Tech21 Sans Amp Bass Driver DI - Review

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[@dixonsmodelsreview]

I have this pedal on order. I can't wait for it to be here.

[@morgan_wants_to_play]

Thanks fr the video!

[@lothar34]

great series Henning. I have the V1 of this and at home practice, I cannot get a good sound out of it at all, but at band rehearsal to a huge wall of near pro level monitors, it is incredible. Just to have less frustration at home, I recently got the new Ampeg SCR DI. Only kept it a month. The distortion was only marginally better than the Sansamp, and at rehearsal it sounded terrible

[@HermelJaworski]

Bravo Henning, vous faites honneur à notre belle langue française ! Cool demo. Could you demonstrate it with single coil pickups (Jazz bass and co)? I feel the humbuckers in this bass make the driven sounds quite muddy

[@dago6410]

Drivewrs licence joke in about 12 minute was AWESOME! thats why i am watchin this channel ;PPPP

[@leviathan0232]

The drivers license joke got me 😂 subbed

[@stuartbegley2085]

Rocky, kinda like balboa. Lmfau you crack me up. Well played, not even a flinch

[@johnfrisch1604]

Stuart Begley lol because it's punchy...

[@JamesMartin_music]

Bass Driver DI or Geddy Lee DI 2112? Is it worth the extra $100?

[@calinvama1999]

Somebody give me a hand here! Currently playing 4/5 strings P/J Fender with no effects and I need a portable DI for live situations to simply fatten my bass sound and make it sound fuller in the mix (no drive needed). I'm looking for that vintage tone, but fat, full and articulated. Bass Driver DI or VT Bass? Obviously can't have them both at the time...

[@preciseaudioblog]

Hi! Can you take the drive sound to the bass amp?

[@oinkooink]

How does it stack up compared to the Behringer bdi21?

[@garystackhouse5787]

A LOT more drive (and more quality drive) available if you turn up the blend knob all the way... in that case, it gets much closer to the VT.

[@jlostboy]

Overview starts at 2:50. You're welcome.

[@gonzorudeboy]

Fuck, I'm french and you killed me with " le chat est sur la table"! BTW I've got the first version of this pedal and it's a must have to me. keep on with the awesome work!

[@biga6856]

This pedal sounds sick.

[@peinmilan]

Shane Embury used this pedal in his entire carrier. No amp, nothing. Just this pedal on the stage going to the PA. And that's it. And Shane Embury _IS_ metal! :)

[@samuelmorrison5038]

The parallel output is the best portion on the smaller drivers. I currently have to run my bass board with a wet and dry signal out to have a "simulated" parallel out. The bigger Tech21 pedals removed that option for a goofball reason. Still a pretty stellar pedal! Glad to see that you are doing a little bit of love to us bass players! Enjoy your videos, mate!

[@predz23]

Now you must compare it to the new generation of Bass Driver DI's, the Microglass pedals

[@aftertheendtimes]

The pedal is the one that distort aka drives =) and a bit sounds gooooood Thanks Henning Love cheers

[@Raezioo]

This is a monster of a pedal. This little thing completely replaced my amp. This pedal goes DI to the Front of House, and I hear everything through my own monitor. It's literally all I need. My bass, a tuning pedal, and this pedal and I'm all set! And btw, it should be noted that this is Version 2 of the pedal. The first version has NO mid knob. Just wanted to point that out because I can image people looking this pedal up, and buying the old version :) So maybe add V2 to the title :) (Tech21 Sans Amp Bass Driver DI V2) Just a suggestion haha! You did the pedal justice with this review!

[@Joey.Darkwoods-Studio]

Hi Henning, please excuse my debutant question here... So if I wanted to use this to record, would I need some IR's? Would I simply connect the bass into he pedal and its DI straight into my interface? Of should I use something like IR loaded pedal in between the Sansamp and intereface? Et ton francais est quand meme tres bien! ;)

[@EytschPi42]

It is meant to go direct. With an IR loader you‘ll have more tonal options for cabs… so the choice is up to you.

[@rafaelcampossinti466]

Great job with the information...so I have a bass of 4 strings .is it compatible?????

[@lavadoraautomatica1]

Yes! It is very compatible.

[@fendersunburst4832]

I play Bass and the Sans Amp Para Driver is far better than the SansAmp Bass Driver.And actually the Blend function increases the Sansamp emulation.If you have the Blend knob fully counter clockwise you just get the dry signal from your Bass without emulation and the Sansamp acts as a regular DI with EQ.

[@JarodGrieco]

I'm thinking about buying a Para Driver for bass, but I'm worried I'll miss the Presence knob. Does the Para Driver do a good enough job with the high frequencies where I won't miss that adjustment?

[@francoishtzl157]

@@JarodGrieco The Para Driver is more fuzzy than the BDDI (fuzzy like the Geddy Lee)

[@n3rdg4m3r]

holy crap how did you know i was on the crapper on my cell phone watching this video! lol that was weird but funny.

[@JulBoy113]

war es Weihnachten als du das Video aufgenommen hast? :D

[@carasflatfooted]

Bass Driver V2 or VT Bass DI? PLEASE HELP ME CHOOSE

[@ioannist.5568]

Hi. Maybe you have already found the answer by testing them both. From my experience I prefer the bass driver v2 along with a nice distortion pedal before it instead of the vt bass. Never was really fond of the VT's d.i sound. Sounds still very lifeless. I was missing that 40-80hz bass frequencies a lot.

[@lionels4800]

Leslie is right! "Monnaie" is the french for money, but you'd better use "argent" (that also means "silver").

[@riffdude]

Nice demo! This little pedal sounds awesome. Would be great for recordings. But the pricing...

[@burningkarma]

Really don't like the new version of the BDDI. Prefer the old or VT Bass.

[@jonahpaz.]

I know that exist a version of this pedal for guitar but do you think that a guitar through this pedal would sound good?

[@tonymahony2282]

Sound starts at 5:00 - to skip that annoying blablabla. You`re welcome

[@juanfichtl2011]

Thanks a lot

[@marc-andrec1610]

You should try the Le Bass (and pronounce it the proper french way)

[@andrewmelchers2733]

The 1/4 output is a +10 db boost not cut. But the xlr is cut

[@andrewmelchers2733]

So someone can power a power amp with this device

[@hermano.8118]

Andrew M No.

[@JimijaymesProductions]

It might be able to drive a power amp not sure of the levels but it might get closer to reaching 0dbv for a power amp. It is the same as V1 instrument/line switch.

[@fernandogarajalde4066]

Time for a half-rack version, isn"t it? Skip to 8:00 to hear less talking and hear the SansAmp in real-time play.

[@burningkarma]

Samples start at 5:00

[@MagicDice23]

"Le chat est sur la table" ?!?!? What to do ?! ;-)

[@antoine620]

Good french ^^

[@michomicho7668]

f i phone amp sim etc analog no bull just to make bass more sensitive to play not need to kill it with thumb or brake strings off// PS THIS IS NO DISTORTION OR SIMILAR PEDAL I HATE BASS SOUND//FOR ME //AT MOMMENT IT START SOUNDING LIKE EMPTY BATTERY ON ACTIVE OR NOT POWERFULL OR BIG ENAUGH SPEAKER TURNED TO LOUDNESS IT CAN PROVIDE CLEAN //IN SHORT I DO NOT LIKE EVEN SMALLER FARTING JUST CLEAN BASS// IF IN SPETIAL OCCASIONS IF WAND SOME GRR I USE TURBO DISTORTION FROM BOSS FOR GUITAR//TO PLAY SABOTAGE FROM BEASTY BOYS //BUT NOT TO FULL 11 ALL KNOBS

[@ryanspencerlauderdale687]

This pedal gets the bass player paid. Getting the bass player laid, however, is an entirely different job.

[@adipareira9553]

Hahahaha cool

[@markmeloney2643]

your bass sounded better without the sansamp

[@Giselle1544]

Agreed!

[@afiqnasrul9285]

if he put the bass knob down

[@biga6856]

I disagree he have should cut the drive knob. He is getting a distortion tone because of the drive knob. This pedal capable of many tones including bass distortion.

[@seanoliver7463]

He's clipping like crazy running a hot bass into the sanamp at 75% up. It sounds terrible

[@janminor1172]

beaucoup d'argent , würd ich mal sagen...

[@markusvhane5087]

Lol

[@seanoliver7463]

The distortion is coming from your mixer. Your level is way too high

[@hostillgmail]

OMG 8 minutes and I can't stand this guy any more!

[@ivantadic5440]

Find real bass player to review this