Pedals you wanted ...until you tried them.

[JimmyM]

Jimmy - you've got to compile and re-post your series of obsessive/compulsive VT Bass setting posts from like 10 years ago. That'll teach 'em.

I just set it as flat as I can get it for a clean sound...bass at 12:30, mids and character slightly past noon, treble at 10:00, and as I increase drive, I add a little bass to correspond with the clean sound. JohnK and a few others did the hard work and I just copied what they did

 

[Lowbrow]

I just set it as flat as I can get it for a clean sound...bass at 12:30, mids and character slightly past noon, treble at 10:00, and as I increase drive, I add a little bass to correspond with the clean sound. JohnK and a few others did the hard work and I just copied what they did

I must be having a false memory of a series of posts over the course of weeks describing the perfect settings for various shades of B15, SVT, etc.

 

[DDXdesign]

I have wanted to love the Dug pedal. I've bought it and sold it maybe 4 times? 5?? And yet I keep wanting to love it because what it does is awesome! I just haven't been able to make it work for me. And yet I still might try again!!

 

[birminghambass]

These:
Aguilar Agro
Solidgoldfx Beta
EXH Soul Food
EBS Multiwave
Pork Loin
Tech 21 XXL Bass
DG Vintage
EHX Crayon
Terraformer
Phat Phuc
Boss ODB3
Barbershop
MXR M85
Tech21 Bass Comp
Tech21 Boost Comp
Tech21 Dug
Empress Comp
MXR Bass Comp

 

[JimmyM]

I must be having a false memory of a series of posts over the course of weeks describing the perfect settings for various shades of B15, SVT, etc.

Ya, I think that's all nonsense They are someone else's idea of the perfect settings for each, which do not always correspond to mine. So I just recommend people start with my settings, adjust to taste, and forget all this SVT vs B-15 silliness. I make them all sound pretty much the same anyway.

 

[Lowbrow]

I have wanted to love the Dug pedal. I've bought it and sold it maybe 4 times? 5?? And yet I keep wanting to love it because what it does is awesome! I just haven't been able to make it work for me. And yet I still might try again!!

See, now i'm loving dUg pedal, but I'm using it exclusively with headphones/DAW ... and I'm turning the knobs in directions I'm really, really not used to in order to get a sound I like.
That said, i'm thinking the YYZ might work out better for the same goal (tone shaping clean-blend distortion) ... so I'l probably get one then flip the one I like less.

 

[DDXdesign]

See, now i'm loving dUg pedal, but I'm using it exclusively with headphones/DAW ... and I'm turning the knobs in directions I'm really, really not used to in order to get a sound I like.
That said, i'm thinking the YYZ might work out better for the same goal (tone shaping clean-blend distortion) ... so I'l probably get one then flip the one I like less.

Yep, I liked the YYZ but wished it was in the dug format with switchable drive, comp and tuner and DI and all that =0)

 

[BurtMacklinFBI]

Source Audio Aftershock. I still think it's an excellent quality pedal and I wish I liked it, but I just can't get into programming it with the app. And the standard un-programmed sounds it comes with are good but don't really push my buttons.

Also, Darkglass X7. I don't exactly regret buying it because I traded it for a pedal I like more, but I expected it to be like the Microtubes X only better. Instead, it's the Microtubes X only with a whole bunch of other possible sounds that I don't like as much as the Microtubes X sound. Again, great quality pedal, just not my cup of tea.

 

[Sue Egypt]

Zvex Mastotron. Sounded great in the YouTube demo. With my bass and rig it sounded like an adult silverback gargling detergent. And took my volume waaaaay down no matter what i did.

 

[BaltBass5]

Barbershop
Blower Box
MXR Bass Sub Octave
Ampeg Scrambler

 

[bolophonic]

You're just plug and play? That's cool and all, though I'm a bit surprised to read this ^

32 years of playing and I’ve only tried the one pedal for a few minutes. I feel like I should keep trying, though. I guess I add a little “sizzle” with some fret buzz on my punk bass when I want to sound rude.

 

[mrcbass]

The Wooly Mammoth sounded awesome at home.
In a band setting my bass just vanished with it.

This applies to most pedals I've played with. Fun, cool and all, but useless in a band setting.

In response to OP, I'd have to say that my biggest regret is the looper pedal I bought and it's pretty good one - the Ditto that syncs with the real time tempo (even has a little mic to clip to a drum kit). Just too many things to manage for me. It may come out again after I retire and have more time to just explore stuff, but it's in the box with the rest of the pedals that don't get used (at least right now).

 

[Curtbass]

Ampeg scr-di
Tech 21 bddi v2(I keep trying with this one and it sounds great when other people use it but not when I do)

 

[Phe]

This due to my own stupidy:
I wanted an Ibanez DE7 so I got DE7. Or so I thought. DS7 is not much of a delay pedal, but it is a rather mediocre DS1 copy. It's time to learn to read!

 

[Bassist4Eris]

Source Audio Bass Multiwave Distortion. Darn you Will Cady! You make everything sound incredible in your demos. This is a very synthy distortion, with a bit of an envelope filter-like effect. It sounds good right up until I compare it to any of my other dirt pedals running into any of my other filters.

MXR Phase 90 (Block). I once went into a store because I knew they had a couple of these in their used inventory. I really wanted one, and planned on buying one, but the clerk insisted that I also try out a brand new Boss PH-3, for like three times the cost. To my great surprise, I thought the Boss destroyed the MXR. Later on, the Boss would get swapped out for a Source Audio Orbital, which is on my gig board to this day. I still say the Boss is underrated, though.

Idiotbox Blower Box. I was gassing for a Rat clone, and really loved Mr. Excane's demo of the Blower Box on YouTube. But when tried out the Blower Box against the MXR Bass Distortion, I went home with the MXR, again to my surprise. Idiotbox makes some great stuff, and the Blower Box is no exception. It just wasn't the sound I was looking for.

 

[mobeme23]

but...
Matryoshka is the great one

i'm curious, in what settings (both musical and actual settings on the pedal) are you putting the Matryoshka to good use?? i have one, and i love it for noodling, but i'm struggling to dial in settings that work well, and that blend with my clean tone...any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[_godspeed_]

Barbershop. After all the hype I was very underwhelmed with it. Really tried to make it work, but sold shortly after.

 

[Rojd]

Pigtronix Mothership 2. All the demos and samples I checked out sounded pretty cool, so I thought, "That's for me!". After I spent some time with it, I found there were too many parameters and it was too hard to get good sounds out of it, so I sold it.

MXR M80. I really wanted to like it, but after about 10min, I said "nope", and back it went.

I've tried various octave pedals 3-4 times, hoping I'll like them, and each time I don't.

 

[MobileHolmes]

Big Muff Pi: I know plenty of people who can get a good tone out of them, but there's no subtlety. I like a more edge of breakup sound where clean or dirty depends on attack and playing dynamics. BMP is just always on.

Yeah, I have a current production regular Big Muff, and really, about all it is good for (on guitar or bass) is dimed all out fuzz. When you want that, it's great, when you don't, well, it doesn't. I've got a JHS muffuletta and it does a much better lower gain tone, but even there, Muff style pedals won't really do what you are looking for

 

[AlvarHanso]

Luckily tried these out at a store and realized they weren't for me: EHX Ravish Sitar, EHX Bass Micro Synth, QTron, EHX Synth9, EHX Key9.

Sold after a couple months or so: Earthquaker Rainbow Machine, EQD Arpanoid, EHX Blurst. Probably would have sold the Behringer BSY600 if it hadn't broken after a week, and I forgot to get a warranty replacement.