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pls recommend a 'touch sensitive' overdrive

#5
I just finished foolin' around with a Mad Professor Sweet Honey when I logged in and saw this post and thought it too much coincidence to not make a comment... The SWOD is the by far the most sensitive OD I've ever tried (but there are a lot of OD pedals I haven't tried...) and the OD can be quite subtle - or not, with a second OD in series. I'm not sure yet I could recommend it for bass on it's own OD merit (although as a mids boost I think it would be interesting) but I'm having a blast running it into a VT Bass. The SWOD easily shines on guitar (at least by a test using a PRS McCarty into a Mesa) but it is a bit more challenging to figure out for bass. This pedal is very input sensitive from based on what I've tried so far... And, there are particular configurations with the VT bass that are really killer.
 
#10
dannybuoy said:
Most overdrives I've tried are 'touch sensitive', I'll add the Xotic BB and Digitech Bad Monkey to the list.
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I currently have a digitech bass driver and a boss obd-3 and neither of them are very touch sensitive in regards of dirt when digging in. I have a humphrey modded bad monkey too and I would say it is slightly sensitive to playing styles but not as nearly responsive as my polish love. I've heard great things about the BB here but have never tried one, also on the lookout for an SFT now.
 
#15
tomhanzo said:
EHX Hot Tubes or Tube Zipper
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+1 - I have found that the tube pedals tend to be the most "touch sensitive" (which I assume you mean that when you dig in, they distort more). So I would look at the actual tube pedals, e.g. the English Muff'n, Hot Tubes, DHA VT-1, and the EBS Valve Drive, and maybe even one of those Damage Control pedals (which I've never tried and can't offer a real opinion on).

If you really want to be a trailblazer, you could also try that Boss Dyna Drive thing, which actually follows your playing envelope and adds more gain based on it. No one here that I know of has tried it on bass yet, though.
 

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