Bass distortion: Sansamp ect

[RevoltStudios]

I need a real bass distortion box....sick of plugins. What's the hot ticket these days? Looking at the Tech 21 Bass Driver atm.

 

[FIXXXER]

Darkglass B7K seems very popular atm

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

IMO I hate the dirt that the sansamp introduces. I JUST FUCKING HATE IT.

TBH I can't even explain why, it just doesn't impart the dirt I'm after.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

The B7k looks interesting, kind of pricey but if it really sounds that good. The Nolly clip (live clip) is a poor representation IMO because there is more going on with that dirt than that pedal if I recall correctly from his rig rundown.

Anyhow, I wish that fucker wasn't so hard to get a hold of.

 

[wishtheend]

I'm really liking my VT Bass, it's more an SVT sim, but you can get a wide range and I think the more recent version comes default with a cab-sim bypass switch. I find it covers the dirty amp tone I like, usually anything more I want something different like fuzz, my favorite one atm is the Maleko Diabolic

http://malekkoheavyindustry.com/product/diabolik/

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Man that pedal is ugly.

I'm sure it sounds good though.

 

[egan.]

I own the sansamp bass driver and the b7k. Totally different characters but both are useful. If you want a straight up distortion and not just a bit of amp grit the b7k is better. I also really dig the rat on bass although it's obviously a lot less flexible.

 

[cartoonhead]

Take a look on AMT Buss Crunch. If you have some som DI-s i can make reamp test throw this pedal.

http://amtelectronics.com/products/...ass-crunch-2-channel-jfet-bass-guitar-preamp/

 

[jeid]

I've got a Darkglass B3K, a Sansamp RBI and a Pro Co Rat. All have their uses. If you just want a bit of drive on your sound, I'd go for the Sansamp, if you want a fuzzy sound, then the Rat is great and for everything else, there's Darkglass!

Got some pretty cool sounds with the Rat into the RBI.

 

[mstone564]

I have a Rat King from Fuzzrocious pedals that I use live and in the studio all the time. They have a smaller, more compact Rat Tail. It's basically a pro co rat designed to work well with bass.

 

[xFkx]

I see the sansamp more as a tone shaper than as a distortion unit. I'd be inclined to look into guitar stompboxes for cool distortion

 

[Deuteronomy]

Sansamp PSA 1,1 all the way man if you want a preamp.
Sansamp bass driver pedals are also great.
EBS also does the job

 

[mickrich]

I have zoom ms-60b which does an excellent sansamp sim and many other things, MXR M80 which I love and a Warwick Tubepath 5 head which is also great.
Never bonded with the "metallic" drive sound of a sansamp.
I used to have a Hartke bass driver that was very good but got rid of it once I got the MXR.

I would recommend the MXR M80 to anyone getting a single bass di/ preamp for recording. Superb clean sound and really good drive with blend option and gate.

 

[yava]

+1 for the MXR M80

 

[nuclearass]

Sansamp RPM

 

[The-Zeronaut]

darkglass b7k
tech 21 VT bass
mxr-80

 

[DanLights]

Big fan of MXR m80 here.

 

[Severu]

Depending on what flavour you need:

Sansamp GT-2
Turbo Rat
James LoMenzo Ashdown Hyperdrive
Sansamp VT Bass

 

[Exocaster]

I see the sansamp more as a tone shaper than as a distortion unit. I'd be inclined to look into guitar stompboxes for cool distortion

I've had good luck with the Fulltone OCD as a general-purpose bass distortion. The ol' Boss HM-2 has come in handy on occasion as well.

 

[cobhc]

Since I got Jaymz' profiles of the B7K for my Kemper, I haven't touched my Sansamp BDDI. The Darkglass just seems to work better on a bigger variety of basses, than the Sansamp does.