tandark Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Still very much on a tone journey with my Tokai P-style, Fender rumble 500 combo + earthquaker palisades. Looking for a good core overdrive tone but the palisades isn't quite doing it for some reason. Recently recorded and used a SVT style plugin on Logic and loved the sound, obviously no substitute for the real thing but wondered if there were any recommendations for bass OD's on the cheaper end of the spectrum that might get me the ballpark sound I'm after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 You can get a used VT Bass pedal for under £100, or a Behringer BDI21 for considerably less than that. Also, modelled after guitar amps rather than SVTs, but are still bass friendly with good low end - Joyo American Sound (Fender amp sim) or Joyo Orange Juice (Orange amp sim). The overdrive in the Fender Rumble sounds pretty good to me though, better than many bass overdrives out there even! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artisan Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I have an Ampeg Scrambler which I really like,easy to use & capable of some immense sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 The Sansamp VT bass pedal tends to go for under £100 secondhand and mine transformed my playing and indeed attitude towards pedals. In my current studio project the producer took one look at the pedal and said "well, that's your bass sound sorted then". I just went through the desk via the pedal and it sounds great. I originally bought it as I was sick of the sound of rehearsal studio amps but I use it all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfox Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, tandark said: Still very much on a tone journey with my Tokai P-style, Fender rumble 500 combo + earthquaker palisades. Looking for a good core overdrive tone but the palisades isn't quite doing it for some reason. Recently recorded and used a SVT style plugin on Logic and loved the sound, obviously no substitute for the real thing but wondered if there were any recommendations for bass OD's on the cheaper end of the spectrum that might get me the ballpark sound I'm after. 6 The secret I found to the Rumble is that you drive the gain hard, mine's around 1'O clock with a passive P bass and you can get a bit of drive and throttle with that. I use a Dark Glass vintage tubes as well sometimes for a bit more cut and harmonic over-drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandark Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Highfox said: The secret I found to the Rumble is that you drive the gain hard, mine's around 1'O clock with a passive P bass and you can get a bit of drive and throttle with that. I use a Dark Glass vintage tubes as well sometimes for a bit more cut and harmonic over-drive. fair play, I usually have my pre-amp gain at 11/12, maybe that's the answer! appreciate the suggestions folks, keep them coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderpaws Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I too have an Ampeg Scrambler that I bought a few months ago. Up until three days ago I was very unhappy with it. Then I decided to put my Pbass right into it before my compressor instead of after the compressor. A completely different ball park now, totally happy with it. Drive at 3oclock, blend at 2 o’clock and treble rolled off a bit and it sounds brilliant. Full, fat, dirty, responsive to the touch, digs it with a pick and sounds great with the low mids on my amp at 220hz. Can’t wait til next rehearsal now! Can also roll. Back the volume on the bass a tad to drop the drive off a bit without touching the pedal. Think it was £90. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Hartke VXL is a definite option. I got mine second hand for £40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 20 hours ago, Highfox said: The secret I found to the Rumble is that you drive the gain hard, mine's around 1'O clock with a passive P bass and you can get a bit of drive and throttle with that. I use a Dark Glass vintage tubes as well sometimes for a bit more cut and harmonic over-drive. Yes, drive the front end hard on the Rumble 500. I do like the built in overdrive and use it when we cover The Who's 'Substitute' but it does take some of the bottom end out. I also use a modded Behringer BDI21 in front of the amp a lot of the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harryburke14 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 on the topic of the Rumble's Overdrive, does anyone know what footswitch it is that works for it? All the ones I've seen some people say do work and some people say it doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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