Spending some cash at Guitar Center - Distortion Pedal?

[agreatheight]

OK, so I got about $300 in GC gift Cards and I am ready to spend. I already know that I am going to buy the following:

Hipshot BT7 Extender Key for my MIM Jazz - $70ish

Bass Ass II for the same bass (but I need to check that it'll fit a MIM Jazz - $70ish

A new head for my snare - $15ish

Some moongels for my toms - $10ish

The leaves me with about $135 to kill. What distortion pedals might I look at while I am there? I prefer something that dosn't suck any bass - suggestions?

Thanks!

[Dave Muscato]

Any particular reason you're going to GC if you know exactly what you want? Methinks some of these items would be cheaper from MF without taking up a salesman's time... then you'd have more money to spend on a distortion, and a GC sales guy could earn his commission by recommending one to ya

[agreatheight]

I got $300 in Guitar Center gift cards, so I gotta go there, lol. Not looking forward to it, hahaha.

[opivy3056]

if they have the EHX XO line....go with the little big muff paired with the XO octave multiplexer.

They're like 60 some each, as I recall.

Should be a pretty fat sounding pair....(and the LBM is rumored to have good low end on its own).

Try stuff out!!!!

[Dave Muscato]

Oh, duh... you said that in your OP :P Those don't work on MF.com or GC.com?

You could stand outside and say to passers-by, "Psst, wanna buy $300 in gift cards for $299.95? A 1997 study by leading economic psychologists indicates you will perceive 299.95 as being considerably cheaper than 5 cents under 300 because of the "round number phenomenon" and see what kind of luck you have

As far as distortion, my guitar player (and I!) *loves* his Fulltone MOSFET 2, and Fulltone also makes a bass-specific version called the Bass Drive MOSFET.

http://www.fulltone.com/BD.asp

I've never tried the bass one, but the guitar one rocks (for guitar or bass).

http://www.fulltone.com/FD2.asp - Voted one of the Top 50 Effects Pedals of All Time by Guitar Player Magazine

This site uses frames, so I had to link directly to the frame, but the regular site is here:

http://www.fulltone.com

[syciprider]

Some GCs carry Fulltones. They have Bassdrives tagged for $199. Bring an ad from the various online stores that sell em for $180. GC will match it.

Then you just hafta cough up a few bucks.

[Dave Muscato]

Amazon has it for $161.10

http://www.amazon.com/Fulltone-Fulld.../dp/B000S5V510

edit: Nevermind; that's the Fulltone Fulldrive 2. The Bassdrive is $179.10:

http://www.amazon.com/Fulltone-Bass-...3525681&sr=1-7

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Originally Posted by Dave Muscato

Any particular reason you're going to GC if you know exactly what you want? Methinks some of these items would be cheaper from MF without taking up a salesman's time... then you'd have more money to spend on a distortion, and a GC sales guy could earn his commission by recommending one to ya

GC will notonly match Musician's Friends' prices, but if you go to GC with that list and have one salesperson get it all for you, you're likely to get him to knock the price down on everything and have more overall money to spend, as GC will haggle but MF won't (unless you get a good phone rep).

[Sean S]

digitech bad monkey?

[mattq]

little big muff. tried one out the other day and was more impressed than when i tried a big muff pi. better low end i thought and dirty as all get out. it's like the nasty version of the fulltone bassdrive with the overdrive and boost all the way up

[Zappstorius]

MXR Bass Blowtorch. $139 and will not suck out low end at all!

[lowendgenerator]

Yeah, if you're forced to shop at GC, you probably won't find much selection. I don't even know if they stock Hipshot or Leo Quann products. +1 for MXR stuff, I have the Bass DI + and it's become part of me. I have to gig at church without it in the morning and I'm nervous.

[syciprider]

Originally Posted by lowendgenerator

Yeah, if you're forced to shop at GC, you probably won't find much selection.

Compared to what store?

[lowendgenerator]

Compared to this beautiful thing we call teh internetz.

The GC by me absolutely sucks for accesories. Everything is Allparts and Boss. No real variety, they only sell what they think you need to buy. It could just be my particular GC. I don't shop their online store, I only use their actual store for things I must have right now.

[syciprider]

Hardly any physical store can compare to the internet in terms of selection.

One store in one location versus the entire world.

Compared to your average brick and mortar music store, GC has the widest selection under one roof.

[lowendgenerator]

Originally Posted by syciprider

Hardly any physical store can compare to the internet in terms of selection.

One store in one location versus the entire world.

Compared to your average brick and mortar music store, GC has the widest selection under one roof.

Sure, I'll concede that fact to you. They have the largest selection of any physical storefront, but they still ain't got nothing on teh internetz. There is no comparison. Too many products out there, GC would go broke trying to stock it all.

My mom n pop store can 'order' anything, but I can do that at home behind the keyboard.

[syciprider]

And you can do the same with GC's online store. Your Mom and Pop cannot order "anything". There are dealer exclusion zones for most products. This is why I can order an Orange AD200 from any GC in my playgrounds except the one next to a certain store in San Diego.

[funkadelickbass]

one thing a lot of ppl don't realize is that yes a mom and pop shop can get just about any thing BUT that doesn't mean they are a certified dealer and thus if something goes wrong with your pedal, in this case, you are s.o.l. because manufacture warranty's only cover products sold by certified dealers...

I am not just stating that because I work at GC...which I do...but because I have in the past had problems with the amazing deal I got on some gear that happened to be in the mom and pop store...

[Dave Muscato]

Yikes, thread-hijack much, fellas?

Big Muffs are nice, too, but I still prefer the smoothness of the Fulldrives. Try some out and see what you think.

[The BurgerMeister]

+1 on the Bass-drive for overdrive.

also: GC.com does, in fact, accept the GC Gear Cards you got.

Originally Posted by Dave Muscato

...a GC sales guy could earn his commission by recommending one to ya

thanks, Dave.