ratman

I currently use mine running through a loop pedal that has a wet/dry blend in it. I dial in about 40% dry bass, 60% wet, and it works a treat. I used to use a loop pedal that didn't have a wet/dry blend, but I had to balance the bass loss by running the filter pedal into a bass graphic pedal in the loop to get the bottom end back. I prefer my current set up as I keep a chunk of my natural tone, and let the filter effect sit on top of that. But that's just my taste.

here's a link you should check out for the micro red dragon- [url="http://soundcloud.com/marklatimour/sets/a-set-of-bass-overdrive-distortion-clips-anonymised"]http://soundcloud.co...lips-anonymised[/url] clips 3 and 6 are the ones. the pedals used in the clips are: Clip 1: Fuzzrocious Dark Driving Clip 2: FEA Dual Band Distortion - this was run on full range with both the high and low bands distorting. Clip 3: SFX Micro-RD - this was run in a "low gain" [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/#"]mode[/url] with just a touch of break up (gain at 11 o'clock). Clip 4: SFX Micro-BD - this was run in a "high gain" mode with the gain set about 3 oclock. Clip 5: BJFE BBBOD - this was run "low gain" with the gain about 11 oclock Clip 6: SFX Micro-RD - this was run in "high gain" mode with the gain set at maximum Clip 7: Darkglass Electronics Harmonic Booster - this was a little unfair as the pedal is not an overdrive or distortion pedal but a boost pedal. In order to get break up in the pedal (and not at the input of the saffire) I had to cut the bass and treble and it shows in the midrangy tone. This pedal sounds wonderful clean. Clip 8: SFX Micro-BD - this was run with gain at minimum Clip 9: FEA Dual Band - this was run with the high end distortion circuit bypassed (ie distortion on the low end only). Clip 10: BJFE Blueberry - this was run at high gain with the gain set at maximum.

thanks for the suggestion richf. i hadn't heard of sfx before. i just had a look at their site and i found a couple of audio clips of the red dragon on the tb website. i like it. that's convinced me that the odb3 has gotta go asap. i'll keep the red dragon very much in mind ;-)

here's my board as it stands now. it's been a few years of evolution but i'm fairly happy with it at the mo. the signal chain is: [b]bbe sonic maximiser[/b] (this adds encredibly useable soft & warm lows, and lovely highs to my precision's natural clanky bite) this feeds into.... [b]bright onions twin blendable looper[/b] (i love this box. it's the heart of my pedal board. 2 loops, 1 master kill switch, and each loop has a wet/dry blend pot so i can preserve as much of my original tone as i choose. i'm thinking of modding the master kill switch to be an inverter so i can switch from loop 1 to 2 easier.) the two loops are: [b]loop 1[/b] - 40%dry / 60%wet [b]rebel effects wooly mammoth clone[/b] (for all that muse type over the top dirt, incredible pedal) [b]eh mini q tron[/b] (envelope filter) [b]boss odb3[/b] (used for gentle overdrive. i may lose this soon when i find something better.) [b]loop 2[/b] - 60%dry / 40%wet [b]dha vt1-mk3-bass[/b] (ah, my favourite!! my gorgeous valve overdrive. set up for the sweet spot, when i dig in it really growls back. awesome tone.) [b]eh double muff[/b] (gritty punching upper mids in single muff mode. all out nastyness in double muff mode.) then out of the looper to.... [b]bbe sonic stomp[/b] (it's an optical soft knee compressor. very transparent. i don't have the comp up too high, just a touch but it really tightens up my p bass sound.) there ya go. as you can see, i like my dirty sounds. on most gigs i normally use effects here and there to lift the bass (choruses, middle 8's and other peoples solos), where neccessary, of course. i am a believer in the 'less is more' approach to my bass and use of effects and my toys give me the flexibility i need. any suggestions for a replacement for the boss odb3 are welcome. i'm looking for an overdrive rather than full on distortion. [attachment=119530:pedal board 0912.JPG]

i just got a bbe sonic maximiser. incredible!