Using two ABY pedals to split then merge signal

[T-C-Bass]

Would this work or be completely redundant?

I am thinking of doing the ol' bass signal split, one effected, one not. One bass into one amp, but splitting the signal with an ABY then merging them back together again at the other end with another one. Aim is to retain the bottom end of the dry signal while adding some nice overdrive over the top.

Would this work or is it a stupid idea?
Is there a far better way of doing this?

Thanks in advance!

 

[jgould1124]

I used the Boss LS-2 Line Selector Pedal to do the same thing.
It allows you to send the signal out to your OD and then blend it back with the clean signal.

 

[s0c9]

ABY pedals are generally directional. So you may get mismatched impedance or signal loss.

 

[SoCal80s]

How about using a small mixer at the end to merge the signals together? Something like: Behringer Xenyx 502 5-channel Analog Mixer

 

[pfschim]

If I'm reading your OP correctly, with one bass and one amp it does not seem like you would really get what your after ... one clean channel + one effected channel. Possible impedance mismatch aside, once you re-merge the signals and send it into just one amp, your just dealing with one mixed signal. I believe that when players do split their signal into clean + distortion, they usually route those different signals to different amps so each amp/cab handles the two different sounds/tones.

So ...
one bass =>
ABY
A => clean => amp/cab1
B => distortion => amp/cab2

 

[el murdoque]

Boss LS-2 is the pedal for that job.

 

[walterw]

splitting the signal with an ABY then merging them back together again at the other end with another one.

splitting is easy, "merging" is not.

you need to mix the two signals back into one with a dedicated mixing device, which will be a lot more advanced than a simple AB box