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02-04-2011, 02:40 AM
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I play a rick out of a svt7 pro head and am looking for a good bass distortion pedal. I am looking for bass distortion tone along the lines of circa survive, glassjaw etc. I play in a melodic hardcore band with a lot of instrumental passages and thought some nice bass fuzz would add punch.
I had a big muff and it sounded too messy, and i had some cheap digitech distortion. Obviously that sucked. Any ideas? I am looking for pedals i can actually find and purchase. Not a rat from the 80s modded, although that would be nice. :hmm |
02-04-2011, 02:49 AM
|  | Jack Grundle and Chad Choad
Builder for FUZZROCIOUS PEDALS | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mount Laurel, NJ | | | I'm confused...the bands that you mentioned use rats on bass...then you said you don't want a rat...then you said it would be nice...
Let me clarify you for you: you want a vintage or vintage RI rat. |
02-04-2011, 03:01 AM
| | | | is the rat designed for the bass guitar any good, or am i just better off with the original? |
02-04-2011, 03:02 AM
| | | | Just get the re-issue or the turbo rat |
02-04-2011, 03:22 AM
| | | | thanks for the advice |
02-04-2011, 03:55 AM
| | | | Alternatively I've heard good things about the You Dirty Rat and Boss Metal Zone |
02-04-2011, 04:47 AM
| | | | Ibanez pd-7, bass and treble 12 o clock. Gain max, attack off
for $30 you wont find a better dist |
02-04-2011, 04:51 AM
|  | Bartle doo? | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Missing Mountains | | | The first response... go to his page. He makes a Rat clone that is BA!!! as well as other fuzz's and Overdrives. Trust me, his stuff is awesome. Thread search for Fuzzrocious and read all the hype.
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02-04-2011, 04:54 AM
| | Jack Grundle and Chad Choad
Builder for FUZZROCIOUS PEDALS | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mount Laurel, NJ | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by postrock is the rat designed for the bass guitar any good, or am i just better off with the original? | The Juggernaut is the bass rat and just about 98% of the dudes on here hate it. You're better off with a vintage, vintage RI, or clone designed for bass. |
02-04-2011, 05:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Plays_For_Dog The first response... go to his page. He makes a Rat clone that is BA!!! as well as other fuzz's and Overdrives. Trust me, his stuff is awesome. Thread search for Fuzzrocious and read all the hype. | A bigger fan has never existed. |
02-04-2011, 05:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Reykjavík / Iceland | | | sounds like you need a dirt pedal with Blend option, just to name a few:
MXR m80
tech21 BDDI
Ashdown LOMENZO Bass Hyper Drive
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02-04-2011, 05:21 AM
| | | http://www.silvermachine.de/
I recently tried their bass distortion pedal( the silverstone,I think) and was very much impressed.
By a very long margin the best distortion pedal I have heard so far.
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02-04-2011, 07:54 AM
| | | | Dude get a vintage reissue rat. Not that difficult to find. I just got one a couple weeks ago on ebay for $99! AND its the best distortion Ive found on bass by far after getting and selling all tech 21 stuff, aguilar agro, boss od, and a few more I tried and didnt like. I play in a melodic punk/ indie band. Oh and circa survive dude used vinage reissue I believe. Just make sure you avoid the newer rats and the rat 2. They are ****. |
02-04-2011, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by slapstick13 Dude get a vintage reissue rat. Not that difficult to find. I just got one a couple weeks ago on ebay for $99! AND its the best distortion Ive found on bass by far after getting and selling all tech 21 stuff, aguilar agro, boss od, and a few more I tried and didnt like. I play in a melodic punk/ indie band. Oh and circa survive dude used vinage reissue I believe. Just make sure you avoid the newer rats and the rat 2. They are ****. | You go the white face rat?
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02-06-2011, 02:27 PM
| | | | I got the 1991 vintage reissue big box rat. friggin rulez. Used it by itself for a week, it was awesome. Got an xotic x blender to use with it; best bass dirt sound (at least for me) ever. |
02-06-2011, 03:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Chicago, Il. | | From what your describing, the tech 21 xxl bass edition distortion pedal would be right up your alley. this pedal has a heavy duty sound and packs a lot of punch. here are some sound samples of the tech 21 xxl bass edition distortion pedal. courtesy of bass tasters.com http://www.basstasters.com/effects/Tech21_XXL.html |
02-19-2011, 06:58 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: melbourne victoria australia | | | just ordered a rat. one of the normal ones (non reissue), looking to do that circa survivey thing. tried out one in a shop the other day which thinking about i think was one of the white face ones.. are they that much different? the white faces are about 100 more.. |
02-19-2011, 08:16 AM
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Atypical, not a typical... | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Carlisle, PA | | | For hardcore, I would get the following.
Boss LS-2 line selector. Trust me.
HBE Hematoma
Vintage Rat (Unmodded)
Place the hematoma and rat in loop one. Leave loop two empty. You can crank the rat and hematoma to get amazing grinding tone, while mixing loop two in for the desired amount of clean, to keep the bottom end deep and heavy. Your Russian big muff would work in this setup as well.
I stack distortion all the time this way, and double stack for effect. Sometimes I use the muff and clean, sometimes my Animato and clean. Sometimes muff and animato are both on 50/50. You would be surprised how good some cheaper boxes can sound with clean blended in to retain a deep bottom. |
02-19-2011, 10:05 AM
|  | User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Arkham, MA, USA | | | Fuzzrocious Rat Tail. Awesome bass heavy modded rat. Awesome distortion, wicked overdrive. 'Nuff said. Sounds great with guitar too!!
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02-19-2011, 11:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bergen County, New Jersey | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kaputsport For hardcore, I would get the following.
Boss LS-2 line selector. Trust me.
HBE Hematoma
Vintage Rat (Unmodded)
Place the hematoma and rat in loop one. Leave loop two empty. You can crank the rat and hematoma to get amazing grinding tone, while mixing loop two in for the desired amount of clean, to keep the bottom end deep and heavy. Your Russian big muff would work in this setup as well.
I stack distortion all the time this way, and double stack for effect. Sometimes I use the muff and clean, sometimes my Animato and clean. Sometimes muff and animato are both on 50/50. You would be surprised how good some cheaper boxes can sound with clean blended in to retain a deep bottom. | +1 on the LS-2... works wonders. My personal recommendation for the actual dirt pedal would be a Fulltone OCD, or at the very least stay away from anything that says BOSS, or BASS.
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