Hey im currently looking for a distortion/overdrive pedal ....ive tried a electro harmonix big muff b4 since everyone says its good but i think it gives too much a of a fuzz im looking for something that can give me a cleaner sound compare to the muff can anyone give me some suggestion price doesnt really matter
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Bass overdrive
- Thread starter light3r
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thats isnt really popular at all round here, i know some like it but its kinda of a love and hate thing, with more ppl opting for hate. I myself dont like it atall.The 2 most popular choices here seem to be the EHX English Muff'n and the Fulltone Bassdrive.
Sansamp Bass Driver DI
or
Fulltone Bass Drive
Thats the way to go, personally i cant stand the boss overdrive pedal!
or
Fulltone Bass Drive
Thats the way to go, personally i cant stand the boss overdrive pedal!
Would be quite useful to know your price range. With overdrive especially, money goes a long way (hence most of your recomendations being on the expensive side).
My first (and still current
) bass overdrive is/was the DOD 250, very cool sounds, much more subtle and responsive compared to the Big Muff. The only downside is it does suck some lows, but if you know anything about modding replacing a capacitor makes it bassier.
My first (and still current
) bass overdrive is/was the DOD 250, very cool sounds, much more subtle and responsive compared to the Big Muff. The only downside is it does suck some lows, but if you know anything about modding replacing a capacitor makes it bassier.
Well I do like the ODB-3 and I think you should give it a try, like any other boss pedal it takes some time to arrange the settings, but you can get agood sound out of it. And it's not as expensive.
After reading enough info about the Humphrey "Badder Bass Monkey" modified pedal, I just ordered one 20 minutes ago. I'll post again after I get my hands on it.
I read some posts later of a proco rat, I'm just lookin for it....
Am I doing the right choice??!!
Playing now whith the ODB-3 and locking for something better!
Am I doing the right choice??!!
Playing now whith the ODB-3 and locking for something better!
The ProCo RAT sounds great, but it has a lot of low-end loss. Not good for bass.
I'd recommend checking out the Fulltone Bass-Drive. Great little pedal
-Dash
I'd recommend checking out the Fulltone Bass-Drive. Great little pedal
-Dash
I'm with Dash on this one. I had a Keeley-modifed Rat that supposedly had improved low-end response. I played it one time in band rehearsal, and immediately realized it wasn't going to get the job done. The low end loss made the thing disappear. If you ran it on a blend loop (LS-2 or Xotic), it might be pretty good, but on it's own it was useless for me.
My choice for dirt is a Little Big Muff for thick fuzz and an English Muff'n for gritty overdrive.
the Landmine LD-1 should be looked at as well. Hopefull I will be adding one to my pedal board soon.
From the samples I have heard, the Landmine sounds way more of a hard distortion than an overdrive. I would like to hear some good bass samples though
The GK Deisel Dawg OD has some interesting properties. For individual notes, it can tend to be more quacky and mid-range-y (its three tone controls give you a lot of lattitude that way) - but if you play a double-stop, it generates low-low subharmonics. On doubles, it also messes with the upper harmonics somewhat in the way that a fuzz-octave does - like all skkkxxwiirrshy. Uh - yeah; that's it.
If you crank-up the gain, it can also do heavy distortion, and if you do that while scooping the mids and raising the highs (called "edge"), it gets a real 'metal'-tone that I'd think would be great for guitar.
I must admit, though, that I rarely use it alone; I usually use it to drive an ODB-3 with (the Dawg is running a light overdrive, while the ODB is cranked). That sounds killer - but my full, all-out high-gain sound includes a CEB-3 (chorusing only high-freqs) and an Xciter between them.
Where I don't want the D.D. is for a synth tone. Then I run CS-3 compressor to OC-3 octaver (in poly mode) to the ODB.
I use the ODB-3 by-itself, more than I run the D.D. by-itself - but Dawg into ODB is pretty amazing to me!
Joe
If you crank-up the gain, it can also do heavy distortion, and if you do that while scooping the mids and raising the highs (called "edge"), it gets a real 'metal'-tone that I'd think would be great for guitar.
I must admit, though, that I rarely use it alone; I usually use it to drive an ODB-3 with (the Dawg is running a light overdrive, while the ODB is cranked). That sounds killer - but my full, all-out high-gain sound includes a CEB-3 (chorusing only high-freqs) and an Xciter between them.
Where I don't want the D.D. is for a synth tone. Then I run CS-3 compressor to OC-3 octaver (in poly mode) to the ODB.
I use the ODB-3 by-itself, more than I run the D.D. by-itself - but Dawg into ODB is pretty amazing to me!
Joe
