dave_bass5

These are rumoured a few months ago, and I was tempted to wait, but not sure what I make of these. Its like they had great success with the GP-5 and now they are adding more and more until they get it to the size of the GP-100

Yep, dont want more than one box on the floor, but do miss the BDDI. What always bugged me with it was I could only have one tone at a time AND have the mid control of the V2. So the Deluxe and Programmable were not the solution, plus they only did one thing. The GP-50 is great for what it is, but I don think id want to gig it. its working for rehearsals at the moment, and I do love using IR's, so this new one should cover that. The GP-50 doesnt have a decent BDDI.

I find learning songs is a lot easier now we have decent stem splitting, I use it all the time. I also can't sing to save my life, but have musical ideas that would just be pointless without a singer on them. Again, Ai is a big help with creating vocals to go on my instrumentals.

Same, so there will be at least two in the classifieds soon 🤣 At the moment, im using a GP-50 for always on Ampeg tone, and I have a duplicate preset with a chorus and one with a Phaser. Each also has a drive block with on and off on a foot switch. I hardly use the phaser though. We have started doing a couple of songs where I could make use of an auto filter, so I have replaced another duplicate with that in the GP-50. I rarely touch the EQ side. Id love to replace the 'ampeg' tone with a BDDI, as thats more my thing. This new pedal seems to cater for all I need, without things I dont have a use for. Im aware many digital devices have a BDDI in them, but ive never found one that sounds just like a BDDI to me, more that it has the character of the BDDI, and a lot of them are based on the V1 BDDI so more limited.

Gear4music are advertising it for £330, with expected delivery early Feb. Believe that when I see it but I will jump on it if it happens. https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Tech-21-SansAmp-Programmable-Bass-Driver-ELITE/7TVW There are a few video's up now. This one with Tim demonstrating the software side (although not with the Bass version). It looks configurable enough for me, without any Rabbit holes to go down.

Must admit i keep mine dangling as well between sets. Does give me a feeling of being more important than i am.

just a heads up for Beyerdynamic users. Been testing this out for a couple of days. It seems to do what it says and is free. It makes quite a difference with my 700 pro X. It smooths the high end quite a bit. I didnt realsie how harsh they are until i tried this. Great for general listening but not as flat as i had hoped.

At least people won’t (or shouldn’t, but who knows…) moan that it’s octave tracking is rubbish and that the synth patches aren’t any good 🤣

Thanks. It looks like a step up from the small bass combos I’ve been looking at. Will get one ordered before the next rehearsal.

I didnt notice this bit before. Makes it a bit more interesting for me 'The MIDI interface enables deep editing of parameters for amplifiers, blendable IRs, effects and EQ. The IR section includes a SansAmp IR, a curated collection of modifiable IRs, the ability to custom blend them, as well as upload your favorite external IRs. Clear, uncomplicated graphics, and intuitive controls provide ease of use to achieve your desired tones.'

Im currently in a band that rehearse in the singers living room. We have a drum kit (thats has dampening pads) and the two guitars use smallish amps but we dont play too loud I go through an old Peavey 150watt 1x15 combo, but it's kept in the adjacent room, with plants on top lol. Im loath to turn it up as it's in a glass conservatory so the neighbours will get annoyed. I can hear it ok most of the time. Singer won't let me move it before you mention it. The issue I have is before it's a room away, there is a lack of definition by the time it gets to my ears. I can use EQ, but that still wouldn't fix the glass room and reflections issue. Anyway, im thinking of getting the above speaker that I can use in the same room as the band. Play quieter, get heard with a bit less bloom. I was looking at things like the Joyo 30watt but this seems more practical. Just wondered if anyone has any thoughts. I will never need to gig it or use it in a larger rehearsal room, I have other things for that, but this seems small and cheap enough that I'll just leave it at the singers house.

Looks like it a has a mid para EQ with is great news if it does. I have a couple of mid settings on my Microbass 3 that I use for different things. Would be great to have these programmed in.

For me its all i could want, or at least need. No expression pedal makes it smaller, which is what i always look for and has put me off so many other boxes. Im using a GP-50 at the moment and other than always on Ampeg NAMM or sim, both quite restricted in tone options (although good enough) i only use a bit of Comp and Chorus. I dont need to make silly noises liek synth or filter stuff, and have no need for any real time control. What i miss is using my BDDI, but im limiting myself to only use one box these days, as this works. There have been a few Ampeg style boxes ive wanted, but without the chorus and comp, so not ideal.

Well he did win 😂

Yeah but with IEM’s in and on stage with spill, ambient etc, you still have more than just bass in your ears, so its still not really going to be noticeable IMO.