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01-27-2012, 02:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth, England | | | Hi Justin,
I'm currently trying to hunt down that elusive overdrive tone that I'm hearing in my head. Just wondering, do you set things up with a split signal, so you have clean and distorted at the same time, or prefer pedals that retain the low end naturally?
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01-27-2012, 10:34 AM
| | | | Jeez, I don't know. It depends on the pedal, really. I think I generally like pedals that have an inherently fat low end, but the way I set it up changes all the time depending on the scenario. Sometimes I like splitting things around to different amps/DI's too, that's pretty glorious.
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02-20-2012, 10:50 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Jersey | | Justin, any thoughts on Ibanez's bass version of the venerable Tubescreamer? I searched around and didn't see any mention of this particular pedal. There's a demo on YouTube, but being the pedal guru that you are I was wondering if you've had a chance to check one out. |
02-20-2012, 11:26 PM
| | | | Haven't, no. I'm going to guess that the real thing sounds better than that crappy demo; or at least I hope so.
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02-21-2012, 07:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Jersey | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jmjbassplayer  Jeez, I don't know. It depends on the pedal, really. I think I generally like pedals that have an inherently fat low end, but the way I set it up changes all the time depending on the scenario. Sometimes I like splitting things around to different amps/DI's too, that's pretty glorious. | This kind of reminds me of what John Paul Jones was doing when I saw him touring in support of one of his solo records around 10 years ago. He was playing a mix of 8, 10 & 12 string basses and he was also splitting his signal. He ran the clean signal into an SWR stack, and his effected (and usually distorted) tone into a Fender Twin. The sound was ridiculously huge!
Anyhow, I may take a chance on the TSB9 and see what tones I can coax out of it. Right now my only overdrives are coming from a Boss ODB-3 and a VT Bass Deluxe. I think I may need to mix it up a little bit! |
04-07-2012, 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by jmjbassplayer Haven't, no. I'm going to guess that the real thing sounds better than that crappy demo; or at least I hope so. | So I tried out the Ibanez Bass Tubescreamer. Save yourself the time, because it sounded like utter CRAP. I think Ibanez may be totally banking on the reputation of their classic Tubescreamer and just slapped a bass designation on this one and hoped for the best. It sounded awful. |
04-14-2012, 08:27 AM
| | | | my distortion pedals sound different every night, to the point where I'm starting to think of distortion pedals as 'acoustic' instruments. malekko assmaster, DOD grunge, turbo rat, etc. there have been countless times where I got an unbelievable sound one night, and then the next night........ poof. nothing. I think room acoustics/ temperature/ humidity have a huge effect on distortion tone/ response. IMHO |
04-14-2012, 08:33 AM
| | | | that last post was redundant, although I'll revise that statement to include ALL my pedals, especially moogerfoogers. BTW, the moogerfooger FreqBox is an excellent 'distortion' pedal. it's a synth oscillator that runs in parallel with the clean tone of the instrument. with an expression pedal it sounds like 'frequency - sweepable distortion'. pretty rad. |
04-14-2012, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by brad houser that last post was redundant, although I'll revise that statement to include ALL my pedals, especially moogerfoogers. BTW, the moogerfooger FreqBox is an excellent 'distortion' pedal. it's a synth oscillator that runs in parallel with the clean tone of the instrument. with an expression pedal it sounds like 'frequency - sweepable distortion'. pretty rad. | I will definitely have to check that out!! I love me some Moogerfoogers except that 1. they are so f**king large and 2. they are pretty expensive. I totally get that they are way more than "just an effect pedal,” but I want them all and really shouldn’t sell my Kidneys. :^P
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04-17-2012, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by brad houser my distortion pedals sound different every night, to the point where I'm starting to think of distortion pedals as 'acoustic' instruments. malekko assmaster, DOD grunge, turbo rat, etc. there have been countless times where I got an unbelievable sound one night, and then the next night........ poof. nothing. I think room acoustics/ temperature/ humidity have a huge effect on distortion tone/ response. IMHO | I agree 100%. I love my effects and have quite a collection, but I rarely bring them to live gigs these days... I might bring one fuzz, delay, and an octave at most. But I haven't busted out the old pedal board in a while. Partially its because most of the time here in NYC the word "soundcheck" isn't in the vocabulary. And there's just too many variables when dealing with a bunch of pedals on the fly... It feels pretty good to just plug your bass directly into an amp with nothing in the chain...not even a tuner..just one bass, one chord, one amp...
Im curious Justin, I know it depends on the gig, but how often would you say you show up to a gig with no effects... |
04-18-2012, 12:01 AM
| | | Rarely.  But that's fun too, for sure!
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05-26-2012, 03:34 AM
| | | | Hi Justin,
Could you PLEASE tell me your setting/or settings that you use the most on your Boss HM-2, and what's your favorite bass/type of strings to play with that pedal
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05-26-2012, 11:45 AM
| | | | I think I just turn the bass and treble up all the way, turn the gain up to about 4 o'clock, and the level to about 11 o'clock.
Fave strings would be D'Addario XL160.
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11-08-2012, 06:53 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Grand rapids, MI | | | Do you mean the Japan made version of the Boss Heavy Metal HM-2?
Ever try the Fulltone Bass Drive Mosfet? It's my fav always on just for a little grit pedal. |
11-08-2012, 02:27 PM
| | | | Yes, and yes! I like the newest version of that Fulltone...the original sounded anemic to me.
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12-04-2012, 10:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Grand rapids, MI | | | What do you think of the Mastotron compared to the Wooly Mammoth? I've heard the Mammoth can be finicky about hitting hit to hard. You run a overdrive before it? Picked up a Japanese HM-2 BTW. It's pretty rad/nasty. Thanks. |
12-05-2012, 10:43 AM
| | | | I don't know the Mastotron.
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01-01-2013, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by jmjbassplayer Yes, and yes! I like the newest version of that Fulltone...the original sounded anemic to me. | Newest version? I have one and love it, but I always hear negative reviews. How can you tell the difference? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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