I played it though 2 basses , one in A Standard the other half a step down. And sounded great. As I mentioned, I like how well it stacks with my Fuzz, especially with the Octave on, a real keeper
Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
You should check out the Inverted Cross Audio stuff, he makes most of his pedals available also in micro formats. He does have a rat and an overdrive dedicated for bass (the Lowrider and the Bloodbath), both with filtered clean blends. There is also one labeled Black Knight wich is his take on a B7k he managed to fit in a micro enclosure
Last edited:
father of fires
Commercial User
Send me some pics. I can show them to my enclosure supplier. Thanks!
Just put my order in for the Power Distorter, it’ll be my first Damnation Audio too (amazing that it’s taken me this long)!
Now you mention it I realise I never saw a DA on your channel. Do you plan a demo ? I really like your stuff. You sold me the Coda effects Black Hole, riffs were perfect, I still listen to it like a sweet lullaby sometimes
Oh I’ll definitely do a vid on it at some point. Damnation Audio have loads of cool stuff but I just needed that one thing to come out to push me over the edge to get something from them, and this was it.
I wanted the MBD for ages but felt I generally had similar tones covered elsewhere.
Thanks for the kind words too and glad you liked the Black Hole, I’m getting a Zero Fret Fatamp 120 overdrive/distortion soon that I hope will cover similar ground.
Miss my Curmudgeon, sold it to buy some other pedal and it was a mistake.
Its a great pedal though it usually loses the “which dirt” coin toss to the MBD.
The BPD might be the nastiest grittiest of the bunch. That is a big plus. Im not good at describing pedals so thats all I got.
The Damnation Audio BPD. It has bass. It has power. It has distorter. Good enough.
The Damnation Audio BPD. It has bass. It has power. It has distorter. Good enough.
I agree 100%. My MBD is always on. No way I can do that with the BPD. I still want a Curmudgeon, though... real bad.
I'm still not convinced. I really need to hear some more demos. I don't doubt that I'll dig it. It sounds pretty awesome. I just don't know if it's got the high end dynamics I may need and or want access to. I've got pedals before that didn't have traditional treble or tone controls and they usually left me wanting.
Spent more time with the BPD-1.
Started yesterday with my '86 Ibanez roadster II.
Different settings. I like it.
Today, I tried two more basses.
A highly modded Fender with '60s style Thunderbird pickups, and my G&L Kiloton.
I liked both.
And, the way the BPD-1 responded to each bass.
At low gain settings, there's something about the "feel" that it gives.
As @kazuhank has said,
Very natural.
Started yesterday with my '86 Ibanez roadster II.
Different settings. I like it.
Today, I tried two more basses.
A highly modded Fender with '60s style Thunderbird pickups, and my G&L Kiloton.
I liked both.
And, the way the BPD-1 responded to each bass.
At low gain settings, there's something about the "feel" that it gives.
As @kazuhank has said,
Very natural.
WRT higher gain settings,
I love the sounds I'm getting, and just wanna play power chords all day long and get my Lemmy on.
I love the sounds I'm getting, and just wanna play power chords all day long and get my Lemmy on.
Oh.. it's just a very small thing
But it's how easy it came off. Not a complaint or anything. I mean im gonna Stort !
I no longer have the MBD
I feel like a large percentage of us are running MBD's at pretty much the same settings you've got there.
Wonder if a micro/smaller enclosure version could be put out with that as the preset, maybe with a boost switch still on there too... That'd be a nice small twofer
Also, good lookin dirty board, right there
This needs a demo. I wasn't too hyped on the BPD overall, but if I can get "Lemmy tones" out of it, consider me very much interested.
His muff take is awesome as well… not his fault but annoyed mine got lost in shipping over the ocean somewhere between Europe and Australia… ended up getting a cmc muff. Funnily enough despite having had loads of dirt (around 20-30ish?) over the past ten years in my board, the mbd1 is the only one that has never been moved! Even when I rearrange my board it still seems to stay in the same spot.
