bass distortion... whatcha got?

[bass_freq]

hey, new to the forums, thought it would be a great place to get alot of my questions answered.

distortion, I've been searching for that perfect destortion pedal that dosn't make the low end vanish as soon as I stomp it. I currently am using the Diesal Dawk (GK) and I am just not happy with the pedal (though I think mine is fobar'd cause the sound quality of the pedal has dropped tremendously as of late and I don't know why)

I havn't had a chance to test out alot of pedals cause most of the music stores here, as soon as I ask for a bass effects pedal of any type they give me a weird look like I'm speaking blasphemy

Boss has afew pedals I hear about

also input on flanger, chorus, and wah pedals.

currently have a Chorus Factory CF-7 Pedal, its... interesting, not sure if its good or not cause I don't have anything to compare it to lol

thanks for your input in advance

[Ampeg SVT]

Battery?

The boss ODB-3 pedal is garbage IMO and IME.

Try listening to the sound clips in the Wiki section, id recommend the Fulltone bass drive.

[JimmyM]

I use a Tech 21 VT Bass pedal for regular OD, and a Keeley-modded ProCo Rat II for when I need insane distortion, which, admittedly, is not often.

[THEBFUNK137]

i use the bass big muff from electro-harmonix. It's pretty killer and it has a bass boost setting

[CliftonBonney]

I use the 3XFX Fatman. Also, check out Grygrx website for some suggestions - www.bassfuzz.com. I should be more specific. I use the Devi Ever Year of the Rat and then run the Fatman after that. It sounds great IMO.

[René_Julien]

The EHX Bass Big Muff gets a lot of positive feedback and reviews.

If I still used distortion I would order one without hesitating and without trying it first.

Seem like it is like the Russian Big Muff, only more suited for bass.
Depending on the things I hear on here.
Correct me if I'm wrong guys.

Other great distortions I have positive experience with: BOSS MetalZone, Proco Rat (original one I think) and Ibanez Phat Hed (although I like this one more in OD mode.)

[nad]

I suggest that you scroll up top, click on Wiki, go the effects sound sample bit, listen to approx. 220984uij22849ui89 files of various bass distortion pedals, and become enlightened, happy, and broke all at once. Also the above mentioned http://www.bassfuzz.com/ is awesome. Really, really awesome.

That being said I've gone through my fair share of dirt boxes, and my Favourite Of All Time (For Now) is the Malekko B:Assmaster.

[bass_freq]

Thanks for the quick responces guys, I took a listen to the EHX Bass Big Muff, I really like the sound, nice, fat, and distorted but still able to make out the notes, might look into that one, the boss metalzone is the one I keep hearing about, and the sample I heard of it awhile back sounded good but I don't trust samples, they are never like the real thing.

[Noosh]

i like my digitech bass driver and my ibanez PD7 quite well

[Mr. voodoobass]

If you want more of an overdrive tone try the EBS multidrive.
It leaves the freq under 250hz untouched and has a quite nice overdrive, simple but not so cheap. Not true-bypass thoe.

[Kenny Allyn]

Voodoo Bass ...




Still the best I've found, this one is the older box style.
The setting you see gives me a kinda SVT like OD, but
it's more than capable of over the top wall of FUZZ with
just a tweek of the knobs.


... Roger Mayer designed it to add chunk to single coils ... it works great for bass too

[RCCollins]

Originally Posted by Ampeg SVT

Battery?

The boss ODB-3 pedal is garbage IMO and IME.

Try listening to the sound clips in the Wiki section, id recommend the Fulltone bass drive.

Let's be fair. It's part of the OD series of geetar overdrive pedals. It actually works quite well for pushing tubes. It DOES NOT work well with solid state amps, but that shouldn't be a surprise. Just don't expect a tube amp model from a 50 dollar pedal.

[jisforjustin]

Originally Posted by CliftonBonney

I use the 3XFX Fatman. Also, check out Grygrx website for some suggestions - www.bassfuzz.com. I should be more specific. I use the Devi Ever Year of the Rat and then run the Fatman after that. It sounds great IMO.

Got any sound clips? I'd love to hear that combination.

[Thunderscreech]

Little Big Muff. Works great for my Schecter (tuned CGCF), not so much for my Squire Jazz. I think it is the Schecter's active p'ups which bring out the ballsyness.

[CliftonBonney]

Originally Posted by jisforjustin

Got any sound clips? I'd love to hear that combination.

House is under construction right now. Once it gets all back in order, I'll post up some clips.

[Ric5]

[Chris V.]

HBE Hematoma for bassy distortion (think Timmy C.), Aguilar Channel 2 for more high mid trebly distortion, Reussenzehn Bass Deluxe for tube overdrive and finally a custom analog synth box for crazy screams and really heavy, synthy fuzz and overdrive.

[enen]

hmm, isn't there a craze about bodgan polish love distortion around here lately?

And also recently, someone have also posted Barber LTD clips.

Both of them sounds very good imo (I only have polish love though, still saving up for the barber), so it might be a good idea to check them out.

Cheers.

[nad]

Originally Posted by Kenny Allyn

Voodoo Bass ...




Still the best I've found, this one is the older box style.
The setting you see gives me a kinda SVT like OD, but
it's more than capable of over the top wall of FUZZ with
just a tweek of the knobs.


... Roger Mayer designed it to add chunk to single coils ... it works great for bass too

I don't suppose you have any clips of this? I've been curious about this pedal for years, but have never checked it out.

[(b)Assman]

What kind of sound are you trying to achieve? IE Fuzzy/Reg Dist/Grind etc