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I have a Vintage Rat that I got for about $30, and it sounds great!
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Got one too. Best distortion I’ve found for bass. > I have a Vintage Rat that I got for about $30, and it sounds great!
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I want opinions on distortion pedals that add a LOT of distortion to a bass. I tried a couple and want to hear what you folks suggest. None have made me happy so far. Carl—thanks
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> I want opinions on distortion pedals that add a LOT of distortion to a > bass. I tried a couple and want to hear what you folks suggest. None > have made me happy so far. > Carl—thanks
Just a related bit- most heavy distortion comes from guitar effects, and they tend to suck the bottom out of the bass. Try biamping with the crossover point pretty low and just distort the highs, or try running two cabinets, one distorted, one clean. have fun! Jon Best FALSTAFF
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>I want opinions on distortion pedals that add a LOT of distortion to a > bass.
I recorded a very heavy band whose bassist used a Boss Metal Zone pedal into an SVT cabinet. I didn’t really get all of his settings on the pedal, but the result sounded like a car accident in tune with the music. I have achieved good results with a nice fuzz pedal (like a Brassmaster), but if you want Distortion with a capital D, the metal zone should give
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>> I want opinions on distortion pedals that add a LOT of distortion to a > bass. I tried a couple and want to hear what you folks suggest. None > have made me happy so far.
Try a ProCo Rat. It’s a guitar pedal and it will give you a very guitar-like distortion. james
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>>I want opinions on distortion pedals that add a LOT of distortion to a > bass. > I recorded a very heavy band whose bassist used a Boss Metal Zone >pedal into an SVT cabinet… if you want Distortion with a capital D, >the metal zone should give >you a lot of room to find what you want.
I must second this suggestion, based on personal experience. The Metal Zone, while being a guitar effect, gives a suprisingly deep distortion to a bass. For best effect, split your signal from your bass, run one through the Metal Zone and keep the other one clean, then mix the two back together. Or, even better, do a stereo thing (two amps/cabinets, distort one and keep other clean) or bi-amp your rig (crossover, distort the highs and keep the lows clean). Yools Groundwater specialist and bassist for DMA
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> I must second this suggestion, based on personal experience. The Metal Zone, > while being a guitar effect, gives a suprisingly deep distortion to a bass. > For best effect, split your signal from your bass, run one through the Metal Zone > and keep the other one clean, then mix the two back together. Or, even better, > do a stereo thing (two amps/cabinets, distort one and keep other clean) or bi-amp > your rig (crossover, distort the highs and keep the lows clean).
I use the DOD Bass Grunge. It has a nice distortion and seperate outputs for the "clean" and "distorted" signals, so the splitting from the bass mentioned above is not necessary. Also, it has a control to blend the the amount of "clean" signal in your distorted ouput. John — "My heart is black, and my lips are cold. Cities on flame with rock and roll. 3,000 guitars, they seem to cry. My ears will melt, and then my eyes." - Blue Oyster Cult
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->>I want opinions on distortion pedals that add a LOT of distortion to a >> bass. > I recorded a very heavy band whose bassist used a Boss Metal Zone >pedal into an SVT cabinet… if you want Distortion with a capital D, >the metal zone should give >you a lot of room to find what you want. > I must second this suggestion, based on personal experience. The Metal Zone, > while being a guitar effect, gives a suprisingly deep distortion to a bass. > For best effect, split your signal from your bass, run one through the Metal Zone > and keep the other one clean, then mix the two back together. Or, even better, > do a stereo thing (two amps/cabinets, distort one and keep other clean) or bi-amp > your rig (crossover, distort the highs and keep the lows clean). > Yools > Groundwater specialist and bassist for DMA
The Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion works very well also. Jesse