Thanks.
I was wondering if the blended signal just ends up being heard as something in between the dry and eq’d signal, or if you end up hearing both.
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Thanks.
I was wondering if the blended signal just ends up being heard as something in between the dry and eq’d signal, or if you end up hearing both.
The loop signal functioning as a preamp will allow you to create some tone shaping and the parallel clean has a fixed low end contour you can blend in. Its all just shaping the tone of the instrument sound but with a single source for both signals its not going to sound like there are two different things happening.
Even when using Dirtfixer with a pedal in the loop it doesn't sound like there is clean and also dirt unless you work to make it sound like they are separate things. When we set one up in our rigs the contoured clean channel is a supporting actor that fills out the low end and low midrange in a way that sounds seamless with the distortion but doesn't assert itself as a clean sound on top of distortion. These products exist because we dislike everything on the market that does that raw trebly full range clean through to the output sound.
@father of fires
WRT the DARBD, is the tone still a tilt style like the MBD, and does it still utilize CMOS/Mosfet get for the distortion, or is it something else?
WRT the DARBD, is the tone still a tilt style like the MBD, and does it still utilize CMOS/Mosfet get for the distortion, or is it something else?
father of fires
Commercial User
I know you've said this is a vanity project, but have you thought about doing an smd version in a 125b enclosure?
BPD definitely isn't going to be the only pedal in that series.
The BPD is part of a series?
Or planned series?
Or specific enclosure size?
Or simply put, yes.
Here,
A Retro Bass Distortion demands a retro bass,
In good company,
A Retro Bass Distortion demands a retro bass,
In good company,
This nails it. And I'm glad I bit the bullet too.
Yes, the MBD lineage is very obvious.
And you're quite right, I like it.
I really like it.
It's definitely mine. I've owned them all and it is the best in my experience. It has the soul of the other MBD iterations but is so simple and dialed in that it doesn't need the blend, boost, or other niceties. It's just plug and play perfect.
That was my first thought as well, but I need to spend a little more time with it before I can commit to that opinion. The original has been my favorite since 2018 so I don’t take this situation lightly. Serious serious business.
Yeah. Again this is what I thought. But how can the mbd get better by taking stuff away from the original? Not sure this is even possible.
At low gain the retro seems to be the most… I dunno, transparent? Natural maybe. Could be the best low gain Ive ever heard. I hated the blueberry though so I might be weird.
Still evaluating the higher gain side. This is where I jam most of the time.
I'm ready to post my conclusion re: MBD-1 v RMBD v MBD.
The MBD-1 is still king in my world. Just about the best low gain ever but I don't really do that. High gain is my primary use and it's the best. I have mine dialed up a bit on the internal trim. It's more raspy than the others which is the quality I like. It's not necessarily a tone setting thing though. Tough to explain.
The Retro is the best low gain ever. Yeah. I said it. Higher gain is different from the others. More smooth ish? It's sufficient for my high output basses like the sledgehammer SB-1. Not quite enough for my low output P bass. It's an incredible pedal and lives up to the description. Inferior to the MBD in every way except for probably electrons. Because they don't make em like they did back in the day. Unless you build with golden era parts of course. Glad I got this one.
The MBD is obviously the most versatile. It does all the things the others do and could easily be considered the best. If it was the only one I had, I would be good with that.
The MBD-1 is still king in my world. Just about the best low gain ever but I don't really do that. High gain is my primary use and it's the best. I have mine dialed up a bit on the internal trim. It's more raspy than the others which is the quality I like. It's not necessarily a tone setting thing though. Tough to explain.
The Retro is the best low gain ever. Yeah. I said it. Higher gain is different from the others. More smooth ish? It's sufficient for my high output basses like the sledgehammer SB-1. Not quite enough for my low output P bass. It's an incredible pedal and lives up to the description. Inferior to the MBD in every way except for probably electrons. Because they don't make em like they did back in the day. Unless you build with golden era parts of course. Glad I got this one.
The MBD is obviously the most versatile. It does all the things the others do and could easily be considered the best. If it was the only one I had, I would be good with that.
You aren't alone. I also could never make the Blueberry (or its many iterations) work for me.Yeah. Again this is what I thought. But how can the mbd get better by taking stuff away from the original? Not sure this is even possible.
At low gain the retro seems to be the most… I dunno, transparent? Natural maybe. Could be the best low gain Ive ever heard. I hated the blueberry though so I might be weird.
Still evaluating the higher gain side. This is where I jam most of the time.
Agreed on low gain.
And high gain is definitely smooth to my ears.
If you were going to dial in an MBD3 like the Retro, what settings would you use?
