[quote name='papadesophie' post='112847' date='Jan 3 2008, 01:04 PM']The above sounds like the answer to my prayers, but I'm slightly put off by the distortion part of the model description. I need a pedal to do 2 things. Firstly to add a bit of nearly but not quite clean valve warmth to my solid state combo, and secondly to get a nice fat, warm SVT style OD. So far I've come across the HAO rust Ride, which does the SVT bit perfectly to my ears, but does nothing else (and I can't find one for love nor money). The other bit I'm sort of doing currently with a bit of 'clever' eq via a boss GE-7, but it's not perfect and can sound a bit flabby at volume.
I've checked out the sound clips on the DHA site, but all the bass ones seem to be the VT2 custom, which is quite a bit more than I wanted to pay, although some of the sounds are nice. the sound clips of Channel 1 on it's own (with fat switch on) sounds particularly nice to my ears, but how would those sounds compare to the VT1 standard bass? Will the VT1 also produce a bit more drive if required? Anyone know? Pretty much everyone says great things about DHA, but with a family to feed, I can't afford to go dropping 80 notes on anything that might be viewed as an aural experiment!
Other things that ostensibly work to my ears are the Sansamp BDDI (but I don't need the DI and again, it's a bit more than I planned shelling out) and the Fulltone Bass Drive, which is lovely but again, pricey and probably overspecified.[/quote]
Why don’t you ask Dave himself? He’s got his own forum in the ‘sponsors’ section…