab has such slap
sound,without tweeter, like marcus miller's, not joking!- like never
before. And it's just a small box, you can carry everywhere, not a
30kg tube amp head. There are also many pros, which were already written
here, I won't repeat them; and I don't see any cons.
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| service |
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| value |
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