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Mad Professor Bass OD???

#381
Ok, so sat at practice last night with the cream pie, bbbod, angler and SFT on a pt nano, it was a very very cool but point less board :D

Now I never tried the original BBBOD so I can't really comment how close they are. I'm just putting my thoughts out there on the bbbod as a new pedal.

Firstly, to me this is not low gain, not even close, with the nature and gain at zero it sounded very fuzz like to me, don't get me wrong a very nice dark fuzz and a sound I've never really gotten before but a Cream Pie it is not. There is no slightly gritty sound to me. It's a great gain sound with no low end loss and only compresses badly with an active with the gain cranked.

By far of the 3 od pedals the SFT is my fav with the cream pie (bearing in mind I never owned one with my current amp Matamp GT200) that really falls into dirty boost at best with me haing to use the volume to get gritty sounds over the gain.

So if I break it down
BBBOD vs CPD. If you were after a low gain tube with slightly gritty sound the CPD is the only way to go. The BBBOD is like buying a fuzz pedal to get this tone. just not going to happen or go get a Dod 250.
BBBOD vs SFT. SFT is capable of a bigger low end and a zingier high end with everything in between. Gain similar though they both nail bass distortion tones that make me want to groove and not riff like I'm a guitarist (if that makes sense)
BBBOD vs Angler. So different it's not even real, if you like one it's unlikely you'll like the other thou you could have them on the same board to do completely different sounds but they really do cover different ground and have very different characters.

What I'll be doing later today is pitting the BBBOD against my fuzz pedals and seeing where it sits, I do like it tonally but it's not low gain enough for my preferences, I have a chance to buy a Dark Driving which I may go for if that's the same character but capable of lower gain sounds.

Have to say I was very surprised at how much I liked the Angler, really cool pedal.

Will also try doing some clips tonight on my iPad with GarageBand so can't promise anything will sound good.
 
#382
TaySte_2000 said:
Ok, so sat at practice last night with the cream pie, bbbod, angler and SFT on a pt nano, it was a very very cool but point less board :D

Now I never tried the original BBBOD so I can't really comment how close they are. I'm just putting my thoughts out there on the bbbod as a new pedal.

Firstly, to me this is not low gain, not even close, with the nature and gain at zero it sounded very fuzz like to me, don't get me wrong a very nice dark fuzz and a sound I've never really gotten before but a Cream Pie it is not. There is no slightly gritty sound to me. It's a great gain sound with no low end loss and only compresses badly with an active with the gain cranked.

By far of the 3 od pedals the SFT is my fav with the cream pie (bearing in mind I never owned one with my current amp Matamp GT200) that really falls into dirty boost at best with me haing to use the volume to get gritty sounds over the gain.

So if I break it down
BBBOD vs CPD. If you were after a low gain tube with slightly gritty sound the CPD is the only way to go. The BBBOD is like buying a fuzz pedal to get this tone. just not going to happen or go get a Dod 250.
BBBOD vs SFT. SFT is capable of a bigger low end and a zingier high end with everything in between. Gain similar though they both nail bass distortion tones that make me want to groove and not riff like I'm a guitarist (if that makes sense)
BBBOD vs Angler. So different it's not even real, if you like one it's unlikely you'll like the other thou you could have them on the same board to do completely different sounds but they really do cover different ground and have very different characters.

What I'll be doing later today is pitting the BBBOD against my fuzz pedals and seeing where it sits, I do like it tonally but it's not low gain enough for my preferences, I have a chance to buy a Dark Driving which I may go for if that's the same character but capable of lower gain sounds.

Have to say I was very surprised at how much I liked the Angler, really cool pedal.

Will also try doing some clips tonight on my iPad with GarageBand so can't promise anything will sound good.
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This mean I won't need a bbbod for what I do? YUSS!!!!
 
#383
TaySte_2000 said:
Ok, so sat at practice last night with the cream pie, bbbod, angler and SFT on a pt nano, it was a very very cool but point less board :D

Now I never tried the original BBBOD so I can't really comment how close they are. I'm just putting my thoughts out there on the bbbod as a new pedal.

Firstly, to me this is not low gain, not even close, with the nature and gain at zero it sounded very fuzz like to me, don't get me wrong a very nice dark fuzz and a sound I've never really gotten before but a Cream Pie it is not. There is no slightly gritty sound to me. It's a great gain sound with no low end loss and only compresses badly with an active with the gain cranked.

By far of the 3 od pedals the SFT is my fav with the cream pie (bearing in mind I never owned one with my current amp Matamp GT200) that really falls into dirty boost at best with me haing to use the volume to get gritty sounds over the gain.

So if I break it down
BBBOD vs CPD. If you were after a low gain tube with slightly gritty sound the CPD is the only way to go. The BBBOD is like buying a fuzz pedal to get this tone. just not going to happen or go get a Dod 250.
BBBOD vs SFT. SFT is capable of a bigger low end and a zingier high end with everything in between. Gain similar though they both nail bass distortion tones that make me want to groove and not riff like I'm a guitarist (if that makes sense)
BBBOD vs Angler. So different it's not even real, if you like one it's unlikely you'll like the other thou you could have them on the same board to do completely different sounds but they really do cover different ground and have very different characters.

What I'll be doing later today is pitting the BBBOD against my fuzz pedals and seeing where it sits, I do like it tonally but it's not low gain enough for my preferences, I have a chance to buy a Dark Driving which I may go for if that's the same character but capable of lower gain sounds.

Have to say I was very surprised at how much I liked the Angler, really cool pedal.

Will also try doing some clips tonight on my iPad with GarageBand so can't promise anything will sound good.
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So pretty much like my observations, especially about the fuzzy part. I definitely could not get a low gain grind out of it. As for it compared to the CPD, I use my CPD in a very different way, more of a bass cut with a treble and volume boost, I never liked how the CPD distorted so I set it to a clean sound.
 
#391
emjazz said:
Got to try the Mad Prof. "blueberry".....it sounds nothing like the original and it certainly doesn't have the same "feel". I'd still pay the $300 for the real Blueberry, which I used to own. Amazing pedal for what it does. With all of that said, the Mad Prof. "blueberry" is a very cool overdrive pedal, but it's very misleading for it to have that name.
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My feelings exactly...

The MP 3BOD is a fine pedal on its own....just probably shouldn't wear the Blueberry tag...but its very nice regardless...I chose to keep my BJFE 3BOD and DD...and sold the MP.

I liked the higher gain sounds I got out of the DD better than the MP...although the MP gets in that range....and the BJFE was just warmer and more tubey plus as mentioned...does a nice low gain the MP doesn't.

But MP did a very nice job with this pedal and I would recommend it....just not as an alternative to a BJFE unless the only sound you're after is the Blueberry high gain sound...which I like the DD best for actually...stock settings on the DD at anywhere from 12 o'clock to all the way up is just brilliant.
 
#393
TaySte_2000 said:
Ok, so sat at practice last night with the cream pie, bbbod, angler and SFT on a pt nano, it was a very very cool but point less board :D

Now I never tried the original BBBOD so I can't really comment how close they are. I'm just putting my thoughts out there on the bbbod as a new pedal.

Firstly, to me this is not low gain, not even close, with the nature and gain at zero it sounded very fuzz like to me, don't get me wrong a very nice dark fuzz and a sound I've never really gotten before but a Cream Pie it is not. There is no slightly gritty sound to me. It's a great gain sound with no low end loss and only compresses badly with an active with the gain cranked.

By far of the 3 od pedals the SFT is my fav with the cream pie (bearing in mind I never owned one with my current amp Matamp GT200) that really falls into dirty boost at best with me haing to use the volume to get gritty sounds over the gain.

So if I break it down
BBBOD vs CPD. If you were after a low gain tube with slightly gritty sound the CPD is the only way to go. The BBBOD is like buying a fuzz pedal to get this tone. just not going to happen or go get a Dod 250.
BBBOD vs SFT. SFT is capable of a bigger low end and a zingier high end with everything in between. Gain similar though they both nail bass distortion tones that make me want to groove and not riff like I'm a guitarist (if that makes sense)
BBBOD vs Angler. So different it's not even real, if you like one it's unlikely you'll like the other thou you could have them on the same board to do completely different sounds but they really do cover different ground and have very different characters.

What I'll be doing later today is pitting the BBBOD against my fuzz pedals and seeing where it sits, I do like it tonally but it's not low gain enough for my preferences, I have a chance to buy a Dark Driving which I may go for if that's the same character but capable of lower gain sounds.

Have to say I was very surprised at how much I liked the Angler, really cool pedal.

Will also try doing some clips tonight on my iPad with GarageBand so can't promise anything will sound good.
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Are you running the SFT under 9 or 18 volts?
 
#395
I just got the Blueberry recently... I'm playing a Japanese 75 J re-issue (early 90's) through a GKRB head and was looking for some warmth. Great tone is what I noticed right out of the box, without even dialing in any configuration. That right there separates it from every other OD I've tried. With a little experimenting, I found a broad range of useful tones. But mainly I was able to dial in a natural, warm, tube compression that I had been looking for in my basic tone. Never had any use for full on fuzz, but it's there with this pedal if you need it.

I'd have to disagree that this is strictly a high-gain pedal. I'm currently getting a very good Alphonso Johnson-type grit, that got me a few compliments after a recent gig.
 
#398
Forgive me if I missed this anywhere in the 20 pages, but can anyone compare the Mad Professor Blueberry to the BJFE Blueberry? I've heard of people disliking the MP but loving the BJFE.

I've found a tone from the MP Blueberry that I absolutely love with my P-bass, but I'm definitely curious to checking out the BJFE.
 

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