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06-09-2008, 09:54 PM
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Should I get the Tech 21 SansAmp 3-Channel Bass Driver for my overdrive/fuzz or should I get the MXR M-181 Bass Blowtorch Overdrive Distortion Pedal. If not, got any other suggestions? I really want a crunchy tone, and many tone options. Would love help with this one! |
06-09-2008, 10:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Denver, CO | | Of the two, I like the Sansamp much more than the Blowtorch. The Sansamp has some great crunch, but to me it still sounds a lot smoother/warmer. I played a Blowtorch at a local shop and instantly knew it wasn't for me. It felt like it was a much more over-the-top pedal... a little too buzzsaw-ish for my taste, but that's just me.
As usual with questions like this, I'd suggest playing both (if you can) and picking the one that you like best. 
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06-09-2008, 10:05 PM
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06-09-2008, 10:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lismore, NSW, Australia | | There are some clips in the wiki if you havn't heard them yet Wiki Clip Link
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06-09-2008, 10:31 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Lyt Pedalboards Beta tester: Source Audio Moderator | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Connecticut | | | I have a video review of the MXR Blowtorch in my YouTube vids link with lots of settings if you'd like to see it. It's pretty much a buzzsaw fuzz in all aspects. You can get a great variety of sounds from it, but they all relate to fuzz- not a grinding overdrive pedal for sure. |
06-09-2008, 10:32 PM
| | | | Just ordered my Tech21 XXL Bass Edition
Just ordered my Tech21 XXL Bass Edition... it sounded a hell of a lot better than the Blowtorch (although... it is purely down to taste)... search for threads on talkbass.com. The Tech21 XXL Bass Edition sounds warm, maintains tonal punch and has an exquisite crunch... I'll be using this pedal as my dirty channel... |
06-09-2008, 10:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Wausau, WI | | | Isn't the BDDI and overdrive and the Blowtorch is a fuzz?
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06-09-2008, 10:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | Quote:
Originally Posted by brucebruce  Just ordered my Tech21 XXL Bass Edition... it sounded a hell of a lot better than the Blowtorch (although... it is purely down to taste)... search for threads on talkbass.com. The Tech21 XXL Bass Edition sounds warm, maintains tonal punch and has an exquisite crunch... I'll be using this pedal as my dirty channel... | +1. Not my favorite overdrive but far better than the blowtorch IMHO.
If you can find one (good freakin' luck though), get an old Ibanez Bass Stack pedal. They're hard to find, but imagine a Tube Screamer for bass.... 
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06-09-2008, 10:35 PM
| | | | wow the wikilink really helped, yeah I'm not really liking the blowtorch |
06-09-2008, 10:37 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Austin, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fretlessman71 If you can find one (good freakin' luck though), get an old Ibanez Bass Stack pedal. They're hard to find, but imagine a Tube Screamer for bass.... | you mean a Fulltone BassDrive?
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06-09-2008, 10:37 PM
| | | | the tech21 xxl is really impressive, but can i get alot more tone options with the sansamp 3 channel? Is it worth the extra bux? I wanna play alot of ratm stuff so yeah no? Lol and yes I am also getting the 105q. |
06-09-2008, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by OhThePeacock Isn't the BDDI and overdrive and the Blowtorch is a fuzz? | Blowtorch is marketed as Overdrive
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06-09-2008, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by latkingz781 wow the wikilink really helped, yeah I'm not really liking the blowtorch | Lots of goodies in the Wiki
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06-09-2008, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by KarateKid25 Blowtorch is marketed as Overdrive | Hmmm strange, all the discussion around here on it except for this thread has been about using it as a fuzz.
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06-09-2008, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by TrevorOfDoom you mean a Fulltone BassDrive? | Haven't seen those yet. This was an actual Ibanez product, so I figured the inference was justified. I'd be curious to try a BassDrive though. Distortion is too much fun sometimes!
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06-09-2008, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by OhThePeacock Hmmm strange, all the discussion around here on it except for this thread has been about using it as a fuzz. | I agree with you that it seems more on the fuzzy side of the fence
But, they seem to sell it as an OD, so I guess some people will refer to it as an OD.
EDIT: Just did a search and they market it as an 'Overdrive Distortion'
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06-09-2008, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by KarateKid25 EDIT: Just did a search and they market it as an 'Overdrive Distortion' | I wonder if they've ever played one.  
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06-09-2008, 10:53 PM
| | | | so sansamp or xxl? |
06-09-2008, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by OhThePeacock Hmmm strange, all the discussion around here on it except for this thread has been about using it as a fuzz. | That's because MXR doesn't really know what to make of their own creation. 
"Buzzsaw" isn't often a term used to describe a "typical" fuzz pedal... that's probably why it's marketed as an overdrive pedal (which, IMHO, it's far from being).
I define it as an unusual fuzz.
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06-09-2008, 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by OhThePeacock I wonder if they've ever played one. | Probably not
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