MXR Bass D.I.+

Uno dei pre per basso migliori sul mercato. Overdrive stupendo con switch dedicato che garantisce una grande versatilità.

El MXR M80 ha cumplido todas mis expectativas. Fue una decisión difícil porque tuve que elegir entre éste y el SansAmp de Tech21 sólo basándome en reviews y comentarios en internet, pero debo decir que la versatilidad y la amplia gama de tonos que el M80 permite es algo que me tiene satisfecho y sobre todo contento. El efecto del pedal sí que le da otra sensación al tono y ese botón de 'color' está del lujo, le da una profundidad y grosor al tono que me encantó. La distorsión me gustó bastante, sobre todo porque la banda de ecualización la afecta con mucha sensibilidad y puedes ir de algo leve muy cálido a una distorsión muy atascada. En conclusión gran pedal, muy versátil, muchos tonos y posibilidades.

Fantastic pre-amp for the money. Prefer it over far more pricey options. Love the contour button that scoops the mids! Sounds amazing through my amp or direct to front of house!

Very happy with this. Oozes quality. I'm still experimenting with the range of tones it can do. I'm using it between my floor pedals and the out front PA system, so no bass amp or cab in my chain (monitoring via IEM from the desk). Firstly, the bass mid and treble controls work well and with no noise (in any mode), and they cover a lot tone shaping possibilities. MXR seem to have designed and placed the tone frequency controls in just the right tonal areas. Using just the clean channel is good but when you use the color button there's a big scooped boost which sounds instantly great. I'm going for a mostly clean tone, so I don't really need the gain distortion channel, but I'm finding that if I use the gain channel but with the gain blended right down low, it sounds nicely warm but not distorted. Its a nice tone to work with for most styles. The gain channel automatically uses the color scoop/boost, so sometimes I'll roll back the bass and treble just a little to compensate. My only negative so far, is that I was hoping I'd hear more of the "gate", but I don't hear much happening. I think its affecting the gain distortion trigger which I'm not really using. I was expecting more of a traditional noise gate which would auto switch off the output when I'm not playing - its not that. The gate LED goes on and off but the output stays live. Sometimes I have both hands off the bass, so a proper gate function would have been better for me. Any of that doesn't take off the fact that I like using the MXR80. Its simple and noiseless with lots of tone shaping options. Strange it didn't come with a PSU, but it uses a common Boss / Dunlop type PSU, 9V DC tip negative. Its very low current (less than 200mA). Minor niggle, sometimes - in certain light conditions, its not so easy to see the LED indicators, but this device is the kind of thing you leave on anyway. Also no speaker simulator, but that's really (really) not a deal breaker.

This is a phenomenal pedal; it really makes your bass sound good. Some people have complained that the distortion basically starts with the "color" feature, but I think that's great. I wouldn't even use this without color on, because it just sounds so amazing. So, I'm really glad that the distortion is just adding dirt to that sound. It's extremely versatile and really brings out the tone. And at under $200; to even have a shot at getting something better than this, you would need to spend at least $300. Even then, it's going to be hit or miss until you get to $500 or more. But as many reviewers have pointed out, this pedal is good enough for any live performance setting (can't speak to recording, since I haven't used it for that).