Catalinbread SFT settings! (share!)

[sillyfabe]

The topic speaks for itself! Share your Catalinbread SFT settings, how they sound for you, what you are aiming for and overall any advice with this. I'll start with some settings that have worked for me. (note: I'm running it at 18V it has more headroom but it still translates well over to 9V). I play moderate to severely aggressive fingerstyle mostly but can have a light touch if need be.

1)
Treble:10:30
Bass 01:30
Gain: 09:00
Volume: unity

This gives me a nice low-gain O/D that adds just a tiny bit of "hair" especially when you dig in with your fingers a bit.

2)
Treble: 12:30
Bass: 05:00
Gain: 05:00
Volume: unity

The "doom" settings from the SFT videos seen on youtube. Work quite well and give it that well..."doomy" sound.

3)
Treble: 09:00
Bass: 09:00
Gain 11:00
Volume: unity

Ampeg in a box (non-over driven low gain tube sound)

4)
Treble: 12:00
Bass: 03:00
Gain: 11:30
Volume: unity

My low-gain RATM "think Wake Up" over-driven sound

[fuzz_factor]

Thanks. I'll have to try some of those out. I'm still trying to dial this pedal in.

[paul_s]

I'm going to have to give these settings a try too.

I usually have the following:
Bass: 2-3
Treble: 11 to 12:30
Gain: 11 to 1
Volume: Unity

Gives me a good overdriven gritty sound, running at 18V.

[sillyfabe]

those are some tasty settings!

[reddi]

Subscribed! I just picked up a used one two weeks ago.

[bassguitar808]

mine was phasing bad when run in parallel, sold it...

worked great in series/mono

[sillyfabe]

thanks for the advice...(note to self: keep running in series!)

[Yurtra]

Sorry if I'm raising a dead thread but I thought I'd share a clip of myself using the SFT (this is at 9V) live with my band on one of our originals.

YouTube - ‪Painted Ship *Sneak Preview*‬‏

The volume is at unity, gain at 12:00 and treble and bass both around 2-3:00. Controls on my bass are 70% neck pickup and 100% bridge pickup and tone at about 70-80%.

I should add that this is through a relatively crappy Peavey amp (not that I have a problem with Peavey in general, just this particular amp)

[droneboy]

my sft setting with my p-bass, a.m.p. bh-420 and trace elliot 412 cabinet:

bass: 11
trebble: 1
gain: 10 - 11
volume: unity

nice grind without muffled lows.

maybe what i am aiming for: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eea-D_jeMQ

[Runlikegregg]

i've been pretty happy with just about any setting i've tried.
but, these are the ones i keep coming back to:
(i play a G&L LB100 with an antiquity pick-up into an Eden head & Cab)

1. the most unusual one:
bass: 0 (i guess like 7 or 8 o'clock)
treble: 9
gain: 10-11
volume: unity
-this gives a very clear sound, weirdly not devoid of bass tone, but i think maybe the tone controls sit before the gain, so having the bass way low keeps the overdrive really subtle very clear tone.

2. a little more drive and tone:
bass: 9
treble: 9:30
gain: 9:30
volume: unity
- pretty much ampeg in a box, but with only slight overdrive

3. fuller tone, more smooth and even overdrive
bass 2:30
treble: 11
gain: 9-10
volume: unity

gotta say, i love this pedal.
here's a link using setting number 2. it's just a crappy digital recording of a practice:
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