fretmeister Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 With the USA prices so good at the moment I was thinking of getting a new drive pedal. I've been thinking about the MXR Blowtorch, The Tech 21 Bass driver DI etc but wht else is there to look at? It must have a blend with the clean signal, but other than that I'm open to suggestions. ta muchly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Fly Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 [quote name='fretmeister' post='97344' date='Dec 1 2007, 07:05 PM']With the USA prices so good at the moment I was thinking of getting a new drive pedal. I've been thinking about the MXR Blowtorch, The Tech 21 Bass driver DI etc but wht else is there to look at? It must have a blend with the clean signal, but other than that I'm open to suggestions. ta muchly![/quote] I suggest you an AdrenaLinn III - Fantastic multi-fx + drum machine. Excellent saturation/distortions/overdrive/fuzz/... I prefer the Tech 21 Para Driver to the BDDI - in a way it is similar but I like it more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 i just got a blowtorch on the cheap, waiting on delivery, didnt enjoy it too much when i first tried it in a music shop a good few months back, but il have a proper good go with it when it gets here later this week but if your after overdrive, dont bother with it, youl never get a nice overdrive tone out of it, its more of a synthy fuzz if anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 right i now think that the blowtorch is a really good synthy fuzz. when i originally tried it earlier this year, i was looking for a dirty overdriven tone, and this pedal did nt give me that. after tryin again today (it got delivered this morning), i still didnt get it close to that tone, active or passive. however, i have a fantastic synthy fuzz tone coming out of it now, and i love it. but id seriously recommend trying it, i got mine cheap (£50, the older model with the boost button labeled 'torch' ), but for the boutique like price they ask for it, you need to really like it. why it is called a bass overdrive i will never know. but as far as fuzz's go, its like a chainsaw, and i imagine thats the exact effect it would have in the mix. the blend control is also pretty damn useful, my fave tone with it at the moment is having a bad monkey set to a real low gain tube like rumble, running into the blowtorch at gain 12oclock, treble 4oclock, mids 1oclock, mid shift 1.5k, and blend at 3oclock. it sounds imense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunge Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I absolutely love my Bass BT. It's not the most versatile pedal, but it sounds massive if you tweak with it for a bit. The only slight bother I have is its fairly poor level of sustain, notes just, well, die! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 not when you have a bad monkey running into it they dont Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunge Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 I see. My guitarist has a Bad Monkey, I'll give that a try next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 did you try it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umph Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 i use my modded russian muff for more sustain ;o fs at getting gas for more stuff from america. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 is it the whizzer mod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umph Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 nah russian muffs just add loads of sustain i just did it like GGG tuned one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 sorry, i dont get what you just said lol there is a guy in the US who mods the russian big muff so that it has more tone control, and is more overdrive like, which is called the whizzer mod GGG tuned?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umph Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 [url="http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=26"]http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/index....8&Itemid=26[/url] the "ggg tuned" one its the same as the blue beard pedal like what the guy in mastodon uses etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 [quote name='fretmeister' post='97344' date='Dec 1 2007, 07:05 PM']It must have a blend with the clean signal, but other than that I'm open to suggestions. ta muchly![/quote] MXR M80 allows you to mix a dirty tone with a clean tone. Great little pedal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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