Tab Funkenwerk V71 vs. Universal Audio 610 for Bass

markjazzbassist · Post by **markjazzbassist** » Wed Sep 23, 2015 7:13 am

I'm between the V71 and 610 for my bass. Anyone have both and can give an accurate comparison of the tonal differences? I'm not interested in anything else really, had all the others Evil Twin, REDDI, Summit, etc. I'm interested in these 2 because they are supposed to be the warmest and are both able to overdrive (those listed above are not).

Help a brother out

markjazzbassist · Post by **markjazzbassist** » Mon Sep 28, 2015 10:54 am

no one has tried both of these? very surprising. guess i'll have to be the guinea pig.

roscoenyc · Post by **roscoenyc** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 7:12 am

We have a V-71 and like it a lot.

It can supply a little bit of Grrrr/distortion. It's subtle.

The only negative to the V-71 is that it Does Not Like Active Pickups which is ok for me because I don't like them either.

I had to send it back a couple times when an engineer and a bassist plugged it in without knowing.

markjazzbassist · Post by **markjazzbassist** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 9:35 am

Great thanks. I use a passive fender jazz so that's fine. I'll probably end up getting both to A/B and sell the one I don't like.

Recording Engineer · Post by **Recording Engineer** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 9:41 am

Can't say I've used either, but years ago, the Gas Cooker was where it was at for me!
http://www.ridgefarmindustries.com/cprod.htm

markjazzbassist · Post by **markjazzbassist** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 7:56 am

Recording Engineer wrote:Can't say I've used either, but years ago, the Gas Cooker was where it was at for me!
http://www.ridgefarmindustries.com/cprod.htm

i would love that unit but it's 2300 dollars and the tab is 500 used and UA is around 600-700 used. simply too expensive for me, but i would love to try one at some point. i've heard it's great at tube overdrive since it has 3 valves.

oneflightup · Post by **oneflightup** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:04 am

I used to have the UA 2-610 dual pre unit. Can't say I was ever particularly excited by it. But that's just my experience.
Would like to try the Telefunken sometime!

Nick

joninc · Post by **joninc** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:30 pm

big fan of the 610 here. Velvety and rich. great DI for bass and wurly. Great pre on vocals, drums, guitars....

I'm Painting Again · Post by **I'm Painting Again** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:45 pm

look at retrospec's the juice box

joninc · Post by **joninc** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:53 pm

just remembered that i had tried this before too and was amazing - http://sonicfarm.com/pro-audio/2di4-pentode-direct-box/

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