New Origin Effects DCX Bass

[BEADist]

.... With this much dirt on the board , can I ask, what kind of music do you play? I know this is a DCX thread but I also want to know what this sounds like!...

I agree! I think, in general, TB 'needs' much more off-topic links to actual music performed by members . Even if you do not hear the discussed pedal it gives so much more context to the written words (just my imho).

 

[FuzzFiend]

what kind of music do you play?

I know this is a DCX thread but I also want to know what this sounds like!

I was playing in a sludge band for a while but currently I’m just jamming with the Drummer trying to start something else up with different guitarists and seeing what sticks. That’s why I have so many options on the board now.

It mainly goes Broughton BBA -> EQ2 -> Dirt -> Preamp of choice -> EQ2

I don’t normally have more than two dirt options on at a time. And once we get something started I’ll be doing a big pedal purge. Nobody needs this much dirt.

 

[Derek Williams]

Some more demos of the DCX Bass (along with guitar demos of the DCX Boost if you are into that kind of thing):

 

[Stranger Danger]

I started with similar, but the dcx wasn’t really needed to help the cali76 and SV so I moved it to another board and haven’t settled yet.

So you felt like it was duplicating what you were getting with the Cali and the SV?

 

[johnk_10]

For me, my DCX and Halcyon have a more pleasing type of driven tone than either of my Bassrigs on their own.

 

[Smurf-o-Deth]

For me, my DCX and Halcyon have a more pleasing type of driven tone than either of my Bassrigs on their own.

I agree, and I also like the way the EQ on the DCX interacts with the Bassrig cabsim.

 

[silky smoove]

For me, my DCX and Halcyon have a more pleasing type of driven tone than either of my Bassrigs on their own.

This doesn’t surprise me at all. I love my SV for its clean tones and tones right on the edge of breakup when digging in, but I don’t totally love it as a full blown overdrive circuit. The limited bass demos I’ve heard of the Halcyon sound very nice which isn’t always common with tube screamer based designs.

 

[Matt Dean]

For me, my DCX and Halcyon have a more pleasing type of driven tone than either of my Bassrigs on their own.

I think I would agree with that. I also dig my SV for it's clean(ish) tone.

 

[Matt Dean]

I thought I probably couldn't up my dirt game... after more than a decade of trying many different overdrives distortions and fuzz pedals, I have settled on what pleases my ear and what sounds good in the mix.

But the DCX, to my ears is something new, sounds really good across it's settings; it also sounds good with an Olde Dirty Bass and a Bluebeard Fuzz, and will definitely earn a place on my board. It's a good thing it's on the compact side of things. I think Origin is knocking'em out of the park.

For the record, I think it sounds great in this signal chain: DCX>SV>Cali76.

 

[Rich67]

I flipped the order on my DCX and am digging how it sounds after my AT or Honey Bee vs before. DCX is always on and then the AT or HB come on for thickness or slight roar. AND the tuner at the end provides a DI as well.

 

[MrSidecar]

I tried it in the shop today. it’s the dog’s bollocks.

I’m normally a no pedals player and when I want drive, I crank gain on the amp. That always is a fiddly fiddly thing that only works for whole songs obviously. And now I’ll have to play where I can’t take my amp and thus, I need a drive pedal.

This pedal feels most like an amplifier in terms of how it reacts to the player and playing. It does not do the bees-in-a-can thing but sounds incredibly fat even with strong overdrive. I will buy it very soon.

best
Sidecar

 

[MrSidecar]

Got mine today.

I played it rather briefly in rehearsal. Normally as I said I achieve drive by cranking the input gain on my Orange AD200B up to about 3 o’clock.

With the dcx it was a piece of cake to dial in a setting that sounds virtually identical (!) and feels exactly like playing through my cranked amp. Pretty amazing in my book. It can do more nasty and at the same time very smooth peak-attack-only drive, and it’s super reactive to the playing style and volume pot of the bass.

Keeper.

Best
Sidecar

 

[txl]

Finally get my DCX, loving how it colour my tone. I already thinking is it good to get one more for using it as a drive pedal. Love that natural drive tone compare with other bass drive pedal.

 

[Parzival]

Finally get my DCX, loving how it colour my tone. I already thinking is it good to get one more for using it as a drive pedal. Love that natural drive tone compare with other bass drive pedal.
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Got mine yesterday and it is outstanding. I could totally see myself getting another one just to use for drive.

 

[johnk_10]

i used mine on last saturday night's gig with a medium amount of drive and i loved it.

 

[Parzival]

Has anyone actually run 2 DCXs, one for EQ and one for drive?

 

[MattFoes]

Has anyone actually run 2 DCXs, one for EQ and one for drive?

that was my first thought immediately after trying the drive sound out.

 

[Parzival]

that was my first thought immediately after trying the drive sound out.

I may be trying it soon. Fingers crossed.

 

[johnk_10]

Has anyone actually run 2 DCXs, one for EQ and one for drive?

having two would be very nice. i use my Halcyon for the drive and my DCX for the clean (EQ), but lately, i'm just using the DCX by itself for a slightly driven sound always on and my empress MKII bass comp for compression

 

[Grinderman]

299 posts into the thread an oddball walks in with the sort of question that says, they ain't from around here.

Say, has anyone tried the SV and or DCX to overdrive to add some warm dirt to an old-fashioned SVT with no gain control from the last century, without running it hard enough to make you puke, to use a #JimmyM expression?