sbrag Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Hi I'm after an overdive pedal to give a bit of a boost and tubey overdrive at the milder end of the distorion spectrum for when I'm not using my own amy (Marshall MB450 usually through the tude channel). The bass big Muff and Boss ODB3 both look interesting and are easy to come by second hand, does anyone have any thoughts or other suggestions. I'm looking to spend £30 to £40. Cheers Quote
bakerster135 Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 For that kind of money, I'd look at the Dod OD-250, Joyo Ultimate Drive (Fulltone OCD clone) or Ashdown Lomenzo Hyperdrive. All do nice mild overdrive and tubey, albeit in different ways! Quote
chrismuzz Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Marshall? Try a Marshall Jackhammer, they sound great on bass and can go from clean tone shaping, to mild warmth or grit, and the way up to face melt mode! Quote
dannybuoy Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 I wouldn't recommend either of those pedals for mild drive. Whilst it they can do it to a degree, they both excel at high gain fuzz more than light overdrive. I use a Catalinbread SFT for this purpose, although I'm interested in picking up a ZVex Basstortion, Fairfield Barbershop, Wampler Euphoria, Cusack Screamer, RunOffGroove Ginger, or Barber Direct Drive. This site is a good resource for clips also, this dude has owned/built nearly every overdrive pedal going! http://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/Overdrive-Pedals.html A lot of those pedals can be hard to come by over here, but if you order from somewhere like Prymaxe in the US, they always have 15% discount codes and cheap shipping to the UK. Quote
uncle psychosis Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Big Muffs are far from light drive! I like them, but they're not a subtle effect. Quote
bakerster135 Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1392987678' post='2374966'] I use a Catalinbread SFT for this purpose, although I'm interested in picking up a ZVex Basstortion, Fairfield Barbershop, Wampler Euphoria, Cusack Screamer, RunOffGroove Ginger, or Barber Direct Drive. [/quote] Good luck getting hold of ANY of those for £30-40! ... Quote
dannybuoy Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) Aha, didn't spot that! In that case check out some of these: [b]Joyo / Harley Benton Ultimate Drive[/b] £23.89! [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_ultimate_drive.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...imate_drive.htm[/url] (what the heck, I am gonna order one of these myself!) Clip: [url="https://soundcloud.com/johnk_10/joyo-ultradrive"]https://soundcloud.c...joyo-ultradrive[/url] Also:[list] [*]Joyo / Harley Benton American Sound - [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_american_truetone.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...an_truetone.htm[/url] (Clip: https://soundcloud.com/johnk_10/joyo-jf14) [*]Joyo / Harley Benton British Sound - [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_britsh_truetone.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...sh_truetone.htm[/url] [*]Behringer BDI21 - [url="http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Behringer-BDI21-V-Tone-Bass-Preamp/6LV?origin=product-ads&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_campaign=PLA+Behringer&utm_content=Yb7xhCqt|dc_pcrid_39000656599_plid__kword__match__"]http://www.gear4musi..._kword__match__[/url] [*]Digitech Bad Monkey (also £23.89 - [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/digitech_bad_monkey.htm"]http://www.thomann.d..._bad_monkey.htm[/url]) [*]Danelectro Transparent Overdrive - [url="http://www.hotroxuk.com/dan-electro-cool-cat-transparent-overdrive-cto-2.html"]http://www.hotroxuk....rive-cto-2.html[/url] [/list] Edited February 21, 2014 by dannybuoy Quote
dannybuoy Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) Also, the RunOffGroove Ginger I mentioned is a DIY schematic that you could build within budget if you're up for the challenge! [url="http://www.runoffgroove.com/ginger.html"]http://www.runoffgro...com/ginger.html[/url] https://soundcloud.com/johnk_10/ginger-wav Edited February 21, 2014 by dannybuoy Quote
bakerster135 Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1392987678' post='2374966'] This site is a good resource for clips also, this dude has owned/built nearly every overdrive pedal going! [url="http://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/Overdrive-Pedals.html"]http://johnkvintageg...ive-Pedals.html[/url] [/quote] This site is quality, btw!...I think we have very different taste in dirt (he HATES the B3K! ), but I'd love to get my hands on one of his DAM Ezekiel clones! ... Quote
dannybuoy Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 He has plenty more clips on his soundcloud that aren't on that site too, they tend to be posted in random Talkbass threads. Good thing is he tends to play the same lines with the same gear, which really helps. Quote
Salt on your Bass? Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 I think there's an ibanez phat hed in effects that isn't too bad as well I think that's in your price range Quote
sbrag Posted February 21, 2014 Author Posted February 21, 2014 Thanks for all the responses. Just to say with my budget I'm happy to buy used. Quote
Sibob Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Buy an Xotic BB Bass Preamp Job done Si Quote
dannybuoy Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 As the man said: [quote name='bakerster135' timestamp='1392989350' post='2374992'] Good luck getting hold of ANY of those for £30-40! ... [/quote] Quote
nash Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 Boss blues driver or Marshall blues breaker? Quote
Damonjames Posted February 22, 2014 Posted February 22, 2014 From what you have said you are afternoon, neither pedal will give you what you want, both are far too aggressive. Maybe look at some sound clips for the bass blowtorch, it's sounds like it's a beast, but it is quite far from it. Can give some very mellow tube tones if you set it correctly Quote
mcnach Posted March 1, 2014 Posted March 1, 2014 Joyo Ultimate Drive. Pretty cool pedal, much nicer sounding than the Boss, and unlike the Muff, it can do nice low gain sounds too. Quote
dannybuoy Posted March 1, 2014 Posted March 1, 2014 [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1393639600' post='2382981'] Joyo Ultimate Drive. Pretty cool pedal, much nicer sounding than the Boss, and unlike the Muff, it can do nice low gain sounds too. [/quote] And, cheaper than the link i posted earlier £18 delivered from the UK: http://www.donnerdeal.com/joyo-jf-02-bypass-guitar-ultimate-drive-effect-pedal.html Fingers crossed mine might arrive today! Quote
Thunderbird Posted March 1, 2014 Posted March 1, 2014 [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1393639600' post='2382981'] Joyo Ultimate Drive. Pretty cool pedal, much nicer sounding than the Boss, and unlike the Muff, it can do nice low gain sounds too. [/quote]Agreed I did not really get on with the Boss I thought it was a bit "fizzy" and I found the Muff a little overpowering for my taste I am really enjoying the Behringer vintage tube overdrive pedal atm it it is good value at around 25 quid Quote
Thunderbird Posted March 1, 2014 Posted March 1, 2014 [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1393664001' post='2383034'] And, cheaper than the link i posted earlier £18 delivered from the UK: [url="http://www.donnerdeal.com/joyo-jf-02-bypass-guitar-ultimate-drive-effect-pedal.html"]http://www.donnerdea...fect-pedal.html[/url] Fingers crossed mine might arrive today! [/quote] It seems that delivery is from China although they do seem to have a U.K warehouse Quote
dannybuoy Posted March 1, 2014 Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) Delivery is from the UK if you select the UK warehouse. You can choose to have it sent from China too, although not sure why you would want to! I must say, I love the ODB-3 though, my favourite high gain distortion. Through a dark sounding amp (Orange Terror) and tweeter-less cab, it rips. Edited March 1, 2014 by dannybuoy Quote
sbrag Posted March 14, 2014 Author Posted March 14, 2014 Now thinking of di box as well so wondering about a joyo sparrow or hartke bass attack. Quote
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