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Low gain overdrive

#61
john keates said:
I just saw the N.O.C.3 Effects Pure Drive:

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Looks interesting. A clean blend and plenty of EQ options (including internal trims).
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i used my friends original pure drive (the one with 2 stomp switches) and its a nice pedal, but if you order one of teh newer ones, try to ask for the caps and resistors the builder suggests for bass, since the original model came with several options, not sure if he includes these by default anymore. it sounded nice, but i was happy enough with my bassdrive/vt/bassdriver/polishlove combo definitely did a 'colorless tube screamer' a good bit cleaner than a bassdrive/fulldrive.

however i enjoy borrowing a Fulltone OCD v4 for a low gain OD whenever i can. prob my next dirt pedal.
 
#63
Little update:

I recently found a good deal on a Way Huge "Pork Loin" and have been playing around with its many controls.

One thing that upset me at the beginning was that the "clean" amp clips quite easily with bass (but not with guitar), and in an ugly way too. After much fiddling, I managed to mostly get rid of that effect apart from when I really dig in. So now I get a pretty nice overdrive when I play quite heavy and then a raspy fuzz from the "clean" side when I hammer it, which muddles in with the rest of the overdrive quite well.

So I managed to get the thing to do more-or less what I want, but I don't really feel I am using the pedal how it is supposed to be used.

The search goes on...
 
#64
The Holy Fire seems pretty cool, but the LAST thing my pedalboard needs is another wall wart, and that things 48v supply looks like it belongs on a computer!

I've been using my Bad Monkey, tube sound on a budget (yeah its a digitech but it was $25) and after forever tweaking I got a pretty good warm/breakup sound out of it.

Of course I am looking for something better than a cheapo pedal, I wish there was such a thing as a pedal with an actual tube that could run on a standard 9V supply.
 
#66
The DHA tube pedals can run on 9v, although 12v is preferable. They use a lot more current than regular pedals so you still may run into trouble trying to daisy chain one depending on your power supply and how many other pedals you're using.
 
#67
john keates said:
Little update:

I recently found a good deal on a Way Huge "Pork Loin" and have been playing around with its many controls.

One thing that upset me at the beginning was that the "clean" amp clips quite easily with bass (but not with guitar), and in an ugly way too. After much fiddling, I managed to mostly get rid of that effect apart from when I really dig in. So now I get a pretty nice overdrive when I play quite heavy and then a raspy fuzz from the "clean" side when I hammer it, which muddles in with the rest of the overdrive quite well.

So I managed to get the thing to do more-or less what I want, but I don't really feel I am using the pedal how it is supposed to be used.

The search goes on...
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What type of bass are you using? I've heard others report this problem, but I myself have never encountered this with the Pork Loin. Do you have a really hot active bass and what settings do you have on te knobs on the inside?
 
#68
Hi JMDT,

I used it with a few basses including a passive squire p bass which clipped the pedal, although not as badly as my Warwick thumb (and there in lies the problem... I guess). I played with the internal trim for the dry tone and made it less loud and bassey, which improved things. I also lowered the gain of the overdrive sound so I only have to dial in a little clean to warm up the sound. I find that the clean side clips more when I have it blended in more. Also, I made the drive side as bassy as possible but I think this makes it sound a little squidgy (not enough attack).

If you have any ideas then I would like to hear them, but I played with that thing for hours, tryining to get rid of the clipping, with no real success.
 
#69
I got it with my Squier VM P also, I'm glad I'm not the only one! It's really easy to hear if you dial down the internal overdrive mix trim so you only hear the clean sound. There is also a filter trim to adjust the amount of low end going into the clean channel, I had to dial that all the way to the opposite of the factory setting to stop it from clipping.
 
#70
A month or so ago, I would have given a BIG +1 to the Polish Love, but then I bought a [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. I still love my Love, but the Dirty Channel gets a lot more use - dial it low, and it's wonderful! I think they're out of production now, tho, but show up in the classifieds now and then.
 

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