Tech 21 SansAmp Classic - Sound Demo (no talking)

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[@v.k.7463]

The "Classic" has 768 options with switches alone, not counting the knobbies. The switches on the "GT2" give you 27 options through the switches. With 768 amp modeling options, I may gravitate toward 2-3 "optimal" settings. With 27 settings, I'm more likely to try out all 27.

[@scarsaturati9705]

Best amp modeler I think I may have heard. And funnily enough it was made like thirty years ago.

[@gelatinous6915]

Schematic-wise, it's basically a high-gain boost and an EQ. Crazy how well they built it.

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

@@gelatinous6915 yes, I had to open mine up as it stopped working... I couldn't believe how minimalist it is inside. You expect a bunch of components... its almost magical what they did.

[@W_H_K]

@@mikethebloodthirstyit’s all in the small square card connecting the pots. It’s smaller than SMD. If you break it you’re fckd.

[@aangtonio5570]

...and it's pure analog! No latency, no menu diving, no aliasing, no ridiculous power supply requirements... just a simple amp-in-a-box that does its job very well.

[@homeworldmusic]

I dug mine out of storage, had always remembered loving it and playing for hours. The Clean Amp dip setting is really kick-ass over-the-top, and a couple other settings are super-fine. Age has crapped out the amplifier drive knob on mine, all the others work with no problems, so I won't be trying to sell it, but will def be using it for recordings and playing along with YT backing tracks.

[@momanace]

That happened to mine (original from decades ago) but I fixed it by speaking contact cleaner into each pot (4...from the inside) as well as the input and output jacks. Now it's just like brand new again. Give it a try.

[@meisenman]

If you have one of the early models, be careful when connecting DC power; it’s center positive, so you’ll need a converter cord for your power supply.

[@plj103]

I liked the sounds on my sansamp, but the seemingly limitless settings proved overwhelming. I’d get a great sound that I could never remember how to get back to, getting lost somewhere in between. It was a bit awkward to have to drop to the knees and pull out tweezers to flip those tiny switches between changes.

[@sg.musica]

Great sounds!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 💪

[@intotheshred]

I didn't like every sound, but some of them beat the tones you could have gotten out of a modeller until recently. Wishing I had one of these back in the day instead of a Pod.

[@guilhermesperto7862]

Perfect !!!

[@In.verso_musica]

The best tube emulation.

[@josh5868]

4:26 sounds so familiar?!?!

[@minibuns5397]

👮‍♀

[@ScottyBrockway]

Nice playing as always, this is not my favorite pedal however, I had one back in the 90s and I just didn't care for it and still don't. Thanks for the demo, I was wondering if I just did not like it back then and my ears changed.

[@jessedelaney77]

It’s not a pedal. It’s a preamp. It’s meant to go straight into a PA or DAW and replace your amp.

[@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr]

​@@jessedelaney77Kurt literally used it as his main distortion pedal for the last Nirvana album, which is reasonable for much of the hype and legend surrounding this unit.

[@thomasj198]

super helpful demo as always. one possible suggestion: perhaps when you tell us what guitar you are playing, maybe it would also be useful to indicate what pickup you are using and what the volume/tone levels are on the guitar

[@ssdravidian]

Yeah agreed, also the signal chain please

[@arnowillekes7979]

Have one lying around somewhere, wonder if it still works…

[@catchofthedave8681]

One of kurt cobains favorite pedals

[@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr]

Only used on the last Nirvana album. He didn't own one until in Utero.

[@v.k.7463]

You can get a lot of "Nevermind" & "Bleach" tones out of this thing as well.

[@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr]

@@v.k.7463 Technically, no. Those were Boss pedals.

[@VMV8622]

An old strymon iridium hehehe

[@gxb01]

?

[@DSeN7]

I love SansAmp for bass but not as much on guitar.

[@al_sakina]

kurt Cobain use this, but now the cassing is different than the older

[@sevynn3970]

I won’t hold that against the sansamp…

[@beep1484]

This is 80 90s

[@zachcerasani5239]

It’s funny how most bass players seem to embrace solid state power amps and things like sans amp pre amps. Even straight to FOH.

[@TheElephantRoom1]

As a bassist, I'll comment on this. I owned a Buster Bass 200 for awhile, and I got tired of every damn bar owner asking me to turn down after the first, and then second, songs. So, after I got the bass driver di, I just brought my practice amp to shows and ran the sans amp into the board/snake. As for the tube sound, I've been playing guitar for almost as long as bass, and I won't touch a solid state guitar amp. Bass benefits from having really fast response time (especially with slap pop stuff) and I always felt like tubes are a little saggy in their response times. Guitar benefits from that, but IMO bass doesn't.

[@ssdravidian]

Great demo as always, but nope on the pedal….

[@paulj0557tonehead]

Yeah there are some dud settings, but aren't you a musician? Can't you form a backing track in the theater of your mind where even some of the duds work? You'd be surprised at how many instances of great recordings, great songs, where a SansAmp preamp was used. Btw, SansAmp is not "misleading because it's a preamp, not an amp", as one commenter says. When the SansAmp came out it's name conveyed a new concept of having a full amplifier sound in a pedal.

[@erpringle]

It's not an amp, it's a preamp. Misleading, I have the orange terror stamp and that is an amp. Has a lot more options. FOH, speaker cab, etc. J.S.

[@mr.fingers]

what is misleading? that it has the word 'amp' in the name?

[@sevynn3970]

“Sans” means “without” so the name actually indicates “without an amp” 🤦‍♂️

[@jamesearl389]

No, you’re 100% incorrect. It is designed to take the place of a MIC’D AMP in your signal chain. This has been true since it came out in 1989.

[@bille77]

Terrible compared to modern boxes. Just terrible.

[@billk9799]

If this sounds terrible to you, you need to check your ears

[@mikethebloodthirsty]

I'd replace the batteries in your hearing aid mate.

[@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr]

It's literally a very distinctive and good distortion tone. Especially for Nirvana tone on In Utero.