Si600

Excuse my ignorance, but what does "blendable distortion mean"?

I know that this is opening myself up to all sorts of answers, the most likely being "whatever you prefer" but.. What distortion, fuzz or OD pedals would anyone recommend? I want something that is middle of the road, not an OTT thrash metal sound, not that there's anything wrong with that, nor a light overdriven cab sound if that makes sense? TBH I was put off using dirt by a chap in a shop in Northampton who said something along the lines of "We don't call it distortion. I normally throw people out of the shop who say that, and you don't use it on a bass anyway." when I was an impressionable teenager...

I've had a look at Bright Onion and it looks pretty cool Thanks very much. I'm going to hang fire though for a minute and play about with the volumes and inputs to see if I can make it work without, but still leave a gap on the pedal board just in case

Thanks Dannybouy and xgsjx. I suppose that what you are saying is that unless I have separate input gain controls or a channel switcher with level controls I should stop over complicating things and accept what I've got.

I'm using an active and a passive bass and I'm looking for a switch so that I can use the same array of pedals but into the active and passive inputs on my amp, see the attached diagram. Does anyone know of anything like this existing? I looked at the Boss LS2, but didn't quite understand it, but there must be something simpler to just switch from one output to another? [attachment=109195:Bass pedals.png]

Morning all, thought I'd register rather than lurk I've got an old Marlin 15w practice amp, an Aria Pro2 5 string and a Precision copy. I made a bass at school in around 89/89 I think and recently found it again, how terrible is it! I've pinched most of the hardware from it, which turn out to all preunification Schaller kit, so I'm going to upgrade the 5 and four strings with additions from eBay! I've also got a g****r, made from a neck i was given and more bits purchased that runs through a Marshall DFX50, but we won't talk about that I am a bit of a metalhead, but old school punk, ska punk and more or less everything else is also on my radar. I really want a proper 1st iteration Trace Elliot 7band but can't justify either the price or a high watt amp at home! I do have a question as well to go with saying hello, do you want it here, or in the gear/effects section?