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[quote name='jontywisp' date='Jan 9 2010, 08:16 PM' post='707004'] I'm not looking for major distortion and nasties, just for warm fatness a la Stax bass sound I use a SansAmp BassDriver DI in front of my Markbass LMK when I want an old school sound (I'm playing a P-bass with Rotosound Tru-bass nylon flats) - it does a great job I think. And it'll deliver fearsome crunch and grit if you ever decide you want that too. But for simple, old school warmth it's ideal.

Well, well done for getting it at a reasonable price anyway! If they were a bit cheaper I'd probably buy one and hope for the best, but not at £150. If you manage to get any sound or vid clips, it would be very interesting to know...

I'm looking for the right compressor... Tried some cheaper ones (Ashdown, Digitech, Boss...) and wasn't convinced by the experience. So for now I play wihout any compression. But I'm really interested in what I've heard about Dave Hall's valve compression pedal. I think it might be just what I'm after. But they're quite expensive, so I'm reluctant to just go ahead and buy one without ever having heard one, let alone tried it myself. So I got in touch with Dave, and he said "ask on Basschat". So here I am. Anyone out there got one? I'd welcome any advice, comments (good or bad). Best of all would be a vid clip to hear one in action... But I'll take any help I can get. So let me know....? Thanks. Oh, and in case you were going to ask, I like the sound of them because sometimes I'm after a kind of vintage sound (I have a P Bass, with Rotosound Tru-bass Nylon tape flatwound strings on it) when finger picking funk lines - but then I also have an active Washburn with roundwounds that I use for faster, trashy, slap'n'pop, strumming in a kind of "wish I was Les Claypool" style. So I figured the choice of hard or soft compression, combined with valve tone the DHA pedal offers might work pretty well... I use a Markbass 410 with LMK head, and a Sansamp Bass driver when I want a bit of extra grit and grind in the sound.