ratman

I currently use mine running through a loop pedal that has a wet/dry blend in it. I dial in about 40% dry bass, 60% wet, and it works a treat. I used to use a loop pedal that didn't have a wet/dry blend, but I had to balance the bass loss by running the filter pedal into a bass graphic pedal in the loop to get the bottom end back. I prefer my current set up as I keep a chunk of my natural tone, and let the filter effect sit on top of that. But that's just my taste.

here's a link you should check out for the micro red dragon- [url="http://soundcloud.com/marklatimour/sets/a-set-of-bass-overdrive-distortion-clips-anonymised"]http://soundcloud.co...lips-anonymised[/url] clips 3 and 6 are the ones. the pedals used in the clips are: Clip 1: Fuzzrocious Dark Driving Clip 2: FEA Dual Band Distortion - this was run on full range with both the high and low bands distorting. Clip 3: SFX Micro-RD - this was run in a "low gain" [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/#"]mode[/url] with just a touch of break up (gain at 11 o'clock). Clip 4: SFX Micro-BD - this was run in a "high gain" mode with the gain set about 3 oclock. Clip 5: BJFE BBBOD - this was run "low gain" with the gain about 11 oclock Clip 6: SFX Micro-RD - this was run in "high gain" mode with the gain set at maximum Clip 7: Darkglass Electronics Harmonic Booster - this was a little unfair as the pedal is not an overdrive or distortion pedal but a boost pedal. In order to get break up in the pedal (and not at the input of the saffire) I had to cut the bass and treble and it shows in the midrangy tone. This pedal sounds wonderful clean. Clip 8: SFX Micro-BD - this was run with gain at minimum Clip 9: FEA Dual Band - this was run with the high end distortion circuit bypassed (ie distortion on the low end only). Clip 10: BJFE Blueberry - this was run at high gain with the gain set at maximum.

thanks for the suggestion richf. i hadn't heard of sfx before. i just had a look at their site and i found a couple of audio clips of the red dragon on the tb website. i like it. that's convinced me that the odb3 has gotta go asap. i'll keep the red dragon very much in mind ;-)

here's my board as it stands now. it's been a few years of evolution but i'm fairly happy with it at the mo. the signal chain is: [b]bbe sonic maximiser[/b] (this adds encredibly useable soft & warm lows, and lovely highs to my precision's natural clanky bite) this feeds into.... [b]bright onions twin blendable looper[/b] (i love this box. it's the heart of my pedal board. 2 loops, 1 master kill switch, and each loop has a wet/dry blend pot so i can preserve as much of my original tone as i choose. i'm thinking of modding the master kill switch to be an inverter so i can switch from loop 1 to 2 easier.) the two loops are: [b]loop 1[/b] - 40%dry / 60%wet [b]rebel effects wooly mammoth clone[/b] (for all that muse type over the top dirt, incredible pedal) [b]eh mini q tron[/b] (envelope filter) [b]boss odb3[/b] (used for gentle overdrive. i may lose this soon when i find something better.) [b]loop 2[/b] - 60%dry / 40%wet [b]dha vt1-mk3-bass[/b] (ah, my favourite!! my gorgeous valve overdrive. set up for the sweet spot, when i dig in it really growls back. awesome tone.) [b]eh double muff[/b] (gritty punching upper mids in single muff mode. all out nastyness in double muff mode.) then out of the looper to.... [b]bbe sonic stomp[/b] (it's an optical soft knee compressor. very transparent. i don't have the comp up too high, just a touch but it really tightens up my p bass sound.) there ya go. as you can see, i like my dirty sounds. on most gigs i normally use effects here and there to lift the bass (choruses, middle 8's and other peoples solos), where neccessary, of course. i am a believer in the 'less is more' approach to my bass and use of effects and my toys give me the flexibility i need. any suggestions for a replacement for the boss odb3 are welcome. i'm looking for an overdrive rather than full on distortion. [attachment=119530:pedal board 0912.JPG]

i just got a bbe sonic maximiser. incredible!

the 1spot rocks. 2000ma and no hum.

have fun putting your board together. i've used to use a digital multi effects unit, until a guitarist mate got me into good old fashioned pedals. and i've never looked back. it's been ten years of slow but steady evolution and i know i'm not done yet. i wanted to recommend a 9v psu - check out the 1spot. its a tiny unit and it chucks out 2000ma of juice. with a daisy chain (or 2) you can power lots of pedals. they even make adaptors so you can convert the boss style connectors to almost all the other odd ones out there, like the older e.h. pedals. even reversing polarity. they're reliable too, and they don't cause hum like some of those power brick types.