Description
Built around Tech 21’s SansAmp core, the Bass Fly Rig lets you dial through decades of vintage-to-modern bass tone using the Character control, then shape it further with a full three-band active EQ. Need grit? Stack Drive with the Pre-Boost for thickening overdrive, or head into the OCTAFILTER section for Fuzz. Layer all three gain stages together and you’ve got serious tonal chaos on tap.
- OCTAFILTER: a deeply interactive filter/octave/fuzz engine, from Minimoog-style synth bass to funky, filtered growl. Q and Range interact so you can dial dynamic filtering across clean, fuzz, octave, or fuzz-plus-octave combinations; at minimum Q, Range acts as a high-cut tone control instead. Blend any combination back in with your direct signal via Mix, and add COMP for near-infinite, keyboard-bass-style sustain.
- COMP: all-analog, FET-based compression for a warmer, more transparent squeeze than digital alternatives.
- BOOST: switchable Pre/Post modes. Pre-Boost feeds the SansAmp section for extra drive and distortion; Post-Boost simply raises overall volume for solos and fills.
- CHORUS: taken from the Bass Boost Chorus pedal, CHR adds a subtly delayed second voice for width and thickness.
- TUNER: a chromatic tuner lives inside the CHR footswitch — hold it down to engage tuning and mute the signal.
Under the hood: a 1/4-inch input with 4.7 megOhm impedance for full-range piezo pickup, an input pad for hot active basses, XLR output with ground lift, a low-impedance 1/4-inch output, and a headphone button that reroutes the 1/4-inch jack for silent practice. The chassis is all-metal with metal footswitches and jacks, and switching is silent thanks to custom footswitch actuators. Runs on the included 9V, 200mA DC power supply.
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