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09-26-2008, 01:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus | | | Cheaper alternative to BJF Blueberry
You fill find some clips of BJF Blueberry in this thread: http://talkbass.com/forum/showthread...=472454&page=2
Originally I was looking for a good fuzz, but I must say that BJF sounds great. Now, I know that they are hard to find and very expensive. Is there a cheaper alternative to Blueberry that will sound close? |
09-26-2008, 07:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus | | | No alternatives? |
09-26-2008, 07:10 AM
| | | what you read about the pedal is that no other sounds quite like it (I haven´t seen or heard one myself).
you can get it from http://www.custom-sounds.com/ in finland... the price is 295€ on the website, but they quoted me for 255€ with a waiting time of 1 month. |
09-26-2008, 07:16 AM
|  | Lookout! Here comes the Fuzz! Moderator | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Columbia, MO | | | I've not tried anything that sounded quite like it. Some CHEAPER things I am considering looking at for drive include: Penny Pedals DS-1 Bass, and the Badder Bass Monkey. |
09-26-2008, 07:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus | | | what about Fulltone Bassdrive? |
09-26-2008, 07:58 AM
|  | Ultravisitor | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | The Bassdrive is rightly well regarded, but pretty far off from the Blueberry. The BJFE rolls off the highs, is focused in the deep lows and is a very "heavy" sounding overdrive where the Bassdrive has a mid-hump (I believe it started as a Tubescreamer clone) with a brighter, sharper sound. |
09-26-2008, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by TheBigO  The Bassdrive is rightly well regarded, but pretty far off from the Blueberry. The BJFE rolls off the highs, is focused in the deep lows and is a very "heavy" sounding overdrive where the Bassdrive has a mid-hump (I believe it started as a Tubescreamer clone) with a brighter, sharper sound. | What if you turn the tone knob down on Fulltone?
Does anybody know what BJF circuit is based on? |
09-26-2008, 08:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Northern Sweden | | Quote:
Originally Posted by open_space What if you turn the tone knob down on Fulltone?
Does anybody know what BJF circuit is based on? |
BJF circuits are pretty much his own. Hence the cost and "rare-ness" of similar pedals...
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09-26-2008, 08:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Atlanta | | | I haven't gotten to hear a Blueberry live... As for the Fulltone, it does have a hump in the mids... in Vintage mode... It's a classic Tubescreamer voiced for bass. In Flat Mids mode, it's got a more even tone. And in Comp Cut mode it's a clean boost with PLENTY of gain (and between the Overdrive and Boost channels, you can actually get some light, transparent drive that I like just as much or more than the actual drive modes!). Anyway, from what people are saying, it's not gonna be a cheaper "version" of the Blueberry... But it's a great pedal, so don't rule it out as an alternative!
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09-26-2008, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by open_space What if you turn the tone knob down on Fulltone?
Does anybody know what BJF circuit is based on? | Get the message already! If there was a cheaper or more common alternative that was close, we wouldn't be making such a big deal about the Blueberry. There are lots of great bass overdrives on the market, and lots of threads recommending, explaining, and comparing them, with a fair amount of soundclips.
But none of them sound quite like the Blueberry.
The BJF circuit is (more or less) original- I can tell you one of the clipping elements is a pair of LED's, but other than that it is not itself a clone that you could just quickly whip up from a commonly-available schematic. |
09-26-2008, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania Get the message already! If there was a cheaper or more common alternative that was close, we wouldn't be making such a big deal about the Blueberry. There are lots of great bass overdrives on the market, and lots of threads recommending, explaining, and comparing them, with a fair amount of soundclips.
But none of them sound quite like the Blueberry.
The BJF circuit is (more or less) original- I can tell you one of the clipping elements is a pair of LED's, but other than that it is not itself a clone that you could just quickly whip up from a commonly-available schematic. | that's too bad  I was hoping to save some money  |
09-26-2008, 03:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London, England | | | The Hematoma sounded similar back in the Blueberry vs Hematoma vs Fulltone Bassdrive thread. Not the same, but maybe close enough for you! |
09-26-2008, 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by dannybuoy The Hematoma sounded similar back in the Blueberry vs Hematoma vs Fulltone Bassdrive thread. Not the same, but maybe close enough for you! | Link? |
09-26-2008, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by DanielTulip Link? | http://talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=296888
I think it's this one. It's funny, because if I remember correctly that time I liked Fulltone the best. |
09-26-2008, 04:39 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West Coast of Canada | | | thanks. an interesting reveiw |
09-26-2008, 05:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: sheffield, england | | | buy a soundcity or simm watts head and crank the **** out of it?
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09-26-2008, 05:32 PM
| | Ultravisitor | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | Yeah, it's from nad's review, one of the better ones in TBFX in my opinion.
That said, having owned both, I don't think they sound similar. The Hematoma has a good deal more "buzzy" character to it, though in a warm way.
The Blueberry is such a fat, grunty sound and MUCH more responsive to your attack.
I liked both of those pedals (though I've since sold the H.B.E) but someone hoping to cop one's tones with the other is going to be disappointed. |
09-26-2008, 08:32 PM
| | | | a side note for those interested,,the bjf honey bee was inspired by the 3BOD if I remember correctly, lots of fat tube warmth,,makes sense as the HB does a great Supro, small pushed tweed amp sound. btw way I saw them in stock a couple days ago at customsounds,,,no affiliation of course. |
09-27-2008, 12:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Manitoba | | | I think I said this somewhere else, but I got vaguely close to some of the sounds with a DIY DOD 250 modded for LED clipping and decently heavy lowpasss filtering on the end.
Didn't have the range of tone, or the gradual breakup... but I seem to recall it was sort of in the ballpark of some of the sounds. Not really a replacement, but it might be worth thinking about or trying out for a cheap drive pedal. |
09-27-2008, 05:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lismore, NSW, Australia | | | Also, not really the same sound, but very popular in itself, is the Polish Love Pedal. It might be worth checking out. It costs around $90 and you can choose from a range of colour and LED options.
I only recently picked one up, but it seems like a nice OD so far. I'll be replacing my Blueberry with it for a while.
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