Quatschmacher

Been enjoying this album. Only became aware of her by accident when a CD I bought has one of her albums mistakenly printed on it as opposed to the one I bought.

Yes, the SV has more deep bass than the Fifteen, but that’s to be expected. The high switch on the SV allows for more clickiness of finger/pick attack of the string to come through, even with the treble knob rolled off. Obviously having the mid control on the SV gives you options that aren’t available on the Fifteen. Mine are hooked up in series but I’m not running one into the cab sim of the other, if that’s what you mean.

This is going to have to be my last new pedal for quite some time I think. Really need to get stuff sold but this is the sound I’ve been chasing for ages.

Like you, I’m mostly running these sounds clean (or with slight breakup when digging in). Yes, it is frustrating to hear most demos showing the harsher side of the SV because it’s very capable of some lovely clean tones. (I actually noticed the other day that Avishai Cohen was running his upright through an SVT-CL Heritage rig.) As mentioned above, the SV does have deeper and more prominent lows. The top end can also get much fizzier due to the high switch. And this is before using either of the cab sims. I thought getting the Fifteen would obviate my keeping the SV, but I do appreciate the extra low end heft it brings for certain sounds.

Colour me interested.

If you love both sounds, the answer is obviously to get both, otherwise you’d miss one. Much more deep bass available in the SV. They are different beasts.

Thanks for the kind offer. I’ll pass though as I’ve already spent ages comparing other stuff (which has been fun) and the Origin does the business. I think need to cool it a bit with pedal madness, get on with some playing and also crack on with FI4 update work.

Pretty sure it’s a keeper for me. My only complaint is that I didn’t get it at the same price as the other two BassRigs (which I bought used).🙂

Off the bat, the VT’s speaker emulation is that of the 8x10. A lot of the B15 character is from the ported, baffled 15” cab so I expect there’ll be quite a noticeable difference there. If you can turn the speaker emulation off and run through an external IR, that’ll likely get closer.

Thought so, hence my tagging you.

Ah cool, I stand corrected. As you were then.

That question would probably be better addressed in a Super Vintage thread given that it and the aforementioned pedal are SVT recreations. (Do Tech21 make a B15 pedal?)

I’ve had more playing time yesterday and today (after getting some actual sleep) and am really enjoying it.

If you liked the Black Panel, I highly recommend the Shift Line Olympic (its (multiple and swappable) cab sims are defeatable). @tayste_2000 has a brand new one for sale.

Here's a rough comparison clip. GS then BR, first alone then through the B15 IR of the Cabzone. (So GS, BR, GS with sim, BR with sim.) Apologies for any artefacts in the recording; I think my computer is on the blink. B15 clips.mp3

There are various wired-fret basses (Industrial Radio Midibass (was one for sale on here and didn’t sell I think), ROR guitars Expressiv Midibass, Frettrax that can be used with any MIDI device. (Would not recommend ordering new from Industrial Radio though as after almost 4 years I still had no bass, lots of excuses, terrible communication, and had to put a lot of effort into getting my money refunded.) There are a few other MIDI guitar things like jamstick (or however it is named) and a few similar things.

The other observation I forgot to mention (and this applies to all the BassRigs compared to tube-based pedal recreations of those amps): there’s something different in the way the overdrive decays. On the tube pedals I have used (Shift Line Olympic (roughly like the ‘64 Black Panel), Shift Line Flex (supposedly B15 but uses 12AX7 and sounded closer to the Super Vintage) and the Grand Slampegg), the drive has a softer attack and noticeably longer decay time compared with the BassRigs. On the BassRigs it reacts with more of a quick spike. The drive character when digging in to cause breakup is also “smoother” on the tube-based pedals compared to the BassRigs, though some of that may be to do with my having used the 1/4” output on the latter.