Punchy, dry, punky and cheap overdrive pedal

[Rafolix]

Hi friends,
I am desperate looking for a punchy, dry, punky and cheap overdrive pedal. I have treied many of them, but have not found anything so far: Ultimate Drive, OCD clones, Boss ODD-3. TC Electronic MojoMojo, Dark Matter.
I have ann SX Jazz BAss, and J&D P Bass, through a Fender Rumble 100.
I do not want a valvy, warm overdrive. Something more like a Steel Leather but with a smal amount of overdrive.
Any suggestions?
Thanks so much

 

[Mosfed]

Sounds like something RAT based could do the trick. Not sure who is making the cheapest best rat these days. What you want is clipping options (preferably with a no clipping option). Maybe the MXR M85 is the best bet?

 

[RexxRokket]

I got these sounds out of a Boss GT6B, it is still able to archive some more with more tweaking.

 

[Rafolix]

Thank you Mosfet. May be a RAT with a smal amount of distorsion coukd do the trick. I will give it a try

 

[Rafolix]

Thank you RexxRokket, it sounds really great, this is just what I am looking for, but honestly a pedalborad is too much for me now.

 

[Hypocrite]

Punchy AND clanky AND cheap? That's gonna be a tall order. I definitely wouldn't recommend the M85 for that (or anything for that matter). Punch and clank is what Darkglass excels at, but if that's out of your price range, a cheap Rat and a parallel blend might be your best bet. And new SS strings. You can't have clank without new strings.

 

[Stan_da_man]

TC Spark Booster. Best OD everrr.

 

[FaithNoMan]

It's too bad Peavey doesn't have one made off their old Mark amps or Century/Centurion. All in the same family of awesome clank(a little different than the F800\Festival or DFA1979 Peavey sound).

This is it by itself and I now use it in front of another tube-sounding pedal to get a little smoothness to go with the clank.
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JohnK built a few of us them and they are by far able to be the clankiest pedals I've heard. The Rusty Box doesn't come too far behind imo, but none of these are cheap.

A used B3K might fit the bill for you. They can be had just over 100 bucks and have a very nice cutting high end as well.
Here is a B3K with that same bass:

 

[boristhespider7]

Joyo American sound...the voice control can get you into really clanky territory, plus 3 band EQ so v versatile

 

[micguy]

I do not want a valvy, warm overdrive.

Send me your rejects. Maybe I'll find one I like.

I would suggest you think about a Source Audio Aftershock - that thing has a lot of possibilities - ya gotta get in and program it to do what you want, but the amount of "knobs" you have available to tweak makes me think you'd find your sound in there somewhere.

 

[Bruiser Stone]

I listed mine for a spell but eventually decided to keep it.

 

[nilorius]

Not born yet !

 

[superheavyfunk]

Sounds like something RAT based could do the trick. Not sure who is making the cheapest best rat these days. What you want is clipping options (preferably with a no clipping option). Maybe the MXR M85 is the best bet?

mooer black secret is the answer to this question.

 

[SLIV]

Tech 21 VT Bass. I ran that same combo (SX Jazz with a VT Bass pedal) in a punk band. Cuts, deep, awesome.

Not the best recording and playing but it's punk.... : )

 

[J-Mags]

A full-size TC Spark booster might work. It doesn't compress too much and it's easy to dial in some clang. It might sound too valvy, depending on your definition, but it won't cover your sound in warm goo or anything like that.

Otherwise, just keep on twiddling knobs and buying cut-rate pedals and some of them will strike your fancy.

 

[Dynomuttasaurus]

And the never-ending search goes on.

For cheap pedals, I have the Joyo American Sound and Orange Juice. Both are fun and do overdrive, but get a little fuzzy instead of staying punchy/clanky like a Darkglass B7K or even Tech 21 SansAmp BDDI.

Joyo American Sound


Joyo Orange Juice


Darkglass B7K


Tech 21 SansAmp BDDI

 

[dax21]

Sounds like something RAT based could do the trick. Not sure who is making the cheapest best rat these days. What you want is clipping options (preferably with a no clipping option). Maybe the MXR M85 is the best bet?

Check out Mosky Black Rat. $20 brand new and has the lm308.

 

[Mosfed]

Check out Mosky Black Rat. $20 brand new and has the lm308.

it doesn't have a no clipping option though unless I am mistaken.

What's the cheapest LM-308 rat clone with a no clipping option?

 

[rafitoprtx]

Ampeg Scrambler.

 

[NKBassman]

Hi friends,
I am desperate looking for a punchy, dry, punky and cheap overdrive pedal. I have treied many of them, but have not found anything so far: Ultimate Drive, OCD clones, Boss ODD-3. TC Electronic MojoMojo, Dark Matter.
I have ann SX Jazz BAss, and J&D P Bass, through a Fender Rumble 100.
I do not want a valvy, warm overdrive. Something more like a Steel Leather but with a smal amount of overdrive.
Any suggestions?
Thanks so much

what kind of strings are you using? Have you considered trying bright stainless steel strings? They might give you the grind you're looking for all on their own.