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Having heard an Ampeg V4B close up I knew I had to get that sound. However, my budget doesn't stretch to Ampeg gear, and I'm not that keen on heavy fragile tube bass amps. I don't like standard bass overdrive /distortions - they just mess up my tone and sound nothing like a real amp. The Sansamp VT is just the job. Anywhere from thumpy Motown to full on grind this box does it. I use it mainly as an add on, but a lot of people have their's on all the time. I have it set up to give an Entwistle/Stranglers/Jam/pub-rock tone. I got this to replace a Behringer BDI21, which is basically a Sansamp rip-off. The construction of the Behringer is very similar and it was a quarter of the price of the Sansamp. However, the Sansamp sounds noticeably more 3 dimensional. The Behringer sounds a bit flat in comparison, (still not too bad though - great for the money). The Sansamp VT seems like a lot of money for basically a box and a few components, but it will give you a wide range of organic tube amp tones. Nothing else sounds like this short of a real proper tube bass amp.Read full review
VT Bass is a great tool for any bassist who wants to add a plethora of available tones (clean to overdriven), or in my case, to warm up, fatten up and add a great sounding tube-like tone to my current gear. I use it as an always on tone shaping tool, and it works wonders with my Gallien Krueger 700RB II amp and GK NEO 412 box. I get the best of both worlds this way - quick growly punchy GK tone with a bit of that fat Ampegish tube like classic tone. I advise everyone to get the v2 that has a speaker sim defeat button, since with the speaker sim on, things can get a bit too clanky and trebly. I sold my v1 and got a v2, and I couldn't be happier. In conclusion, it's not just a tool to make a crappy gear sound good, it can make a great gear sound even better too!
I use this on my recording board into a Ampeg BA108. It makes that already identifiable Ampeg even more SVT-like, at a lower volume. It DI's well, also, altho' I tend to use it as a distortion/EQ in front of the mic'd amp. I have the Californian pedal, also, and will buy more in this series as prices and funds permit.
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This pedal is quite possibly the best "can't play without it" pedal I've ever owned. Running into a clean amp signal, with the gain and character settings just right and a little eq'ing, it gets as close to an SVT sound as I've ever heard. SVT..... without the backache....or the roadies!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
This pedal has every sound imaginable. I use it to balance out the level between two different basses. It does this very easily, and the TONE is really good! I am a huge fan of Tech21 and all their products.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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