Dirt pedal for flatwounds?

[K2000]

Wow this thread took off while I was gone. Thanks for all the suggestions! There’s a lot of ideas to sort through. I actually have a Boneshaker (I picked up on sale and then forgot about, during a GAS frenzy) so that’s going to be auditioned first.

To reply to a question (I’m on an iPad and can’t figure out how to use the quote function) I play finger style (so I don’t get the same sharp attack as a pick player).

 

[Hypercaffium]

smallsound/bigsound Mini will be your best friend.

 

[el murdoque]

Wow this thread took off while I was gone. Thanks for all the suggestions! There’s a lot of ideas to sort through. I actually have a Boneshaker (I picked up on sale and then forgot about, during a GAS frenzy) so that’s going to be auditioned first.

To reply to a question (I’m on an iPad and can’t figure out how to use the quote function) I play finger style (so I don’t get the same sharp attack as a pick player).

I went on a shopping frenzy a while back and tried to document the journey here:
My Dirt Bender - Another Jounal

 

[heavyfunkmachin]

smallsound/bigsound Mini will be your best friend.

It rolls off ultra lows, just FYI

 

[HelpImaRock]

Wow this thread took off while I was gone. Thanks for all the suggestions! There’s a lot of ideas to sort through. I actually have a Boneshaker (I picked up on sale and then forgot about, during a GAS frenzy) so that’s going to be auditioned first.

To reply to a question (I’m on an iPad and can’t figure out how to use the quote function) I play finger style (so I don’t get the same sharp attack as a pick player).

2 tips about the Boneshaker:

1. The depth knob is an HPF. Guitarists who bought the pedal think it doesn't work, but that's because it doesn't go high enough for them.

2. The EQ exists between gain stages. It's kind of a light gain pedal if you're not boosting frequencies.

 

[HelpImaRock]

2 tips about the Boneshaker:

1. The depth knob is an HPF. Guitarists who bought the pedal think it doesn't work, but that's because it doesn't go high enough for them.

2. The EQ exists between gain stages. It's kind of a light gain pedal if you're not boosting frequencies.

I pulled out the Boneshaker along with some other stuff today because of this thread. If you have one, my opinion is that it's better than the BOSS ODB-3 and MXR Bass Distortion, which I compared it to.

 

[Hypercaffium]

It rolls off ultra lows, just FYI

I could be wrong but mine doesn't seem to do that. I've used it quite extensively in different scenarios and never noticed any bass cut. Maybe the bass I'm using doesn't have those ultra lows frequencies, I don't know.
It's a simple to use, solid, extremely versatile clean boost/overdrive/distortion/fuzz/gated fuzz pedal. It does everyting and it does it good imho.

 

[el murdoque]

It rolls off ultra lows, just FYI

I could be wrong but mine doesn't seem to do that. I've used it quite extensively in different scenarios and never noticed any bass cut. Maybe the bass I'm using doesn't have those ultra lows frequencies, I don't know.
It's a simple to use, solid, extremely versatile clean boost/overdrive/distortion/fuzz/gated fuzz pedal. It does everyting and it does it good imho.

I'll have to agree with Hypercaffium on this.
My unit is a silver one with the triangle artwork and side jacks.
I use a 6 string, so lows go down to the B. In my case, I can't get a massive bass boost, but I loose nothing down there either.
It might be that when I'm running higher gain, the midrange sees a little bump when things get a bit squishy, but I might be imagining this.

 

[Hypercaffium]

I have the purple one with side jacks, I guess it's the same version as yours.
I also guess that there are many versions and maybe in the older ones the bass cut control worked differently?

 

[heavyfunkmachin]

I'll have to agree with Hypercaffium on this.
My unit is a silver one with the triangle artwork and side jacks.
I use a 6 string, so lows go down to the B. In my case, I can't get a massive bass boost, but I loose nothing down there either.
It might be that when I'm running higher gain, the midrange sees a little bump when things get a bit squishy, but I might be imagining this.

It might have been mine. But I felt some ultra low end loss (50hz ish) with my barefaced cab, did not feel it at home, and decided to run through a spectrum analizer, and there it was, a gentle low end roll off regardless of gain settings. I sold it…

 

[el murdoque]

It might have been mine. But I felt some ultra low end loss (50hz ish) with my barefaced cab, did not feel it at home, and decided to run through a spectrum analizer, and there it was, a gentle low end roll off regardless of gain settings. I sold it…

Okay. That might really be the case.
Thinking about it, I realized that I usually have a HPF/LPF running later in the chain that will roll off at 50-80Hz depending on the room.
As more or less the only alternative, I feed it into a Sansamp PBDDI which will also HPF around 50Hz IIRC.


Given the fact that most cabinets roll off higher than 50Hz, most people would never notice the missing sub frequencies.

 

[sunbeast]

It might have been mine. But I felt some ultra low end loss (50hz ish) with my barefaced cab, did not feel it at home, and decided to run through a spectrum analizer, and there it was, a gentle low end roll off regardless of gain settings. I sold it…

I also felt this roll-off, but to be fair I find virtually every dirt pedal when run as an actual dirt (ie with audible clipping) does the same unless you are boosting subs later in the chain at some point simply because clipping turns fundamentals into harmonics/overtones by nature. “Bass heavy” drives do so generally by using hefty midrange scoops either before or after the clipping section to give focus to a specific range of harmonics (usually the upper bass and lower mid region) while de-emphasizing the significant middle harmonics boost, while the Mini to me seemed to have a more mildly shaped voicing that didn’t cut much bass but also didn’t emphasize it significantly either and so the higher you pushed the gain the tighter it tended to get. It worked well for me down low, but I also generally run an HPF set in the upper-bass to retain a tighter sound and conserve power due to using lower power amplifiers and relatively sealed speaker cabinets (like @el murdoque). It wouldn’t be my suggestion for someone pushing strong subs (in which case pedals with some sort of clean blend and/or post-EQ would be ideal, or pedals voiced with strong midrange scoops like many fuzzes are).

 

[el murdoque]

I (in which case pedals with some sort of clean blend and/or post-EQ would be ideal, or pedals voiced with strong midrange scoops like many fuzzes are).

...or simply play it into a Fuzzrocious BDPG for that extra fat and juicy booty.