V-Tone Bass BDI21 : Hi D I, Ho de ho....

Thought it would be useful to have a DI and compared with the price of basic DI's this offers quite a bit more.

Really simple to use with no menus to scroll through, you can add some Tube attack to your tone. All the dials are nicely weighted and really the only minus is the plastic stomp switch which although doubtless tested 10,000 times looks like a weakness. Oh and the casing is plastic as well, it gets its weight from a metal plate underneath.

Controls are presence, drive, treble, bass, level and blend but it operates as a true by-pass when used just as a DI. Battery life is not brilliant so I use with a PS. The drive control is the one you need to tweak to affect the gain, rather like on a tube preamp, the rest of the controls are self explanatory and easy to do on the fly.

Did I mention the ground lift switch and red led when the pedal is switched on? A great pedal to carry in your gig box , just in case!