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View Poll Results: Which Overdrive for fat sounding natural breakup | |
Way Huge Green Rhino
|    | 7 | 8.86% | |
Way Huge Pork Loin
|    | 13 | 16.46% | |
Boss Bass Overdrive ODB-3
|    | 8 | 10.13% | |
Tronographic Rusty Box
|    | 6 | 7.59% | |
EBS MultiDrive
|    | 9 | 11.39% | |
Mad Professor Blueberry Overdrive
|    | 4 | 5.06% | |
other: Please specify
| | 32 | 40.51% |
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06-21-2011, 03:22 PM
|  | Vanilla Thunda | | | | | Natural Fat Overdrive: Poll
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Looking for an overdrive that is fat sounding with a natural breakup to it. No Fuzz/ I hate fuzz. I have the Way Huge green Rhino and like it just wondering what other players think. Im sure there are far more pedals than I have listed but these are the one im interested in. You can see the equipment i use in my signiture. Please no Tube amp remarks as im not interested in owning tubes right now.
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06-21-2011, 03:33 PM
| | Vanilla Thunda | | | | | I should add that ive tried the Sans Amp Bass driver Di and didnt care for it, seemed like it colored my tone too much and didnt sound natural to me.
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Gear | Mesa mpulse 600:MarkBass std104hr : |
Bands |Sober:LiQuiD EarTh:CELLBOUND |
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06-21-2011, 03:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Staten Island, NY | | | I voted other for the proco rat. I'm not sure what you mean by hating fuzz, when looking for an overdrive. I think the rat has a thick overdriven sound without being too fuzzy.
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06-21-2011, 03:43 PM
| | Vanilla Thunda | | | | | Hating Fuzz means I dont care for things like the Big Muff, just not my cup of tea.
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06-21-2011, 03:49 PM
|  | Ampeeeeeeg \o/ | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Israel | | | I like the Ibanez PD7 (Phat Hed). Costed me under 50 bucks and sounds good. Doesn't eat your lows, as well.
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06-21-2011, 04:16 PM
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EBS MultiDrive sounds more natural than many other o.d's through an amp that suffers from solid state dryness.
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06-21-2011, 04:17 PM
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06-21-2011, 04:26 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Michigan | | | In case the Sansamp has anything to do with your desire not to upgrade to tubes, real tube amps don't sound all colored and crummy like a sansamp. Just thought I'd throw that in there.
My choice head and shoulders above the others with your gear is the EBS Multidrive. Unlike a lot of pedals, it's actually designed to be useable with solid state amps and active basses, and it's a great sounding pedal. I highly recommend it. |
06-21-2011, 05:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Leatherhead, United Kingdom | | I never really know what people mean when they say 'fat overdriven' but hate 'fuzz' :S
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06-21-2011, 05:20 PM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Olson My choice head and shoulders above the others with your gear is the EBS Multidrive. Unlike a lot of pedals, it's actually designed to be useable with solid state amps and active basses, and it's a great sounding pedal. I highly recommend it. | I was surprised by the Multidrive. The Valvedrive is nice for putting some great fur on the tone but the Multidrive is a great pedal itself and has a pretty wide range of sounds.
Personally, my favorite overdrive is the Darkglass Microtubes B3K. A bit spendy but it sounds fantastic and has a wide range of tones and gain. |
06-21-2011, 05:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Berkshires, Ma | | | BJFE Blueberry Bass Overdrive. I haven't tried a sh@tload of OD's but this is by far the best IME/O. The Line 6 Bass POD Hog's Foot model was pretty nice though. |
06-21-2011, 05:25 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF (North) Bay Area | | | Another vote for "other." And the other is a Darkglass Microtubes B3K. |
06-21-2011, 05:38 PM
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06-21-2011, 05:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Rhode Island, USA | | | other: DHA VT-1 |
06-21-2011, 05:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO | | My favorite fat overdrive for many years has been the Digitech Bad Monkey. Warm and full without being dirty. They are also very inexpensive and well made. Bad Monkey | DigiTech Guitar Effects
Yes, it is made for guitar but it works great with bass too.
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06-21-2011, 09:39 PM
| | Supporting The Gold | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Twin Cities - MN | | | I went with "other". There are several choices from DHA.
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06-21-2011, 10:15 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ukiah, California | | | DHA VT1 works great for me. Nice tube and wonderful sounding effects. Kind of wild looking though...
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06-21-2011, 10:18 PM
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06-21-2011, 10:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Perth, WA, Australia | | | Xotic Bass BB. I can adjust the gain to get *exactly* the amount of dirt I need from zero (no audible distortion - it works as a clean boost) to plenty-'nuff-for-me, with quite a bit still to go. Bass and Treble cut 'n' boost gives me even more control.
This is with a stock passive USA Precision.
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06-21-2011, 10:38 PM
| | | | Another +1 for the hardwire CM-2 here.
I have both this and the Sansamp and it blows the sansamp out of the water for warm breakup. Even though it's a guitar pedal the mids are nice and fat. Not honky or harsh like a lot of guitar pedals people use for bass. It's almost an always on pedal for me because of it's good dynamics. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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