Do you clean blend all of your dirt/OD/fuzz effects?

JoshuaTSP · #1 09-02-2011, 06:23 AM

BassMonstrum · #2 09-02-2011, 06:36 AM

No.

I usually let OD-pedals effect the whole signal, since it's a smaller amount of dirt that still lets my initial attack be heard. The Mammoth on my board also effects the whole signal, because it's my "synth"-pedal, put there to drastically transform my bass-sound. The Blowtorch is blended to retain my cleansignal, giving me an extra boost.

Eventhough the BDDI is an OD-effect, I still blend this one due to the mid-scooped thingy.

BassBrass · #3 09-02-2011, 06:37 AM

Overdrive's, no, including Ripper which is kind of an overdrive/filter thing. Fuzz, yes, either have a blend or in an Xotic. Overdrives have to have enough bass and mid response to be considered.

casio · #4 09-02-2011, 07:39 AM

I'm not really that into blending any of my effects. I keep everything inline and usually just stick to pedals that don't mess up my tone. Well, of course, I keep some of them for the precise reason of messing up my tone!

Nightlyraider · #5 09-02-2011, 07:54 AM

I like to get things really dirty and keep the clean blend underneath it all. A completely different sound than trying to preserve all the bottom end in OD/Dist.

JP Morin · #6 09-02-2011, 08:05 AM

Generally I blend to have top end distortion and edges and also to keep a low phat bottom because I use a lot of guitar od/dist. on my bass for my regular sound... but I also use some without blend... it depends a lot on the effect and the sound wanted...

JimmyM · #7 09-02-2011, 08:23 AM

I did back when all you could get were guitar distortion pedals, but no more.

Vlad5 · #8 09-02-2011, 01:39 PM

I go back and forth: Straight od/fuzz/muff distortion with little attack articulation but complete take over of the bottom end (think of a big block engine revving at high rpm); and mixing the distortion channel with an over-articulated clean channel. Mixing it up makes the signal sound HUGE and multi-dimensional (well, like two different bass guitars playing at once). Which I really like.

Ron Now · #9 09-02-2011, 01:42 PM

Never, Any time I've had a pedal with a clean blend I always found myself liking the sound of it much better with no clean signal blended in.

Maybe I just never found the right pedal to try it with, but as is I'm happy with my Rat's and Muff Variants how they are.

coreyfyfe · #10 09-02-2011, 01:43 PM

No but I choose my pedals for best tone without killing the lows/mids. If I have to run a blender to get the right balance it's probably not the drive I'm looking for, especially since I have a few I love already.

brandau · #11 09-02-2011, 01:53 PM

Ive been blending a slight amount of Fuzz with my clean signal on some recent recordings, and I've been really pleased at how much it fattens up the tone...

Lowbrow · #12 09-02-2011, 02:05 PM

Right now, yes.

I mix/blend an Xotic BB with clean signal using a Boss LS-2, send that into a VT Bass, then into a Mesa WalkAbout amp. You can see by settings on the LS-2 that I mix in just enough of the OD for flavor (left knob) with a majority of slightly boosted clean signal (right knob). The VT 'drive' knob is set below the overdrive level - the VT acts more as a preamp/tone-shaper, and I let the BB provide any OD. This chain works out wonderfully for both live and recording. When recording I take the signal direct from the Walkabout DI. I'm currently experimenting with using a Tone Hammer in place of the WalkAbout for recording.

iamdenialNJ · #13 09-02-2011, 02:26 PM

No, I buy pedals to change my existing tone.

Joe Gress · #14 09-02-2011, 02:31 PM

All my OD,Fuzz, Distortion pedals coincidentally have a blend or blendlike function, however, I really don't use them. My Pickle Pie B has a great enough tone that I keep the blend at 99.9% fuzz. My assmaster doesn't really have a "clean" blend as even the bass knob has a little hair and grunt on it. My Geminidrive has a clean channel, but that's not really clean either, its more of a boost.

Jazz Ad · #15 09-02-2011, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmyM

I did back when all you could get were guitar distortion pedals, but no more.

Same here.
To me a bass dist that needs a blend wasn't properly designed.

gastric · #16 09-02-2011, 02:57 PM

With the exception of light overdrive I typically hate blend on dirt. It ends up sounding exactly as described - 2 voices layered, one horribly clean, one effected. You can use that as a desired effect sometimes, but for pure raw rock-n-roll dirt I prefer effects that sound awesome soloed.

HolmeBass · #17 09-02-2011, 03:10 PM

Not my pedals, but for the OD from my Mesa M2000 I do blend the heavily fuzzed (about as heavy as it gets for that amp) tube chn with the clean FET chn, about 50-50 usually. Because of how I have the two chns EQ'ed, I get a creamy slightly driven top end and a pretty solid low end with just a hint of hair. It ends up being subtle but I'm liking the response and how it sits in the mix with overdriven guitars (guitarist uses tube screamers and Mesa chn distortion).

JoshuaTSP · #18 09-02-2011, 03:18 PM

I had a M2000 for a while....great head, just thought it was a little dark.

I actually used active basses into the passive input to get even more gain out of it.

Brass Brawls · #19 09-02-2011, 03:19 PM

i do with my rat (luv it!)....but not my bad monkey or porn loin

Swift713 · #20 09-02-2011, 03:39 PM

Not at all. I don't care for that layered effect, I prefer a focused voice. I did use some blend on the sansamp model of the zoom B2 a few years back I think, but it wasn't at all obvious.