Catalinbread SFT settings! (share!)

[sillyfabe]

The topic speaks for itself! Share your Catalinbread SFT settings, how they sound for you, what you are aiming for and overall any advice with this. I'll start with some settings that have worked for me. (note: I'm running it at 18V it has more headroom but it still translates well over to 9V). I play moderate to severely aggressive fingerstyle mostly but can have a light touch if need be.

1)
Treble:10:30
Bass 01:30
Gain: 09:00
Volume: unity

This gives me a nice low-gain O/D that adds just a tiny bit of "hair" especially when you dig in with your fingers a bit.

2)
Treble: 12:30
Bass: 05:00
Gain: 05:00
Volume: unity

The "doom" settings from the SFT videos seen on youtube. Work quite well and give it that well..."doomy" sound.

3)
Treble: 09:00
Bass: 09:00
Gain 11:00
Volume: unity

Ampeg in a box (non-over driven low gain tube sound)

4)
Treble: 12:00
Bass: 03:00
Gain: 11:30
Volume: unity

My low-gain RATM "think Wake Up" over-driven sound

 

[fuzz_factor]

Thanks. I'll have to try some of those out. I'm still trying to dial this pedal in.

 

[paul_s]

I'm going to have to give these settings a try too.

I usually have the following:
Bass: 2-3
Treble: 11 to 12:30
Gain: 11 to 1
Volume: Unity

Gives me a good overdriven gritty sound, running at 18V.

 

[sillyfabe]

those are some tasty settings!

 

[reddi]

Subscribed! I just picked up a used one two weeks ago.

 

[bassguitar808]

mine was phasing bad when run in parallel, sold it...

worked great in series/mono

 

[sillyfabe]

thanks for the advice...(note to self: keep running in series!)

 

[Yurtra]

Sorry if I'm raising a dead thread but I thought I'd share a clip of myself using the SFT (this is at 9V) live with my band on one of our originals.

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The volume is at unity, gain at 12:00 and treble and bass both around 2-3:00. Controls on my bass are 70% neck pickup and 100% bridge pickup and tone at about 70-80%.

I should add that this is through a relatively crappy Peavey amp (not that I have a problem with Peavey in general, just this particular amp)

 

[Deleted member 142448]

my sft setting with my p-bass, a.m.p. bh-420 and trace elliot 412 cabinet:

bass: 11
trebble: 1
gain: 10 - 11
volume: unity

nice grind without muffled lows.

maybe what i am aiming for:

 

[Runlikegregg]

i've been pretty happy with just about any setting i've tried.
but, these are the ones i keep coming back to:
(i play a G&L LB100 with an antiquity pick-up into an Eden head & Cab)

1. the most unusual one:
bass: 0 (i guess like 7 or 8 o'clock)
treble: 9
gain: 10-11
volume: unity
-this gives a very clear sound, weirdly not devoid of bass tone, but i think maybe the tone controls sit before the gain, so having the bass way low keeps the overdrive really subtle very clear tone.

2. a little more drive and tone:
bass: 9
treble: 9:30
gain: 9:30
volume: unity
- pretty much ampeg in a box, but with only slight overdrive

3. fuller tone, more smooth and even overdrive
bass 2:30
treble: 11
gain: 9-10
volume: unity

gotta say, i love this pedal.
here's a link using setting number 2. it's just a crappy digital recording of a practice:
Secret Asian Man (rehearsal) by Iced Ink on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

 

[eveilleu]

Just picked up an SFT today. So far I love it in my little ampeg micro vr!

I'm plugging both of my cabs in and it sounds.. BIG!

 

[BassinCT]

I don't use the SFT as an "always on" pedal, as our band covers a wide variety of music. For the tunes that need a little hair when I dig in, this is what I do to retain the same level of low end and poke it through the mix.
Bass: 3
Treble: 12
Gain: 9
Volume: slight boost

I will be experimenting with an Octamizer in front of it at the next gig with this:
Bass: 1
Treble: 2
Gain: max
Volume: unity

 

[dannybuoy]

Keep in mind the old white knob version and the newer one are like totally different pedals, the newer being much brighter sounding!

 

[vin*tone]

Doesn't the gain depend on your bass output level?

 

[hintz]

Sorry if I'm raising a dead thread but I thought I'd share a clip of myself using the SFT (this is at 9V) live with my band on one of our originals.

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The volume is at unity, gain at 12:00 and treble and bass both around 2-3:00. Controls on my bass are 70% neck pickup and 100% bridge pickup and tone at about 70-80%.

I should add that this is through a relatively crappy Peavey amp (not that I have a problem with Peavey in general, just this particular amp)

nice tone!! Not really. My style but that was pretty catchy, I've looked at these but haven't heard any demos where I dug there sound, that was cool though!!

 

[hintz]

sorry typos

 

[hintz]

i dug that sound, catchy tune btw, sorry for typos, i got dogs jumping all over me lol!!

 

[jblock]

Thread resurrection! I just picked up version 3 of this pedal; what Catalinbread calls "the 2016 edition." The settings in this thread all work well. But my favorite is the very first one, from @sillyfabe in the first post. It is a very nice always on sound. Beefs up the tone and has a sweet mild overdrive when I dig in.

 

[sillyfabe]

Thank you! I miss my old SFT which was taken over by the Pork Loin. Still miss that beef!

 

[armybass]

Thinking of adding this to my big board for some variety. I have just fallen in love with some of the Darkglass Vintage pedals on my smaller boards and want to add a little something different and this pedal keeps coming up as a good bass od.