I own one and love it. I did a stand off with it and a BJFE BBOD and a barbershop. It's a great pedal and I do believe it was mmbongo that mentioned it on another thread that got my attention. Hey Bongo thanks for the Beta
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Any users of Beta?
- Thread starter Driven Crane
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I loved the Beta. Found it to be too dark for my P-Bass though. Now Barbershop. Still: One of the MVPs for light overdrive imho.
Also, which version are folks using?
Didn't think those needed any sweetening (former owner of the previously named electric bass cello).
Didn't think those needed any sweetening (former owner of the previously named electric bass cello).
I have the orange version. I like how it fattens up the arco sound.
The beta is my motown-machine. Here the settings from my board...
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SolidgoldFX Beta? Fantastic low to mid gain pedal with huge bottom end and very musical through the mids. After trying all of the usual similar suspects like Barbershop, Blueberry, SFT, etc. it was my favorite but of course that's a taste thing. I just liked the deeper, punchier sound it has over the others. It's not a transparent drive, and it's not high gain, and it's not a fuzz. It sounds like tubes, so if you like tubes you'll like the Beta
Just to prove that nobody agrees on the internet, especially when it comes to something as subjective as overdrive tone...
I also tried all of these; the SFT was my mainstay for years, the Barbershop and Beta went back up for sale on the day I received them, and the Blueberry made me sell my SFT, it's a keeper for life.
Maybe it's to do with my rig which is already big on the bottom end and dark up top (Orange Terror Bass) but the Beta just added too much of the same flavour, the result was too bassy and too dark. I did not think it sounded very tubey either, it had more in common with the tubescreamer like sound of my BB Preamp, whereas the Blueberry has a very squelchy, bouncy, organic quality to it that I associate more with tubes.
Just ordered one.
Update: it's supposed to arrive today. Very psyched for this as I'll be recording this weekend.
Update: it's supposed to arrive today. Very psyched for this as I'll be recording this weekend.
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I'm encountering this as well. Getting overdrive when all I want is to fatten/warm up the tone. I suspect it has to do with the output of my basses. Both Jazzes, both with active systems (Aggy OBP-2 in the fretless, Audere Pro-Z in the Hwy One fretted). I haven't looked into but I'm wondering if the input gain can be adjusted as easily as the gain on my Catalinbread Belle Epoch...
Glad you guys are enjoying the Beta, we really appreciate the positive feedback!!
The Beta was designed around passive basses (72 Jazz, 74 Precision and a 73 EB-3 to be precise), it is tuned for lower output of passive pickups. There is no internal gain adjustment, only a bias trimpot for the Jfet preamp which i would not recommend adjusting. If anyone is interested, I can work out a tuning for active basses, just send us an email at [email protected]
Thanks!
Greg
The Beta was designed around passive basses (72 Jazz, 74 Precision and a 73 EB-3 to be precise), it is tuned for lower output of passive pickups. There is no internal gain adjustment, only a bias trimpot for the Jfet preamp which i would not recommend adjusting. If anyone is interested, I can work out a tuning for active basses, just send us an email at [email protected]
Thanks!
Greg
And BOOM Beta GAS goes right back up. Those are almost my same basses - 72 jazz, 75 precision.
Just got beta yesterday, what a great pedal, paired with a b3k I cover so much ground tonaly. Warm tube like od from the beta and modern punch and sizzle from the b3k.
