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Dry Pickle
- Thread starter Somnambulance
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You should get the Dungeon Master just because I've been wanting to hear it on bass.
I got rid of my Swollen Pickle. I had it on my board for a few shows, but there was too much loss of low end for me. Our guitarist is using it now and sounds much better with guitar.
Did you mess with the trimpots inside? I don't have any low end loss that I notice, I just hate the band pass.
I did. That's what made me keep it for a few shows. It sounds really good when I play in my room at home but like with many other fuzz pedals, I wasn't pleased with the way it sounded in the band mix live. I'm curious to check out one of these,,,
If the Swollen Pickle has a band pass filter is there a fuzz with a lowpass filter? A wall of sound would go great mixed with the sonice destruction of the blower box.
Not a huge fan of the Pickle either. I have a few different fuzzes and use them all on bass with good results. Very generally speaking there are only a few kinds of vintage fuzz voices and I wanted to have representatives of each - as of right now I don't really have a Muff type but that will be solved soon.
- Sola Sounds - Tonebender Mk-2 Professional hand-built using NOS Mullard 84ds. One of the classic classic fuzz circuits. I would like to buy the AnalogMan Sunbender at some point to see his take on the circuit. I bought one of the new Macari's/Sola Sound insane reissues for a freaking fortune and yet it was worth every penny. Works great on both guitar and bass. It is the Jimmy Page box extraordinaire - it does one thing and it does it perfectly.
- AnalogMan - Dark Peppermint Fuzz - basically a fuzz face circuit with higher gain germanium transistors. Great great fuzz. I might buy the normal version in the future. The Dark really rumbles rumbles rumbles.
- Darkglass - Duality - great more modern circuit that is easily the most flexible circuit I own. And I love that the Duality function is a dial and not a switch. The various blends you can get along the way between the two fuzzes is awesome. There are so so so many tones in that box - from vintage to modern. The blend function means it can be pretty easy to dial in a good tone. I've never run it on guitar but I would bet it sounds awesome.
- Keeley - Fuzz Head - basically a Fuzz Face circuit with a choice between germanium and silicon transistors which makes it a nice and flexible fuzz. Great fuzz - works really well with bass. The silicon side cuts through really well. It is probably the most potentially subtle of the 4. You can dial it back almost to a point that it sounds much closer to overdrive or distortion.
- Sola Sounds - Tonebender Mk-2 Professional hand-built using NOS Mullard 84ds. One of the classic classic fuzz circuits. I would like to buy the AnalogMan Sunbender at some point to see his take on the circuit. I bought one of the new Macari's/Sola Sound insane reissues for a freaking fortune and yet it was worth every penny. Works great on both guitar and bass. It is the Jimmy Page box extraordinaire - it does one thing and it does it perfectly.
- AnalogMan - Dark Peppermint Fuzz - basically a fuzz face circuit with higher gain germanium transistors. Great great fuzz. I might buy the normal version in the future. The Dark really rumbles rumbles rumbles.
- Darkglass - Duality - great more modern circuit that is easily the most flexible circuit I own. And I love that the Duality function is a dial and not a switch. The various blends you can get along the way between the two fuzzes is awesome. There are so so so many tones in that box - from vintage to modern. The blend function means it can be pretty easy to dial in a good tone. I've never run it on guitar but I would bet it sounds awesome.
- Keeley - Fuzz Head - basically a Fuzz Face circuit with a choice between germanium and silicon transistors which makes it a nice and flexible fuzz. Great fuzz - works really well with bass. The silicon side cuts through really well. It is probably the most potentially subtle of the 4. You can dial it back almost to a point that it sounds much closer to overdrive or distortion.
I think I'll go with the Peppermint fuzz if the EQD Cloven Hoof doesn't cut it for me.
I have zero issues with loss of low end with mine. If anything my low end gets beefier when the pickle is engaged. What kind of music do you play? I wouldn't be surprised if the pickle gets lost in a sea of guitar distortion. I play in a rock trio and when i turn the pickle on it owns the mix even if our guitar is playing heavily distorted.
The only real bummer of the Peppermint Fuzz is that it only takes batteries. I know why and I know that there are many that swear by 9volts and fuzz circuits but seriously it is a pain in the arse to have to unplug it. He know offers this feature where if you turn the fuzz dial all the way down, it disconnects the power so you don't have to unplug it. I wish I had that and might send it back to Mike to get that feature.
The Tonebender also only takes batteries but it is the least pedalboard friendly pedal I have ever seen so its not a big deal to unplug it.
You know I don't own anything from EQD but after all the pedals they donated, and took the time to make individual and super interesting, to the Andy Richardson auction on Reverb.com I have serious respect for them and want to support them. I have never heard the Cloven Hoof but am super curious.
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I've owned the Sea Machine, and didn't find it that cool. Some people like it. I have an Afterneath right now and it's amazeballs. I could make a board out of EQD and Mantic Conceptual I'm sure. I'm tempted to get two Afterneaths, just for funsies lol.
Seriously interested in some of those different colored Afterneaths in the Richardson auction. I love the demo videos I have seen.
I play in a loud rock band with one heavy distorted, noisy guitar and a hard hitting drummer. I found the low end dropped significantly during the 2-3 songs I used it on and then noticed a fuller sound on the songs without it. Maybe I could tweak it more and try to find a sound that works, but I just gave up on it after a month. Our guitarist really likes it, though.
I went back to my trusty DOD Bass Overdrive for the time being for some extra bite.
Get one. You talked me into a Minifooger Delay. I love it! Your turn for an Afterneath!
