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For me 'blending' only works if the clean path has a LPF and the filthy path has a HPF in front. In stompbox-domain that's a lot of pedals for a distortion sound (... so yeah, Boss GT Core : ) By the way, to me the X-Bass distortion on there is quite good. I played in a loud sludge band and from the distortions I tried (several blended options and also Darkglass pedals) this X-Bass was absolutely the easiest to fit into a mix and without loosing 'thumb' (if by that you mean the low frequency portion of the attack, the part that differentiates loud bass and loud guitar). On it's own it sounds a bit boring, not spectacular at all. Because of this it took me a long time to actually try this one. Good luck with your endless search, do not give up, do not leave the distortion to the guit@ri$ts !!! 😃 (certainly in recordings there will be distortion on the bass to get a huge sound ?!)

With the 'boost' expression pedal I can gradually add the MT-2 or HM-2 on a parallel signal path (with a HPF at 250 Hz pre distortion) to my main bass sound. I have always liked these filthy Boss distortions. It seems I like 'harsh' : )

Haha! Me too!

Tonex One > amps, no effects Helix One > effects, no amps Maybe a good combo ?!

On TalkBass it is said (I believe it was confirmed) that the rattling noise is coming from those plastic 'cursor' foot-switches. Try shaking it while putting pressure on those switches to test/confirm this?

Price at Thomann 699 euro

The price is rather steep though : 699 euro at Thomann ... But really interesting pedal indeed !

It's a Battlestar Galactica Cylon edition : )

My second post on this forum, with the most important subject for a bass player : ) Pedalboard for my punk-ish drums + bass-guitar DUO:

Greetings from Holland, This week I made an account, I think this is a nice and generally friendly forum, I like it! I am not someone to post a lot or start threads, but now I can [like] posts that I appreciate and ask questions. I started playing bass in 1989 and joined bands playing punk, deaf-metal, new wave, crossover, sludge and some experimental stuff. Right now I play in a drums and bass punk-ish duo. The drummer is singing and she encouraged me to start singing (well, lets call it shouting..) as well. I am so glad I did! I feel much more engaged with the music now that I do. No gigging with this duo, yet. On TalkBass I have an account with the same name and profile picture. I joined there because of a specific effect pedal I like. Here on Basschat I also will probably spend most time on the effect sub-forum. Thank you for reading my introduction!