Frantone Bassweet -How Do You or Did You Like to Dial Your Tone?

whoatherechunk · #1 07-11-2009, 03:11 PM

Alrighty. I like the pedal. I really do! I'm just interested in knowing how you guys like dialing it in. I usually set the volume at unity, keep the tone at noonish and keep the sustain near 8ish where it doesnt sound like a beehive. Maybe I should throw it in a loop so it's not so white noisyish but I'm assuming thats the nature of the pedal. Also I have V1 of the Bassweet.

Jared Lash · #2 07-11-2009, 04:18 PM

I set the volume slightly above unity, the tone on the bassier side of noon (usually around 10 o'clock or so) and the sustain almost completely at the minimum.

And I pretty much never strayed from those settings. To me the Bassweet wasn't a versatile pedal, it was an on/off fuzz, but I really dug it's tone.

RCCollins · #3 07-11-2009, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by TheBigO

I set the volume slightly above unity, the tone on the bassier side of noon (usually around 10 o'clock or so) and the sustain almost completely at the minimum.

And I pretty much never strayed from those settings. To me the Bassweet wasn't a versatile pedal, it was an on/off fuzz, but I really dug it's tone.

this sounds consistent with my fave setting on the V1 I had. I might have set the sustain closer to ten, but still

definitely not versatile but in a category of its own.

dannybuoy · #4 07-11-2009, 06:09 PM

I have a v3 (I think), which I got from Grygrx. Gain at low settings sounds real weak, I usually run it cranked for a full on wall of fuzz, where it sounds like a cross between a Supercollider and a Wooly Mammoth. Useable range on the tone is around 9 to 1 o'clock.

whoatherechunk · #5 07-11-2009, 08:17 PM

whats up with the sustain though....its like virtually useless unless you have a low volume setting. i really love the sound/pedal though.

RCCollins · #6 07-11-2009, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by dannybuoy

I have a v3 (I think), which I got from Grygrx. Gain at low settings sounds real weak, I usually run it cranked for a full on wall of fuzz, where it sounds like a cross between a Supercollider and a Wooly Mammoth. Useable range on the tone is around 9 to 1 o'clock.

i think you have a v2

whoatherechunk · #7 07-12-2009, 12:55 PM

yesss he probably has a v2.

dannybuoy · #8 07-12-2009, 01:48 PM

Is v2 the latest then? I know it was updated to the latest specs after the bassfuzz.com review.

bongomania · #9 07-12-2009, 03:26 PM

I don't know which version I have (I haven't opened it to look), but I keep it at similar settings to BigO and RCC: tone to the bassier side, and sustain set low.

whoatherechunk · #10 07-12-2009, 03:29 PM

yeah seems like thats the norm bongo. i just am wondering in what instances the sustain would be set high as it seems it is virtually useless IMHO. thanks.

dannybuoy · #11 07-12-2009, 04:11 PM

This pedal is very sensitive to input level too, a hot signal going in really oversaturates it. I seem to be the opposite to most of you though, favouring the higher gain settings... I'll do some clips I suppose while I still have it in my posession!