tonyclaret Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 Hi folks, I currently have the Gb shuttle 6.0 which is a great little amp. Recently I have had my head turned with the streamliner and it's all it's great reviews, the added warmth and thickness sounds lush. Should I do it or should I stick to the shuttle and get a vt bass deluxe with the flexibility of programmer sounds? Or buy both for pure greed and excess!!??? Quote
uke Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 I have a Shuttle 6 too and used it for the last couple of gigs with the programmable Sansamp bass driver DI, three preset sounds all footswitchable! I use a warm valve sound on 1, a modern scooped sound on 2, and a full on Ampeg sound for the punkier numbers and "Song 2" on 3. Pretty much the best working muso solution I've found! insomuch as, I think you could plug this pedal into anything and get a good sound! Quote
stingrayPete1977 Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 (edited) The advantage of the shuttle over the streamliner as I see it is you can add a sansamp or other toys to get great sounds yet have a clear modern sound too where from the clips i have seen the streamliner never runs as clean as a shuttle, You still have a degree of valve drive in a shuttle if you are caught short even if it's not going to keep the Ampeg fans happy. Edited June 21, 2011 by stingrayPete1977 Quote
Musicman20 Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 The Streamliner is more like a clean tube amp. Very thick smooth tone, massive low end, good mid punch, smooth yet crisp highs. Quote
stingrayPete1977 Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 Owning both would be no bad thing and a great option to have either as your spare. Quote
tonyclaret Posted June 22, 2011 Author Posted June 22, 2011 (edited) [quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1277883' date='Jun 21 2011, 10:56 PM']The advantage of the shuttle over the streamliner as I see it is you can add a sansamp or other toys to get great sounds yet have a clear modern sound too where from the clips i have seen the streamliner never runs as clean as a shuttle, You still have a degree of valve drive in a shuttle if you are caught short even if it's not going to keep the Ampeg fans happy.[/quote] I know what you're saying, and I do like the openness of the shuttle. Perhaps I need to see if I could live with complete tube in my life. May get a sansamp programmable in the short term to see if this will give the best of both worlds. ;-) Edited June 22, 2011 by tonyclaret Quote
dave_bass5 Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 Ive got a Streamliner and its great for that old tube tone but i also like the Markbass/BDDI tone, probably a bit better. To me its a bit more modern, with more sparkle. Quote
markstuk Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 My sansamp programmable sounds a little thin to me, although it is the programmable bass DI rather than the VT... [quote name='tonyclaret' post='1278663' date='Jun 22 2011, 04:05 PM']I know what you're saying, and I do like the openness of the shuttle. Perhaps I need to see if I could live with complete tube in my life. May get a sansamp programmable in the short term to see if this will give the best of both worlds. ;-)[/quote] Quote
tonyclaret Posted June 22, 2011 Author Posted June 22, 2011 [quote name='markstuk' post='1278736' date='Jun 22 2011, 04:52 PM']My sansamp programmable sounds a little thin to me, although it is the programmable bass DI rather than the VT...[/quote] Thin! Really? That's surprises me. I thought either the progammable or vt deluxe would be thick as. Wish there were some decent bass suppliers in Lancashire so I could have a good sniff! Quote
markstuk Posted June 22, 2011 Posted June 22, 2011 Yup, surprised me too, I prefer the drive function on my RH450 to the Sansamp... Quote
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