The SansAmp Bass Driver DI is a direct box designed for bass players. It allows bassists to go direct to PA while retaining the warmth, presence and punch of a mic’d up vintage tube system tones in a conveniently portable direct box/pedal format. You can also dial in some modern slap sounds and distortion.
Simply so, do you need an amp with a SansAMP?
To answer your question, you need an amp, but a head.
Likewise, people ask, how do you use a SansAmp bass driver?
Then, is a SansAMP a DI box?
BASS & TREBLE
Disengaging the circuitry enables you to use SansAmp Bass Driver DI as a standard active transparent direct box.
Is SansAmp bass driver a preamp?
Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI V2 Preamp/Direct Box Pedal Features: A powerful tone-shaping tool for bass players of all styles and setups. Drive control lets you add heat and hair to your basic bass tone. Presence and treble control let you contour your top-end expression.
What is a bass driver?
A woofer or bass speaker is a technical term for a loudspeaker driver designed to produce low frequency sounds, typically from 50 Hz up to 1000 Hz.
What is a DI box for bass?
What does a DI box actually do? A DI box, such as the SansAMP Bass Driver DI or the SansAMP Character Series VT Bass DI (both noted above), provides electrical ground isolation between input and output, and matches impedance of the source to the load.
Where does the SansAmp pedal go in the pedal chain?
Put it in front and it should be the first pedal. If you use it after some dirt pedals, decrease the blend.