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Another blueberry thread

#21
From what I've read, the original intent of this pedal was to give people with new, clean sounding amps the ability to turn them into old, dirty sounding amps. To that extent, it works ridiculously well. If you love that overdriven power tube sound, but only need it on specific occasion and/or with controllable volume levels, this is the pedal for you. If you are just looking for a solid dirt box, there are many other cheaper, readily available options.

The reason I sold mine is for the same reason I don't end up keeping tube amps for very long: I love the tone, absolutely ADORE it, but only when alone, without a band. In a mix, it's never quite the sound I want. But I prefer very in-your-face tones as opposed to settling nicely into the overall sound.
 
#22
hmmm, given that do you think that this pedal would be superfluous (wrong group to ask this question lol) given the head i run into is an Aguilar AG500?

ive heard tell that it is capable of being close to a tube head, however the second channel (distorted) isn't that appealing to me compared to the fatter, thicker clean channel and i find myself using that channel far more and 'living' with a clean tone and if it wasn't for the absolutely screaming deal i got on this head i wouldn't have paid for the extra distorted channel... perhaps im being too heavy handed with the saturation and presence but i just can't get into the distortion on the head for some reason
 
#23
TheBigO said:
But the songs you listed all have a more "rumbling", "clacky" and "biting" sound (it sucks to try and describe tone in words) which isn't what the Blueberry does. I think you might want to check out a VT Bass with the character knob past noon.
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Id have to agree with this. The Tool songs mentioned have a bit of zing and clank to them - Sober especially. Thats not really 3BOD territory.

The 3BOD is more like throwing a rug over your cab... But in a good way... That sounds bad, I know, but its not in this case. As the others have mentioned, the pedal is more on the low / low mid end of the scale.

Going back to Sober, I think that sound comes more from the Chris Squire limited edition Ric. Its one angry sounding Ric!

I want one :crying:
 
#25
I say if you have the cash just buy it. Then you can join our secret club of delighted past/present users.

It's the kind of pedal that even if you don't keep it, you'll regret ever getting rid of it, you certaintly won't be worse of for the experience. It provides a measuring stick for all OD's imho.

Also if you buy used, you'll easily be able to sell it on, I've had about 5 offers since I sold it and I haven't had it for 5-6 months.

Here's a stoner rock clip I did of it inspired by Kyuss/early QOTSA
Stonerberry

As far as a low gain always on OD, for me personally it wasn't ideal for that. Because 1 - It colours your tone, 2 - It messes with your EQ and 3 - Unless you have a soft fingerstyle touch, it's gonna start getting into mid gain territory. I used it as a second more obvious OD, and loved it.
 
#32
I had a string of bad names I was thinking I would call my clone of the Blueberry, all of which are fair game because I don't actually plan to clone it anymore, not unless I can take the circuit ideas and make something "new" and "mine" out of it.

Bjorn's Berry
Blue Baby
Sorry Bjorn
I Can't Believe It's Not Blueberry
Bjorn's Baby
Blue? Very!
The TB Special
The Dirty Swede
Swedeberry

etc...
 

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