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soulata · Post by **soulata** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:29 pm

Slightly OT:

I just got a Fender Jazz bass (Geddy Lee Japan-made signature series) and need some kind of a preamp/active DI for those gigs that don't ask for an amp (the whole band uses in-ear monitoring, so it's easy and practical to do some gigs without bass amp).

Would some kind of a Sansamp or EBS Microbass II do the job well?

k

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:34 pm

NEKRO.MACHINE wrote:Having an 'i want' wrestle with a whampler extasy overdrive and triple-wreck high-gain distortion at the moment

His pedals all have great feel. I'm looking forward to his new Blackface pedal.

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:44 pm

soulata wrote:Slightly OT:

I just got a Fender Jazz bass (Geddy Lee Japan-made signature series) and need some kind of a preamp/active DI for those gigs that don't ask for an amp (the whole band uses in-ear monitoring, so it's easy and practical to do some gigs without bass amp).

Would some kind of a Sansamp or EBS Microbass II do the job well?

k

I would suggest the sansamp

jkleban · Post by **jkleban** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:54 pm

Suzi.....

Reading through this thread and I thought I was the only person who knew that Johnny Winter played a Thunderbird (not really but fun to say)... his second SOLO album (Second Winter) is by far my fave... it rocks but it still got the southern blues feel and he shows off alot of his diversity of tunes (I Love Everybody, I Hate Everybody).

Also, I learned something about the neck through design of the early TBs.

Thanks,
Jim

soulata · Post by **soulata** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:53 am

Hink wrote:
soulata wrote:Slightly OT:

I just got a Fender Jazz bass (Geddy Lee Japan-made signature series) and need some kind of a preamp/active DI for those gigs that don't ask for an amp (the whole band uses in-ear monitoring, so it's easy and practical to do some gigs without bass amp).

Would some kind of a Sansamp or EBS Microbass II do the job well?

k
I would suggest the sansamp

Thanks.

I could spring for RBI or RPM if they're really great but am lost as for what the difference between them is. ANd I'm so new to this that reading technical details doesn't help much...

k

p.s.: eh, ok, RBI seems bass specific...

Dean Aka Nekro · Post by **Dean Aka Nekro** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:30 am

If you can spring for the extra cash the rack units are great i think plus you can always rack it with a power-amp for shows where you need your own rig or put it before your bass amp for the extra flavour K man

All the best

Dean/Nekro

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:46 pm

soulata wrote:I could spring for RBI or RPM if they're really great but am lost as for what the difference between them is.

RBI for bass, RPM for acoustic guitars. Definitely check out the VT Bass stuff, too.

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:04 pm

One AHB-3b Seymour Duncan Mick Thomson EMTY- Signature Blackouts Bridge. Black on it's way...so the guitar will not be all spare parts (it's a single pick-up guitar). Still all together it will only cost me about 110 dollars for what will be a one trick pony, a screaming solo guitar with an original Floyd Rose (and I do mean original as stated before it's from the 80's)

Eric how is the RPM, that might be my next purchase, from you if you carry it. I would have ordered the pick-up through you but I needed an ESP backplate as well and GDP stocked the one I needed so I went there (plus I needed some shielding tape and they have that too and while I was placing an order I picked up some 25k pots to have on hand)

soulata · Post by **soulata** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:41 pm

Uncle E wrote:
soulata wrote:I could spring for RBI or RPM if they're really great but am lost as for what the difference between them is.
RBI for bass, RPM for acoustic guitars. Definitely check out the VT Bass stuff, too.

Thanks.

ATM I've got friend's Sansamp Bassdriver and a Markbass SA450 Head to fiddle with and to see what I can get from each. Next week I'll try the EBS Microbass II and probably VT as well, time permitting.

Thanks

Cheers,

k

trimph1 · Post by **trimph1** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:46 pm

@Hink: Got the PM. Thanks for the info!

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:31 pm

jkleban wrote:Suzi.....

Reading through this thread and I thought I was the only person who knew that Johnny Winter played a Thunderbird (not really but fun to say)... his second SOLO album (Second Winter) is by far my fave... it rocks but it still got the southern blues feel and he shows off alot of his diversity of tunes (I Love Everybody, I Hate Everybody).

Also, I learned something about the neck through design of the early TBs.

Thanks,
Jim

Jim,
sorry, lost track for a while.

Yeah, Firebirds ... love them or hate them !

(Thunderbird was the bass).
Used to have a '76, absolutely loved the tone.
The downside however was the extreme imbalance, neck heavy as hell, and I tried everything imaginable to fix it.
Maybe other years were better, mine had a baseball bat neck and was quite light otherwise.
Was sitting on the couch watching Dylan's 30th Anniversary Concert on TV back in '92, jamming along and once again trying to tame that guitar, when Winter came up and was absolutely flying on his Firebird (Highway 61, what else ?

) - that was the final straw, traded it for a nice Historic DC Special which I still enjoy a lot.
Still, Firebirds are great, but it wasn't meant to be back then.

Cheers,
susiwong

susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:39 pm

soulata wrote:Slightly OT:

I just got a Fender Jazz bass (Geddy Lee Japan-made signature series) and need some kind of a preamp/active DI for those gigs that don't ask for an amp (the whole band uses in-ear monitoring, so it's easy and practical to do some gigs without bass amp).

Would some kind of a Sansamp or EBS Microbass II do the job well?

k

soulata,
my vote for the Sansamp Bass Driver DI.
A friend got the 1st version back when it was new for his original '67 Jazz, killer sound, sold his amp soon after.
No experience with the alternatives, but the Sansamp rocks.

Btw, don't you just love that Geddy Lee ?
Wonderful bass, one of the best buys atm.

That Badass bridge makes all the difference, PUs are fine, too.

Ymmv,
susiwong

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 11:56 pm

Hink wrote:Eric how is the RPM, that might be my next purchase, from you if you carry it.

http://www.jrrshop.com/catalog/tech-sansamp-p-6113.html

Thanks! I haven't used it myself, the only acoustic I use live is a Variax nylon string and none of my steel strings have pickups.

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:16 am

Uncle E wrote:
Hink wrote:Eric how is the RPM, that might be my next purchase, from you if you carry it.
http://www.jrrshop.com/catalog/tech-sansamp-p-6113.html

Thanks! I haven't used it myself, the only acoustic I use live is a Variax nylon string and none of my steel strings have pickups.

probably a little after xmas (tax time)

jkleban · Post by **jkleban** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:19 am

Suzi...

Oops... brain fart... showing my age again with the Thunderbird remark.

I remember going to see JW at the Fillmore East way back in the day... couldn't wait to see him play in the BLACK LIGHT... he was all purple (quite cool looking). When the opening act first came on... I was totally not interested in them except someone said that they had two drummers and thought that it might be interesting. Turned out to be the night The Allman Bros recorded Live at the Fillmore... they had me rockin' but JW blew them away (at least for me).

But it was a fun night indeed.

Jim

Your next guitar?