EHX bass big muff pi

[tom skool]

This pedal enables me to do just what I want it to, which is to leave my clean/dry signal alone but then add a bit of fuzz when I want it (usually when the guitarist is soloing). great!... well almost. I've noticed that turning the pedal on takes the top end freqs off the clean signal which I then have to compensate for by making the fuzz more trebly (and waspy in a tinny!) I find this a tad annoying. Has anyone else noticed this? I don't suppose theres any way round it other than getting a different pedal.

[xgsjx]

Try it in your amp's effects loop, some have a 50% blend (MarkBass have a jumper to change it).
If that doesn't work, you could split your bass signal so one side remains dry & the other into the muff & then sum the 2 signals back together.

[tom skool]

Thanks. Yeah splitting the signal would work. Is there a simple way of doing this that avoids lots of boxes and cables? Otherwise I may look at the mxr bass fuzz delux as it has separate clean and fuzz levels( I find the usual blend tricky to volume match) Are there any other pedals that have this?

[Fionn]

[quote name='tom skool' timestamp='1380397927' post='2224829']
Otherwise I may look at the mxr bass fuzz delux as it has separate clean and fuzz levels( I find the usual blend tricky to volume match) Are there any other pedals that have this?
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You've hit the nail on the head. I use a Marshall Shredmaster for fuzz, but I'll be exchanging it with the MXR as I haven't found anything better, in functionality and sound (subjective, I know). That's not just because of the individual dry and effect signal controls, they are just superlativley thought out pedals. I never intended to have a clean-sweep of MXR pedals, but I haven't found a better compressor or envelope filter that theirs either.

[Fionn]

That said, it's an EHX octave pedal that I'll be having.

[hamfist]

[quote name='Fionn' timestamp='1380399933' post='2224875']
I never intended to have a clean-sweep of MXR pedals, but I haven't found a better compressor or envelope filter that theirs either.
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It's weird but I find completely the opposite. I have tried a number of MXR pedals (including all the current bass-orientated ones) and have not liked any of them. There's something that I am looking for in tone that MXR simply are not into.
I am not dissing MXR here just commenting on how they are on a different wavelength to me.