Hi All,
Looking for some advice. I regularly switch between three basses which massively differ in output; 1) a 9V active humbucking bass, 2) a VERY hot 18V Modulus flea bass, and 3) a passive Fender Precision with flats.
Some pedals on my board sound fantastic with the P bass, but need a lot of tweaking with an active bass (and these are also different to each other). The Zvex Woolly Mammoth is a good example of this, although it's true for almost all my pedals. I basically think I need a pedal similar to the GigRig's Three2one, whereby I can chose between three different inputs, and use a dedicated preamp on each input to boost/cut the signal, so there is parity between the three basses.
I just wondered, is this piece of kit the answer? Surely "boosting" my P bass with that preamp would colour it's tone or turn it into an "active" bass, which would then disagree with the Woolly Mammoth? Or, I could "cut" the hot outputs of my active basses, but that might cause a loss of tone/character too?
Any thoughts? Alternatively, if this sort of pedal would cure my woes, then are there others out there I should consider? I think there's a Radial product, and perhaps something from Bright Onions, but the individual preamp for each of the three bass inputs (provided that this is suitable) looks best? Any advice welcomed! Thanks