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Before buying a pedal it really is worth expermineting with the Parametric side of the EQ on this amp as the main differece the VT will make is added compressiong and some complex EQing all of which should be able to be done with the available controls of the stacato (spectra comp and EQing) The RH450 which this amp was based on was meant to be able to achieve sounds similar to a SVT so I would supprised if it couldn't get close

I'd avoid Ashdown, i see they get a fair bit of love on here but I can only assosiate them with muddy and boomy bass sounds Before I saw the light and was a guitarist everytime I went to a gig and got annoyed that the bass was boomy, unclear and muddy sounding if i looked at what amp the bassist was using without fail it was a Ashdown. From touring rock bands in thousand seater venues to pub bands and church pands using combo's with little or no PA support I can't think Ashdown without think horrible useless bass tone. just my opinion though

I only gig one of each I do have a no name Frettless Jazz bass sat at Home I barely ever play I do have a few 6 string guitars sitting around also

Do the staccato heads allow you to shift the center frequencies of the tone control's like they do on the RH450, in which case have a play about with the mid and treble frequencies to see if you can find a boost similar to the SVT Might be worth checking out what freq's the tone stack on your SVT hits and try and get it close to that on the TC

I tried a El Grande a few weeks ago in Hot Rox and didn't do much for me found it difficult to set to a sound i liked although I was playing it througha guitar amp so not ideal. I'm not a great DiYer I've still got a bunch of guitar overdrive clones that I've not boxed cos they didn't work great so I'm gonna stear away from trying that again and am happy to put some money the way of the interesting UK builders that have popped up over the last few years I'm gonna ahve to check out the Ruiner when I get home I'll admit I'm a bit Boss/Behriner phobic not a great fan of their buffer's to be honest

So although skint I'm still gassing for a new Fuzz Pedal that hit's the right spot. I've pretty much given up on fuzz face based designs due to trying a load already. I'm after something between the 90's fuzz-rock bass tones of Dinosaur Jr/Pavement/Yuck to that modern bass heavy electronic/dub influenced fuzz sound similar to that heard in Radiohead(national anthem)/Mars Volta/Elbow(grounds for divorce). I play in a post-punk/ noise-rock/indie band see sig for links I have the EHX knockout to sculpt tone and add a low freq boost for a subby sound when required but need the fuzz to feed into it. Been through the following Fuzz's for the following reasons Fender Sub:lime - Almost perfect but a bit too subtle and nice, not enough bit/treble, also found myself struggling with the clean dirt cross over sounding a bit middy Wooly Mammoth - Too Bassey and one trickish Rat w/ruetx mod - Sounded too much like motorhead and too much low end loss Mojo Tone Huckleberry - Too much low end loss, just didn't sit right Sub:decay Flying Tomato - Too much low end loss/mid emphasis, sound not what I have in my head figure fuzz face tone is just not me Bogdan Polish Hate - not fuzzy/aggressive enough I want something with a full freq response, no loss of lows some aggressive highs and bite Currently I am eying up the following options a Brassmaster Clone (looks like it would be a custom request at the moment) , the Team Awesome Fuzz Machine or a Tone Bender derivative (MXR Bass Fuzz Deluxe, [sfx] Micro Fuzz and Myrtle Corvid Fuzz) Opinions or suggestions invited?

Much remis in my failure to leave feedback sooner following purchasing a Bogdan Mephisto from this fine gent All transacted smoothly

Recently traded a pedal with this fine gentleman, proper job

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I think the bass amp sim category is catered for well in the bass market (ie VT style pedals) most players want OD and Fuzz pedals that meld well with their current gear not completly change the tone of it IMHO. Personally I think any company that brought out low and med gain OD's, a classic fuzz and a full on modern synthy Fuzz with the following control's would be onto a winner Clean blend control with a tone control that is a low pass filter freq roll off control (ie so you have full signal clean blend or turn down for just the very lowest clean signal) and then sepeare control's of Gain, Low, Mid and Treble Tone control's both cut and boost (switches to change centre freq of each tone control would also be nice) and dirty signal volume control. If your really ambitious keep in a standard MXR size case, again a low gain, a medium gain, classic fuzz and synth modern fuzz would kill with these control's. Other idea's would be the Filter section of the EHX bass micro synth as stand alone pedal I'd pay for that favourite bass filter I've ever heard.

I've found the EHX knock out pretty usefull for this task. The high fulter is almost useless in my passive p/j for any meaning full eqing but the dry and low knob have a impressive aray of available sounds when tweaked. Rolling off all high and dry's and just setting the low knob for eIther unity or volume drop or boost give's a mean dub bass tone. Playing with low and dry mix takes from a slightly more defined Subby dub sound to just adding a little warmth or bass boost to your normal sound