New bassist looking to snob up my rig! :D

I play in a thrashy hardcore band (standard, sometimes drop D) and have gotten a great sound from my Tech 21 BDDI (Jazz or P -> BDDI -> SVT3 Pro -> Ampeg 610). It has drive, blend, bass, treble, level and presence controls, so that may be partially what you are looking for. I have also heard good things about the MXR M-80 pedal. I wasn't crazy about the overdrive sound from it though, and chose the BDDI instead. I have heard good things about both, so try them out if you can and see which one you like the best.

 

I don't think that's going to go over very well if you want "real" responses.

If you want a gear snob rig, let's take a step back. What kind of bass and amp are you playing?

 

Pedals are "Snobby"?

Don't over think it. TAFM, TLC, TU3.

 

If you've got guitar pedals laying about you might like to try the highpass looping thing to leave the low end intact. Rolls mini crossover plus a blender.

 

As I'm sure you'll find looking at threads, there's hundreds of dirt boxes based on a handful of designs. Maybe a Darkglass B3k? Alex Webster likes his...

As for compression and limiting, keep in mind adding dirt adds compression so it may or may not be necessary. If you're looking for an always on od/fuzz/distortion it'll probably offer enough compression and sustain.

Edit: Here's a video and rig rundown, check out his bass sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJQX4Ow2NHQ

 

Looper. Darkglass. ThunderTone.

 

I don't get that either.

 

I thought the pedal users were the lowest bottomfeeders in the bass evolution ladder. At least that's what all the bass/amp snobs tell us.

 

People here are always helpful, no need for theatrics. I bet you would have gotten twice as many post without it.

And I agree, sounds like you could use a B3k

 

Ha! So true... we're a humble bunch compared to the Bass and Amp [DEL]snobs[/DEL] dudes.

 

Almost everyone around here (including me) likes the darkglass B3K as a OD pedal in any genre.

"Anything else that might be useful for what I play."

it's hard to say, what's useful for me may not be useful for someone else.

For example I have two boosts on my board, one after my dirt pedals and one before, this way I can add gain to an OD or volume boost. My guitarist has no boosts on his board because he doesn't like tapdancing as much as I do.

 

Yeah for the anything else useful part. get effects that make you happy. Go try some out at a store and ask yourself "will I actually ever get to use this in my band?". For thrash, the only other effects I would recommend are a decent fuzz that compliments your overdrive (so you can bash people in the face when you want to) and a wah. I haven't tried one but the demos for the TAFM sound awesome and I'm sure would compliment the b3k.

Oh, and for the wah, if you want something a little more "snobby", I'm going to be ordering a wah from modest mike. He sells custom pedals on ebay and has a store. I sent him a message and he can take a regular crybaby, fill it full of ridiculous mods and either put a permanent tone cap in it to switch it to a bass crybaby tone or make a switch to go from bass crybaby to regular tone. He doesn't offer it on his site because there's not a lot of call for it but he says he's made them for bassists that dug it. His prices aren't too bad and he'll sell you one for around $150. Here's his website if you want to check it out:

http://modestmikesmods.wix.com/welcome#!wah-pedals

Other than that, make sure you have a tuner too!

 

The abbreviations are applied to longwinded pedal names. The good news is they get picked up by the site search engine when more than 4 letters.

My pitchblack struggles a little with a low B but the 12th fret open harmonic B is picked up fine. If your 12th fret open harmonic is different to 12th fretted you need to intonate the bridge.

 

Most pedal tuners are going to have problems with low C. You have to use the 12th fret harmonic. I can't say I have tried them all, so maybe some Pitchblack users and others will chime in here. I can tell you that the TU3 doesn't do low Db without using the harmonic. At least in bass mode.

About the TAFM: I wouldn't count it out as being too fuzzy without trying it out. It is very tweakable and can be easily dialed anywhere from mild to brutal once you understand how it works. That said, there are many other great pedals too. B:Assmaster, Pickle Pie B, Oxide, the list goes on and on and on.

 

My Pitchblack is fine with my b string.

 

For the tuner for what you're turning to I'd use a sonic research turbo tuner. No question. And yes, your intonation and string tension can make a difference on how well your tuner tracks. If you hit your string hard and it knocks out of tune then it's not going to track right.