El Grande bass fuzz question

[stavros911]

Hello and mary christmas

Just bought an el grande, and have to face 2 problems:

-Too much noise when the pedal is on. Terrible noise!

-Can't find the correct settings when i play with the band... i mean that there is noise in the studio but we cannot understand what the bass plays exactly! Just a fuzz noize in the air!

Does anyone have an idea? Would a battery be a solution to the first problem?

Thank you!

[sillyfabe]

power supply?
type of bass (active versus passive)?
have you tried it isolated and see if there is still noise?

[stavros911]

Originally Posted by sillyfabe

power supply?
type of bass (active versus passive)?
have you tried it isolated and see if there is still noise?

yes i've tried it isolated and there is the same noise man!
My bass is an active one.

[Mattbass97]

This happened to mine so I sold it, I'd also love to hear an answer because Might buy it again!

[DiabolicLow B]

Same problem here, returned mine pretty quick! Horrible pedal IMO.

[erock138]

Probably because your bass is active. They tend not to play nice with most pedals. Try a battery thats been used a little while in your bass to keep the gain down a bit.

[Pollinator95]

Originally Posted by erock138

Probably because your bass is active. They tend not to play nice with most pedals. Try a battery thats been used a little while in your bass to keep the gain down a bit.

I think that would make it nastier.

[loendmaestro]

Not a fan of the El Grande. I've never wanted to get rid of a pedal as fast as that one.

[deekay911]

Agree with all the above - I sold mine 2 days after getting it...

[Mattbass97]

Maybe it's just a bad pedal lol

[Von Felgenhauer]

Originally Posted by erock138

Probably because your bass is active. They tend not to play nice with most pedals. Try a battery thats been used a little while in your bass to keep the gain down a bit.

This is false. Most pedals do play well with active basses today because they are so common. What doesn't work well are pedals designed from the late 70s' with germanium diodes. Now that's nit saying pedals with those diodes won't work with active basses. And if it doesn't play well, the easiest trick is to turn the volume on your bass down a little.

[Red_Sox_1]

I know that MXR claims that they have a 70's fuzz circuit in the pedal, so maybe that is what's messing it up.

[morrisonhendrix]

I've used mine a couple of times with my Warrior active bass and didn't really notice any noise. Of course, it was low volume so maybe I need to check it again at a higher volume. I do know (like others have experienced) that the volume know on the pedal was barely turned up and nearly knocked me back because it was so loud. I can't imagine anyone needing to turn it all the way up.

[stavros911]

A battery was the solution finally!
Fixed both my problems. Now everything is ok!
Thank you all!