police squad Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Ok you fantastic bunch I already do my 80s duo. I use a Vox Tonelab or my guitar and it works very well I'm shortly to be starting a 70s/80s/90s glam duo. Similar thing, backing tracks with guitars and bass removed. What can my bass player use (actually it's Mrs Police Squad, she's a mighty fine player, plays with a pick, no pedals) We'll just go into the Allen and Heath desk, then into QSC K12s. She loves the Ampeg thing (Still uses a PF500 when gigging normally) TIA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 (edited) How about one of those Joyo Orange Juice... or the Front of House (FOH) Cab Sim DI thingies... Behringer BDI... £25 @ Andertons... Edited January 14, 2023 by PaulThePlug 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 (edited) I use the Behringer BDi, it's very good, although I run it dry with the overdrive completely off and leave kverdrive duties to a Boss pedal. I almost always go to the PA, on which we run one or two subs, and use the second output from the pedal to drive my monitor. I prefer to feed my monitor directly and get it sounding how I want to hear it, rather than drive it with an output from the mixer and get what our sound man thinks I should be hearing, and I get enough ambient sound from my homie's monitors to hear what they're up to. That's what works for me personally, although the next person along would doubtless have great bouts of head shaking and disagreement. To head off any questions I use an Orange Crush 50 as a monitor, I just think it sounds nicer to listen to for 2 or 3 hours than a proper monitor and is kinder to the ears. I have tried in-ear monitoring, but I'm a bit down in my right ear (my time in the army was the era when ear defenders were considered effeminate by the NCOs and anyone asking for them would be scorned a a bit of a [insert politically incorrect term] and sent packing) and never felt totally at ease with them. Edited January 14, 2023 by Bassfinger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Another vote for the Behringer Bdi. It’s probably the best value-for-money piece of kit I’ve bought. When I’m playing through a traditional back line I take it along instead of a spare amp. It’s got me ‘out of jail’ a couple of times. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franticsmurf Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 I used a Behringer BDi as the only pedal into a desk for a while. Loved it and it remains on one of two boards I have as the balanced out source and is set up for mild drive. I got a Laney Digbeth which resides on the other board as it has the 'Tilt' control, which I use to tune the sound to the room. I'm sure there are others that could tell you exactly how tilt works, but form me it seems to increase or decrease the emphasis of the bass end. In a 'boomy' room, you can dial back the bass boom. It also has a nice tube simulation, clean channel and bypass and the price is good. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Behringer Bass V-Amp straight into PA via a DI box and 2nd output into small amp so I can hear. Would prefer to use headphones but we’re not set up for that at present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Bass into any device capable of emulating the Ampeg pre-amp, then straight into the PA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 The Two Notes Le Bass pedal has DI out with a cab sim. It also has a dual channel preamp which can get pretty close to an ampeg sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Active bass - straight in via active or passive DI. Passive bass - either straight in via an Active DI, or any of the emulators listed above. The Berry BDi is cheapbas chips and just works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 sansamp di - hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyb625 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Another one for the list, but a bit spendy, is the Origin Effects BassRig. DI out with cabinet simulation and also has a model that emulates an Ampeg (albeit the SVR). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted January 14, 2023 Author Share Posted January 14, 2023 thanks everybody picked up a 2nd hand tech21 sansamp. Simple. straight into the PA. should work a treat I will get a Bery BDi to try though. cheap as chips and worth 25 quid I think 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtcat Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 You won't go wrong with a sansamp. There's a good reason they've been around for years and they do the Ampeg thing very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 4 minutes ago, mrtcat said: You won't go wrong with a sansamp. There's a good reason they've been around for years and they do the Ampeg thing very well. I have the Sansamp which I use as a DI to FOH, but also have a Behringer BD121 as a spare. The Behringer is remarkable value for money, sounds really good and is ideal for what you require. Worth £25 to try in comparison, and handy for backup should you need it. I’ve lent mine to a guitarist and it actually sounded okay for that as well. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 1 hour ago, police squad said: thanks everybody picked up a 2nd hand tech21 sansamp. Simple. straight into the PA. should work a treat I will get a Bery BDi to try though. cheap as chips and worth 25 quid I think The behringer BDI is a clone of the sans amp, so there's no real need to do any more spends. The only real difference between the two is that the sans amp will run off phantom power from the mixer, and the behringer won't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted January 15, 2023 Author Share Posted January 15, 2023 16 hours ago, casapete said: I have the Sansamp which I use as a DI to FOH, but also have a Behringer BD121 as a spare. The Behringer is remarkable value for money, sounds really good and is ideal for what you require. Worth £25 to try in comparison, and handy for backup should you need it. I’ve lent mine to a guitarist and it actually sounded okay for that as well. 🙂 i thought I might try one and keep as a back up 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 Crikey, that Tech21 thing. Sweet Jesus, it's amazing I've just plugged it into my office amp (Hartke HA1400 2 x10 combo) AMPEG!!! WOW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisK1975 Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 (edited) Yep - You can't go far wrong with a Sansamp. I've used the Bass Driver and the Paradriver direct to PA, both excellent pieces of kit, and like someone else said above, run off phantom power. Edited January 17, 2023 by LewisK1975 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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