Synthy Bass Distortion

Hi there, im sorry if someone has posted something to this effect before, but im searching for an almost synth-style bass distortion, not an actual synth tho. I've heard clips, and briefly played a Chunk Systems Brown Dog, and have seen clips of the ZVEX Wooly mammoth and both seem to cover the basses (wow, im so funny) other than the Mammoth being ludicrously expensive, and the Brown Dog being almost imposible to find in britian (well online anyway). one tone i use is youre chris squire/john enwhistle tone, and for another i wanted this big fat synth distortion, like Tim Commerford/Chris Wolstenholme (i know he used the Akai Deep impact, but theres no realistic way i can get my hands on one of those)

any hints/tips/tricks?

by the way i do have a mini q-tron which does help me on my search a little, but your feedback would be really appreciated.
cheers
Dosi Y'anarchy

EricF, your a pretty helpful guy to talk to, i love this forum, i just joined, but i always read the posts about stuff i want.
ive heard demos and reviews of both pedals, and apparently altho the digi has like 7 modes, its only the first two that are any good, but i think i might try it for myself (i used to have the boss bass synth syb-5, but the tracking was aweful)
id go with the EHX, but price is an issue (im a student, and already spent most of my money on basses and fx already lol), the reason i wanted distortion instead of real synth, is simply because i want perfect tracking, my memories of my boss synth scared me away, even my boss super octave cn dish out some faux synth, but it freaks out too easily (low notes, chords when not in POLY).

cheers,
ill look into that one, i was just wondering, is it strictly a bass pedal, just because i really dont want to loose any lows that might occour with guitar pedals (even if they have bass boost, the boost is always in the wrong frequency for bass guitar)
thanks
Dosi

cheers, yeah ive seen a vid about the BMS, and it looks freaking sweet, when im rich ill get one, but thats probably not gonna happen for a while, i also worry that the sliders might break pretty easily, also how precise is the tracking and is it polyphonic? as in can it handle chords and double-stops?
thanks
Dosi

I really love the DRIVE on the OC3 Super Octave, its the sort of tone i want, but as u said its only high up on the fretboard, its freaks anywhere else, but thats the tone im sorta looking for, ive tried using the POLY mode with separate distortion, but i've not quite nailed it yet, also, it sounds SICK with my Mini Q-tron. but id rather have that DRIVE tone on a real distortion pedal then put it thru the OC3 (or vice versa),

oh and your the perfect person to ask about this: in my other post im talking about blending my sansamp with a regular distortion, does the Boss LS-2's mix mode allow variation in the blend, ie: could one loop be more dominant?
thanks
theo

Cheers Joe P, i might have to get one of those Line Selectors. Also assboglin, do u know where i can get any soundclips for the blowtorch? i was tempted by it when it came out, but i read a few negative reviews, and decided against it, and ive just bought an English Muff'n (not for the synth, LOL) so am gonna have to recoup my funds a bit. i know the muse bassist (chris wolstenholm) uses the russian muff with the akai Deep Impact, but i usually am a bit funny about muffs coz i really wanna keep my low end intact (i hope my muff'n will hold up well in the respect)
thanks for the suggestions
Dosi

to ONE:
yeah the muffs have always intrigued me, the legendary icon of distortion that they are, the russian muff used to be 'the one' for bass, and now its the LBM, what happened? and as far as i know, will any be any better at keeping the low than a Metal muff or a Muff'n? (the metal muff adds alot of low, but i feel its in the wrong frequency for bass guitar)
cheers
Dosi

Wow, cheers everyone, i guess i need to sign up to Soundclick to hear that sample, but the blowtorch sounds pretty promising, and im hoping that mu muff'n will give me some warmth (im thinking of using it as an alternative to my sansamp, for when i want something warmer and fuzzed/driven). i think the muffs, as some of you rightly said, probably can handle fuzz/distortion/overdrive (depending on the model) really well, but wont give me that synth tone on its own. thanks to MysticBoo for his explanation of the differences between the muffs, unfortunately i usually buy pedals withoput trying them first due to the lack of decent music shops that might stock these pedals (the nearest music shop pretty much only stocks boss, and aside from maybe the AW-3 and the LS-2 im not really interrested), so these forums really help me out, the Muff'n came highly recommended, and although not for a Synthy sound, i think it'll have a welcome place in my board.

so then alot of votes for the BlowTorch, which is cheaper than the Bass micro synth, but i feel that with the BMS being a versatile synth, it might get me more of the tones i want to use, but then again, once i get rid of this Metal Muff ill want but probably not need something like the blowtorch for a good bass distortion to scare the indie kids away. (unless changing the tubes for 12Ax7s on my Muff'n will give me that muff tone?)

Thanks alot everyone,
you'll all get gold stars in the mail