Bass FX Hot Takes

[vivaknoxvegas]

I'd love to hear yours, should be an interesting thread if people contribute.

Here's mine...

I don't like the Damnation MBD pedals. They have given me issues power wise, finicky with what I feed them from my PSU, and I just didn’t liked the dirt sounds that they gave me. I have tried a couple of MBD-1s and one MBD-2. I wanted to love it, and for so many it's alpha bass distortion, but I just didn't dig it. Saying this with all due respect to Jeff, because he is great.

 

[jbybj]

Here’s mine.

Other people’s experience with musical gear offers a 0-50% degree of predictability for your own experience.

 

[WG Plum]

I think Chase Bliss makes absolutely amazing pedals, truly, but I've sold every one that I've had - I like my gear to be like me - simple.

 

[Frodolicious]

I gave up on compressors over a year ago, after a few years of trying and studying it, and couldn't be happier, and sound better than ever!

 

[cusar5]

Internal dip switches and trimpots are stupid. Put the controls where they're accessible.

 

[vivaknoxvegas]

Internal dip switches and trimpots are stupid. Put the controls where they're accessible.

Preach brother.

 

[Bill Murray]

EHX sucks

 

[revd]

Is this the thread for being controversial? Great!

I like all my pedals and find compression very useful.

How did I do?

 

[Sazazie_Spring]

Modern metal distortion doesn’t sound that good, and tuning any lower than about Ab doesn’t help. It all ends up sounding the same.

 

[vivaknoxvegas]

Yes, bring the controversy @revd

 

[revd]

Yes, bring the controversy @revd

I had to edit my original reply which bizarrely stated "I like all my ideals". Well, like, who doesn't, no?

 

[Daniel Piper]

Most of us have waaaaaayyyyyy nicer effects setups than the heroes we grew up listening to.

Who probably played 100% boss/EHX pedals and changed the world with them.

 

[mexicanyella]

I’m fat, and unpopular.

Wait...

 

[Bass4Brkfast]

Top jacks should be standard on all pedals in existence...no reason to have wasted pedalboard space to the left and right of each pedal in this day and age.

 

[Bass Jones]

Boutique pedals these days are marketed like the overpriced chips at Trader Joes. They all have a goofy ironic name and a hip retro graphic intentionally printed badly on the chip bag/effects case.

 

[scott sinner]

There aren't enough pedals with control voltage ins/outs.

 

[Jamvan]

Multi-fx processors…I mean, amiright or amiright?

 

[cataract]

Why do they call it a SansAmp when you need an amp to actually use it

 

[Killing Floor]

Stick a clean blend on that motha.

And I have about 40 fuzz pedals but I usually play clean. Is that so wrong?

 

[Killing Floor]

Boutique pedals these days are marketed like the overpriced chips at Trader Joes. They all have a goofy ironic name and a hip retro graphic intentionally printed badly on the chip bag/effects case.

But they come with stickers!