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If you want to try to emulate Squire's sound the SansAmp can be useful just as an overdrive pedal, not as an amp substitute. A couple of days ago I did some experiments with my SansAmp, you know, I wanted to see how much "real" it would sound when plugged directly into a mixer... sans-amp, without an amplifier...

Played some bars along Heart Of The Sunrise from Yessongs, and mixed down my bass (4001CS) 75% on the right channel, while the music is 75% on the left channel.

Here's the result:

http://www.gospel.bo.it/displayimage.php?pos=-4259

Even if I did my best in setting the SansAmp as close as possible to Squire's tone, there's nothing to do: the differences are evident, the SansAmp will *never* emulate 100% the real thing...

Bruno, that just made my day! Great tone, and that was just the Sansamp? I've got one and hardly use it, I must start playing around with it after hearing that. Great playing by the way, you really nailed the Squire vibe.

Thank you Bob!

Yes, it was just the SansAmp, no tone corrections on the mixer. Interesting, isn't it? Of course a real, big full stack with a good miking is another thing... assuming the fact that one KNOWS how to set it properly!

Bruno, really good job! But your right - the body of the sound/tone just wasn't there with the SansAmp.

I have never completely recreated any of Squire's sounds, but I do love them. I tried without success while I had a couple of 4003s and then again with a v63. Never really got close.

Now I have noticed that my new c64S just already sounds a lot more like squire than any of my other Rics did. I may fiddle around with it and see what I can do, but I already think just the addition of the .0047 capacitor must be important.

Also, my new Ric has the 330 tone pots, and my v63 would have had the 250. These little points make a difference.. and it's all before the amp and without regard to technique.