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[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1337445190' post='1660183'] since I have a distortion that suitable and I like no point changing, [/quote] Quite right too... find one that's pretty good and stick with it... most people have to settle for that approach with women after all...

[quote name='Mikey R' timestamp='1337441868' post='1660097'] So the solution is to get something like a Tech21 pedal and add just enough dirt to your clean sound, last in the chain, and suddenly alot of the pedals that sounded a bit rubbish now sound awesome! [/quote] Agreed... a proper distortion pedal into the VT Bass is a good recipe! [quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1337441676' post='1660086'] I havent found a sinmgle OD pedal I like of bass at all, and the best distortion IMO is a boss MT-2 a pedal thats for guitar.......... [/quote] Interesting. Many of my faves have a bass oriented design - e.g. the B3k has a blend and an EQ curve that focuses the actual distortion away from the low end; the SubLime does split-band processing; the OKKO Basstard I was trying to flog you has two cascaded gain stages and a blend, and a tone control set up for bass... I haven't tried the MT-2, but I do like the DOD american metal - has a lot of post gain bass-boost (which is another way to bassify a pedal!)

[quote name='Mikey R' timestamp='1337201888' post='1657180'] Alot of people dont realise fuzz / distortion / OD boxes were originally designed to push valve amps further into distortion - driving my VT Bass pedal with a Rat gives a growl like a huge distorted monster, but if I switch out the VT then the Rat by itsself gives a thin, weedy kind of sound. Its a cascaded gain stage kinda thing. [/quote] Very true, though a lot of modern pedals (like the VT) are designed to produce the sound of an overdriven amp by themselves. Some even do it quite well. But definitely worth being aware of which type you're holding!

Drive effects sound can bad with bass because a single, hard clipping gain stage causes a buzzy sound on bass frequencies, and the perception of loss of low end. Modulation effects can sound bad as the phasing can cause loss of low end. Reverb and delay can sound bad on low frequencies as the mix can end up sounding muddy. Synth and other pitch tracking effects can sound bad as low frequencies and percussive playing techniques are harder to track. Compression effects can sound bad on bass as.... well this guy says it better than me: [url="http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/guitar.shtml"]http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/guitar.shtml[/url] Of course there are solutions to these problems... but the bass sounds so cool on its own that there are challenges to making and using effects in a way that enhances rather that trashes!

I think I read about someone having to crawl up behind Keith Moon and inject him with something in the ankle to sort him out....

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[quote name='Kev' timestamp='1334695873' post='1620011'] Okay, i wanted this pedal but this bothers me. Does the zoom bypass only cause this hiss when active switch is selected, or does it always add noise to an active bass in bypass? Or have i misunderstood you? [/quote] For me I can hear a slight hiss - when I play a note - AND the switch is set to active - AND and when the unit is in bypass OR set to a patch that doesn't 'hide' the hiss. The passive / active switch is supposed to switch between low and high impedance. Maybe there's some other interaction with my equipment going on. it seems fine with the switch in passive mode (even with an active bass or boost pedal before it). There doesn't seem to be much difference in headroom between the positions. Possibly worth getting some other (maybe better-informed) opinions! I will re-iterate that with the switch to passive, the quality is spot on... no complaints.

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[quote name='dumelow' timestamp='1334351252' post='1615174'] Very interested in this thing after reading the great but honest comments and reviews. How does the tuner compare to a tu2 or a korg pitch-black? Is it visible on stage and accurate? [/quote] It has 7 big LED's on the top so I don't see a problem with it being visible unless you're on a stadium stage. Maybe not quite as visible as the pitchblack plus I had but probably more visible than a TU2? As for accurate... well it agrees with my other tuners! [quote name='dumelow' timestamp='1334351252' post='1615174'] Is it a huge tonesuck...? [/quote] My P copy is often slightly helped by going into a buffer and it's no difference here - I prefer the sound going though the B3 in bypass to cable only. With the passive bass in general it's quite good. Not so good with an active, I get a strage hissing sound on every note (that's with the switch on the back switched to 'Active')

Purchased a programmable BDDI that I am very happy with. It arrived quickly and cutely packaged... no stress or fuss. Or fuzz. Because it's not a fuzz. Many thanks!