The last pedal I tried occupies the price bracket between the MXR and Sansamp. The Radial Bassbone (£220) is another dual input box, designed to make light work of switching instruments mid-gig. As I’d come to expect for pedals in this price range, it’s very well built, probably not falling far short of weighing a [...]
Bass DI shootout (part 2 of 3)
The second contender? It’s the most pricey of the lot; the Tech 21 Sansamp Bass Driver Deluxe (£250). So what does this unit have to offer (other than a name with more syllables than most local newspapers)?
While it ultimately features the same tone-shaping innards as its smaller sibling, the MXR’s biggest rival, the Sansamp Bass [...]
Bass DI shootout (part 1 of 3)
I’ve recently been in the market for a decent bass DI box, but not just a standard DI; something in the sansamp vein – with amp modelling, or perhaps overdrive, etc. I just love the idea of turning up to a gig where I don’t have my own rig, and simply DI, knowing that I’m [...]
Mark Bass effects
In a move that could be described as hinting at the ironic, diminutive bass amp builder Mark Bass has released a range of pedals that could only be described as, err, big. Perhaps Marco de Virgiliis was taught colours backwards as a child…
Many people could use this last comment as propulsion into a joke about [...]
New models from Electro-Harmonix
With the passing of this summer’s NAMM show, we’ve seen many manufacturers bring out new sound sculpting toys in the form of effect pedals. However, due to my adoration for their simple wackiness, I find Electro-Harmonix’s announcements of new gear the most exciting.
In the past few years, the parents of the luscious Small Stone phaser, [...]