What's on for your "Clean" sound

[SpankyPants]

My pants... if you're lucky.

 

[dannybuoy]

VT Bass & Diamond compressor. Oh, and pants.

 

[TaySte_2000]

I'm going to do one better than these

Bass ----> amp people

I let my tubes get microphonic then just stand behind the amp playing so I don't even need a cable so yeah!!!!!! You've been pawned

 

[bigchiefbc]

Big Chief....Try the Vodoo Labs Sparkle Drive....with the clean boost knob it dials in some very faint but transparent and usable grit...and it's not over the top i think it will fit your bill!

For my so called "Clean Tone" i run Bass into my Sparkle Drive and then into a Sansamp RBI with a tweaked SVT Setting.

Isn't the Sparkle Drive a tubescreamer clone? Never been a fan of the tubescreamers. But I'll check it out.

 

[hentor]

Depends on the gig:

Recording: Bass > compressor > DI

Live Gigs (band): Bass > Keeley 4 knob compressor > MXR Phase 90 > Ibanez Digital Delay

Live Solo Shows: Bass > Keeley 4 knob compressor > MXR Phase 90 > Danelectro Cool Cat 18V chorus > Ibanez Digital Delay > Line 6 DM-4 (looping)

 

[RickenBoogie]

Clean, to me is compression and Barber Linden eq. These pedals are always on.

 

[Benjamin Strange]

Distortion. Always.

 

[mikkejohansson]

DOD fx10, volume on 12 o'clock, tone on 12 o'clock...

 

[OhThePeacock]

DOD fx10, volume on 12 o'clock, tone on 12 o'clock...

Is that the BI-FET preamp? What exactly does it do to the sound? I've always been curious about it.

 

[thejohnkim]

OptoStomp compressor on all the time.

 

[afroman]

I always have my Xotic RC Bass Booster and Demeter Compulator on.
Wether clean or dirty.

 

[mikkejohansson]

Is that the BI-FET preamp? What exactly does it do to the sound? I've always been curious about it.

Yes, it's the Bi-FET. It makes the sound better. Enough said.

It's a great buffer and a great preamp, has high impedance wich doesn't load down the signal from the pickups...makes it better, ok?

 

[Snakeman1066]

Isn't the Sparkle Drive a tubescreamer clone? Never been a fan of the tubescreamers. But I'll check it out.

yea sort of...it is based on the vintage TS808 format, it includes the original JRC4558 opamp, but has been modded with metal resistors and polyester film capacitors which creates a tighter midrange, a crsiper high, and overall IMHO a far better capacity for note definition than the original 808. They have also added a clean boost channel which allows you to blend the clean signal with the overdrive circut. This allows you to boost the direct clean signal which in turn restores the attack and feel which is usually lost in most pedals when the signal is compressed in the ovedrive circut. Sounds much better than the original and is much more tweekable

 

[katri]

for my basic sound I have channel 1 of my sansamp PBDDI, but not for much longer, I will soon be ordering a Tone Hammer. I can't wait

 

[brivello]

Bass -> amp

 

[DaveF]

Bass -> Behringer Compressor -> Badder Bass Monkey (low gain) -> Amp

 

[bassman03]

Bass -> BBE Sonic Maximizer -> MXR M80 -> Amp. Both are always on for me, love the sound i get out of these things.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

I have a pre/power setup. My pre has a dirty and clean channel. Just plugging into my pre, an Ampeg svp-bsp, is my clean sound. Tube love with no compression. I also have a boss dd3 between my bass and pre, but most of the time that is off.

 

[Terry-MaQ]

Bass -> Behringer Compressor -> Badder Bass Monkey (low gain) -> Amp

Nice!
How do you find the Badder bass monkey? Would you say it's much better than the regular bad monkey?

I use the stock one on all the time for my clean setup, with an EBS compressor for slap.

 

[FrigginChris]

delay or my electric mistress