Which bass overdrive?

[shoulderpet]

Hoping someone can help, I know exactly what I want but not sure what pedal will get me there, I am super fussy when it comes to overdrives

 

I am after an overdrive pedal that doesn't cut lows (or has a bass eq to add them back in if it does) doesn't cut mids and I am not a fan of clean blend as clean blend always sounds like 2 signals to me

 

I am considering the Mojomojo pedal as a possible candidate, any others I should consider

 

Thank you

 

[PaulWarning]

I use a zoom multi effects B1on pedal, there was one for sale on here, anything between slight overdrive to full on fuzz and eq as well

[dudewheresmybass]

I found the Mojo to be very dark sounding. The Larger of the sparks can do drive well at a few different levels

Really though some idea of a target tone type might help people offer suggestions, rather than it become a 'my favourite pedal' deal

Also perhaps ask in the Effects forum?

Edited Thursday at 19:31 by dudewheresmybass

[JJMotown]

Darkglass is all you need.

[Supernaut]

On 15/10/2025 at 23:42, shoulderpet said:

Hoping someone can help, I know exactly what I want but not sure what pedal will get me there, I am super fussy when it comes to overdrives

 

I am after an overdrive pedal that doesn't cut lows (or has a bass eq to add them back in if it does) doesn't cut mids and I am not a fan of clean blend as clean blend always sounds like 2 signals to me

 

I am considering the Mojomojo pedal as a possible candidate, any others I should consider

 

Thank you

 

MojoMojo, Blueberry Bass OD, Beta MK II. 

[dave_bass5]

On 16/10/2025 at 20:30, dudewheresmybass said:

I found the Mojo to be very dark sounding. The Larger of the sparks can do drive well at a few different levels

 

I have both and feel exactly the same. Both good OD's, with the Mojo mojo to be on the more warm/vintage side, and the Spark to be more a pedal that gives more drive but doesn't really change the fundamental tone. 

[shoulderpet]

Thanks for the replies, for those that have tried the Mojomojo other than rolling off the high frequencies is it fairly transparent? (ie is it only the high frequencies that get rolled off with the mids unaffected?) I tend to roll off a little treble anyway and go for a mid heavy sound so lack of treble is not a deal breaker for me, thanks

[Osiris]

That was pretty much my experience of it, it keeps the lows and mids intact and rolls off the higher frequencies which is why some folks describe it as sounding dark. But the high end roll off stops it from sounding fizzy or brittle. It's been a while since I played through one but it worked great on bass for a thick sounding drive sound. It's more on the vintage side of things but in my opinion that works better in non-metal musical contexts than clanky scooped modern drive sounds.

[LeftyJ]

I've had a Fulltone Bass Drive for many years, I think it might match what you're looking for. It has a Tubescreamer-like drive, an additional boost with its own level control, and when switched to the "FM" setting (Full Mids) it doesn't scoop. It has no clean blend, and it sounds great to me. Works on both 9V and 18V, but at 18V the boost is... well, "boosted" quite a bit. I don't think it's currently in their range still, but it can be found used. 

 

They've fallen out of grace for a while after mr. Fuller had some debatable opinions on the George Floyd protests, that nearly killed the company entirely. Fulltone had to close their facility in 2022. They're on their way back now after teaming up with Jackson Audio in 2024.

Edited 10 hours ago by LeftyJ

[Baloney Balderdash]

Joyo Orange Juice, if you are after a grindy type of overdrive.

 

EHX ENglish Muff'n, for a fat genuine tube overdrive (which despite it's name is actually a Marshall based genuine tube overdrive, discontinued though, but a pretty common find on the used market, and for quite reasonable prices too).

 

I just happened to have just recorded this little hard rock boogie, utilizing the latter:

 

Edited 8 hours ago by Baloney Balderdash

[Mudpup]

There's a Source Audio Aftershock in the classifieds. It has about 973 different flavours of drive/distortion in it......you can try loads out without buying separate pedals

Edited 4 hours ago by Mudpup