Does anyone here gig with a Sansamp?

[newpedals]

Hi!

I saw a guitarist perform last night. He did not bring an amp. I thought it was only possible to do that if someone was using a multi effects unit.

His only pedal was a tech21 sansamp GT2. I liked his tone.

What are your experiences with such pedals?

I found a Joyo clone of it online, but some of it's reviews question the build quality. Good tones though.

Is there a product which lies in the middle, price and build quality wise?

More importantly do you gig with it?

How does it feel while performing?

 

[JasonE]

I have played some quick performances with a couple of Fly Rig units. I have the RK and an Acoustic. I have used the Acoustic a fair amount. I put the piezo pickup from one of my guitars through it for many of the gigs I played in the last band I was in. It did a great job. You just have to make sure you have a good monitoring situation to be able to hear yourself well.

 

[DrewJD82]

That GT2 was my ‘just in case’ pedal for a long time, I kept it in a guitar case and it bailed me out of a few situations where there was only an old, shitty combo amp kicking around the use. Didn’t Tech21 start making them again?

 

[dronerstone]

I have an original from 1993, and while it's got a nice and raunchy, unique character as a drive pedal, I probably wouldn't gig using it like a preamp/amp sim, as there are lots of more versatile/tweakable modern options out there.

 

[2112]

Our singer/bassist has been using a Sansamp Bass Driver since 2012. Amazing piece of gear. I had a fly rig for guitar but didn't love it.

 

[Jarick]

Sansamp seems like a better bass device than guitar.

A modern version would be something like the DSM Simplifier. All analog (with digital reverb) and should be a lot more realistic sounding but still the same general idea.

 

[GuitarBilly74]

Yeah we use SansAmp for bass. I use the Friedman IR-D when I go direct.

 

[joebloggs]

Sansamp seems like a better bass device than guitar.

A modern version would be something like the DSM Simplifier. All analog (with digital reverb) and should be a lot more realistic sounding but still the same general idea.

That Simplifier looks very cool. Reasonable price for what you get as well.

 

[Sascha Franck]

@newpedals, aren't you usually playing through a Fender style amp? If so, you might want to check out the Joyo American Sound. It's a Fender style amp pedal with onboard speaker simulation, so it's meant to go direct. Doesn't have any onboard reverb, though. But it's almost dirt cheap (and still gets plenty of praise until today, just search on YT).

 

[FuzzyAce]

I have one of these. I'll bounce back and forth between it and helix native for bass duties when recording.
I'd certainly use it live though.

 

[newpedals]

@newpedals, aren't you usually playing through a Fender style amp? If so, you might want to check out the Joyo American Sound. It's a Fender style amp pedal with onboard speaker simulation, so it's meant to go direct. Doesn't have any onboard reverb, though. But it's almost dirt cheap (and still gets plenty of praise until today, just search on YT).

I had thought of buying that earlier. As you know, I bought a Charlie Brown instead. I know I don't have the ampless option.

I had tried playing through a friend's ampless pedalboard. He uses a multi effects unit, and had dialed in a sound which I had liked. I only played guitar for a song while a singer sang it. I missed the "feeling" of having an amp on stage. I also felt weird mentally, knowing I was not connected to an actual amp. It wasn't the unit's fault. It was an expensive, reputed device. I guess I prefer playing through amps because of the mental connection.

 

[KingsXJJ]

You might want to look at this:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808042142423.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.16.1ab01802yRfjKs&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

 

[newpedals]

You might want to look at this:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808042142423.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.16.1ab01802yRfjKs&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

This seems to be like a clone of that simplifier pedal. Wow.

 

[KingsXJJ]

This seems to be like a clone of that simplifier pedal. Wow.

It’s similar. If you want another closer option look here:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807860442911.html?spm=a2g0o.order_detail.order_detail_item.4.5f11f19cZF0uEw&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa