countryman di vs Sansamp bass driver.

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does anyone have any opinons on these two ? Also... can you plug electric guitars into the countryman and get good results? i know it's good for acoustics...

I'm thinking as bass di's, they're pretty much equal from reviews i've read...

Rory.
 
I've never used either, but I've heard both are good. Had I the $$ I'd spring for the countryman...
 
I have four of the Countryman Type 85's. Basically what you put in is what's going to come out on the other side. They're that transparent. Also built like tanks... rugged enough even for the most demanding live-sound purposes. I think they are several steps up from DOD/Whirlwind boxes.

I have a Sansamp Bass Driver and it is more flexible as far as sound. It will color your signal and can be quite usable if that's what you're looking. It's a pretty popular choice among home studios, but be mindful that it's not nearly as quiet as the Countryman. But a little noise may not be an issue on some of your material.

My go-to DI is usually my MP-2NV these days. ;)

Depends on what you want. They're both good tools to have around.

Bowisc
 
hrm... well... transparency is good... the bass i'll be using is a spector 4 string, so it's got a nice tone that i wouldn't want to hide... a lot of my songs are jazz based... some are crazy new age/fusion numbers and others are more trad.... despite this difference, i generally always go for traditional sounds, especially on drums and bass... So, the lack of flexibility wouldn't bother me all that much... Basically i'm looking for a di that will give me a nice solid signal if i use the following chain

spector bass
di
aardvark.

From what i've read, the countryman is good for that... the sansamp is possibley a live 'stomp box' before it's a di...

so what i want is a good solid di that will give me a nice traditional jazz bass sound... i want it clean clean clean, distortion is like painting with shit, especially distorted bass... This is coming from me, the guitarist, my bassist wouldn't be so cordial about it all : )

Bowisc - What's an mp-2nv and... is the sansamp several steps up from the whirlwind/dod boxes also, like the countryman ?
 
Don't sell the Sans Amp short until you've tried it. Very good for slap/funk bass. Really helps your sound grow balls.........

So does my 1NV (has the biggest balls of them all), but there's $800 difference and the Sans has eq.

Try the thing. Wouldn't call it a stompbox.

-Jtt
 
If all you're doing is bass, then the sansamp should do just fine. It gives you enough tonal options -- I mean if you want clean, it will do clean. It's not just a stompbox, per se . . . it's more of an amp modeler, so it gives it the kind of tone you'd get were you to run it out to an ampeg (or similar) and mic it. So there's obviously more going on with the tone than distortion.

The coutryman is something I'd want to have around if I wanted the cleanest tone possible, or if I were planning on doing more than just bass. It's a DI as opposed to an amp replacement.

What you're really comparing is an amp modeller / replacement versus a DI box and both perform very different, albeit complimentary, functions. And they both happen to do their respective functions rather well.
 
oh, wonderful posts guys... thanks for all the info...



I think the sans will do a good job for my application... I can see why it's a good idea to have both and infact, why most studio's carry both. If Sans can do a nice solid clean sound, then i'll get that first off, maybe get a countryman down the track... i've heard it's good for acoustic guitar.. what about electric guitar ? That would make the countryman a very attractive little addition...


Rory.
 
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