Origin Effects Bassrig Super Vintage

I wanna start by saying that I really like it. And I like it a lot more than the ’64.
The ’64 was easily able to bury me in options, with the two different amp emulations and different tone stacks for them, I kinda kept flipping switches and somewhat feeling lost.
The Super Vintage does not do that. One switch for the parametric mids and one for bass cut/flat/treble boost.
Three band EQ and a gain knob – plus the two knobs that can be used as a post-drive EQ, but only on the 1/4″ out.
It’s a lot easier to grasp. And while it certainly does ampeg things, it kind of does not completely sound like an SVT. I feel there are some differences. It was easy for me to dial in tones that sounded like a fat amp driven hard, I could find sounds that I could not on ampeg devices I owned. It is quite dynamic, and it can roar.
I tried the cab sim for a spell and while it did not blow me away, I think it will work fine with FOH.
The 8×10 imitation is a bit less inclined to reproduce treble than I personally would prefer. Riding the treble knob higher and compensating on the 1/4″ out with cutting a bit on the small knob can brighten up the XLR out a bit without altering the tone too much and presents a solution to that issue that works well enough for me.

Setting the Super Vintage to the edge of breakup and then pushing it over by using another dirt pedal works exceptionally well, much like it does on a big tube amp.

Same as with the ’64, I focused on using the SV as a dirt pedal. I had it early in the chain and played around with it.
The controls feel a bit different when more sound shaping happens later in the chain, but it works very well in that regard. I ended up leaving the bass knob at noon, pushed the mids a little set at 1k and set treble to taste, with a little bass and treble boost on the little knobs.
I used my three basses with it. The Le Fay with the worn flats, the Bassline with fresh TI flats and the P bass with Chromes. All worked well with the pedal, I wanna say it liked the P bass most, though.
In direct comparison, I could get a sound out of it that was shockingly similar to the Xotic BB Bass Preamp when I had the drive set to just a little past the edge of breakup and some treble boost going on. I run the gain and treble knob on the BB nearly maxed, and the SV can get there with ease and surpass both settings if desired.

In comparison to the ’64, it feels like it yields the dirt more willingly and there is less of a push back. It also sounds completely different. Where the ’64 goes towards a synthy fuzz when you crank it, the SV is more angled towards a smooth-ish distortion sound.

As a drive pedal it is a highly versatile device with the pre gain tone controls with parametric mids plus post gain bass and treble knobs. This somehow got me what I hoped to find in the ’64 – and the cab sim is actually usable.

I was hoping that it could match the tone I was getting from the combination of the Broughton Studio One pedal into the Tonehammer amp, creating a touch sensitive dirt sound that clears up when played softly.

What the SV does in that context is, to my ears, superior. The sound is a bit more ballsy, and the lows rush out of the cabinet, not exactly to envelop you in a warm way. They come out to hurt you (but can’t, fortunately).
The treble and the amount of dirt can be set precisely, working very well in a mix.
And the kicker: When I switch on another dirt pedal in the chain, things get NASTY.
Those warm sounding, worn flats suddenly sound like you’re whipping a metal plate with a nine tailed whip crafted from elevator cable.
This is a very capable preamp, with a clear ampeg styling. Having played an SVT amp on occasion and having used a ton of gear that claims to catch the ampeg sound 100% true, I must admit that I’m not the biggest fan of gear that is trying for that kind of thing. Nonetheless, I am a huge fan of the Origin Bassrig Super Vintage. It feels like it can do a lot of the SVT stuff, but it also feels like it can do more, be adjusted in finder increments. Like the brother of the SVT that grew up in the same houst but did not join a motorcycle gang at the age of 20 – instead choosing to go to college. Still wearing a leather jacket plus long hair – never being your first choice to play a game of fisticuffs (unless you wanna loose), but with a sharper mind and the education to back it up.
This pedal came into my house because I wanted to try out the other Bassrig to satisfy my curiosity.
Right now, as I’m writing these lines, it has become the center piece of the pedalboard I use for the band that plays 80’s metal. It is an incredibly versatile dirt pedal that offers a ballsy sound with lots of heft to it, but it’s also a very capable preamp – and it pairs well with other dirt pedals.