Those who use distortion and/or overdrive...

I use a few differnent OD/Dist sounds on my ME50B.

 

I have a full fx board, I also have an ME50B that i take to smaller gigs/rehearsals.

On the fx board, I have a couple of different pedals to handle low grind overdrive through high gain distortion. On the multifx, I have different patches with different levels of od/dist.

Of course, there's nothing to say you can't just use one pedal and adjust settings between songs as necessary.

 

im running a guvnor and a big muff. Muff is for the insane fuzz/dist. type thing. I originally planned to use the guvnor for a nice mild overdrive, but found a really cool mid way setting that i use. Ive found that i have no real need for a slight OD, but if i want it, i just gotta turn the gain pot downa bit, which is bugger-all effort to do

Peace
Chips

 

i'm currently running a fulltone bassdrive. I switch back and forth between the off, overdrive and boost settings even mid song for clean, slight grit and fully overdriven sounds. i like it a lot.

 

I get three sounds - that I'm really pleased with - by running a Boss CS-3 into an Aphex Bass Xciter into a BOSS ODB-3; all this in the loop of a Boss NS-2 Noise Supressor. There's also a CEB-3 chorus at the output of the NS, on the way to the amp.

The NS is set way-up at like 3:15 for my bass. The CS is set like 12:15, 3:00, 1:30, 11:00 (this is quite-squashed). The Xciter is #5.5, #8.0, #6.5, #8.5. The ODB is the only thing I really need to change for my three OD-sounds: light overdrive is like level=1:30, Bass=1:00, Treb=7:00 (full-CCW), Blend=11:00, drive=7:00. For more grind it's the same, except for moving the drive control to 10:00, and the level to 11:30. For all-out synth-like fuzz (this is where the noise supressor is fairly mandatory because of the compression in conjunction with distortion!), ODB settings change to level=9:15, Bass=1:00, Treb=9:30, Blend=10:00, drive=2:00

I know I keep saying, but I gotta get some clips up one of these days! All three are killer OD/Dist. tones!

Oh! I should mention that part of my dist. sound is also the T.I. Jazz Flats. An amazing tone to me is the high-gain setting mentioned above with bridge pup, and the tone rolled-off all the way. Oh yeah.

Joe

(edit) Oh! I should mention that you don't need ALL this stuff to get a great distortion; just the Aphex alone into the ODB sounds great. ..But you do need the Xciter to get that ODB workin' right!

 

I run a DOD bass overdrive for sort of the guitar high gain stuff, a berhinger bdi 21 for the mild tube grit kinda OD, and a muff for all out fuzz. Although their is only one song my band does where I use the muff and the dod but the bdi is on all the time.

 

i like it dirrrrty
woo



(that sounds kinda creepy. i apologize)

 

Russian Muff for crazy distortion.

Hot Tubes for a milder crunch...

somtimes I'll run both of them, for a really nasty, warm dirt box... but not often...