Always good to see your content, homie. I did a deep dive rabbit hole and watched your EQ and boost pedal videos (again) last night. I appreciate the SOAD riffs!
Amazing video once again, especially the shout-out segments. Love my BDDi but also loved the other tones here, and each was definitely doing its own thing.
BASS player here, THANKS A LOT MAN !!! The sound comparison is what I needed. Now I'm GASSIN for a tech 21 sans amp ...... DAMMIT !!! Each boxes have their own sound too ....
Awsome and genuinely informative vid. If im allowed to be opinionated, honestly, with some exceptions (Type O and Acid bath), bass with distortion SUCKS. Heavy distortion smooths out transients and buries the low end which completely defeats the purpose of a bass instrument and makes all bands have that same clanky bass tone that plagues modern metal. I REALLY wish metal heads tried experimenting with other effects besides distortion to make the bass guitar standout sonically instead of treating it some afterthough whose only purpose is to "just cover the low-end lol."
There's a fine balance with bass distortion to be sure, and I agree that metal bands / producers have jumped the shark with the Dingwall + Darkglass clank combo. Unless you're going for a full on doom wall of fuzz, it is absolutely imperative to retain a clear fundamental on bass. That's why I will always prefer bi-amping or tri-amping to keep overdriven basses in their necessary frequency spectrum lane.
23:20 this explanation of the Character knob on the VT Bass DI isn’t quite correct. The manual states: - Settings below 12 o’clock will give you the ‘70s powerhouse, the SVT. - Around 12 o’clock will introduce you to the studio staple, the flip top. - Above 12 o’clock increases the gain and crunch for less polite, modern rock, indie bass sounds. - Full up gives you distorted bass tones from Yes to Crimson to King’s X styles.
I have to slightly disagree with you, mate. I've owned the MXR DI for about 14 years now. It sounds GREAT with a clean fretless. Although you're right, I wouldn't buy it specifically to use for clean sounds with a fretless. However if you already own it, you should be plugging every bass you own into it. I like to run it first in my chain, have the main output run through the rest of the board, and the parallel output straight into the 2nd input on my audio interface. That way I've got a wet and dry signal recorded for custom blending and possibly reamping. Is it the best Bass DI out there? Nope. But is it fantastic for the money and does it hold up for at least 14 years? Yes!
Hell yeah, jesus the analyzer returns
I'd buy Plague Scythe Studios "Jesus the Analyzer" shirts tbh
Always good to see your content, homie. I did a deep dive rabbit hole and watched your EQ and boost pedal videos (again) last night. I appreciate the SOAD riffs!
FINALLY a metal-focused video on Bass DI boxes. God's work. Thank you sir!
I've had interest in the YYZ pedal for some time so this was a welcome surprise of a deep dive.
Amazing video once again, especially the shout-out segments.
Love my BDDi but also loved the other tones here, and each was definitely doing its own thing.
The Original Sanzamp has this quality i just love- it sounds so awesome
Funnily, after long exploring journey i settled on the VT and the AOU. They just stack so well.
Ive had an M80 SINCE 2008 and swear by it.
BASS player here, THANKS A LOT MAN !!! The sound comparison is what I needed.
Now I'm GASSIN for a tech 21 sans amp ...... DAMMIT !!! Each boxes have their own sound too ....
hell yeah!!!!! Very interesting.
20:39 the current version (v2) has a mid control, and other bells and whistles
Love my sansamp BDDI
I played 7 string through an AMPEG BR2 and a 1x15 + 4x10 Amperg cabs. I got the SGT-DI and it sound pretty close!
Awsome and genuinely informative vid.
If im allowed to be opinionated, honestly, with some exceptions (Type O and Acid bath), bass with distortion SUCKS. Heavy distortion smooths out transients and buries the low end which completely defeats the purpose of a bass instrument and makes all bands have that same clanky bass tone that plagues modern metal. I REALLY wish metal heads tried experimenting with other effects besides distortion to make the bass guitar standout sonically instead of treating it some afterthough whose only purpose is to "just cover the low-end lol."
There's a fine balance with bass distortion to be sure, and I agree that metal bands / producers have jumped the shark with the Dingwall + Darkglass clank combo. Unless you're going for a full on doom wall of fuzz, it is absolutely imperative to retain a clear fundamental on bass. That's why I will always prefer bi-amping or tri-amping to keep overdriven basses in their necessary frequency spectrum lane.
23:20 this explanation of the Character knob on the VT Bass DI isn’t quite correct.
The manual states:
- Settings below 12 o’clock will give you the ‘70s powerhouse, the SVT.
- Around 12 o’clock will introduce you to the studio staple, the flip top.
- Above 12 o’clock increases the gain and crunch for less polite, modern rock, indie bass sounds.
- Full up gives you distorted bass tones from Yes to Crimson to King’s X styles.
I have to slightly disagree with you, mate. I've owned the MXR DI for about 14 years now. It sounds GREAT with a clean fretless. Although you're right, I wouldn't buy it specifically to use for clean sounds with a fretless. However if you already own it, you should be plugging every bass you own into it. I like to run it first in my chain, have the main output run through the rest of the board, and the parallel output straight into the 2nd input on my audio interface. That way I've got a wet and dry signal recorded for custom blending and possibly reamping. Is it the best Bass DI out there? Nope. But is it fantastic for the money and does it hold up for at least 14 years? Yes!