I redid my pedalboard and replaced the Behringer BDI21 with a Tech21 VT Bass DI. I’ve never played through an actual Ampeg SVT but if this is what they sound like I may have to start saving up for one. And then start lifting weights so I lug it around. 
Nice! The VT Bass DI is super good. Still sad I fried mine.
Hey all, I am not sure if this is the right thread to ask. But my relatives and SO asked for christmas wishes 
and first thing came to my mind was a pedal!
Now I don’t want to get crazy, I would love some simple solution with maybe one pedal that can do some variety of effects - if that exists? Or maybe a pedal is overkill and some other gear that I am unaware of can do some effects?
Thanks all!
If you are not sure what you want and would like to learn, it’s hard to go wrong with something like a Zoom B1four.
Ok I’m sold. thats all I need for years to come 
thanks a lot!
Happy to help! Big topic here:
It’s a nice gadget to have for novelty factor but how many of those effects would you ever use in the “real world” without your band mates looking at you sideways while they plan your replacement. Also, I love the fake rubbed off top coat effect on his bass (coz he plays sooooo much) it even has a rubbed off top coat from his man-nipple…hehehe.
On the B1four (and the B3n) nearly all of the individual effects are good to great.
Many of the factory presets are terrible, but they are basically demos you can ignore. The real strength of the thing lies in its individual effect models that you can arrange however you like.
And for learning about effects there is no better buy. I still consider the Zoom boxes I have owned some of the best money I have ever spent on gear.
Stu Hamm, Marcus Miller, and Victor Wooten have all gigged with them (usually the B3n). Here’s Marcus with a B3n:
Are the modeled effects just as good as regular pedals? Well, no, not all of them. (though some are - the compressors are great and some of the modulation effects are really good.)
But considering that for $90 you get essentially all of the pedals, they are a steal.
Well, brands do it and players play big bucks for it 
I haven’t got a clue if that aging changes the sound as well… I guess so for some treatments at least 
I agree to @howard that the Zoom B1 Four is a great piece of gear and packs a lot of good things… just it does not really allow you to use all of those good things together.
For me I hoped to use it as a single device to practice independently with headphones. But it does not have so much gain on the bass signal so the rythm box and AUX input easily overwhelms the bass sound.
If you use this pedal before the amp input, AUX input and rythm box becomes useless becuase they get amplified times over the bass signal. So you need to get the rythm volume as low as 5 out of 100 when using with an amp. You can get the backing track from another source of course.
So far my most successful use case, has been connecting the output of my VOX Amplug Bass Headphone Amp to input of Zoom B1 Four.
Bass->Amplug->Zoom->Headphones
Basically pre amplifying the bass. Supplying both Zoom B1 Four and Amplug from batteries… for me this is the ultimate mobile setup while using all the functionalities.
Today I watched this video and it really inspired me!
Other use case was connecting it to the Digital Audio Interface which I think many people also do.
that’s what all of us said. and we were wrong 
badass.
Badass!!
hahaha
I’m thinking you could fit at least 2 more pedals on there. 
Here’s where I stand right now 
Yeah, the sad dead space where my VT Bass DI was
Oh sadness… 
RIP VT DI 🪦
