MXR M-80 Question for ya

[fourstringbliss]

I have a Sansamp VT Bass pedal. I want to get a distortion pedal that will layer a distorted signal tone over the tone I'm getting from the VT. I'd love to get a tone similar to the one in the attached clip, if I can. Will the M-80 do this?

Is the 1/4" out a line-level signal?

[thejohnkim]

IMO it can get close, but not as smooth. Youd turn the gain up and the blend down so that you can juuuuust hear the high gain clipping with the M80, but i found it to be edgier and more aggressive sounding than that clip.

[(b)Assman]

I wanna say no. The distortion on it doesn't really sound like that. That kind of distortion sounds like OD to me and the M-80 has a pretty crappy standard distortion sound. You could get pretty close to that with an ODB3.

[thejohnkim]

check out this clip of teh Ibanez Phat Hed PD7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR_6oM3ijFg

goto around the 1:53-2:10 mark where he shows off teh attack 1 mode.

i was watching that today and got reminded of the switchfoot clip you posted.

dont know if its what youre looking for, but they sounded pretty close to me.

[Craig_S]

Originally Posted by (b)Assman

to me and the M-80 has a pretty crappy standard distortion sound.

How much have you actually played with the M-80? It's a pretty versatile box.

Originally Posted by thejohnkim

IMO it can get close, but not as smooth. Youd turn the gain up and the blend down so that you can juuuuust hear the high gain clipping with the M80, but i found it to be edgier and more aggressive sounding than that clip.

Yes. Exactly.

[gnome_hunter]

MXR M-80 is an amazing pedal. but i do find the distortion a little...lacking.

[the low one]

Put the blend and gain at 10:00 and I think you'll get pretty close to the tone you're after.

[casio]

the distortion isn't lacking in as much as it isn't everyones cup of tea. but for this clip, Id sooner go with a typical OD like the Fulltone or something!