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DOD Bonebreaker
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I'm told that Boneshakers have now gone out to retailers, we should see pre-orders being fulfilled and pedals showing up on shelves!
Sorry for the wait on this and I appreciate everyone's patience.
Sorry for the wait on this and I appreciate everyone's patience.
Well, all that waiting... so now I've blown my GAS money on other stuff, so now it's Digitech's turn to wait ... for my money. Alas, it means I, too, continue to wait... *sigh*
GC just said the release date has been pushed to the 20th. I have had it on preorder since May. Could you guys just maybe send me one and tell GC you already took care of it?
It's out in the world folks (it arrived on retailer's docks early last week) , just waiting on the first retailer to post it as available!
Someone might have posted it before, but I couldn't be bothered looking through all the pages in this post, so anyway here's a bass demo I found on YouTube for this pedal:
Judging from the video it sound really great and vertible, espcially if you are looking for a harder, deep but grindy, type of distortion.
I would definitely go out and buy one right now, if I had the money, which I unfortunately don't.
On a totally different note, as someone said, I would like it even better too if they had called it Bonebreaker instead of Boneshaker.
Judging from the video it sound really great and vertible, espcially if you are looking for a harder, deep but grindy, type of distortion.
I would definitely go out and buy one right now, if I had the money, which I unfortunately don't.
On a totally different note, as someone said, I would like it even better too if they had called it Bonebreaker instead of Boneshaker.
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Adamixoye
A PT Pro is cool for worship, right?
- Apr 9, 2012
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"The control increases/decreases the overall low frequency “growl” of extended range instruments."
I have an Empress Heavy, and it sounds to me like it's similar to the "weight" control, basically a "low-end character" knob.
The Q is wide - a pretty low number, but I can't remember what it is off the top of my head. The Depth is how much low frequency is allowed in pre gain. This allows you to tighten/loosen up the bass response, especially when distorted, 'cause that's when the lows tend to muddy up.
I actually really dislike clean blends for bass distortion. It's lazy (IMHO) and it makes the distortion sound "separate" from the bass. Both Mark and I wanted a distortion that would sound "cohesive" and "holistic."
I actually really dislike clean blends for bass distortion. It's lazy (IMHO) and it makes the distortion sound "separate" from the bass. Both Mark and I wanted a distortion that would sound "cohesive" and "holistic."
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Adamixoye
A PT Pro is cool for worship, right?
- Apr 9, 2012
- 18,158
- 69,338
- Disclosures
- Occasional Beta Tester for Confusion Studios, Singular Sound, and Source Audio
I don't know how the Heavy does it, but that kind of sounds similar. The "weight" on my Heavy sounds to my ear like a low-end shape knob, not really a boost/cut, but changes whether you get a "tight" low-end or a "loose" one.
I don't dislike clean blends necessarily, but I completely agree that it's better to make a distortion that just works with or without the blend.
Just seeing this edit...that's cool. It's like anything else to me, any feature of a pedal can be implemented well, in a way that works, or in a way that doesn't work - be it a clean blend, voicing, EQ section, whatever. Blends work for me when done right, because they help me get dirty bass sounds into music that isn't heavy, which I'm pretty much doing at all times
Review so far:
I'm using the pedal by itself and goosed with a few others and it's gotten along nicely with everything so far.
The gain stays pretty low until the knob is turned past 2 o'clock and the noise level is very low - I was concerned about having to get a noise gate but I know now that I don't need one, even when goosing.
The two dirt pedals that I'm most familiar with are the GT2 and Empress Heavy. The Boneshaker is reminiscent of both but with a much better noise level. The Heavy's built-in noise gate was the best I've ever tried and the Boneshaker doesn't need one.
People have compared the Depth knob on this to the Weight knob on the Heavy, but honestly I can't hear any difference no matter where the Depth knob is set. It's either very subtle or I have a dud unit, not sure. I always kept the Weight knob on my Heavy set somewhat low.
The EQ section is nice but the low and high controls are taking a bit to get used to - at some cut settings on the high, I actually get a perceived boost in another area of the high end than the one I thought I was cutting, and I really only hear the low knob doing much at all when the frequency is almost all the way up.
I've only spent a little while with the pedal and overall I'm pleased, but it will take some more tweaking.
@DigiTechRep
Can we get a list of the frequency ranges for each EQ knob? Couldn't find any info on that in the manual.
I'm using the pedal by itself and goosed with a few others and it's gotten along nicely with everything so far.
The gain stays pretty low until the knob is turned past 2 o'clock and the noise level is very low - I was concerned about having to get a noise gate but I know now that I don't need one, even when goosing.
The two dirt pedals that I'm most familiar with are the GT2 and Empress Heavy. The Boneshaker is reminiscent of both but with a much better noise level. The Heavy's built-in noise gate was the best I've ever tried and the Boneshaker doesn't need one.
People have compared the Depth knob on this to the Weight knob on the Heavy, but honestly I can't hear any difference no matter where the Depth knob is set. It's either very subtle or I have a dud unit, not sure. I always kept the Weight knob on my Heavy set somewhat low.
The EQ section is nice but the low and high controls are taking a bit to get used to - at some cut settings on the high, I actually get a perceived boost in another area of the high end than the one I thought I was cutting, and I really only hear the low knob doing much at all when the frequency is almost all the way up.
I've only spent a little while with the pedal and overall I'm pleased, but it will take some more tweaking.
@DigiTechRep
Can we get a list of the frequency ranges for each EQ knob? Couldn't find any info on that in the manual.
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Yeah the Depth control is pretty subtle, if you are in E standard you won't get much out of it. But in drop tunings or with extended range guitar and bass it comes in handy.
Unique to the Boneshaker is that each semi-para band is before the last stage of gain so you can actually drive each frequency independently. Don't be afraid to crank those up.
I'll get the frequency ranges from Mark when he gets back from vacation, 'cause I can't remember what they are...
Unique to the Boneshaker is that each semi-para band is before the last stage of gain so you can actually drive each frequency independently. Don't be afraid to crank those up.
I'll get the frequency ranges from Mark when he gets back from vacation, 'cause I can't remember what they are...
Yeah the Depth control is pretty subtle, if you are in E standard you won't get much out of it. But in drop tunings or with extended range guitar and bass it comes in handy.
Unique to the Boneshaker is that each semi-para band is before the last stage of gain so you can actually drive each frequency independently. Don't be afraid to crank those up.
I'll get the frequency ranges from Mark when he gets back from vacation, 'cause I can't remember what they are...
Thanks! I am in E so that explains it, maybe I'll try it out after the Bass Whammy . . .
The pedal itself feels really solid (I also have the 201 Phasor that's obviously a lot lighter) and the knobs are nice and firm. Kudos again on making this thing so quiet, I don't even start to get noise until the gain is past 4 o'clock and even then it's very quiet.
