Pedal question

casio · #1 07-12-2010, 12:39 PM

This seems popping up so I figured I'd slate my question in and make a thread where you can continue the discussion, the "Justin's gear" one is a bid smothered and hard to search!
In any case, I wanted to check what (if anything) you thought of the Fulltone Bass Drive?
I just got one, and am pretty stoked by what I'm getting, I can kinda see it replacing a couple pedals I have on my board, so I wanted to see if you had any insight/input or experiences?

jmjbassplayer · #2 07-12-2010, 11:05 PM

I used an old one that I thought was light on the bottom, so I wasn't very stoked on it. That was a long time back. Did it seem to have enough low end for you?

casio · #3 07-13-2010, 05:59 AM

I heard a lot about that to be honest, and was pretty worried by it, but the tone knob really does do a world of difference!
If you dont go too far on the "sparkle" side of things, you're safe to keep it running, I don't see it losing more low end than the GT2 for instance!
What I like most about it is the versatility where I can get tones more similar to tubes breaking up (where my mesa m-pulse doesn't shine), to full on drives that seem to be useful in a live setting!
Going to take it on a recording session in a week or so and I'll se how it works in the studio!
To be honest, a chat with Ben Kenney got me stoked on the pedal, and it seems to work great when I use my p-bass with flats especially, cause of the presence in the mids!
so I'm pretty happy so far!
maybe give it a try if you come across it again some time!

Sarbecue Boss · #4 07-13-2010, 06:30 PM

I hope this doesn't violate any rules...
I got to demo a drive from DMB pedals, a local guy,

JimmyM · #5 07-13-2010, 09:49 PM

billy gould from faith no more swears by the bass drive. don't know what that means about the low end but there you go.

casio · #6 07-15-2010, 05:53 AM

He swears by peavey, that doesn't meen much in my book!

just kidding, though I loved the OD he had on Album of the year, although I dont think they were making the bass drive then!

JimmyM · #7 07-15-2010, 12:27 PM

he's not using peavey anymore. i saw them at coachella and he had two genz benz gbe heads and two ampeg 810e's.

casio · #8 07-16-2010, 09:49 AM

good for him, I'm aleays happy to see young people moving up in the world!

great band anyway, whatever equipment!