Blendable, non Sansamp, 2 channel bass OD pedal.

[jcburn]

Sorry guys if this is covered but my searches didn't get me what I want.
Im looking to find a pedal that is effective a 2 stage overdrive pedal. Something that will be on all the time and allow me to switch from a slightly overdriven sound(standard playing sound) to a distorted lead sound at the switch of a stomp button.
I have tried a few multi effect pedals and the problem I have with them is they don have a blend, so the sounds produced are very sterile and bassless to me.
Something like the Sansamp Bass Driver Deluxe, but I dont really care for how much the Sansamp colours the tone like an SVT.
I also thought of running 2 pedals at once, but would like it all in 1 if possible.
Thanks all.

[Jumbotron]

Have you thought about the Source Audio multiwave bass distortion pro?
Since it's a multiband distortion, it's got a lot of bass and clarity. And because it has a bunch of settings, you can easily set one for low gain (or even a clean sound with eq tweaks) then switch to higher gain settings.

EDIT: forgot: it does have a clean blend. Might be just what you're looking for.

[strke-fender]

The Fulltone Bass-Drive has a boost button. Very handy.

[cheapbasslovin]

None of the two channel OD that I am aware of have a blend. Radial has a few Tonebone pedals and their Bones pedals that are two channel. I don't know how they retain bass, though.

Source Audio is a good suggestion, as is the FEA Dual band distortion.

[RCCollins]

Your experience with multieffects aside, I don;t think a blend should be necessary for a bass overdrive. My favorite 2-channel bass OD is... oh crap, they stopped making it years ago, never mind.

[rekesbass]

Is your amp not giving you the "slightly overdriven" sound you crave?..I was going to suggest the MXR Bass D.I.+, It has a clean channel and an dist w\blend channel(and bypass mode giving you 3 different sounds) but,the clean side may be too clean for you. The dist. side can be as subtle or as saturated as you like. I like mine,its a pretty versatile tool.

[ga_edwards]

I'm going to repost something I posted elsewhere, it may be of use to you:

You might want to look at the TC Nova Drive - I'm currently using one.

Essentially 2 independent drives in one box, each of which can be switched in and out manually, or switch between them, or blend them serially A-B, B-A or in parallel (which is wonderful.

The first 'A' drive is based on the venerable TS circuit, with the addition of a blend so it can retain some clean low end, much like the sparkle drive. I leave this circuit engaged pretty much all the time for a little grit, which the OP is after.

The other 'B' circuit is based on a RAT style distortion, so can be quite smooth and quite wild. This doesn't have a blend, but can be run in parallel with the 'A' circuit so you can blend them.

I find that both circuits are capable of going from very lights almost clean tone, through to very saturated OD/dist, more than the circuits they are based upon are capable of, which means it's very versatile.

Also I should point out, that's it's 100% analog, with digital controls. As such, it's capable of storing presets. Team it up with a g-switch and you've got a lot of control. I have a number of pedals on my board, most of which are 'always on' utility pedals. The only effect I kick in and out during a set it drive, so my pedal board lives at the back of the stage and I just run the passive g-switch to the front.

[jimmyjames77]

Jekyll and Hyde OD?

[kxt]

http://www.ehx.com/products/germanium-4-big-muff

i've never tried it and don't know if it is any good or not, or how well it will work on bass, but it meets at least your basic specs.

[ricknote]

Swell Pedals B-TOD
2 channels all tube.
Recording out also.

RT

[Smurf-o-Deth]

Originally Posted by cheapbasslovin

as is the FEA Dual band distortion.

It is, though it'll achieve it somewhat unusually: you could set the low-band distortion up to roar, and set the bypass switch to low, and have the high-band drive set to gently clip the top of your signal for all-the-time warmth, kicking the low-band in as desired.

[Flymo Wang]

T-rex bass juice is only one i know of... Though i never needed a blend on my bassdrive.

[jcburn]

Originally Posted by rekesbass

Is your amp not giving you the "slightly overdriven" sound you crave?..I was going to suggest the MXR Bass D.I.+, It has a clean channel and an dist w\blend channel(and bypass mode giving you 3 different sounds) but,the clean side may be too clean for you. The dist. side can be as subtle or as saturated as you like. I like mine,its a pretty versatile tool.

Good idea but I owned one of these. The clean sound as cleaner than I want for my standard sound, and while the distorted channel does have a blend you couldn't switch onthe distortion without the "colour" function engaging. Great pedal but not quite what I'm after.
Gonna look at all the other suggetions, thanks everyone. Keep the ideas coming.

[jcburn]

My amp doesn't quite do the gritty thing, not the way I ant it to any way. When you crank the drive knob it warmths the sound in a tube like way, what I want is a little chunk on the attack of each note. A blendable distortion will do this. The MXR M80 did it but I didn't like the mid scoop it created at the same time.

[RCCollins]

Originally Posted by jcburn

The MXR M80 did it but I didn't like the mid scoop it created at the same time.

Uh, did you try it with the color switch off? also, it has a cleverly named mid-boost control. it's labelled "mid"

[Mark Olson]

The color switch is automatically engaged when you kick on the distortion on the M-80. It boosts lows and highs creating what sounds like a mid scoop. It sounds fine if you play as loud as I play in a live gigging enviroment though (for me the mid scoop becomes completely inapparent).

But really what you want is the T Rex Bass Juice. That's the only pedal I can think of that plain and simply does what you want.

[Eric!]

Yet another thread, answered very easily: Tronographic Rusty Box. No blend, but you don't need it. Very transparent!

[ryansalmond]

Here is exactly what you want: http://www.amtelectronics.com/produc...r_series/bc-1/

[rekesbass]

I get pretty good results by having the mids on the M-80 at 3:00 or higher when using the dist. side...thats another thing I like about the M-80,the e.q. controls can be cranked and still sound good..also,using the blend kind of restores some mid-range content that gets scooped out when that channel is selected. if one were to go fully clean blend with the dist. on,it sounds just like the clean channel w\color switch engaged..by blending the dirt back in you are kind or restoring the mid harmonic content..although that may not be the sound you're looking for.

[jcburn]

Originally Posted by ryansalmond

Here is exactly what you want: http://www.amtelectronics.com/produc...r_series/bc-1/

Dude that is EXACTLTY what I want.
However Google has not been my friend. I can find an Australian distributor but no prices anywhere. Any idea how much hese things cost?