Distortion question.

Lots of choices... one of my favs is the Wren and Cuff Tall Font Russian.

 

I experimented with the whole dual rig thing with one always dirty and one for all other sounds. In the end I found one rig with a clean blend got me the sound I was going for. I use an x-blender with great results. I have multiple fuzz/distortion pedals in its loop.

Or you could go with a pedal with a built in clean blend. Wren & cuff offer the clean blend on all of their dirt boxes.

 

I also use the xotic x-blender, a great pedal that allows you to dial in your effects and clean signal beautifully. Splits the signals then re-combines them, its brilliant!

 

Wren and Cuff makes a very nice clean blend on their pedals. My TFR has one and it really does a nice job of blending. Others often are more like stacking clean and distortion.

 

Just looked at the TFR on the Wren and Cuff website and I didn't see any clean blend knob on it. Is it a special mod?

-Mark

 

It's a mod that Matt offers on most of his pedals. He has developed a blend that actually works. I've got one on my TFR and typically run it about 1/4 on to add a little clean bass to the mix.

 

Matt great, thanks for the quick response.

-Mark

 

The W&C pedals are a little spendy, but... they sound really good. According to people who own both, the W&C Tall Font Russian, nails the original.

 

I use myself a Technophobia Basscreamer. It's a dutch made tubescreamer for bass. It works like a Fulltone Fulldrive but it also has a clean blend and the sound it a bit more edgy so it cuts better through the band/mix.

Controls:
-gain
-tone
-volume
-boost
-clean blend
-comp cut switch
-footswitch effect on/off
-footswitch boost on/off

Technophobia; Analog Audio Solutions

 

I don't have a blend on my TFR and the bottom end is huge.

Are you going to be running both channels together? If so, it doesn't matter if the distortion eats your bass freqs, as the Kustom will be there for you.

 

I run parallel rigs ("clean" and "effected") and honestly the nice thing about it is not having to worry about effects retaining low end. You're blending them anyway.

I use a Wren and Cuff Pickle Pie B, and a Humphrey modded Metal Zone for grind on my effected side.

 

I have the tfr and the pickle pie b... Both are great but I prefer the pickle pie b.

 

I use my Ampeg head with a Bergantino NV610 as a full range amp. I use it either "clean" (it's an Ampeg) or with mild overdrive (Fulltone Bass Drive). I leave my GK powered rig to do the mids and highs for effects.

I personally don't like the sound of clean high end mixed with distortion/fuzz, as I don't believe that they blend as well. To me the high end presence makes it sound like one is sticking out, especially if you're adding less note definition to the low end by running it through a fuzz or distortion. Maybe you'll have better results though.

If you want to keep low end, I'd recommend one of the W&C units with a blend built in.

 

I have TFR with the blend, but I never use it. It really isn't a necessity, but is nice to have. I think its like a $15 upgrade at the time of purchase, well worth it just to have around. And yeah, Wren and Cuff pedals are not cheap. And if you look inside them, you'll see why. Oh, and the TFR sounds amazing with bass (and guitar).

A good choice for what you have in mind. I use it for low-freq/high-gain distortion. It does not disappoint. (It can do high-freq/high-gain too...)

 

A Mesa V1 Bottle Rocket run through a Rocktron truloop mix pedal (and then blended to preference) will get you exactly the sound you want. I was looking for the same exact thing, and that's what I discovered.

 

Ooooh yeah. I totally want to try out a V1.

 

Would it be worth getting a blend pedal with one channel going to my b600h and the other to a 120 crate amp? Idk if i would