Bass Drive / Tech 21 / Boss GX1

[BassAdder60]

I’m looking at adding some drive to my clean tone to run in front of my amp for live use.

 

I do not use a lot of FX but I could benefit for slight light drive on certain songs 

 

Should I just buy a drive pedal or something like the Tech 21 Bassdriver DI  or a low cost multi fx such as Boss GX1 all around the same price 

 

If the Boss GX1 does a decent overdrive sound ( very mild to fuzz ) it may be money well spent with the other features on offer 

 

Thoughts ? 

Edited Sunday at 19:18 by BassAdder60

[Lozz196]

There are 2 pedals I like for this, TC Electronic Spark Booster and Ampeg Scrambler. The TC is very transparent, Ampeg adds a little to the tone but not much. If pushed I’d go Ampeg due to the blend option to keep the solid clean signal in there.

Edited Sunday at 20:04 by Lozz196

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I went through a bunch of different dirt pedals in a quest to find one I liked, including guitar pedals as well as bass-specific pedals. I ended up with the boss BB-1X bass driver.

[NoirBass]

11 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

I ended up with the boss BB-1X bass driver

These are great when used like a Sansamp. 

[BassAdder60]

Just found one on eBay £80 !

 

ordered and will try it 

[BassAdder60]

And ordered a TC Spark Booster to stack it with too 

[cetera]

TC Spark Booster is great!

[Linus27]

I also liked my full fat version TC Spark Booster.

 

I'd like to try the Ampeg Scramber at some point as well.