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09-01-2008, 04:01 PM
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hi everyone,
i am looking for a bass pedal that will provide very heavy distortion, kind of like how a guitar would be.
im not really knowlegeable on bass gear at all, so I don't know what to get.
I am kind of looking for a pedal that will produce a sound similar to the sound that the guy from Death From Above 1979 has on his bass (although I know he doesn't use pedals).
so, any advice for a pedal that will provide heavy distortion? thanks! |
09-01-2008, 04:07 PM
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09-01-2008, 04:18 PM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | I've never tried a Fatman, but I'll second the Landmine.
The Landmine and the Tech 21 XXL Bass Edition are my two favorite heavy distortions on bass. Neither is very versatile though. The Landmine doesn't even have a gain control and for that matter the XXLB might as well not have one either. They are one trick ponys but I like them both.
I didn't like it as much, but the EHX Metal Muff is another to try out. |
09-01-2008, 04:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: self banned from talkbass.... | | | The every sample of the landmine reminds me of a DOD FX86 without all the hiss. |
09-01-2008, 04:40 PM
| | | | the landmine one isnt bad, and the price is pretty good. which one should i get, because there are 2 on the website?
is one only for guitar, or should i just get the chorus pedal or what? |
09-01-2008, 04:47 PM
| | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | Chorus is a very different effect than distortion. There isn't a bass version of the Landmine, but the normal version works just fine with bass, which is a bit of a rarity when it comes to gain (overdrive, distortion, fuzz) pedals. |
09-01-2008, 04:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bracknell, England | | | Digitech Death Metal. I use one on my bass and it's heavier than anything else i've heard. You can't actually control the gain, it's just maxed out the whole time. Also the pedal has a HUGE low end once you've turned the bass dial up so none of your bassiness gets sucked out making the whole thing sound crap. |
09-01-2008, 04:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | Metal Muff. Sounds like Mesa Boogie Rectified noise. |
09-01-2008, 05:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: self banned from talkbass.... | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Shareef  Digitech Death Metal. I use one on my bass and it's heavier than anything else i've heard. You can't actually control the gain, it's just maxed out the whole time. Also the pedal has a HUGE low end once you've turned the bass dial up so none of your bassiness gets sucked out making the whole thing sound crap. | Yeah they are cool [and cheesy, which adds to their coolness], it is the same thing as the DOD fx86 that I brought up earlier. I've had mine for like 12 years. Also it is the same distortion circuit as the Grunge but with the gain fixed on max and the three band EQ. Also as I said it is noisy REALLY noisy, but it also does one cool grindcore tone on bass, so the noise complaint is kind of pointless at that point 
Has anyone ever compared the new Digitech one with the original DOD one?
If I was to go out and buy a new HEAVY distortion though I'd go with a Landmine or a EBS ValveDrive ect.
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09-01-2008, 05:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Leeming, Western Australia | | | All the clips/videos of the Fatman I've heard sound delightfully crushing and monstrous.
My only advice would be don't get a HM-2 looking for that sound. Its a cool pedal, great value for money, but with a bass through it sounds more like a synthy fuzz than a heavy distortion.
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09-01-2008, 05:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Loughborough | | Quote: |
i am looking for a bass pedal that will provide very heavy distortion, kind of like how a guitar would be
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Ibanez PD7 http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/eff...&series_id=101
I have one and it is the best bass distortion I own! I have a Line 6 Bass Pod Xt and a big muff, but the PD7 is the only distortion I rely on every day!
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09-01-2008, 06:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco Bay Area | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kyral210 | +1
But certainly not the most reliable pedal made...but for $40 how can you go wrong? |
09-01-2008, 07:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: lost in the k-hole | | | the pd7 is good, but id like to replace mine so i can blend a few more things together. its got 3 modes, 'distortion', 'overdrive', and 'clean', but id like to be able to use a knob to kind of blend between them without jumping to extremes
that having been said, i can get everything from a 1980's rock style overdrive to an overbearing fuzz where i hear more speaker vibration than actual sound with it. fir heavy distortion, you cant go wrong with the pd7 |
09-01-2008, 09:24 PM
| | | | How would the MXR Distortion III do for this? |
09-01-2008, 09:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Auckland, New Zealand | | | If you can find one an old Ibanez SM9 Super Metal pedal is great. Maxon did the same one for a while too. The pedal has a metal housing that's rugged as a sailor and a the same sound wise to boot...
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09-01-2008, 10:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Jackson, MO | | | I like the Line 6 Uber Metal. 3 different distortions, a noise gate, and the EQ is pretty usable once you get a hang of the scoop thing. It's basically the 4th, 5th, and 6th channels on a Spider II, but in a pedal.
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09-01-2008, 10:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago, IL | | | No one has mentioned the Fulltone Bassdrive yet.
Won't gig in Guzzlemug without it. |
09-01-2008, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by godspeed68 No one has mentioned the Fulltone Bassdrive yet.
Won't gig in Guzzlemug without it. |
well thats because the OP asked for heavy distortion  |
09-01-2008, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by AqueousView11 How would the MXR Distortion III do for this? | I haven't used the III, but the old Distortion II is a very smooth, creamy, 80's lead guitar sound- it's really nice, but not "heavy" or rough like DFA's tone. |
09-02-2008, 01:10 AM
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