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Warm vintage bass overdrive

#41
I haven't tried the Darkglass stuff, but I've tried plenty of overdrive/distortion pedals over a lot of years. The only thing that I actually like to use for dirt is my Streamliner head. It's got three preamp tubes in the front end with both a gain and volume before the EQ section so you can get as much or as little grit as you want. The amp only weighs 6.5 lbs. and has enough oomph to handle any gig. I'd recommend picking one up even if it means selling off one or both of your other heads.
 
#42
I got my hardwire CM2 in the mail last night, they actually put the pedal in my mailbox, and I used it at practice. I was fiddling around with it beforehand and I wasn't sure if I liked the way the CM2 sounded. It seemed to have sounded a little lifeless. But, I was playing through my practice amp. Anyhow, I got it to pat tube through my main rig and man, this thing can really go! It sounds pretty damn awesome IMO. I'm pushing it through a B7K so I know it makes a difference but I really like how this pedal sounds. It has no problems cutting through and when I stack it with my ODB3 or my OCD it sounds killer. I really though it was going to get lost in the mix, but It didn't. I can't honestly say I even know what a tube amp sounds like when pushed cause I've never had one but this pedal does a great job at subtle OD to a tad hairy.
 
#43
I've been tempted to get both the Streamliner and the Aguilar TH500.....if the pedal doesn't work I might go that route.....the Fusion MB500 has tubes in it too but the overdrive is not exactly warm though I like it nonetheless, just trying to warm it up......

extreme said:
I haven't tried the Darkglass stuff, but I've tried plenty of overdrive/distortion pedals over a lot of years. The only thing that I actually like to use for dirt is my Streamliner head. It's got three preamp tubes in the front end with both a gain and volume before the EQ section so you can get as much or as little grit as you want. The amp only weighs 6.5 lbs. and has enough oomph to handle any gig. I'd recommend picking one up even if it means selling off one or both of your other heads.
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#44
loopee said:
I've been tempted to get both the Streamliner and the Aguilar TH500.....if the pedal doesn't work I might go that route.....the Fusion MB500 has tubes in it too but the overdrive is not exactly warm though I like it nonetheless, just trying to warm it up......
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FYI, the Drive on the Aguilar TH500 is actually part of an interactive EQ system; it doesn't add dirt/overdrive like the drive control on other amps. If you want brown from an amp, you'd be much better off trying the Streamliner than the TH head.
 
#54
I don't know about old vs. new. However, I have owned an original blue-cased SFT and a newer white-cased SFT (both with the blue checkered sticker on the front). According to Catalinbread, these pedals are identical internally. However, there's definitely a difference in tone between the two. I asked Catalinbread about the difference, and they said that it was probably due to small variations in the individual components. Both pedals sound great, one's just a little brighter than the other.

My $0.02 is that if you A/B'ed an old SFT and a new one, you'd probably be hearing the difference between the two individual pedals as much as the difference between old and new.

Now, if Catalinbread redesigned the circuit for the latest "Ampeg logo" version of the SFT, I'd be interested in hearing about it...
 

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