...would you believe the VT Bass Deluxe?
Was using the VTD since it came out as a dirt pedal and EQ/switching station for doubling on upright, but retired it maybe 2 years ago in favor of separates. Then I decided I liked the EQ in it better for upright than the Barber Linden I was using, and brought it back a month ago, replacing 3 pedals total. I really like the JohnK Greedtone overdrive clone I replaced, but the VTD does the sounds I get with the Greedtone so it didn't make sense to keep it on the board. Happens. Nothing personal, John
It'll see future use, no doubt, but probably more when I'm on the road and/or not doubling.
The one pedal on my board I didn't think it could replace, though, is the early-model Team Awesome Fuzz Machine I got last year. My fuzz needs are not much, just occasional Sly songs, Hollywood endings, and brief fuzz stabs in a couple songs. But I love actual fuzz and really wanted to add it, and the TAFM hit my buttons. Sure is big, though, and it forces me into using a bigger board than if I could just use the VTD for all my distorted needs. I decided to see if I could get the VTD close enough.
It's pretty fuzzy. The TAFM has that smooth synthy nastiness that the VTD doesn't quite achieve, plus the VTD doesn't do blending while the TAFM does, but it's almost fuzz if you dime the drive knob, turn bass up all the way and add a little treble. A big advantage it has over the TAFM is that the TAFM requires a second pedal to get rid of highs that can take out tweeters, and the VTD has a speaker sim rolloff built in, so I don't have to turn on two pedals every time I want fuzz. Sounds like small potatoes at first, but I sometimes would hit the wrong pedal and send out fuzzed tweeter frequencies, which sound techs pretty much universally despised. Took me a little while to tweak it, and I still haven't got it entirely tweaked yet, but it sounded quite acceptable on my gig last night. We'll see what happens, but for now I think it can work.
Anyone else have any experience replacing one pedal with an unlikely pedal that worked? Would like to hear stories...pedal obsession loves company.
Was using the VTD since it came out as a dirt pedal and EQ/switching station for doubling on upright, but retired it maybe 2 years ago in favor of separates. Then I decided I liked the EQ in it better for upright than the Barber Linden I was using, and brought it back a month ago, replacing 3 pedals total. I really like the JohnK Greedtone overdrive clone I replaced, but the VTD does the sounds I get with the Greedtone so it didn't make sense to keep it on the board. Happens. Nothing personal, John
It'll see future use, no doubt, but probably more when I'm on the road and/or not doubling.The one pedal on my board I didn't think it could replace, though, is the early-model Team Awesome Fuzz Machine I got last year. My fuzz needs are not much, just occasional Sly songs, Hollywood endings, and brief fuzz stabs in a couple songs. But I love actual fuzz and really wanted to add it, and the TAFM hit my buttons. Sure is big, though, and it forces me into using a bigger board than if I could just use the VTD for all my distorted needs. I decided to see if I could get the VTD close enough.
It's pretty fuzzy. The TAFM has that smooth synthy nastiness that the VTD doesn't quite achieve, plus the VTD doesn't do blending while the TAFM does, but it's almost fuzz if you dime the drive knob, turn bass up all the way and add a little treble. A big advantage it has over the TAFM is that the TAFM requires a second pedal to get rid of highs that can take out tweeters, and the VTD has a speaker sim rolloff built in, so I don't have to turn on two pedals every time I want fuzz. Sounds like small potatoes at first, but I sometimes would hit the wrong pedal and send out fuzzed tweeter frequencies, which sound techs pretty much universally despised. Took me a little while to tweak it, and I still haven't got it entirely tweaked yet, but it sounded quite acceptable on my gig last night. We'll see what happens, but for now I think it can work.
Anyone else have any experience replacing one pedal with an unlikely pedal that worked? Would like to hear stories...pedal obsession loves company.
