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Yes, using the pedalboard posted above (no comp, though I haven't looked into the amp itself to see if there is one built in). The Brassmaster/Diabolik is a gated-ish fuzz with a strong/artifacty attack character with a Clean blend so there is a lot going on there alone, then likely additional gain-staging from other pedals and/or amp. I am impressed by your ears if you can pull that all apart in a band mix!
Yeah if he's using that board, which looks like he religiously does, someone above called it, it's the space echo and aftermath mixed with fuzz that's giving it some kind of effect, i wouldn't be surprised if the trelicopter or vortex tracking affects it in the way we are hearing where one of the effects that's probably digital and tracking, is kicking in slightly later than the rest of the effects. This would actually make a lot of sense. I still might think there is some compression after the board though
definitely. There's no comp on his board but on the record there's compression after OD with a slow attack/ fast release. what specific pedal he used, I don't know, but that sound is compression after OD.
Somehow forgot to mention his Orange AD200B amp in the search for dirt boxes, but no doubt that is a big part of his saturation sound all on its own. Those amps can get some killer spongy drive when cranked up (I was fortunate to have one sitting in my old rehearsal space in LA for years to play around on, along with one of the big Verellen bass heads). I didn’t care for its inherent voicing that much for what I was playing at the time, but for just cranking up for fun sometimes to play stonery stuff with a drummer it was really a blast!
Nice! I’m curious how you’ll like it. I used a Keeley modded Tubescreamer through an SVT long ago and remember it sounding pretty killer, but haven’t really revisited the Tubescreamer circuits again for bass (back then there were far fewer bass-specific pedals to choose from). Screamers roll off plenty of lows and boost the mids significantly as part of their general character, but through a semi-scooped amp or enough gain they can sound fairly balanced. At least that’s how I remember it working with my SVT. And v2 has the Blend control so you can bring in some clean lows as necessary.
Nice! Does it retain low-end well then? I'm very curious as I don't think I've ever seen it mentioned around TB before I dug up that Instagram picture!
I just watched the JHS demo of it and it does sound great, and distinct from my experiences with Tubescreamers on bass- definitely holds a lot more bass! And funny enough I saw this comment on the video from Mika: "One of my absolute favorite pedals! I play bass in a doom band and I've used this as my clean tone, with just a little bit of drive rolled on. Pops out in all the best ways! Also use it as my overdrive when I play guitar. Will never part with it!"
