Yeah I think he convoluted the pedal again, lol. But the two previous descriptions of the pedals put into better perfective. If you want a deeper tone with a little less mids you'll probably like the new MBD, if a tighter sound with a bit more mids and you don't really solo enough to take advantage of the 2nd foot switch the MBD 2 will suit you fine. I get the feeling that they're just two flavors of awesome...
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Yeah. I generally find demos pretty useless because they don't represent my own bass and amp. Effects with my Thunderbird sound quite different than through your typical Fender. I always have to experience stuff myself to see what it will REALLY sound like.
Well, I finally grabbed an MBD. It's the MBD-2 version.
I figured by the description of the blend knob - fuller range tone, tighter lows - I love that. Someone also said it sounds a bit more aggressive which to me kind of speaks "more mids" (I'm a mids guy). I think that's perfect for what I want it for - medium overdrive. I get my fuzz tones from the Tall Font Russian and my lighter overdrive from Barbershop. MBD-2 should fit right in.
I figured by the description of the blend knob - fuller range tone, tighter lows - I love that. Someone also said it sounds a bit more aggressive which to me kind of speaks "more mids" (I'm a mids guy). I think that's perfect for what I want it for - medium overdrive. I get my fuzz tones from the Tall Font Russian and my lighter overdrive from Barbershop. MBD-2 should fit right in.
I ordered a 3, after my experiences with 1 and 2, I expect to love it. That is, if it ever starts it's way to me...
Has anyone else who ordered recently experienced this?
Has anyone else who ordered recently experienced this?
There's a Dirt Fixer in the classifieds for a nice price. No affiliation.
The Dirt Fixer has an extremely powerful EQ to make most pedals sound better. The FFXL uses low and high pass filters to make most pedals sound better. Different approaches with similar results.
Excellent response.
Another way to think of it: the Dirt Fixer lets you dramatically re-EQ any pedal in its loop, effectively enabling you to change the core tone of said pedal. (This is one reason why it is a useful tool for turning dirt that sounds bad on bass into dirt that sounds good on bass.) The FFXL, on the other hand, lets you filter out frequencies on either end of any pedal in its loop as well as the highs of the clean channel, letting you tighten up boomy or muddiness below and clank up high. It does not let you boost anything (other than the volume of each channel) and will not let you do the sort of extreme EQing the Dirt Fixer is capable of. That said, the Dirt Fixer can do subtle as well.
I think the FFXL is great for any pedal whose tone you like but which you wish had more low-passed clean or less aggressive highs. I think the Dirt Fixer is great for any pedal whose modulation or clipping voice you like but which you wish had totally different EQ points or which you need more or less presence of at certain frequencies.
I also think the Dirtfixer works very well with non-dirt pedals, like filters, modulations, et cetera, to add in clean low end while letting the effect get a full-range signal.
Definitely. For years my board had a Cali76 TX-L in the loop of a Bloop.
Been following this thread for a few weeks now and finally decided to pull the trigger on a MBD-2. Should have it in about a week or so. Looking forward to see how it compares to my DSM SubAtomic and my Pigtronics bass fat drive. Looking forward to putting this pedal through its paces.
Got a question for any Bloop users out there..
Currently using a Bloop with a MojoMojo in the loop. However even when the Mojomojo is turned off the Bloop still affects the overall sound/lows on my board. If I switch the Bloop off it acts as a mute. Mojomojo is going into the send/return here.
So Is there a way to use the Bloop where it only affects the pedal in its loop? And not the rest of my chain/sound?
Currently using a Bloop with a MojoMojo in the loop. However even when the Mojomojo is turned off the Bloop still affects the overall sound/lows on my board. If I switch the Bloop off it acts as a mute. Mojomojo is going into the send/return here.
So Is there a way to use the Bloop where it only affects the pedal in its loop? And not the rest of my chain/sound?
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Agreed. I wish somebody made a demo of MBD3 with low gain settings...
The first thing you're describing is normal. If you leave the bloop on and turn any pedal(s) in the loop off, you're then getting a mix of your full-range signal (from the loop the disengaged MojoMojo is in) and the Bloop's low-passed clean signal. In other words, if you've got any pedals in the loop disengaged, it's the same as just running a patch cable from the send directly to the return on the bloop. I believe they've even got this in the manual as a way to use the Bloop.
Assuming everything is wired correctly on your board, the thing that doesn't make sense is "If I switch the Bloop off it acts as a mute. Mojomojo is going into the send/return here." Bypassing the Bloop should do just that - not mute. That sounds like either there's an issue with how you've got it wired/powered, or maybe an issue with the pedal in bypass mode, as it's not passing signal.
An easy way to isolate and test the bloop is to take it off your board and just run the bloop between bass and amp. Bass to Bloop "In" and Bloop "Out" to Amp input. Then run a single cable from the Bloop "Send" to Bloop "Return". With the Bloop turned off, you should be getting your raw, unaffected bass signal. If you turn the Bloop on, you should hear the low-passed blend come into play and turning the blend up should beef up the lows/low mids in your signal.
noted as im doing a demo next week for my channel so will be sure to do the full gain spectrum
Great, thank you!
It would be great to hear: 1. clean signal, 2. pedal engaged (mild) setting boost off, 3. pedal engaged (mild setting) boost on, 4. clean signal...
something sounds very of here, just out of interest and a guess you might want to check you have the MojoMojo in the loop, it sounds like you have it connected in the in and out, so when you bypass it will cut signal.
send and return for the pedal you want to effect, in and out are from bass or a pedal out is to amp ( sorry to have to be so nooby with terms)
tbh very close to what i was planning so ill post the link to the demo here aiming for sometime next week
Thanks for the information. I have now indeed tried the simplified route of bass to in, out to amp, patch lead between send/return. When I switch the Bloop off there is no sound at all. So the same problem persists. The Bloop is being powered correctly too.
Is there something inside the enclosure that needs to be changed??
