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Just picked up an MBD2. I've read about these for years and not been in a position to pick one one. I get the love for this pedal - but not in the way I assumed before trying it!
I was only ever going to use this for mild drive, but I thought it would be a bright\grindy kinda drive. I know this pedal can do that, but what I really gravitate to is mild drive with an 8 o'clock bump on the Depth. Man oh man - mild vintage overdrive and low mid growl for daaaaays, without sounding muddy. The Depth at low settings adds booty without mud.
Love it.
For me I does what I wanted the SGFX Beta to do, but the Beta had too much low end boost. The MBD2 has a bass boost for sure, but the way it's filtered keeps it fat and clean.
Please excuse the broken wardrobe
I was only ever going to use this for mild drive, but I thought it would be a bright\grindy kinda drive. I know this pedal can do that, but what I really gravitate to is mild drive with an 8 o'clock bump on the Depth. Man oh man - mild vintage overdrive and low mid growl for daaaaays, without sounding muddy. The Depth at low settings adds booty without mud.
Love it.
For me I does what I wanted the SGFX Beta to do, but the Beta had too much low end boost. The MBD2 has a bass boost for sure, but the way it's filtered keeps it fat and clean.
Please excuse the broken wardrobe
It's full meaty badass on the low end! Similar settings to how I have mine but I have the 20db switch up and the gain dialed around 7/8 o'Clock. My clean tone is this always on along with a Mojomojo, Sushi Box Space Heater and a Jive. Sounds like a lot of gain but it's ace I love it and have my pick up volumes dimed on my TBird.
Merry Christmas to me. MBD3 and Spite Box. I've have the 1 and 2 so I know I'd like the 3 and only had a few minutes so far with the Spite Box but so far it's a keeper.
father of fires
Commercial User
Anyone else get some cool toys this holiday season?
from the Thanksgiving Sales I got MBD 3, Hagerman Value Boost. Ordered around the same time a Origin Effects DCX Bass, Boss OC-5, CMC Effects Civil War which arrived yesterday, & XMAS Day picked-up a Broughton Studio Boost Mini which the Moose will deliver after the New Year. Plus a bunch of other Items to create a smaller Gig Pedalboard. Since Mid November I've been a busy dude!
father of fires
Commercial User
That's a ton of awesome gear. You starting a board from scratch?from the Thanksgiving Sales I got MBD 3, Hagerman Value Boost. Ordered around the same time a Origin Effects DCX Bass, Boss OC-5, CMC Effects Civil War which arrived yesterday, & XMAS Day picked-up a Broughton Studio Boost Mini which the Moose will deliver after the New Year. Plus a bunch of other Items to create a smaller Gig Pedalboard. Since Mid November I've been a busy dude!
All items went to my Big home pedalboard. Except the Studio Boost Mini will go to a Broughton Centric smaller Gig Pedalboard which was built at the same time. I've used on 4 gigs thus far and one more coming up Saturday afternoon.
I've been in the tone lab and hot dang, the MBD3 into the clean preamp of my Microtubes Infinity is the special sauce.
Spite Box
Quad Cortex
SBMM Ray35
Idiotbox Whataphaser
Wren & Cuff White Elk
Rusty Box
No wonder I'm broke.
I've been doing the opposite. Trying to offload gear and pare down the collection. Not much success lately, though! Not to worry - my MBD2s aren't going anywhere.
Traded for a Hawaiian Pizza fuzz
Traded back some pedals I borrowed for some pedals I loaned
Received a midfi scrape flutter in secret Santa
Bought a broughton SBM
Dirt Fixer
Broughton SBM
Blackhawk Mithrandir
Mantic Flex Pro
And about $250 worth of EBS Flat patch cables.
I got some serious non-bass goodies as well.
Thermionic Culture Rooster preamp and a Laughten Audio Eden microphone
Broughton SBM
Blackhawk Mithrandir
Mantic Flex Pro
And about $250 worth of EBS Flat patch cables.
I got some serious non-bass goodies as well.
Thermionic Culture Rooster preamp and a Laughten Audio Eden microphone
JPTR FX Jive arrived during the holiday season, got the CMC Civil War before that. MBD2 was the first to arrive.
That's my current dirt section of the board.
Nothing too crazy; I've got a 3 leaf Doom 2 coming in. Got a Benson Germanium Boost; sounds massive hitting the front end of the MBD; still waiting on the 30th anniversary Nobels ODR-1, and I got my girlfriend a 1981 Inventions LVL that I hear is pretty nice on bass. I'll have to steal that from her for a test run!
Just a blackout Earthquaker Zoar because it seemed interesting. It's cool, but not going on my board.
And this, but the timing was purely coincidental with the holidays.
In my opinion, that is hands-down the coolest guitar anyone ever has or ever will make.
My holiday season started around Halloween and ended last week when I was able to acquire and reacquire these beauties.
