I bet it does. I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of me playing soon. See how it looks at different angles.
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EBMM StingRay Special Club
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I like how reflective that finish is and how the sparkle seems to change/move as you move the bass. Very cool.
Any of you fine players use an overdrive pedal with your Stingray Special? If so what are you using? I currently have a SolidGold beta MKII and a Source Audio After Shock. I'm still dialing in the drive sound I am looking for with both. The Beta is pretty dark sometimes even with the Ray and still dialing in the aftershock to not loose all the low end.
I'm looking for a some compression warmth/texture without losing the low and clarity of the SRS if that makes sense. Nothing too heavy, using mainly for Blues, funk and with my filter pedal.
Thanks!
I'm looking for a some compression warmth/texture without losing the low and clarity of the SRS if that makes sense. Nothing too heavy, using mainly for Blues, funk and with my filter pedal.
Thanks!
I love a Blueberry-based pedal for that kind of tone. They can be dark if you push the Nature control too far CCW, but definitely not as dark as the Beta (I have several Blueberry pedals and a Beta).
But what I'm using now for that kind of slightly overdriven tone is a Spaceman Effects Saturn VI. With the tone control anywhere right of 12:00, you eliminate enough highs to get a sweet warmth without it being too dark. Favor the Boost control for a less grit and more subtle harmonics or favor the Gain control to add more dirt. I favor the Boost knob and add a touch of the Gain and that's my always-on tone.
I also use a Broughton FlipTop for a tone with slightly more gain and a slightly darker tone than my standard Saturn VI tone, but they're getting harder to find. But if you can find one, they do a really nice Ampeg B15-ish tone, which could sound great in your use case. I love it for the older classic rock and for the blues (as opposed to the blues rock) songs we do.
I also find the tone of the One Control Hooker's Green Bass Machine to be kind of Blueberry-like but is also has a treble control so you can adjust the darkness level and/or get a little grittier edge to your tone.
I love the Bass Soul Food as a light OD and I don't perceive the loss of low end that some do. I just add enough of the dry tone on the blend and it sounds great to me, but I'm in the minority. Seems a lot of TBers hate the Bass Soul Food, but I suspect many hate it because they're trying to get more gain out of it than it can give and it can't deliver that. I think it's a really nice LIGHT overdrive.
EDIT: Just to clarify, those opinions are based on owning those pedals.
But what I'm using now for that kind of slightly overdriven tone is a Spaceman Effects Saturn VI. With the tone control anywhere right of 12:00, you eliminate enough highs to get a sweet warmth without it being too dark. Favor the Boost control for a less grit and more subtle harmonics or favor the Gain control to add more dirt. I favor the Boost knob and add a touch of the Gain and that's my always-on tone.
I also use a Broughton FlipTop for a tone with slightly more gain and a slightly darker tone than my standard Saturn VI tone, but they're getting harder to find. But if you can find one, they do a really nice Ampeg B15-ish tone, which could sound great in your use case. I love it for the older classic rock and for the blues (as opposed to the blues rock) songs we do.
I also find the tone of the One Control Hooker's Green Bass Machine to be kind of Blueberry-like but is also has a treble control so you can adjust the darkness level and/or get a little grittier edge to your tone.
I love the Bass Soul Food as a light OD and I don't perceive the loss of low end that some do. I just add enough of the dry tone on the blend and it sounds great to me, but I'm in the minority. Seems a lot of TBers hate the Bass Soul Food, but I suspect many hate it because they're trying to get more gain out of it than it can give and it can't deliver that. I think it's a really nice LIGHT overdrive.
EDIT: Just to clarify, those opinions are based on owning those pedals.
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Thanks Dave, I've heard great things about the Blueberry pedals and the Broughton pedals. I was planning on trying an Broughton SVT pre next after exhausting the aftershock with all the desktop settings and presets.
Funny you should mention that. In addition to the FlipTop and the Saturn VI that I already mentioned, the Broughton SV-Pre is the third dirt pedal on my board. I use that for a tone that's a little brighter and with a little more gain than my standard Saturn VI tone. It's great for the newer rock songs and blues rock songs we do.
I'd say you could set it to get the kind of tone you described, but a) i use it differently and it fits that role really well for me and b) I think the FlipTop might be closer to what you're looking for.
However, the FlipTop will probably be a lot harder to find these days. And the SV-Pre should still do a great job at what you described. You'd just set the controls quite differently than I do on mine.
I'd say you could set it to get the kind of tone you described, but a) i use it differently and it fits that role really well for me and b) I think the FlipTop might be closer to what you're looking for.
However, the FlipTop will probably be a lot harder to find these days. And the SV-Pre should still do a great job at what you described. You'd just set the controls quite differently than I do on mine.
Interesting, it probably comes down to settings. From the video demos I've watched it seems like the flip top is much brighter or trebly clacky than the SV was. Like it has a more Tech21 presence type sound. But I have not personally tried them. It's all settings and perception. But that's what makes it fun.
Agreed. Fun ... and a little pathetic, at least in my case. 
I've sold off a bunch of dirt pedals in the past year and still have way too many to use at once. I can only fit about 4 of them on my board (besides the 3 I already mentioned, I also have an Xotic EP Boost clean boost on it right now), but I can't bring myself to sell any of the others because I enjoy all the different flavors.
But at least I haven't been actively looking for more in quite a while and I've been able resist the temptation to buy a bigger board that can fit more dirt pedals on it. Hopefully that continues.
Fun, yes. But a rabbit hole, too!
I've sold off a bunch of dirt pedals in the past year and still have way too many to use at once. I can only fit about 4 of them on my board (besides the 3 I already mentioned, I also have an Xotic EP Boost clean boost on it right now), but I can't bring myself to sell any of the others because I enjoy all the different flavors.But at least I haven't been actively looking for more in quite a while and I've been able resist the temptation to buy a bigger board that can fit more dirt pedals on it. Hopefully that continues.
Fun, yes. But a rabbit hole, too!
Agreed. Fun ... and a little pathetic, at least in my case.
But at least I haven't been actively looking for more in quite a while and I've been able resist the temptation to buy a bigger board that can fit more dirt pedals on it. Hopefully that continues.
Fun, yes. But a rabbit hole, too!
Rabbit whole for sure. I've been pretty deep down it but I was playing a passive jazz primarily at the time and now the SRS 5HH. So I make one more trip down. HAHAHAHA
I've been using a SA Aftershock and a Darkglass Vintage Ultra and I enjoy both. I tend to use the Darkglass as more of a soft overdrive, more of a tube like sound and then I use the Aftershock for more heavy sounds and fuzzes.
I had the Darkglass vintage microtubes, I liked it a lot but stupidly sold it. I bet the ultra with eq on board is pretty nice. I’ve been hoping to get that sound out of the aftershock. Still searching.
After MANY different O/D pedals I have settled on the Foxpedal Killface. I has a really nice warmth and can go from subtle overdrive to nearly fuzz like but has no fizz , it tones down the treble that is baked into the SRS. And it compliments my WD800 and works very good with the MXR envelope filter to give a very close Bootsy quack. It may actually cure my dirt gas. Very highly recommended!
Thanks yeah I think it looks so much better when it’s moving!
Yeah, the Vintage Ultra is definitely very flexible with the EQ but at the same time it's a lot of options to deal with so I like to just try to set it in a way that I don't have to constantly change it. So while it does have lots of flexability, I pretty much just use it for one sound. I primarily used the EQ to adjust the sound so that when I turn on the drive it still sounds like my bass but with distortion. I find with this pedal if you just have the eq at noon, when you switch between dry and wet the change in tone is too drastic in a mix so you need to use the eq to compensate for that.
Sweet! I’ll have to put that on the list. I play the D800+
Thanks! I’ve heard good things about the Barber.
That’s what I have been striving for as well. I got a few nice sounds out of the Aftershock last night. Took my time and did a deeper dive. Thanks!
