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11-08-2009, 08:32 PM
| | | | How to get this slightly overdriven tube sound?
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I have a beastly solid state that doesn't distort and I'd like to get just a slight overdriven sound - not really into the metal distortion sounds though. Good example here in the first song (the others are killer too, esp. when Steve Winwood sings with the Spencer Davis Group! Amazing): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUByCFkm9EI |
11-08-2009, 08:35 PM
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11-08-2009, 08:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: St. Paul, MN | | | Slightly overdriven tubes should do the trick.
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11-08-2009, 08:37 PM
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11-08-2009, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Ric5 VT bass | Beat me to it!
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11-08-2009, 08:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Burlington, Vt. | | | I'd recommend Dave Hall Amps pedals. I use the Mark III and it has the best range of subtle overdrive I've heard, as well as a range of other tricks as well. Check E-Bay for deals on their stuff.
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11-08-2009, 08:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Central Valley | | | as previously stated the best way to get that sound is to have a tube head...lol
other than that i would suggest a tube emulator
Sansamp makes a nice variety of these
VT Bass
SABDI
RBI
RPM
and so forth
Vodoo Lab Sparkle Drive
Badder Monkey
MXR M-80 Bass DI
lots more out there..just do a quick search
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11-08-2009, 08:53 PM
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11-08-2009, 08:55 PM
| | | | +1 to Dave Hall Amps |
11-08-2009, 09:06 PM
| | | | yeah, to clarify i meant what pedal or effect - i will check out the sansamp vt bass...
thanks. |
11-08-2009, 09:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: A Sandgropers' City | | | I have a DHA and a VT and both will get you a nice OD tone. |
11-08-2009, 09:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Raumati South, New Zealand | | | I've not played through the Tech 21 VT Bass but I have a DHA VT1 and love it. I think his stuff can be fairly expensive but I got mine second hand for a great price and it was totally worth it.
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11-08-2009, 10:36 PM
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11-09-2009, 11:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: West Virginia | | I've never tried the VT but everyone says its good.
I used to use a Bad Monkey and it sounds great, but super strong buffer.
I use a Tube Zipper and Hot Tubes now. They have real tubes for break up 
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11-09-2009, 02:29 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pennsylvania | | | +1 to the Dave Hall stuff...I have the VT1-MK3 and it does slightly overdriven tube sounds perfectly. I got it used here on TB for about the price of a new sansamp VT. Only thing thats been bothersome is the power supply...it doesnt run off batteries. Ive been thinking about picking up a VT pedal just to see what all the fuss is about. I know I can sell it here if I dont like it. |
11-09-2009, 03:03 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Milwaukee, WI | | | I'm jumping on the bandwagon. VT Bass. |
11-09-2009, 05:46 PM
|  | Mostly french, not really fried | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Somewhere near Montreal, CA | | | +1 for SansAmp Bass drivers...heard a lot of good stuff on the VT Bass also.
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11-09-2009, 05:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA | | | +1 for the sparkle drive. my personal fav. 2nd and 3rd place are the xotic BB and the Barber LTD SR. both do the slight overdriven sound real well. hope that helps. |
11-09-2009, 05:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Louisville, Ky | | | Also check out the Barber LTD SR
EDIT: I swear no one had written that before I started typing this post!
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11-09-2009, 11:39 PM
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Hatred obscures all distinctions. | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: South of LA | | | I have a VT and it does a decent job, however, I was in GC this weekend looking for a real tube pre/overdrive/distortion pedal and left with a Blackstar Ht Dual. At first I had no idea what this was or who Blackstar is, but now I do. Only $25.00 more than the VT, but considerably less than any DHA or EBS tube pre (and bring a can of soup for another 10% off). Pedals a little big, but runs off a true AC adapter which really allows the tube to burn! Compared to the VT if I'd found this first I would have never bought the VT - this is a "true tube" pre. This must be a very underrated/ underappreciated pedal because there's very little here at TB that describes or criticizes it.
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