Tech 21 YYZ Sansamp Pedal Demo - Rush Tone Match & Settings

This is my demo of the Sansamp YYZ Geddy Lee Signiture Pedal. All tones are straight captures from the pedal into a DAW to give you an idea of how great this sounds raw. I matched the pedal tones with rush songs as well and zoomed in on the settings so you all can try them out!
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Gear:
1972 Fender Jazz Bass
Original '72 pickups, rewound by Tom Brantley
Tech 21 Geddy lee Signature Sansamp 'YYZ' Pedal
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[@JoeCalderone]

Thanks for all the love on this video everyone! I am thinking of doing second video like this, what other Rush songs would you like to hear tone-matched with the YYZ Pedal? If you enjoyed this, please consider subscribing so you will know when the 2nd part drops!

[@MrBasso69]

Where´s my thing? The great instumental from Roll the bones. However, it's played on a Wal bass I think.

[@freegee3503]

AMAZING! Thank You for this. Great collection of tunes. Next?ALL of them! As many as you will play! 👍

[@photoggenes7443]

Joe, spot on work. Would love to hear The Trees on your next vid. Can you get the tone equally from the YYZ preamp as you can the RPM for Leave That Thing Alone? If so, I am seriously about to buy the YYZ pedal. If so, can you share your settings. Thanks

[@Moigle1]

Good stuff! I vote Freewill, or Xanadu

[@institutorockaoantigo]

You still own the YYZ Pedal? Use it more!!! It's great. Full 2112?

[@57precision]

This along with the correct right hand technique really nails the tone. Excellent job and thanks for the demo.

[@JoeCalderone]

Thank you!

[@gedwistle1974]

Don't see anyone nailing Geddy's right-hand technique like that too often. Nicely done.

[@freegee3503]

The chords during Animate- YEE HAW!

[@cannibalus]

Best rush playing i have ever seen on YT! Awesome technique

[@bassbeardiful]

That Red Barchetta was sick.

[@warptek]

Your right hand technique is very good. You have Ged's sound on point. I applaud your dedication to what he played and dialing in the tone. Too often you come across "Geddy Lee" warriors on KZbin with this awfully bright, much too overdriven tone.

[@frednoce3043]

WOW! Your playing and tone are spot on! I'm very impressed that this pedal has distilled Geddy's tone all in one little box...take my money!

[@jamesgoulet2254]

Love this - no nonsense, just great playing and great tones. You’re a great player man. Never stop.

[@JoeCalderone]

Thanks! glad you enjoyed!

[@obiplays5270]

I dont comment much, but I have to say your playing, and your choice of songs is AMAZING. I cant commend you enough for showcasing such great songs with incredible tone and accuracy. Well done overall my friend.

[@JoeCalderone]

Thank you! Glad you appreciate!

[@joannalewis5279]

Who dislike this? Come forward and be known

[@sodapopinski690]

2 things....you're an excellent bass player, and....this pedal sounds fantastic. I love this bass tone.

[@stevedixon8567]

not particularly a rush fan, but that sounds so good. Just ordered one

[@markdaniels7174]

Sold me! Achieves Geddy’s tone regardless of which Rush song one is playing. Take my money.

[@jacobsnightmare1807]

Nice man!!! The 4 people who downvoted this are simply people who wish they could do this! You just sold this pedal to me. Now if I can just get the chops..LOL. but that one is on me. Peace, brother!!

[@DannyRosendo]

Amazing way to play the bass guitar 😮. Saludos desde Buenos Aires Argentina

[@mauricioalmazan2210]

Man I got this pedal and every time I use it it blows me away.!!! I use Spector basses and this combo is killer!

[@1thess523]

I think you've had the best tone with this pedal out of all, the demos I've seen, you left a nice amount of low end in there and that made the difference.

[@philiphall9609]

Just ordered mine. And took notes of your settings.

[@JoeCalderone]

Yes, let me know how you're liking it!

[@philiphall9609]

@@JoeCalderone it's amazing. It gets "that tone."

[@franktreppiedi2208]

This vid made me buy the pedal.

[@JoeCalderone]

Nice! Hope you like it!

[@franktreppiedi2208]

@@JoeCalderone Now I'll never have to bring 2 amps to get a crunch and a fat sound.

[@synalbarcel3791]

Please sir, you need to do a Part II. I ve just bought yyz pedal and i was blown away by your Barchetta Rickenbacker settings vs The "Rickenbacker" settings in manual

[@alexlifeson8946]

That Digital Man tone is AWESOME!! 😎👌

[@tmb3131]

dang that's impressive tone... and skillz

[@jomsh3936]

I need one of these asap

[@SevanStick]

Not so fast buddy. Most people (including me) don‘t sound as ‚Geddy‘ as this guy does, regardless of bass and pedal. It has alot to do with technique. This guy spend a looooooooot of time practicing that technique.

[@jomsh3936]

@@SevanStick jokes on you cause I bought it for my birthday 6 months ago and It sounds mad good. It helps that I’m pretty good at the same technique

[@SevanStick]

@@jomsh3936 😂 ok. Happy for you. 💪

[@PatrickRU1992]

impressive Flamenco technique!!!

[@jasonbenford3427]

You...YOU!!☺👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 You CRUSHED it!🎸🎶🎶🎶 That sounds like my kinda pedal. 🔊👂🤗 And,☝🏿for $200, 💸💸 pretty good deal.💯 (I'm guessing *chops not included*)🤦

[@JoeCalderone]

Thank you!

[@mtweed1008]

Great playing and thanks for sharing the pedal settings for the different songs! My new Tech 21 YYZ Sansamp Pedal is arriving later today. I'll be referring to this video for the settings. I hope you're able to do another video sometime and share the settings to more Rush songs.

[@toddo401]

Well done! Well played! Thanks for sharing the settings as well!

[@Naniamania3]

Well done! This, my compressor, and appropriate effects pedals have become my gig rig. Once you can dial this in, it’s fitting for any gig.

[@marcmorgan2731]

Awesome! I pulled the trigger on one of these after watching this video. Best sounding bass preamp!

[@japas]

Oh my god, that sounds MEATY AF

[@JoeCalderone]

Thanks! It is a meaty pedal!

[@Wido08GP]

Wow. Great job. Unbelievable tone and playing. You killed it.

[@randyzeitman1354]

Wow…perfect

[@Metalgopher]

Ooh man your playing is satisfying af

[@MrClassicmetal]

Nice, aggressive attack. That's how you demonstrate that pedal. Awesome playing man!🙂👍🏼

[@NtWarlock]

Perfect playing and tone And love that jazz bass

[@MegaBassfunk]

Nailed it!

[@stephenfell4338]

The best example of this pedal that tipped me to buy one thank you Joe

[@ivanglushko4232]

I think you sold me this pedal!)

[@alijhi]

Nice job on Digital Man!

[@brianprada8929]

I’m in awe of the skill and ease with which you play. That pedal is pretty sweet !

[@zachcartwright2184]

Holy Nutt sac. You just sold me. Awesome job!

[@jaywells5283]

I commend you sir! Not only did you demo and get a great accurate sound for all of those, but you played accurately AND you looked like you like what you were doing!!! Thank you

[@JoeCalderone]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@IvanBassist]

Great tone & playing!

[@MooreBass]

Yay!!! The video is back! Thanks!

[@Sinflux420]

Incredible playing! Getting mine in a few days, super excited.

[@jejehorizon2594]

Thank you to put other song than popular song! The Main Monkey Buisness is so fun to play i love this song so much

[@JoeCalderone]

Thanks! One of my favorites as well!

[@leandrosouza-ov1rd]

Very good performance! Congratulations, you are a very good bass player! Thanks for sharing your sound!

[@Babureis]

Watching all your videos here from Brazil... you nailed them all good! Same grip, same sound! Freaking amazing!

[@dangerussdave760]

Fantastic playing and perfect tone! You nailed it.

[@DanaVastman]

Awesome❤️❤️❤️

[@Painless50]

Well played.

[@MrFacio85]

This will sound pretty good with my Fender American Original 70’s Jazz Bass🤘🏻

[@JoeCalderone]

Definitely!

[@rickjacoby4474]

Dang. Awesome tone and technique. If I didn't already have one of these on the way, I would after watching this.

[@JoeCalderone]

Thanks, glad to hear yours in on the way!

[@KevinLindsay64]

I've just bought one of these pedals. I'll be using your settings to aid my search for the Geddy tone!! Thanks.

[@brianmoriarty8875]

Very nice playing, session chops. Great time feel.

[@ProfessorHumblesDelusions]

You’ve got the feel down! Loved watching you dig into the strings. Pedal sounds great too.

[@plamenmilanov3009]

I know i am a bit tonedeaf and i can't learn songs (especially bass) by ear, but until i saw the tab for this songs i never would've though that the part that starts at 0:52 is actually this one. Even worse is the fact that now, after i know that this IS the actual part, i still can't hear it in the songs no matter how hard i try. On top of that playing the C-B-A G-E on top of the guitar that plays F E F E or w/e doesn't make any sense to me as well

[@jbee3]

Song selection is on point!

[@jrbowen81]

You’re a fantastic player, I must say!

[@JoeCalderone]

thank you!

[@TheTor]

Magnificent brother, magnificent!

[@Frobiwan1965]

Sounds awesome.

[@dbvetter7485]

I just bought the YYZ pedal, thanks for the tips!

[@Sanson101]

better settings than manual...thanks for posting your playing

[@dazd8306]

Great work. Tones are perfect

[@SevanStick]

Man you nailed that in every regard. 💪🍀

[@Conradlovesjoy]

Welcome back! It's been forever since you posted!

[@JoeCalderone]

Thanks! Working on some new videos soon!

[@lawrencelevinson]

🔥💪🤘✊🔥

[@cocobinga8218]

Well done! Subscribed

[@TMac-Attack]

Killer demo!!

[@scottlapier4797]

Awesome work, man 🤘 I think I'm gonna save up for the DI version but I'm 100% sold on this pedal now.

[@JoeCalderone]

Yes! All the tech 21 distortions are great, I've tried the DI and really liked it as well

[@stephenfell4338]

Why is there a big difference in the DI for recording ?

[@AndySimmonsOfficial]

AWESOME! I’d love to get this pedal at some point. Quick question.. I see you have a Helix in the back, I’m also a Helix user. Have you ever been able to reproduce similar tones with the Helix?

[@JoeCalderone]

I haven’t really tried, but I’m pretty sure they have a Tech 21 emulation as one of the pedals, don’t remember what they call it. But that plus an SVT amp+cab will probably get you close!

[@RobKMusic]

Very cool.

[@lebheidenstrm5392]

Four people did not save enough pocket money for the Sansamp YYZ.

[@sandman20011]

love this bud, thanks ive just ordered one of these, your vid will help.

[@philippilihpphilip]

Is the red barchetta setting with tight switch enabled or disabled? Thanks!

[@JoeCalderone]

Philip all of them were with the tight switch enabled!

[@giacomorinaldi]

great !!!!

[@jamesrabic5380]

That was awesome! How does that pedal do with the Wal era tones?

[@BrianMasek]

Great playing man! I've been asked to play in a Rush Tribute show and am doing research on his tone. The SansAmp pedal sounds like a winner. So are you using both pickups or just neck? I've read a few places that he doesn't use any bridge pick up, but listening to the isolated Rush bass tracks I'm not sure, but it does sound like bridge pickup is way down.

[@JoeCalderone]

Brian Masek thank you! The pedal is a great start for sure. I think for a while the treble pickup on his jazz bass was broken or poorly wired, so any jazz bass tracks up to snakes and arrows feature that bass pickup heavy sound. He had that broken treble pickup rewired in 2010 and has used both pickups since then. You can check out the sonic differences between snakes and arrows and clockwork angels to see. I personally like the post 2010 sound a little more and use both pickups at full volume when I play (although the tone pot on my treble pickup is old and wonky so sometimes I unintentionally end up with that pre 2010 sound)

[@BrianMasek]

@@JoeCalderone Yeah I agree that I like the tone better with both pickups. I'm just trying to do what ever is most authentic compared to how people know the songs. I'll probably end up picking up one of those pedals. I was checking out more of the "isolated bass tracks" on youtube. Red Barchetta definately sounds like no bridge pickup, but YYZ songs like at least some. Tom Saywer sounds like minimal bridge pickup. That interesting information on the broken pickups.

[@nberrios777]

Outstanding! Now do that while singing. 🙂

[@JoeCalderone]

I wish I could!

[@thedude7450]

Great tones. I just got the YYZ Shapeshifter pedal today, but I am not running direct in. I am running through my GK amp. Should I just set everything on my amp at 12 o’clock, or how do I set up my amp to best get these tones?

[@JoeCalderone]

I’d set either the pedal or the amp at noon and mess with the other to dial in tones. If for example you have a tone setting you already like on the GK, try setting the eq on the YYZ to noon and spend more time messing with the drive and blend before digging too much into eq

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

Wow. 👍

[@michaelanthony9068]

Joe, QUESTION, If you have the time, (btw, liker and subscriber to you and your band) do you recommend any pedal or preamp that allows for a stereo effects chain? I currently run a Line 6 Pod Pro into a Carvin power amp cuz of the discreet stereo fx loop for modulation fx. I know, crazy for bass but most of my 65 years I was a guitarist in love with my Roland Jazz Chorus 120 amp so I love stereo chorus. But bass is my Primary instrument now. Also funny cuz I don’t gig anymore… just play in my guest bedroom nightly ! Holy moly, love your playing. Just discovered you and your band today, subscribed to both. Rumble on, bass brother !!!

[@JoeCalderone]

I’m not too familiar with stereo pedals for bass. The closest I can think is maybe a helix? The DI box from sansamp offers a deep and distorted xlr output as well but I’m not sure if that’s exactly what you’re looking for

[@Sanson101]

can I do a double like????

[@nunoharris]

Hi. Can i get the Cliff Burton clean and dirty tones with this pedal? Thanks

[@bobthebassman7066]

Love all the Rush lines you’ve been playing on YT! May I ask what your signal chain is please (pickup blend, strings type etc)? I’ve put some new Tom Brantley pus in my jazz but still haven’t quite got the Geddy going! Thanks 🙏

[@JoeCalderone]

Thanks! In this video I'm running both pickups at full volume, I think the tone is at 75% and I'm using rotosound strings (RS66LD). In this video I'm just running direct into the YYZ pedal and that's it! A lot of that signature Geddy tone comes from the hard finger plucking

[@liamnessen6990]

Amazing video man. I’m glad to see another Rush fan and awesome bassist in the world. How much was that though? (Also thank you for putting The Garden as the last song)

[@JoeCalderone]

They're only about $200 new. Cheaper than the rack mount, but same great tone!

[@75318531]

Great 👌🏽🤘🏽👊🏽😎

[@philiphall9609]

Perfect. You play hard but dont beat the shit out of the strings. like a lot of geddy players do.

[@tylerwmbass]

Light gauge strings needed. To get that same string touch and feel out of 105 on the E string you have to beat the shit out of the string. Geddy uses .095 I think, Rotos(which he's using in this video too)

[@philiphall9609]

@@tylerwmbass Its not the E string. He just plays with very fluid across all stings. Their are several people on youtube. That that play Rush tunes and they just play to damn hard. And loose the feel.

[@tylerwmbass]

@@philiphall9609 I mean the entire set is lighter. You can get the attack and tone with lighter gauge strings and not have to hit as hard

[@JoeCalderone]

I'm using a regular set of Roto's (.105-.045) but yes I think some people oversimplify Geddy's approach when then think he just plucks all the strings at max all the time. There are certain notes that he'll accent hard enough that they'll "pop", but most notes are plucked with a moderate hardness. It really depends on the song

[@JoeCalderone]

From what I've read, Geddy used the lighter Roto's on his Wal Basses in the 80's, but uses their standard gauge on his J basses now

[@kevin_kevinson]

Awesome Video Man! How'd u get versions of the song without the bass In it. Sounds amazing!

[@scamp808]

would you be interested in playing on a cover of Bastille Day? I can send you rough track. It's a good recording. Could use a better bass player than me.

[@aprilcox871]

Sounds incredible. What did you do with the signal in the daw? Run it into an amp simulator?

[@JoeCalderone]

Thank you! No amp sim, I might have done very light EQ and compression, can’t remember, but for the most part you’re just hearing the tone from the pedal directly!

[@aprilcox871]

@@JoeCalderone Amazing, just ordered one.

[@Lord_Verminaard]

Wow that was amazing playing! Tell me, it looks like you have the string action very low on that bass. Is it low or just my imagination?

[@JoeCalderone]

Thanks! I have the action set pretty low

[@justinwhite5047]

Great playing and sick tone!!! I need to get a yyz pedal! What strings are you using on the jazz?

[@JoeCalderone]

Rotosounds here, but I’ve liked the daddario NY XLs as well

[@jeangreenwood6680]

Would u say that Subdivision and Chemistry would be set at Digital Man setting? Or Red Berchetta? Great playing

[@JoeCalderone]

I’d start with the Digital Man setting, Red Barchetta is a bit thinner

[@brunorodriguezb.957]

Hi there! did you need another preamp or boost the gain of the interface?

[@JoeCalderone]

I don’t think so. The pedal itself is plenty loud, if anything I might have turned down the volume of the actual songs a bit just to avoid clipping overall

[@williampierini8207]

Hi! I'm from Brazil and I don't speak English (I'm using the translator) I'm in doubt between Tech 21 YYZ and Tech 21 2112 ... what are the differences? Would you help me? thank you, a big hug!

[@JoeCalderone]

Hi! The 2112 is a little more controllable, great for the studio, but bigger and harder to transport. The YYZ sounds basically exactly the same, but comes in a smaller package, great for gigs!

[@williampierini8207]

@@JoeCalderone I understand thank you. Big hug!

[@michaelmatthews2126]

Is that bass all stock? Been thinking of getting one of these pedals.....Thanks, sounds great!

[@JoeCalderone]

For the most part! When I got this bass originally the pickups were dead so I had to have them rewound. I also had to replace the input jack. Otherwise it’s all original

[@gilbertoilardi5684]

Both pickup ?

[@zdeneklojkasek1841]

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