TECH 21 VT/VT DELUXE ????

[ricken5er]

Is anyone using the Tech 21 VT pedal in their signal chain. I just ordered the Vt deluxe 2 channel model to run into my new Ampeg Portaflex (inspired by their old flip -tops.) This amp is awesome lots of power in a small package (mine's the 350 but they have a 500). You can "one-hand it" into a gig. I'm hoping this pedal will emulate the tones of my 69 b-15 that's to fragile and unable to compete w/ a loud drumkit and guitar combo. After years of playing through every pedal and a sore tongue from testing 9-volts, I've become a "Rickenbacker bass:guitarcord:amp=great tones " type of guy. What are your experiences with this Tech 21 pedal....???

[loendmaestro]

I have the first generation VT Bass pedal & absolutely love it. It's an "always on" pedal for me. Fattens up my tone immensely....and sounds particularly good with Rickenbackers!
I have it set sort of between a fliptop & a classic SVT. I run mine through a Yorkville XS400 head & am very happy with my tone. I'm curious about the programmable one, but will probably stick with the first gen....

[ricken5er]

Cool, can you dial in any overdriven sounds, what are the range of tones?

[jps]

I used to have one, and have some recording made with it using both of these basses. Great tone for Ricks.

[loendmaestro]

The range of tones are pretty broad. (At least in an Ampeg frame of mind.) I went with the presets & just tweaked it from there. There are several "VT Bass Settings" threads over at TalkBass.com if you have the patience.
Here's one:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/tech2 ... se-517845/

I've only used this for overdrive/distortion a few times. I have a Fender Sublime Bass fuzz pedal that is the cat's pajamas in my opinion, so after a long (& expensive) search, my bass distortion quest has ended. I use the VT Bass solely as a tone shaper/pre-amp, which I feel it was designed as. It excels at this.
That being said, if I actually had the newer programmable model I'm sure I could dial in some great overdrive. It truly is a fantastic little pedal.
Good luck.

[ricken5er]

Thank's for the info guy's,looking forward to trying it out w/ my new rig

[whojamfan]

I've had one for years and am primarily a guitar player, but whenever I plug that thing in(with a bass), it sounds great. From a nice Motown to rock to even distorted Motorhead type stuff, this thing kills. Had a bunch of other stuff, and still have this. It slammed with the 4003AFG with the toaster in the neck I used to own.

[woodyng]

#1, to what they said. I have had the vt pedal for about 2 years now,using with my markbass cmd121p combo,i get great tone with all my basses.( which are all passive) . I primarily set it for the "fliptop" setting,and it does a good job of sounding like my Ampeg sb12, (only with 500 watts instead of 40),so that's great for me!

[rickenbrother]

I've been going back and forth between deciding whether I want to buy the VT or VT Deluxe as a replacement for my Tech 21 Sansamp BDDI. Is the deluxe model really worth the extra $100? More important, I'm not sure if it would fit on my pedalboard. The Sansamp BDDI is a great sounding pedal except if you're playing a fretless bass (kills the mwah) or you want the full growl out of a bridge pickup of any bass guitar.

[sloop_john_b]

Jeff, the basses are pretty, but could you post the recordings? Always wanted to hear what these pedals can really do.

[johnallg]

Jeff, the basses are pretty, but could you post the recordings? Always wanted to hear what these pedals can really do.

+1

[sloop_john_b]

Jeff has sent me a few recordings, I can host & post 'em when I get home from work!

[cheyenne]

I've been reading alot of good things about the Tech 21 Oxford. Does anyone have any reviews about how it works with bass?

[cheyenne]

Anyone????....

[jps]

Anyone????....

To paraphrase Country Joe McDonald: "Be the first one on your block to have your tone come home in a box"!