Aussiephoenix Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Hey people, Im having a bit of trouble finding the right distortion (using the term loosely) for me. I use active basses, so It has to work well with that, at the moment I have an Earthbound effects Supercollider and that's the kind of sound i'd want to have happening, but though it gets close, Im not able to dial in that exact sweetspot I've been searching for... So you get an Idea, I've had the mxr m80 which I hated, I've had the Ibanez Phat Head which wasnt too bad, but didnt quite satisfy, I've tried the boss bass overdrive (yellow) so what Im looking for is a deep fat fuzzy sound (maybe fuzz & octave?) that doesnt get lost in the mix, and you KNOW there's a bass and not a guitar behind that. know what I mean? as for prices, Some of those boutique pedals have crazy prices, so I dont want to go to extremes, but I will pay a reasonable amount for a good pedal, so, can you guys give me some options? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Fly Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 (edited) Do you have any example of song/sound you like? Why did you hate the mxr m80? Edited August 24, 2009 by Silent Fly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiephoenix Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 [quote name='Silent Fly' post='578891' date='Aug 24 2009, 11:26 AM']Do you have any example of song/sound you like? Why did you hate the mxr m80?[/quote] hey, I'd say a good example would be Muse - Hysteria, but less drowned out. I didnt like the M80 cause it sounded too trebbly. no matter how much I played with the preamp to help out the distortion section, I never really got that sound I was looking for. (I didnt get that pedal for its distortion but the preamp/di capabilities. Back in the day I did use a Russian Big Muff, but I found it was too wild, and ate up my low end. still, there was something to that pedal that I really liked. I could never really kill its shortcommings. For this reason, I was considering the Bass Big Muff, and I've also seen a few people on here recomending the Bad Monkey, so I might see if I can try one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozzbass Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 One way to get round the 'big muff ate my bass' problem is to use it with something like a boss line selector. This lets you blend your clean full range signal in so you don't lose bottom end. I run a Lovetone Big Cheese this way and it works a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Fly Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Aussiephoenix' post='578900' date='Aug 24 2009, 11:37 AM']hey, I'd say a good example would be Muse - Hysteria, but less drowned out.[/quote] I may be wrong but I think the bass in Hysteria has at least 3 layers. Clean with bass boost, fuzz on the treble and overdrive on the entire signal. [quote name='Aussiephoenix' post='578900' date='Aug 24 2009, 11:37 AM'](...) I've also seen a few people on here recomending the Bad Monkey, so I might see if I can try one out.[/quote] +1 Great pedal. Edited August 24, 2009 by Silent Fly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal-Mariachi Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 (edited) Check out the Fuzzhugger Algal Bloom or Great Wall. [url="http://www.fuzzhugger.com/fhfx.html"]http://www.fuzzhugger.com/fhfx.html[/url]. Tom ships to the UK and is great to work with for custom touches. He built me a Great Wall with a couple of extra custom features, and I supplied him with the “Berlyn” graphics. Demo of mine here. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EzuzsUzCY8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EzuzsUzCY8[/url] MM Edited August 27, 2009 by Metal-Mariachi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodl2005 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 EHX bass big muff....??????? can blend the BM fuzz with clean signal- or 2 other ways!-normal BM or BM w/ a bass boost- good fun. Tech 21 do damn good dirty OD's too. VTbass & BDDI's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton346 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Try MI audio's Blue Boy Deluxe. It only effects the treble meaning no loss of bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodl2005 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Anyone know what ASHDOWNS Lomenzo hyperdrive's like- that apparently only affect the treble also & is rumoured to be good???????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiephoenix Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share Posted August 27, 2009 Thanks for your posts people. As it turns out, I got too frustrated the other night after spending about 2 hours playing around with the settings on the supercollider, and sold it. Now I have 2 options: a) Buy a new pedal without the chance of trying it out (there isnt much out here in terms of boutique , only boss & digitech type pedals) Get one of the local DIYers (theres one in particular that seems very talented) to put me together a pedal. Honestly, Im leaning towards option B. My idea so far is a 2 circuit enclosure 1 would be a fuzz with blend and the other an octave down with blend also. thing is... where can I find the diagrams for those real good Fuzzes? I was thinking "Pickle Pie B" good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Circuits & schematics for the classic fuzzes: 1) DIYstompboxes.com 2) GEOFEX 3) General guitar Gadgets 4) Freestompboxes.org ...to name but a few, should give you more than enough of the classics to choose from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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