bajistaman Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Hi Everyone! Need some advice.[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]I was very happy using the SansAmp but I always found the distortion a bit weak so I went to my local store and tried B3k and Vintage from Darkglass but found the former better for what I was looking for (The Vintage was great but not enough money for both). When at home I tried both together using the SansAmp at the end found that it was making the distortion from B3K weak so I had to turn it off, so now is either I use one or the other. [/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Anyone has any experience using both?, Am I wrong thinking that I could use both together? (I always use the SansAmp as the preamp even through my amplifier using the return effect loop input)[/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Thanks a lot for your help![/font][/color] [color=#141414][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Johann[/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 you definitely CAN use both together, sounds to me you just dont like the sound of them combined, i'd probably just swap out the sansamp for another preamp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerster135 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Possible stupid question, and sounds kind of counter-intuitive, but have you tried them the other way round (i.e. Sansamp into B3K)? I know that when I had a B3K, and now with my RAT-based distortion, they worked/work better with a preamp driving them. With the preamp after, it always put a bandwidth on them which basically made them sound less good!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottle Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 The SansAmp is quite scooped in the mids. You could try boosting the mids and shifting the mid centre freq. a bit as well. Also turn down the drive or dial in the blend to 100% dry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajistaman Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 Thanks, tonight will try using the SansAmp at the beginning, actually the manual says to do it that way but the guy at the shop told me that as the SansAmp emulates speaker sound should be at the end... Will also try the suggested eq Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 I`ve not got the Para Driver Sansamp, but I have a regular Sansamp paired with an Aguilar Tonehammer DI. Our producer advised to get all eq from amp or other tone-shaping pedals, and just have the Sansamp set flat - and it works a treat that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajistaman Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 Thank you, found this [url="https://www.talkbass.com/threads/has-anyone-used-the-sansamp-bass-driver-and-the-darkglass-microtubes-b7k.1163497/#post-17916446"]thread[/url] about the same with some recommended setting, will have a try later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bajistaman Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share Posted July 2, 2016 Ok, the problem was that I was using the SansAmp parallel output signal to the Tuner and that was causing the issue. Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottle Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Cool, glad you got it sorted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 I never di d get on with the two separately, but the way that I used the Sansamp was to run it in parallel with the distortion I was using at the time rather than in series. - I used a signal splitter to do so. The sound ended up being so much better than one in to the other. Maybe something to try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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