I use my 11R for Bass Live and in Recording. Most of the time, it is a clean Bass tone but the effects I sometimes use is Chorus, Distortion, and Reverb. If you get the Stand Alone Editor, you can really mix and match for a wide array of tonal choices. Very rarely do I use a Bass Amp on stage anymore (although I do carry one just to have a backup if my 11R goes south on me-knock on wood, it hasn't failed me yet). My band just did a large festival a couple weeks back and the other bands were all impressed with how well my Bass sounded and fit in the mix. The band that followed us, their Bass amp failed in the first song and their Bassist got all upset. I plugged him into my 11R so they could complete their show and he was like a kid at Christmas. The Sound Crew liked it also for ease of mixing it into the live sound monitors and FOH. One thing to watch out for though is, guitar players like trying it out, LOL. Mine just loves messing around with it, trying new sounds. Enjoy it.