V-Tone Bass BDI21 : Di + Distortion

A few years ago i decided that i´d like to add a little bit of distortion to my sound. Most people assume an Sansamp, but that has been to expensive as i didn´t know whether i want to keep the distortin in my setting.

I heard the BDI21 should be quite similar to the sansamp so i gave it try.

Well, the handling is okay, there is a heavy plate under the BDI to make it heavy, the rest is made out of plastic, just like the knobs. It´s hard to see where the knobs are pointing, the only mark is a little black hole at the end of the knob.

The Sound:

Well, i´ve got the the feeling that it steals all my mids, the distortion is very smooth, especially in like breaks where only the bass is playing it´s easy to get a harsh mumbling distortion but when used while the whole band is playing, i can´t get through.

So it´s a nice box if you want to try some kind of distortion, but i would not recommend it for Studio or professional use.