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Looking for a particular overdrive sound
- Thread starter monkeyfinger
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I've got an Agro and Blower. The Agro is a bit more coarse and middy. Definitely not huge low end, and can be a bit thin down there at low gain settings. Worth a look.
Tonehammer DI with the AGS engaged and cranked could be worth considering. Definitely coarse. Plenty of EQ control.
Wounded Paw Black Sheep gives you the ability to control the low/mid/high gain levels and overdrive discretely. The clips I've heard put it in the low to mid gain realm to my ears.
Small Sound Big Sound Mini interests me.
Pork Loin isn't coarse.
BBBOD is probably too low gain to consider.
I've owned the VMTD and B7K and I'm not a fan, like the op.
Tonehammer DI with the AGS engaged and cranked could be worth considering. Definitely coarse. Plenty of EQ control.
Wounded Paw Black Sheep gives you the ability to control the low/mid/high gain levels and overdrive discretely. The clips I've heard put it in the low to mid gain realm to my ears.
Small Sound Big Sound Mini interests me.
Pork Loin isn't coarse.
BBBOD is probably too low gain to consider.
I've owned the VMTD and B7K and I'm not a fan, like the op.
Yes, it's REALLY good. I've tried a lot and this pedal kicks most of my dedicated bass Overdrives out of the park. For most of my fuzz and Overdrive needs, I'm using the Wampler and the barbershop. The Wampler can do pre-amp, clean boost, gentle breakup, crazy fuzz and it's very transparent. The treble cut is good for vintage tones and the bass boost / cut is just perfect for bass. I wish I'd discovered the pedal years ago.
John's version swaps out the clipping diodes for red LED's. It's a great mod. I did the same to mine and it's way better on bass now.
Wish that had a clean blend vs a discrete clean output. Makes more sense live my way IMHO. Current way seems better suited for studio.
perhaps it has to do with how the clean blend works. i'm no expert, but i've heard others complain that the clean blend requires a buffer on the clean signal which changes it. this solution may allow for an unpolluted clean signal. just a SWAG.
A decent buffer will just add back a tiny bit of treble that you'll lose with non-buffered pedals sometimes. I don't see that as much of an issue myself.
Was going to suggest a bass-modded Rat pedal, BTW, but the Vitriol sounds cool, even if it's a little big.
Was going to suggest a bass-modded Rat pedal, BTW, but the Vitriol sounds cool, even if it's a little big.
So from what little I could get from an article in premier guitar mag., this is a souped up DOD 250 preamp circuit. So kudos to those that led me in that direction. I will give you an update once I get a chance to try it out.
I got to try the Mantic Vitriol a little at rehearsal last night. It nails the RATM 'Testify' sound. My singer commented on it before I even noticed.
Your welcome! It's a great pedal, easily my fav. It's a smooth and detailed overdrive which can do thick or subtle and all the band in between...pop a Barborshop after it and those two pedals are REALLY versatile.
Started using the sans amp gt2 parallel to my rbi. Its an analog guitar amp emulator but it's pretty nice because you can get the more natural sounding dirt of guitar amps without shredding guitar speakers. And because it simulates fender, marshall, and mesa amps, clean, hi gain and hot rodded, and 3 different mic sims it's pretty versitile.
I went through a few overdrives, distortions, and fuzz pedals. A few of them were cool but they just werent what I wanted. A lot of pedals with bass, particularly distortions and fuzz, end up sounding more synthy or something which is great for pop music like muse and stuff but doesnt suit my band in particular.
I went through a few overdrives, distortions, and fuzz pedals. A few of them were cool but they just werent what I wanted. A lot of pedals with bass, particularly distortions and fuzz, end up sounding more synthy or something which is great for pop music like muse and stuff but doesnt suit my band in particular.
