Affordable Distortion - Closure

[grygrx]

Details:
CB Ball Active Jazz
Results as of 11/14/2008

Challenge 1:

• Pedal 1: Penny Pedals DS-1 Bass Mod (Tone minimum, OD Mode, 25% Gain) - 42
• Pedal 2: Bogdan Helter Skelter (dist mode, 40% gain) - 5

Challenge 2:

• Pedal 1: Penny Pedals DS-1 Bass Mod (Tone 50%, OD Mode, 75% Gain) - 17
• Pedal 2: Blackstone "Brown Mode", Flat EQ, 50% Gain - 17

Challenge 3:

• Pedal 1: Bogdan Helter Skelter - OD Mode - 25% Gain - 17
• Pedal 2: Blackstone Appliances - Red Mode, Scooped mids, just a touch of gain (to tilt it from uneffected). Heavy handed play for fretbuzz. - 19

Thanks for playing

 

[bongomania]

To be clear, the Bogdan and the Polish Love are the same pedal, right?

 

[Chronicle]

It's November bud.

Btw, did you use the boost mode on the Polish love? That's not fair as the boost mode isn't its specialty :/


edit:

yes bongo.

 

[RCCollins]

yeah but the Polish love really excels at "grit," right?

It's November bud.

Btw, did you use the boost mode on the Polish love? That's not fair as the boost mode isn't its specialty :/

Check the specs: in one clip he did, in the other he didn't

 

[Chronicle]

yeah but the Polish love really excels at "grit," right?

That's what i meant. It sounds awesome with that just enough grit setting. I guess i'm getting confused at his Distortion and OD mode descriptions.

 

[grygrx]

To be clear, the Bogdan and the Polish Love are the same pedal, right?

Yep.. fixed it. My mind is fried on cold medicine.

 

[RCCollins]

That's what i meant. It sounds awesome with that just enough grit setting. I guess i'm getting confused at his Distortion and OD mode descriptions.

I'm guessing "OD" is the boost setting.

 

[grygrx]

OD = Non-Boost
Dist = Boost

Unlabeled and no manual, I just called it what it sounded like to me.

 

[Chronicle]

I just listened to Challenge 3 and that is definitely a weird comparison. The Polish love has far too much gain in there to compare it to the other pedal. Basically, it's asking the voter "Hey, do you like your normal tone with the slightest distortion and scooped mids, or do you like the distortion on this one?"

Sorry, I learned to always question the statistics of things


edit:

same thing with challenge #1. Unfair fight!!!

 

[grygrx]

I selected some random tones and was curious what people would select, I wasn't attempting to compare apples to apples. If that had been my attempt then it would have been unfair.

Also note, no statistics were used in the creation of this post.

 

[Chronicle]

Alright, I was thinking this was comparing the pedals to other pedals with similar settings to see which people would like more. My bad

 

[katri]

I really like the penny ds-1 might have to look into one after Xmas.

 

[thehangingmist]

eh? really? was that the polish love pedal? :-/
mine sounds much better to my ears Link Removed
i dont remember if this was with the boost mode or not really
edit i think it was on boost

 

[markjazzbassist]

thanks for the final results.

 

[ihateusernames]

so i hated the bogdan, then loved it - interesting.

 

[icarussmicarus]

so i hated the bogdan, then loved it - interesting.

I dont think any pedal sounds good in all its settings..... cept maybe the blueberry

 

[TrevorOfDoom]

I'M SO CONFUSED!!

 

[grygrx]

I'M SO CONFUSED!!

Ahh Trevor... what are you confused about?

 

[Ryan Mohr]

Wow the Polish Love sounded a lot worse than I was expected. The Penny DS-1 had tons of bass wow. Grygrx - can you post a sample of your dry tone to compare bass loss (I'm curious how much bass the Blackstone loses)?

 

[grygrx]

Wow the Polish Love sounded a lot worse than I was expected. The Penny DS-1 had tons of bass wow. Grygrx - can you post a sample of your dry tone to compare bass loss (I'm curious how much bass the Blackstone loses)?

I did some before with the blackstone.
Blackstone Samples