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#1 Comodoro Rat Bass on "no diodes" or LED mode (plus a noise gate. It can feed back easily) My fav rat for both low and high gain. I got the double version so i dont have to choose.. #2 Abominable Dont Shred On Me (either get the version with a blend, or put it in the loop of a blend) I...

Picked up a Comodoro double rat about a month ago... I was using a moskey black rat, amd some complex blending with an amptweaker bass tightfuzz to bring in more low end & to tame the harsher highs. Heres what the comodoro brings that other rats havent: - The blend is in phase, and it doesnt...

Ok so good to know I'm not losing my mind. If it sounds good, it's good.

Does anyone here run the gain level high? Like... all the way up? I was struggling with this amp, its almost so clean that my bass didn't sustain enough without a fair amount of compression from a pedal or an overdrive. It always came out boomy and undefined in my rehearsal spacs. (Running a P...

I've actually started using the rat in a pretty interesting way.. A bit of history: Never got along with Rat based pedals. Bought and sold at least 5 or 6 over the last 5 years. I always thought they boosted too much high mid and when I kick them on my bass tone takes on a whole new...

Nice. Basically got (part of) the same setup going with the MBD, Battalion, and the Muff. Not to derail, but how do you like the battalion? I keep thinking a fancy new drive will come along to replace it. But it does the OCD mid-heavy overdrive drive thing really well. Especially since im...

Hey ; just picked one of these up and it completely eliminated my "always on" chain of pedals (compressor , overdrive, preamp pedal)... However, I play some pretty aggressive music, and I still want the option to get some over the top hairy fuzz / Distortion. Who has had luck running dirt...

Just posting to give some continual love to the Keeley Bassist. I just picked one up after straying away from compressors for YEARS. I usually have at least 2 layers of overdrive cascaded (MBD1 into Sansamp bddi), and everytime I added a compressor I felt like I either lost too much high end, or...

Stupid question, may have been answered elsewhere. Whats the power draw for the mbd1? Deciding whether or not the mess of wires my power supply creates is worth it (vs daisy chaining)

Yep, exactly. The one on the left has the switch in the 'up' position and is almost always on (except for a few passages where I need to be really quiet/clean). Then I kick the one on the right on for heavier dirt & distortion. The switch is 'down' on this one. I found the switches in the two...

I will vouch for the fact that owning 2 is awesome. I have the internal boost trim maxed on them. All I have to do is dig in for heavy dirt, and play light for subtle t00b sounds. One is run with all the gain down, and the other slams it with some grit and a slight volume boost. Covers alot of...

Took me awhile. And I spent a fair amount of time and money trading. But this is where I landed, and it serves me well for: 1) A Psychedelic / Prog Rock Trio 2) A Hardcore / Thrash band 3) The odd Funk jam with my housemates And 4) Frig. Just about anything else I want. I don't use the...

⁸ That's a great suggestion. And honestly, my goal here isn't to discourage anyone from purchasing this amp. It sounds great for many applications. Just figure ill share my experience in case anyone else who plays sludgy/doomy music is looking for potential red flags / things to test before...

Tried one out today. My rehearsal space kills alot of low end and has some nasty boom to it, so take this with a grain of salt. The yba100 didn't have enough power to cut through with any authority when running into 2 mesa subway 115s (comparing it to a gk mb500). I play in a pretty heavy rock...

This is some really useful perspective on the idea. Thank you so much! Im going to save up for something a bit more modern and with a better warranty. Appreciate the input