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02-26-2009, 02:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Francisco | | | Bass Overdrive, what pedal?
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I'm currently planning to purchase a bass overdrive pedal. I'm not after a full out distorted sound, more of a slightly overdriven warm bass sound; similar to A Wilhelm Scream and older Rise Against material. Has anyone had much experience with overdrive pedals? What would you recommend from your own experience?
I've been told that the Boss ODB 3 is one of the best available, any opinions?
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02-26-2009, 02:09 PM
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02-26-2009, 02:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Vista, CA | | | The VT Bass can do OD and more. The OD it gets sounds pretty good to my ears. |
02-26-2009, 02:16 PM
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02-26-2009, 02:18 PM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | GeminiDrive. |
02-26-2009, 02:27 PM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris_NR  I'm currently planning to purchase a bass overdrive pedal. I'm not after a full out distorted sound, more of a slightly overdriven warm bass sound; similar to A Wilhelm Scream and older Rise Against material. Has anyone had much experience with overdrive pedals? What would you recommend from your own experience? | Do you want that tone all the time? If so, I say get a tube amp. I'd be surprised if that wasn't what was being used to get those tones in the first place.
If you don't want it always on, the VT Bass was a good suggestion as it will get you that tube amp sound and do it pretty convincingly.
A cheap option for relatively transparent overdrive is the DOD 250. |
02-26-2009, 02:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: West Virginia | | | im gonna say VT bass. I use a Hot Tubes to get the sound. The English Muff'n is good too. ValveDrive is pro too.
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Originally Posted by Headless Llama buy the most expensive pedal you can find. Those are the best. | |
02-26-2009, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris_NR I've been told that the Boss ODB 3 is one of the best available, any opinions? | I don't know who told you this, but that pedal is the complete and total opposite of the sound you're trying to achieve.
If you want harsh, industrial sounding distortion, then try the ODB-3.
For warm, natural, slight to medium overdrive try:
Fulltone Bassdrive
One of the Sansamps (VT is a popular one around here) |
02-26-2009, 03:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Francisco | | | Thanks guys, I'd never heard fo the Sansamps before now but that will be my first point of call when I go to the music store.
In response to TheBigo; Is it possible to generate that amount of overdrive with a tube amp? |
02-26-2009, 03:02 PM
|  | I took the one less traveled by | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Reims, Champagne, France | | | A tube amp will generate more overdrive as long as you can feed it more gain. |
02-26-2009, 03:03 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New York, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris_NR
In response to TheBigo; Is it possible to generate that amount of overdrive with a tube amp?
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02-26-2009, 03:05 PM
| | I took the one less traveled by | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Reims, Champagne, France | | Quote:
Originally Posted by excane For warm, natural, slight to medium overdrive try:
Fulltone Bassdrive
One of the Sansamps (VT is a popular one around here) | I will add the Jacques TubeBlower to this list. |
02-26-2009, 03:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Nashville | | | I like the subtlety of a Voodoo SparkleDrive which has a blend knob, but it's not the warmest smoothest option. I went with a Keeley Modded SparkleDrive and that helped a lot more.
I use the VT-bass for warm and smooth slight grit/hair.
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02-26-2009, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by OptimusPrime EBS ValveDrive. | +1 |
02-26-2009, 03:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Francisco | | | I'm actually considering buying a new amp. So, in order to get the richest sound; do you think the best thing would be to buy a tube amp and drive it hard as opposed to buying an overdrive pedal? |
02-26-2009, 03:15 PM
| | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris_NR In response to TheBigo; Is it possible to generate that amount of overdrive with a tube amp? | A cranked tube amp is pretty much the sound that most overdrives try to emulate. Except a $150 pedal costs a whole lot less than a tube head. Not to mention weighs much less. But I would much rather have a real tube head for overdrive. Only problem is, I like sparkly clean tone as well sometimes. |
02-26-2009, 03:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Nashville | | | You're going to gain more versatility by having a good amp and a good overdrive pedal.
IMHO
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02-26-2009, 03:34 PM
| | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by stflbn You're going to gain more versatility by having a good amp and a good overdrive pedal.
IMHO
. | True. That's why I asked if he wanted that tone all the time. No pedal will ever sound exactly like a tube amp (though the VT Bass is pretty close) but if you want clean solid state tones AND a pretty good representation of tube amps, then an OD pedal and SS amp is the way to go.
If you want the true tube amp tone and dig it both "clean" and overdriven and can deal with the weight, then go for it. |
02-26-2009, 03:40 PM
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If you don't want to drop $300+ on a pedal, then I'm going to echo everyone who's said a SansAmp. |
02-26-2009, 03:50 PM
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