Behringer BDI 21 Bass Amp Modeler/ DI Guitar Effects Pedal

This pedal may be based on a sansamp but it's best to get that comparison out of your head immediately. This little thing is it's own beast and is a great product in its own right. Comparisons to the original are unfair considering the work of art of the actual sansamp, but that said only purists and fanboys will find negatives with this pedal. For the vast majority of musicians, this is more than a viable and affordable alternative Firstly, it's the best pedal of its type you'll find in the price range. You get the obvious durability tradeoff Vs a high end metal enclosed pedal but the unit is still a solid brick and more than capable of handling a stage invader. The sound quality far exceeds the cost and this pedal could easily be repackaged and sold at a much higher price point. They might even find they move more units this way as I'm sure the low price tag puts off many buyers. When listening to an a/b of this Vs the original, it holds up incredibly well and is relatively authentic, but still retains it's own unique characteristics that differentiate it slightly. The drive has a warmth to it and sounds far fuller and more expensive than it has any right to. I avoided behringer for many years but can definitely recommend this pedal It's worth every bassist owning one even if it's just to keep in your case as an emergency live backup for your actual sansamp. It's cheap enough to bulk buy multiple units. It's great for making a second home rig to save getting the full live one out for practice. It's perfectly at home in a studio setup as a cheap di unit. It's also capable of enhancing other instruments that you wouldn't think of such as keyboards/organs. You can run one line to an amp and another to a set of in ear monitors or a mixer live. It absolutely excels as a standalone headphone practice unit. For beginners to intermediate, up to touring bands, it'll do the job. If you buy one, you are guaranteed to find a use for it. When approached with appropriate expectations, it'll shine

Great for adding treble, bass and presence controls to any amp that doesn't have them, work well with bass and can get some decent sounds. The whole drive/blend thing needs to be used with caution and sounds pretty poor on its own to my ears, but when you're playing with a band it can give you a bit of cut through in moderation, and is better than a lot of drive circuits in amplifiers, or at least another option. The DI is a useful addition, you never know when you might need one, and the whole thing, while perhaps no longer state of the art, is astonishing for the price, and runs for ages on a 9v battery provided you unplug when not in use. Seems to me the pedal will last too, it has a plastic shell yes but apparently over a metal chassis and feels super solid. Can't detect any noise or other artifacts. Weirdly part of the instruction sheet is for another unit altogether but you don't need to take any notice of that.

definitely improves the overall tones, especially good for cheaper basses with basic pickups like mine, will give a lot more bite and boom depending on your playing style. Obviously not the best you could buy, but for the money it sounds fine.

Apparently this is a copy of another leading design, such is Behringer. This unit is quite useful, it's a pre-amp, has some tonal shaping controls and does a reasonable job too. There is "overdrive" which is what it is, some will like it some not, the EQs are right in ya face, Blend does a good job too. I'd say it's one of those units where the user needs to spend time getting to know it, how to set up a tone that suits their bass guitar ambitions. I use it for home recording, it gives me a lot of tone control before it hits my DAW. No faults at all. :)

It does exactly what you need it to do at minimal cost. It doesn't colour your tone, sounds great, but boosts and cuts nicely. Tube emulator (blend) is warm and nice. All fairly subtle. Di out is great. It's heavy and sturdy, doesn't feel plasticity at all. I've seen this on expensive pedals board rigs. One negative is the power supply is on the right hand side, not the top. This makes it a touch awkward to mount on a pedal board as it takes up more space. Sansamp v1 clone, buy it.

操作が直感的で、ノブを調整するだけで簡単に好みの音を作れるため、初心者にも扱いやすい逸品。細かい音作りも可能なため、上級者にも満足できる仕様(実際プロの現場で使ってる人を見た事ある) 1番低価格のベースプリアンプと侮るなかれ

Sounds very nice 👌👌👍👍🤌👌👌👌

Nice product.

Kost schandalig weinig. Werkt perfect voor mijn doel: omzeilen van nog te repareren pre-amp van fender bxr in 'n repetitieruimte (In effects return! ) en rechtstreeks in de studio als pre-amp/DI. Haalt t midden weg rond 800 hz, en heeft echt een warm randje. Blues jazz funk. Gebruik m niet met alle bassen of alle versterkers, maar erg blij met deze ontdekking.

Muy buen pre amp, básicamente es un Sansamp a bajo costo así que no esperes algo más de eso pero el sonido es muy muy bueno, muchos dirán que es de plástico pero no suele uno estar pisando mucho un pre amp en una presentación