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Pedal question

This seems popping up so I figured I'd slate my question in and make a thread where you can continue the discussion, the "Justin's gear" one is a bid smothered and hard to search!
In any case, I wanted to check what (if anything) you thought of the Fulltone Bass Drive?
I just got one, and am pretty stoked by what I'm getting, I can kinda see it replacing a couple pedals I have on my board, so I wanted to see if you had any insight/input or experiences?
 
I heard a lot about that to be honest, and was pretty worried by it, but the tone knob really does do a world of difference!
If you dont go too far on the "sparkle" side of things, you're safe to keep it running, I don't see it losing more low end than the GT2 for instance!
What I like most about it is the versatility where I can get tones more similar to tubes breaking up (where my mesa m-pulse doesn't shine), to full on drives that seem to be useful in a live setting!
Going to take it on a recording session in a week or so and I'll se how it works in the studio!
To be honest, a chat with Ben Kenney got me stoked on the pedal, and it seems to work great when I use my p-bass with flats especially, cause of the presence in the mids!
so I'm pretty happy so far!
maybe give it a try if you come across it again some time!