ss/bs mini as light overdrive or...

[MetcalfBass]

Given my current setup and use, would a Southampton Fifth Gear or Wren & Cuff Phat Phuk B add anything that my ssbs mini can’t?


Passive p bass > mini > Rusty box > pickle pie b > Ampeg V-4B


The mini is being used as a light OD (standalone and to push other dirt) and I run my V-4B fairly dirty.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Nunovsky]

The Phat Phuk B is a great dirty boost that makes everything fatter after it. I have the Suppa Phat Phuk and I love feeding it into my Mini to great a thicker and fatter OD.

 

[freedomryder]

The mini is fairly mid voiced so I stack it with my MBD2 sometimes to get a ‘fuller’ light od sound.
I love the mini on its own though too.

 

[220_Hz]

If you really want to fatten things up, I suggest running an OC-2 with the mix on half, a parallel loop blender of some sort, or a low end booster like the Mantic Thug. You also might want to look into HPF or compression, but you do play through a tube amp which has an amount of natural compression

 

[MetcalfBass]

My objectives are basically a) to get that bit of tone mojo/magic when I kick it on (especially for choruses) and for it to be able to add some of that same oomph when driving other dirt. I want to keep my V-4B tone....just with that extra something when called for. If that helps any.

 

[Nunovsky]

My objectives are basically a) to get that bit of tone mojo/magic when I kick it on (especially for choruses) and for it to be able to add some of that same oomph when driving other dirt. I want to keep my V-4B tone....just with that extra something when called for. If that helps any.

For that, the Phat Phuk B is perfect.

 

[MetcalfBass]

Pulled the trigger on one. It’s my third W&C pedal, so yeah, I’m excited for it.

 

[Nunovsky]

Pulled the trigger on one. It’s my third W&C pedal, so yeah, I’m excited for it.

You won't regret it. This one is magic sauce in a pedal.