I have an MB212 and a BB5000 with flats.- together a nice sound, but I think it needs a bit of tube fatness. I did a session with a Demeter DI / tube pre, and went straight into the board and the tone was perfect - the right amount of meat and body, so I'd like to try to get that sound. I have a digitech BP8 that I dragged out of the closet, in an attempt to see if its tube could get close to the sound of the Demeter, but I haven't had much success. Maybe I need to mod the BP8 or I'm not setting it right, or maybe I need to get another tube pre. Ideas, suggestions, etc.?
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Tube pre?
- Thread starter azureblue
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BBE BMAX-T gives a nice, warm, smooth, fat bottomy tube tone. But no rock-n-roll gritty and clanky overdrive sounds, at least on the units I tried. Check my general effects page (see sig) for some demos.
Try simply putting a cool tube in the BP8 since you have it... in case... I have a NOS american tube in mine and it has it's uses... got mine in a garage sale...
Demeter Tube Pre would be the obvious answer.
An EHX English Muff'n does a great job adding a little fatness or grit depending on how you set it up. Just don't crank the gain...keep it low.
An EHX English Muff'n does a great job adding a little fatness or grit depending on how you set it up. Just don't crank the gain...keep it low.
bongomania
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There are dozens of tube-containing and tube-emulating pedals on the market, at all price points, and we talk about them in this forum all day, every day.
