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10-06-2008, 02:52 PM
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i've heard great stuff about the ElectroniX MessDrive Hybrid + FUZZ pedal. it has a vitage fuzz and a modern fuzz setting. what do you guys think about it?
any other pedals you recommend? |
10-06-2008, 02:55 PM
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10-06-2008, 02:57 PM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | Well, you might want to do a search on Fuzz pedals. They have been discussed to death. Then they came back as zombies, and those were killed off. Then came the re-animated gouls from the dead zombies. They were killed as well with all the fuzz talk. Now their ghosts are haunting us. We'll kill those fairly soon.
Also, check out http://bassfuzz.com/ . Excellent site and very informative.
EDIT: Bongo beat me to it. |
10-06-2008, 02:58 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maine/Vermont | | | Seriously, not to mention that if all of us weighed in on our favorite fuzzes, you'd have an encyclopedia of fuzz and about $150,000 worth of gear to search through. |
10-06-2008, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by joeinsprings  Well, you might want to do a search on Fuzz pedals. They have been discussed to death. Then they came back as zombies, and those were killed off. Then came the re-animated gouls from the dead zombies. They were killed as well with all the fuzz talk. Now their ghosts are haunting us. We'll kill those fairly soon.
Also, check out http://bassfuzz.com/ . Excellent site and very informative.
EDIT: Bongo beat me to it. | ROFL |
10-06-2008, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania Please read the stickies at the top of the forum. Note that one of the rules here is "do a search before posting a new thread". That is all. | after reading many threads about fuzz pedals i found that the electroniX MessDrive Hybrid + FUZZ is the one im thinking of getting. however, there's still some unanswered questions. (sorry if i was not specific enough)
does the messdrive hybrid + fuzz pedal loose much low end? how does it compare with other pedals you may recommend? |
10-06-2008, 03:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Los Angeles, Ca | | | k k. thanks anyways guys |
10-06-2008, 03:04 PM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | Side note: Lose/Loose seems to be one of the most frequently occurring misspellings I see. I wonder why that is.
As for the actual question, no, the Messdrive Hybrid +, like the regular Messdrive, don't lose low end. At least not that I could hear. |
10-06-2008, 03:13 PM
| | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by sailorofcheese does the messdrive hybrid + fuzz pedal loose much low end? how does it compare with other pedals you may recommend? | Oh tay, now there's a question.  (you gotta understand that the FX fourm here is 75% smart ass answers)
The Messdrive Hybrid+ does not lose any low end, I can guarantee that. With the tone knob all the way down it even loses a bit of top end. But with a little tone rolled, it's a very deep and bass focused fuzz with a nice midrange presence as well. On grygrx site, the bass fuzz one (I can't recomend it enough), he has a whole bunch of clips and a video that pretty much nails the tone you can get.
There a whole bunch of bass specific, and other not bass specific, yet still very bass friendly, out there. You just have to find the one that suits you best. |
10-06-2008, 03:22 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London, England | | the messdrive hybrid + is a great fuzz and great value for money, its really tiny too (not catalinbread tiny tho). to me the Hybrid was THE bass fuzz, like if you had to look up 'bass fuzz' in a dictionary thats what you would see.
I just got my Wren&Cuff Pickle Pie B today tho, and that thing is currently kicking ass. The Clean blend makes it. But im pretty sure even without a clean blend you would have a sweet bass fuzz.
both Os from Electronix and Matt from Wren&Cuff are really cool guys and use this forum. They're very helpful. Once I upload my pickle pie clip, ill post a link here. 
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10-06-2008, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by sailorofcheese after reading many threads about fuzz pedals i found that the electroniX MessDrive Hybrid + FUZZ is the one im thinking of getting. however, there's still some unanswered questions. (sorry if i was not specific enough)
does the messdrive hybrid + fuzz pedal loose much low end? how does it compare with other pedals you may recommend? | Oh, in case you didn't notice; I am not allowed to say anything about our pedals or any pedals in general here at talkbass.com. I can only say things like "LOL" , "ROLF", "That's wacked", "You hit me hard", "Hit me baby one more time", etc on occasion |
10-06-2008, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by musicelectronix Oh, in case you didn't notice; I am not allowed to say anything about our pedals or any pedals in general here at talkbass.com. I can only say things like "LOL" , "ROLF", "That's wacked", "You hit me hard", "Hit me baby one more time", etc on occasion | ha |
10-06-2008, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by musicelectronix Oh, in case you didn't notice; I am not allowed to say anything about our pedals or any pedals in general here at talkbass.com. I can only say things like "LOL" , "ROLF", "That's wacked", "You hit me hard", "Hit me baby one more time", etc on occasion | by the way what does G.A.S. stand for? haha everyone uses it so much. |
10-06-2008, 04:26 PM
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10-06-2008, 04:26 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London, England | | heres my freshly recorded pickle pie B http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6951772
wish i had recorded my Hybrid+ to compare.
Personally I think the Hybrid+ was fatter and warmer, but the Pickle Pie B has the capacity for more aggressiveness (ie treble). The PP-b is very muff-like, while the Hybrid was less so, but still a very generic-sounding fuzz, and the Vintage/Modern switch does have its uses in finding your perfect tone.
both are excellent fuzzes, but the Hybrid+ is cheaper and smaller but doesnt offer a clean blend and i dont know if it'll cut through thick fuzzed out guitars as much as the PP-b, but its definitely worth the cash, I only sold mine coz I had a vintage Green Sovtek Muff, and while I cant really tell if that was better or not, I felt I couldnt get rid of it for the sake of a 'new' pedal.
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Originally Posted by behndy "big and awkwardly powered". sounds like ALL EHX gear. or my junk. | |
10-06-2008, 04:29 PM
| | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | Check out the Earthbound Audio Supercollider too. Awesome fuzz that works very well with bass. |
10-06-2008, 04:31 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London, England | | | oh yeah, on the clip im messing about with the Saturation and Shape controls, but Blend is about 25% clean/75% wet for the most part until the last two clips which are my attempts at getting a more of an overdrive sound rather than a high-gain fuzz.
note: even on minimum Saturation, the PP-B is still pretty distorted.
the first tone is clean then at minimum saturation with the Shape at minimum
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Originally Posted by behndy "big and awkwardly powered". sounds like ALL EHX gear. or my junk. | |
10-06-2008, 04:43 PM
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10-06-2008, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by DosiYanarchy heres my freshly recorded pickle pie B http://soundclick.com/share?songid=6951772
wish i had recorded my Hybrid+ to compare.
Personally I think the Hybrid+ was fatter and warmer, but the Pickle Pie B has the capacity for more aggressiveness (ie treble). The PP-b is very muff-like, while the Hybrid was less so, but still a very generic-sounding fuzz, and the Vintage/Modern switch does have its uses in finding your perfect tone.
both are excellent fuzzes, but the Hybrid+ is cheaper and smaller but doesnt offer a clean blend and i dont know if it'll cut through thick fuzzed out guitars as much as the PP-b, but its definitely worth the cash, I only sold mine coz I had a vintage Green Sovtek Muff, and while I cant really tell if that was better or not, I felt I couldnt get rid of it for the sake of a 'new' pedal. | i like the warmer and fattiness. thats just my thing. but i understand about the lack of punch. those sacrifices...damn |
10-06-2008, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by musicelectronix Oh, in case you didn't notice; I am not allowed to say anything about our pedals or any pedals in general here at talkbass.com. I can only say things like "LOL" , "ROLF", "That's wacked", "You hit me hard", "Hit me baby one more time", etc on occasion | seriously?!? nothing at all? i find that hard to believe. i mean, there's a line between being helpful and selling stuff.
c'mon, Roger Sadowsky is on here quite a bit, as is a gentleman from Genz-Benz, and a couple other folks from other companies. and i'm pretty sure they all chime in occasionally with opinions, facts, comments, and the like, but none cross the line. c'mon Os, you can do it too! cave in to peer pressure! everyone's doing it!
p.s. the Gemini got sent today, yeah? 
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