What Overdrive pedals are you using?

[Doomfynder]

Please overdrive pedals only. I keep asking for people's advice(outside of talkbass) on what overdrive pedal to get and I just get loads of people showing me fuzz pedals.

I not looking for a specific sound just wondering; What Overdrive pedals do you find are the best!?

Cheers

EDIT: Guitar pedals used with bass welcome!

 

[Rexalot]

Darkglass vintage microtubes.
My most favourite pedal, ever!!!
Never leave home without it!

 

[Down_Low]

Darkglass vintage microtubes.
My most favourite pedal, ever!!!
Never leave home without it!

Fairfield Barbershop - this is my always on sound
Wren and Cuff Phat Phuk (with some extra drive dialed in)
Just built a Red Llama clone, but haven't really had a chance to play around with it yet.
And have a Fuzzrocious Demon on the way - very excited about this one.

I've owned a bunch of others in the past, including some that have been quite popular here on TB (VT Bass, Darkglass VMT and VMTD etc), but they just haven't done it for me and I've moved them on. One other that I'm keen to check out is the VFR Triumvirate.

 

[Finnigan's wake]

i'm in love with my old Ibanez BS-10 Bass Stack. A rare item, too.

 

[taylor16]

Darkglass Vintage Microtubes. Such an amazing pedal. Had it well over a year and still find new ways to engage my tone with it. The dynamic between the drive/ERA/blend leads to a nearly infinite variety of extremely useful tones across a variety of genres.

 

[Amplified]

Rodenberg 728B and Creation Audio Labs Labs Grizzly Bear for SS.
DHA VT2 for tube.

 

[BassTapp]

Jumping on the bandwagon - Darkglass VMT for me too although I also run one of the channels on my Sans Amp Programmable Bass driver as a dedicated overdrive quite effectively.

 

[jumblemind]

I have three different boards for various gigs. I use overdrive pedals to change up my sound on the fly, though most of my sounds skew vintage:
SolidGold FX Beta
EHX Glove
EHX Hot Tubes
Johnk Dual-OD
Johnk-built Ginger
Johnk-built Royal Albert Hall
Way Huge Pork Loin

 

[Mr. voodoobass]

I switch things around but the following are my best.
Rodenberg 728B
MesaBoogie Flux Drive
Boss SD-1(with a bassmod)

So you could then say i tend to favour overdrive that is similar to the Ibanez ts808.
And most ts-clones with some kind of bassmod i've tried have worked great on bass.

 

[RickyT]

I'm using a Darkglass B7K as my "always on" pedal with just a touch of OD and then I use the Darkglass B3K for the really dirty distorted OD. Amazing pedals.

 

[jj aus]

I use big muff (Russian) with wah pedal line6 xtpro but am waiting on soundblox multi distortion pro to arrive

 

[Bassic Playing]

I use a Timmy circuit clone with assymetrical clipping options for my clean, 'always on sound' to liven up my tone, and a slightly growlier clean sound, and a Way Huge Green Rhino for rock style distortion.

 

[47VevetS]

Never understood the difference between fuzz, overdrive and distortion,.......seems to me 50% of them sound like crap by themselves.that new Boss BB-1X sounds excellent with the blend knob dialed in just right.

 

[Samuel MickeyDees]

Hooker's Green Bassmachine by One Control. Tubey, warm, small 1590a footprint, 9v-18v operation. Great little overdrive.

 

[Plectrum72]

TC Spark...great for light overdrive.

 

[BassFishingInAmerica]

Does anyone else feel that the boost knob on the GK400RB makes the use of an overdrive pedal redundant? The only reason I've never used one.

 

[gjbassist]

I'm a pedal cheapskate and don't have a single pedal on my board that cost over $50. It's a good way to experiment without spending a ton of money! I currently have three Joyo pedals; American Sound, California Sound and Ultimate Drive. All three sound very good and different from each other. The Ultimate Drive is the heaviest so I use it sparingly. The American is my favorite. It can be used as an always on pedal to give a hint of warmth but it also can get fairly dirty. The California is nice too but it has a thicker tone and can sound like heavy fuzz if the gain and voice are cranked.

 

[winterburn69]

I'm not using them all right this moment, but the following are in my regular rotation:

Aguilar Agro
SolidGoldFX Beta
Fulltone Bass-Drive Mosfet
Tech 21 VT Bass
Way Huge Pork Loin

The Fulltone and Agro are by far my favorites. Very different flavours though. A heavy compressor + the Beta = Motown magic.

 

[Jamvan]

In order of preference:

1. Tech 21 VT Bass Deluxe
2. Way Huge Pork Loin
3. Way Huge Green Rhino (especially stacked on the Pork Loin for harder overdrive with a bit of a biting edge)
4. Soundblox OFD (many different options for overdrive)

Have not tried the always mentioned, always loved Darkglass VMT but with how many times I see it mentioned, I'm thinking I need to give it a run.

*EDIT* Ok, just went and looked at the VMT. As I'm cheap, I likely will NOT be trying that one out at an average price of $250.

 

[millahh]

I actually love my Joyo Ultimate Drive, run ahead of the Xotic EP Booster. With the drive set slightly above the minimum, I can get a touch-sensitive snarl, very reminiscent of a cranked Hi-Watt (i.e. John Wetton).