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02-22-2011, 07:44 PM
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Hey all - this pedal seems to get good reviews as an overdrive. I'm looking at something that will be "always on" but not suck low end. Im also on a budget but have the chance to pick one up cheaply.
Does anyone have any clips or info of how this pedal sounds on bass. The chain would basically be bass - pedal - amp (the one in my sig). The drive of the amp isn't quite nasty, or should I say chunky enough. I dont want full on OD but I like the almost guitar like chug of some OD pedals and this is an option.
Having said that are there any pedals I can get cheaply 2nd hand that have a blend? I will search but any quick answers would be great.
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02-22-2011, 09:31 PM
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I got that sound with a pbass and a solid state amp. It can go cleaner and a bit dirtier.
It holds the lows pretty well.
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02-22-2011, 09:38 PM
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Alloy Musical Products | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Northern NJ | | | I had a few pedals on my board for fuzz and dirt and I didn't really bond with them too much. Out of curiosity I threw my Bad Monkey on my board and was very pleasantly surprised! Sounds great and I love the fact that it has a low eq knob so you can really dial in that low end. I think I made a mistake putting it behind my Bass Driver, though. I thought that's where I should put it so I can't get a little db boost when I click it on, but it's really altering the Bass Driver's signal. |
02-22-2011, 09:42 PM
|  | Friends, Romans, Bass Players... | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Spencer, MA, USA | | | I have a Bad Monkey on my pedalboard, first thing in my signal chain. I use it for a bit of light OD on certain songs we play. Sounds pretty good for my purposes, doesn't suck tone. And it's built like a Russian tank!
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02-22-2011, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Lublin I thought that's where I should put it so I can't get a little db boost when I click it on, but it's really altering the Bass Driver's signal. | O yeah i forgot to mention that. Its buffer does mess with your tone a little when bypassed.
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02-22-2011, 09:47 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO | | | Get it! The Bad Monkey sounds great with bass! Nice full warm tube overdrive sound without being too dirty. Doesn't loose the low end tone either.
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02-22-2011, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by tomhanzo O yeah i forgot to mention that. Its buffer does mess with your tone a little when bypassed. | Shouldn't be a problem as it will be always on.
Hmmmm - lots of good reviews here. Thinks it's made my mind up, even though it doesn't have a blend. My first inclination was the new Ibanez TS9B but it is quite expensive.
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02-22-2011, 10:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: perth | | sounds awesome on bass a tubey OD, also there are a few companies like humphreys electronics who can mod the bad monkey so it is tuned for bass frequencies 
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02-23-2011, 03:48 AM
| | | | The Bad Monkey is an amazing pedal for the money. I haven't done any of the mods but I use a Xotic RC bass booster after it and it sounds great. |
02-23-2011, 10:01 AM
| | | | To be honest, I really think that the BM sucked lows, not a lot, but enough to make me flip it after a while. It's overrated if you ask me, the only way you can get really good results in a band mix is with a blend pedal.
There are other (and often more expensive) pedals out there that does the job a hell of a lot better than the BM.
Try searching for the Cheap Pedals Megathread. |
02-23-2011, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by stratovani And it's built like a Russian tank! | Based on results from Iraq and elsewhere, that isn't necessarily a good thing. 
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02-23-2011, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by NortyFiner Based on results from Iraq and elsewhere, that isn't necessarily a good thing. | True dat! 
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02-24-2011, 03:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Narvik, Norway | | | I use the BM after the EBS dual comp. and before the Sansamp BDDI. The BM can give you clean boost, warm overdrive and quite imressive fuzz.
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02-25-2011, 11:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Philly | | | I got it originally and it does have good lowend reinforcement but only to a certain extent. Any of the real lows were getting cut out of the mix. When run before my VT bass with both running it sounded awesome. The VT bass reinforced that lowend for me. I ultimately decided to mod it and change the cap for the bass, which now gives me more than enough low end. I also changed a cap to make that mid range hump more transparent.
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02-26-2011, 04:49 AM
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Originally Posted by tomhanzo Nature of the Experiment
I got that sound with a pbass and a solid state amp. It can go cleaner and a bit dirtier.
It holds the lows pretty well. | I dug your band! Really, some good stuff there! |
02-26-2011, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by BBKINGBASS I got it originally and it does have good lowend reinforcement but only to a certain extent. Any of the real lows were getting cut out of the mix. When run before my VT bass with both running it sounded awesome. The VT bass reinforced that lowend for me. I ultimately decided to mod it and change the cap for the bass, which now gives me more than enough low end. I also changed a cap to make that mid range hump more transparent. | Which cap did you change to improve the lowend? |
02-26-2011, 10:13 PM
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02-26-2011, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by madmatt OOO OOO EEE EEE! | Yes,like this. Kind of a mischevious ape-ish sorta sound. Expect poop to be flinged at higher gain settings;stand clear.
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02-27-2011, 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by tomhanzo O yeah i forgot to mention that. Its buffer does mess with your tone a little when bypassed. | if by "mess with" you mean "prevent degredation" then yeah
as for the Bad Monkey sucking lows, this is largely a perception caused by its pronounced mid-hump. Get a "Badder bass" version and it's REALLY not a problem - those actually cut the highs too much for some bass players!
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02-27-2011, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by sutarappa Which cap did you change to improve the lowend? | http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/I...ho/blog/53932/
I followed this mod. Really straight forward. The bass mod really does work well. I used to have my bass on full and there was still some cut on the lower range but now I can run it about 2 o clock
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