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 [...]