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Behringer Bass Overdrive owners, I need your help

meandnooneelse

meandnooneelse

Jun 12, 2009
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I'm trying to decide whether or not to order a Behringer Bass Overdrive pedal and my local shops don't have 'em to test out. So what I need you to do is hook up your rig, turn on the pedal, set the gain at half, set the balance all the way to dry, and then mess around with the EQ settings while you play.

My question is: Does the EQ effect the dry signal?

If it's a straight Boss clone it will, which is what I don't want. Somebody please do this test for me and let me know!
 
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I don't own a behringer bass overdrive, but I would say that behringer is more suitable for beginners. I would suggest saving your cash for a different distortion pedal. for pedals that that's not similar to a boss odb-3, the Ibanez pd-7, the electro-harmonix bass big muff pi, and the mxr m-80 would be great choices for distortion.
 
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I'm not a beginner, and I've owned several overdrive pedals over the years. I'm looking for one that will do what I want. Unfortunately I have not been able to find one with 2 band (or more) passive EQ, and a blend control that mixes true dry signal with the overdrive. With the Boss pedal, the EQ effects both the dry and overdrive signals, which renders it useless to me. The Ibanez Phat-Hed has no blend control. The old DOD Bass Overdrive sounds like ****. The Sans-Amp Bass Driver DI is the best I've used so far, but the active EQ causes a boost in low end regardless of the settings. I've also tried 2 or 3 others that either lacked features or had the same active EQ problem. If I had the money I'd invest in a Carvin R600 head, which is my dream amp, and includes onboard overdrive, but right now I can't afford it so my search for an appropriate pedal continues...
 
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Crystalman85 said:
I don't own a behringer bass overdrive, but I would say that behringer is more suitable for beginners. I would suggest saving your cash for a different distortion pedal. for pedals that that's not similar to a boss odb-3, the Ibanez pd-7, the electro-harmonix bass big muff pi, and the mxr m-80 would be great choices for distortion.
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That's so tipical... man, if you don't know the pedal, don't talk anyone into not buying it...

I have one and i like it. and I believe it does affect the dry signal, but i'll have to double check it...
 
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heavyfunkmachin said:
That's so tipical... man, if you don't know the pedal, don't talk anyone into not buying it...

I have one and i like it. and I believe it does affect the dry signal, but i'll have to double check it...
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I happen to know about behringer pedals. I've heard sound samples of them on the behringer website. I'm not saying that their bad pedals. the sound quality is not to shabby. I'm just saying that behringer pedals is more suitable for beginners because their super affordable and of course they're made of plastic. even though behringer does have a reputation of faulty construction on pedals. which is why some people say stay away from behringer. If you ask me, behringer pedals is fine for beginners.
 
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meandnooneelse said:
I'm not a beginner, and I've owned several overdrive pedals over the years. I'm looking for one that will do what I want. Unfortunately I have not been able to find one with 2 band (or more) passive EQ, and a blend control that mixes true dry signal with the overdrive. With the Boss pedal, the EQ effects both the dry and overdrive signals, which renders it useless to me. The Ibanez Phat-Hed has no blend control. The old DOD Bass Overdrive sounds like ****. The Sans-Amp Bass Driver DI is the best I've used so far, but the active EQ causes a boost in low end regardless of the settings. I've also tried 2 or 3 others that either lacked features or had the same active EQ problem. If I had the money I'd invest in a Carvin R600 head, which is my dream amp, and includes onboard overdrive, but right now I can't afford it so my search for an appropriate pedal continues...
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If you want an overdrive pedal that doesn't reduce low-end, I would recommend either the voodoo lab sparkle drive or the way huge electronics pork loin overdrive pedal. both pedals has a tube-screamer like sound and they have a clean blend control which will let you mix the dry signal with the effected signal.
 
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Crystalman85 said:
If you want an overdrive pedal that doesn't reduce low-end, I would recommend either the voodoo lab sparkle drive or the way huge electronics pork loin overdrive pedal. both pedals has a tube-screamer like sound and they have a clean blend control which will let you mix the dry signal with the effected signal.
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I just looked up both of those pedals and neither one of them has enough EQ for the price. :(
 

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