Bad Monkey Sound Clip!

[gjbassist]

There have been several threads lately asking about what type of overdrive or distortion to get. Depending on the needs of the OP I usually recommend the Digitech Bad Monkey. There are to my knowledge no sound clips of the Bad Monkey with bass. So I threw this together quickly.

Ampeg PF-350/PF-115: Gain @ 10 o'clock, bass @ 2 o'clock, mid @ 1 o'clock, treble @ noon.

First part of clip is without the pedal.

Second: Level: 9 o'clock, low: 3 o'clock, high: 10 o'clock,
gain: 10 o'clock

Third: same except gain at 1 o'clock

Fourth: same except gain on full.

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Hope this helps!

 

[knumbskull]

your bad monkey has a mid knob?? no fair!

 

[stratovani]

I've got the Bad Monkey on my pedalboard, and it does the job it's supposed to do. I set the Low at 2:00, and the High and Gain at 10:00. Sounds good, gives my tone just a bit of hair, which is how I like it. As always, YMMV.

 

[stratovani]

your bad monkey has a mid knob?? no fair!

You might want to look again at the OP's post. It's his amp that has the mid knob. The Bad Monkey doesn't come with a mid knob.

 

[knumbskull]

You might want to look again at the OP's post. It's his amp that has the mid knob. The Bad Monkey doesn't come with a mid knob.

gah! extreme facepalm @ self

 

[knumbskull]

ok, just to try and put the thread back on track, cheers for the clip OP.

i have 2 questions:
- don't you bad monkey users prefer to whack the lows up on full?? i find it a bit thin anywhere less than about 80%...

- is it worth getting the bass mod? i'd like a little more low end to play with if possible...

 

[gjbassist]

I don't set the bass on full because IMO it sounds too muddy.
I had a Bad Monkey with the Humphrey mod and there was a subtle difference, not huge. It sounds a bit better with bass with the mod but I'm not sure it's worth the extra $55. Wish I had one with the mod to to a comparison!

 

[gastric]

...don't you bad monkey users prefer to whack the lows up on full?? i find it a bit thin anywhere less than about 80%...

That was my complaint with the normal Bad Monkey. It really thinned out the tone.

Doesn't sound like it loses any bass in the OP's clip, but the clip sounds pretty mid-focused without any monster bass to start with. Not bashing your clip, just mentioning my ears don't hear much raw bass.

 

[gjbassist]

It is a bit heavy toward the mids. I used a VM Jaguar with a single humbucker in the bridge position. It tends to favor the mids and highs a bit more. I will try to record it again with a P bass and see if I can fatten up the lows a bit more.

 

[chubrocker]

Must be a KC thing. I sometimes use a DOD Juice Box---which I think the Bad Monkey is based upon. I might have to pull it out of the storage box...

 

[stratovani]

I don't have a problem with muddy lows with my Bad Monkey, but then again I don't have the gain cranked up either. I also have a Boss GEB-7 Bass EQ further up the pedal chain, which really helps clean up any mud.

 

[darkstorm]

Bad monkey was one of my faves for more recent overdrive pedals for bass. Stacking two bad monekys one into the other works real nice to. Like most overdrive pedals a bass eq after it/them to restore low bass is best.

 

[ampegfuzz]

Come on, lets go space truckin

 

[gjbassist]

Come on, lets go space truckin

Glad to see someone caught that.
The heavy gain setting on the Bad Monkey reminded me of the tone at the beginning of that song so I went with it.

 

[ampegfuzz]

One of the best rock albums ever and I love the p bass cranked though a Marshall tone. And Hammond thru Marshall

 

[Swizzledoop]

Thanks for the clips, good stuff. Looking forward to hearing some P bass tones as well.

 

[reddi]

The Bad Monkey is great pedal for the money...I still got to get the mods done to mine.

 

[Ronnietex]

Thanks for posting this. Answered some of my questions.