This is, hands down, the best bass DI I've ever used, and has become the beating heart at the center of my bass rig
There are some deeper features via small buttons (speaker emulation defeat, "bite" on/off, and a few others) and between those and the wide range of tones available from the main knobs, this DI is capable of a bewildering array of sounds, all of which are quite usable and very different from one another
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What might be a cool alternative design is to be able to have the effected 1/4" output of this go through the rest of my pedals, and then back into a 2nd input on this unit before being converted by the DI.That being said, I'm really happy with the way this thing sounds, and also with the way it functions as a DI
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A few years ago I wrote a positive review for the Hartke Bass Attack, which is a similar bass DI in a lower price bracket, and that one is still great but the VT is an excellent argument for "you get what you pay for"
You are reading snippets from reviews of Tech 21 SansAmp Character Series VT Bass DI
A few years ago I wrote a positive review for the Hartke Bass Attack, which is a similar bass DI in a lower price bracket, and that one is still great but the VT is an excellent argument for "you get what you pay for"
You are reading snippets from reviews of Tech 21 SansAmp Character Series VT Bass DI
The manual says to zero out your bass controls for active bass and set normally for passive bass, but actually don't change anything on your bass
Cool bass preamp, could be used with or without bass amp,
Tone of range, great for aggressive rock bass or smoother bass too
The Blend knob lets you bring in some of your unaffected bass signal, which is less useful for clean tones but extremely helpful to maintain clarity if the VT is dialed in for face-melting distortion
This is, hands down, the best bass DI I've ever used, and has become the beating heart at the center of my bass rig