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06-07-2011, 02:52 PM
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I need some recommendations for a good distortion pedal. I like a warm tube overdrive type of sound. I am not very experienced with pedals so your advice will be appreciated. |
06-07-2011, 02:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Ottawa, Ontario | | | Price range and your amp and bass would be helpful to know. |
06-07-2011, 03:01 PM
| | | | P bass, acoustic amp, and the cheaper the better. |
06-07-2011, 03:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Ottawa, Ontario | | | In that case,
Digitech Bad Monkey
Noebles Bass Overdrive
Or if you can spend a little more Fuzzrocious Dark Driving.
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06-07-2011, 03:05 PM
| | | | The pedals that I have read some about are the big muff, boss odb3, ibanez tube screamer, vt bass, and a ashdown pedal. |
06-07-2011, 03:06 PM
|  | Jack Grundle and Chad Choad
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Originally Posted by bring the noise P bass, acoustic amp, and the cheaper the better. | How cheap are you talking? As Sam said below, a Bad Monkey is definitely the cheapest. |
06-07-2011, 03:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Ottawa, Ontario | | | Also if you can buy used it would help.
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06-07-2011, 03:10 PM
| | | | Probably 100 or less. |
06-07-2011, 04:04 PM
| | Jack Grundle and Chad Choad
Builder for FUZZROCIOUS PEDALS | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mount Laurel, NJ | | | Not a ton of solid choices under $100 that you'll love and not sell in a month. Look into the bad monkey! |
06-07-2011, 04:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Columbus, Ohio | | | You could find a good used Sansamp BDDI for something around there. IMO, that seems to get the job done on a professional level.
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06-07-2011, 04:25 PM
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06-07-2011, 08:08 PM
| | | | What's the bad monkey sound like? |
06-07-2011, 08:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Ottawa, Ontario | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by bring the noise What's the bad monkey sound like? | Warm tube like overdrive.
It is designed for guitar but rolling back a little treble makes it very usable on bass. |
06-07-2011, 08:13 PM
| | | | Does it keep good bottom end? |
06-07-2011, 08:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Ottawa, Ontario | | | From what I remember, yes. There is a bass mod that is fairly simple too that can add additional lows. But I never tried/needed it. In my opinion a little bass cut is desirable with OD tones. I just compensate for the slight loss in lows with a little extra volume. Having said that the bad monkey has a bass control. You can regain any low end loss with that too. |
06-07-2011, 08:24 PM
| | | | How's it compare to the big muff? |
06-07-2011, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by bring the noise How's it compare to the big muff? | Very different. The Bad Monkey is an overdrive while the Big Muff is a full on fuzz/distortion. (my favorite one, at that.) YouTube - ‪Bassfuzz.com Presents: EHX Russian Muff‬‏
Should tell you if you like Big Muffs. Definitely recommend the Russian versions for bass. Pretty sure they can still be had used for under $100, otherwise the new XO Bass Big Muff is like $80 new (haven't tried one though.)
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06-07-2011, 11:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Chicago, Il. | | | If you want a warm tube overdrive sound, a tube-emulation pedal like a sansamp bass driver and a hartke bass attack pedal would be right up your alley, if you want a tube-screamer like sound, pedals like the voodoo lab sparkle drive, the way huge electronics pork lion, and the Ibanez bass tube-screamer would be great choices for that. |
06-08-2011, 02:57 PM
| | | | Is the bad monkey better than the digitech overdrive pedal for bass? |
06-08-2011, 03:21 PM
| | Jack Grundle and Chad Choad
Builder for FUZZROCIOUS PEDALS | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Mount Laurel, NJ | | | Better is subjective, but I would say, "Yes." | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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