Revisiting my B:Assmaster - some problems solved...

[TheFantod]

..., but other problems remain, so I haven't given up on it yet.

I think the envelope style/cutting out effect was coming from me hitting the strings too lightly and lowering my input volume too much. I turned my input volume all the way up, turned my amp down to 2, and put all the knobs on the B:Assmaster to 12 o'clock. No more cutting out.

But I'm still getting very little fuzz effect. It sounds much more like a super-overdrive. I'm not hearing any harmonics or snyth-like sounds either, just raw power.

I guess I was expecting to hear the sounds from the Malekko website, and the sounds from this thread from our resident Fuzz Expert: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=524392&highlight=assmaster

I was expecting the B:Assmaster to be a kind of "super" BBM. But that's not what I'm hearing.

To all those that own both the B:Assmaster and the BBM, would you say the sounds should be very close to one another, kind of close, or not close at all.

Thanks all for your help, hope I'm not beating a dead horse here.

T

 

[Holy War]

you can send it to me

 

[jetofuj]

B:Assmaster and BBM are totally different animals - they aren't close at all. BBM has very balanced tone. B:Ass is raspy and gated (a little bit).

Edit: keep in mind that grygrx's B:Ass is a double germanium version which has smooth tone when compared to silicon version.

 

[nad]

I would not classify the B:Assmaster as being even remotely similar to anything in Muffdom.

Also, that thread is of a Double Germanium, which bears some, but not very much, resemblance to the usual silicon version.

 

[jetofuj]

More clips you can find here:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=646894

What is most weird is sustain structure. So when you listen to fast riffs you don't really hear it.

 

[Smallequestrian]

Thinking a BBM is similar to a B:Assmaster is about the equivalent of thinking a Pbass is similar to a Jbass. Yes, the both do similar things, when you get down to it, but they are very different in overall tonal possibilities.

 

[4stringmangler]

B:Assmaster and BBM are totally different animals - they aren't close at all. BBM has very balanced tone. B:Ass is raspy and gated (a little bit).
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bingo

 

[burno70]

Muff bassed fuzzes tend to be smoother sounding whereas the Assmaster is brutal - to my ears anyway. It all depends on what you want to get out of a fuzz.