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12-14-2010, 07:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Queen Creek, AZ | | | bass balls question
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Ok so I read alot of reviews but i can't seem to figure out if this pedal is right for what I'm looking tor. Is this going to give me a little dirt that im looking for? I play in a 5 piece band 2 guitars drums vox and bass, we play pop punk. And I'm looking to get more of the rude punk sound |
12-14-2010, 07:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: York, UK | | | It's not really a dirt pedal, it's a formant (vocal-effect) filter that has a dirt switch designed to give the filters more detail to work with.
It might work for you as a dirt pedal but I wouldn't count on it. You'd most likely be better off looking for a specific bass distortion pedal that has more features (clean blend control being a useful one on bass, adjustable mids being another). |
12-14-2010, 08:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Queen Creek, AZ | | | other than the ODB3 what are some good pedals then? |
12-14-2010, 08:13 AM
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12-14-2010, 08:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Boston, Taxachusetts | | | [b]SansAmp Bass DI[/d] should be at the top of your list, it's an amp emulator (rather than a distortion pedal) which is what you really want for punk stuff.
I owned the Boss ODB3 and hated it. For the very rare times I need a distortion pedal, I'll just use some guitar unit...Tube Screamer, Fuzz Face, whatever. |
12-14-2010, 08:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: York, UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tooloudalex  other than the ODB3 what are some good pedals then? | A Sansamp would work if you just want that typical rock grit mid-scooped sound, or you could try the MXR M80 or Bass Blowtorch distortion, or a Muff or a Muff clone like the Pickle Pie 'B', depends how fuzzy you want to go really, there are a lot of options. |
12-14-2010, 11:38 AM
|  | Holding the Line, Low, Loud & Proud | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Leander, TX (outside Austin) | | | Bass Balls is not what you describe at all, look for a bass overdrive probably not the ODB3 but it's a place to start.
If you are new to effects you might check out an multi effects pedal like a Zoom B2 or other. |
12-14-2010, 11:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA | | I have a Little Big Muff for sale in mint condition 
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12-14-2010, 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by brianrost [b]SansAmp Bass DI[/d] should be at the top of your list, it's an amp emulator (rather than a distortion pedal) which is what you really want for punk stuff. | I also use this on a overdrive setting and it works well for in the few punkish songs my band plays... sounds raw enough to do it IMO.
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12-14-2010, 03:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ottawa and its Environs. | | | Try it. I used to play with it in a punk band in highschool and it gave me just the right oomph. Not at all over the top but a certain something.
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