Adding a little bit of grit?

[Yahtzee89]

Okay, hi guys.

I'm a day away (when I'm paid) from pulling the trigger on an Ashdown MAG 300H EVO II and matching 210 Cab, (at a later date adding a 410 as well).

From what I've heard and read these amps give a good clean tone, but I don't always want a clean tone

So, are there any pedals about that will add just a bit of grit? I don't want full on fuzz, I have that covered with my ME 20B, but said pedal cannot do grit.

If it makes any difference my main instruments are an MIM P bass and a Vintage EJM 96 (Jazz copy).


Thank in advance.

Yahtzee.


P.S. This is the kinda tone I would be looking for, maybe a tad less dirty. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ESF6...eature=related

[AciDBatH666]

Im gonna suggest the Tech 21 Sansamp bass driver DI is what I chose when I was in the same boat as you. I needed some grit and dirty to my tone and I got the pedal. You don't even need to turn the drive up very much to get a nice grind out of your sound. When I built my rack setup I went ahead and looked for a used Sansamp RBI here on the board. Same thing as the pedal but with a couple of extra features.
You'll get a lot of suggestions. So try to look up a few on YouTube or something. If you can hear it or try it before you buy you'll be doing yourself a big favor.

[Modulator]

Tech 21 VT Bass
Wren & Cuff Phat Phuk B

I use both.

[Plays_For_Dog]

Tech 21 VT as stated earlier. Magical little pedal and reasonable priced.

Also, Fuzzrocious has a pedal out that is a little less aggressive then their typical fuzz's. The Dark Driving has internal trim pots that you can tweak the fuzz down to an overdrive sound, or tweak them up for more grit. The builder/founder is also a TB member and supper cool dude. Easy to do business with. http://www.fuzzrociouspedals.com

[Yahtzee89]

Cheers for the quick reply guys.

The Tech 21 was something I was considering. Only drawback is that it's not cheap, but hey, nothing good is really is it (Except the Squier VM Jazz bass, the maple one, om nom nom)


EDIT:

When I say not cheap I mean by uni student standards.

[rosstanium]

Originally Posted by Modulator

Tech 21 VT Bass
Wren & Cuff Phat Phuk B

I use both.

+1,000,000

my two favorites. honorable mention for the Aguilar Agro pedal. sick also.

[Matt Dean]

All good suggestions... I'll add the Xotic Bass BB pre.

[Mingus Addict]

Devi ever dark boost or karaoke party maybe?

[crapusername]

hardwire valve overdrive can do grit really well. no low end loss and pretty transparent tone wise too

[dave_bass5]

Originally Posted by Yahtzee89

Cheers for the quick reply guys.

The Tech 21 was something I was considering. Only drawback is that it's not cheap, but hey, nothing good is really is it (Except the Squier VM Jazz bass, the maple one, om nom nom)


EDIT:

When I say not cheap I mean by uni student standards.

I like to add a bit of grit every now and then and have a BDDI. This works really well. If money is tight you can get the Behringer BDI21 (BDDI copy) for around £25 and this will do the same job. They have quite a good rep (even though they are made by B.) and ive had one for a few years now.
In fact i got mine when i was still gigging my old MAG combo and it worked wonders IMO.

I personally dont like distortion on bass, but i do like the tube type of warmth some pedals get. The VTBass i had for a short while just seemed to do too much so i sold it.

[jpTron]

Bad monkey. THey're cheap.

[BassBrass]

Originally Posted by Mingus Addict

Devi ever dark boost or karaoke party maybe?

Karaoke Party, yes, it's my most used overdrive (used more than Xotic BB Pre) It's only fault for bass is it's got too much gain, 8am is fine, 9am is too loud. Always have to pay attention to that.
Dark Boost, no, unless you're solo or can run it into a blended fuzz to get the mids back (like Brown Dog, Attack Goat, Oxide, Team Awesome etc, even EH BBM). DB can alter your attack (good for synth sounds) and it's Very...dark.

[plangentmusic]

I think 9 times out of 10 these types of effects can be achieved by lowering the master and raising the gain.

[kevteop]

Originally Posted by jpTron

Bad monkey. THey're cheap.

+1. Good little pedal.

[gjbassist]

Originally Posted by jpTron

Bad monkey. THey're cheap.

This!

Does a nice fat, warm tube OD while keeping the lows. Under $50 too!

[bobbybass85]

I have almost the exact same rig. I've got the Mag 300 2X10 combo and a 15" ext cab. Although I'm getting more and more into the effects realm the first pedal I bought was the Sansamp BDDI. It adds a great color to it, and can do a nice grit if you tweak it right.

I've since added a Tonehammer which is awesome and different. I'm using both together for my "Max" setting which gets really hairy. I'm looking to try a Pork Loin too... I love the way they sound on all the clips around here.

[M Sterling]

+1 on the Pork Loin...excellent pedal for some light od/grit. The clean blend retains lows and mids.

[Modulator]

Pour some sand in the input and output jacks...