William James Easton Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 OK. Heres the score. I love distorted bass and gritty over driven bass. not too much like but a bit. I own boss ODB-3 and a MXR bass di with distortion. What i am looking for is one to produce a gritty raw sound thats nice and beefy but not to messy, the other to produce a beefy 'rat' pedal sound. i've been mucking about with them but after a my head hurts and i have to listen to nothing in a darkend room. anyone go an idea for setting i should use? cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I found the trick seems to be mixing in dry bass end (with some rolled off top end) with a mid gained distortion mixed in parallel. The idea being that you can still get a really good beefy bass end and grit on top. If you can chose the crossover point carefully, it sounds natural too. The MXR isn't *quite* flexible enough to do that on it's own... maybe a customisation project is on it's way! I run the MXR and sansamp in parallel and mix the two outputs. I liken it a bit too how some bass players use a bass stack and then have a guitar amp in their gear too, in order to add a bit of edge and grit. I think Duff McKagan has done this, when recording amongst others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 i doubt you'll get the bass di to make that sound the odb-3 however should give you something close. try having the balance at around 9'o'clock, gain about 10 'o' clock, bass flat and cutting the treble slightly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 one setting i like on the mxr is to have the drive at almost minimum, and then have the blend at ~9 o'clock, and then boost the bass very slightly. give it a try...see if you like it. mind you, if you want a beefy rat tone, you could get a rat and send it off to the people at pedalmods...it's what i'm going to do now i've got my rat back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William James Easton Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 [quote name='dood' post='243884' date='Jul 20 2008, 04:30 PM']I found the trick seems to be mixing in dry bass end (with some rolled off top end) with a mid gained distortion mixed in parallel. The idea being that you can still get a really good beefy bass end and grit on top. If you can chose the crossover point carefully, it sounds natural too. The MXR isn't *quite* flexible enough to do that on it's own... maybe a customisation project is on it's way! I run the MXR and sansamp in parallel and mix the two outputs. I liken it a bit too how some bass players use a bass stack and then have a guitar amp in their gear too, in order to add a bit of edge and grit. I think Duff McKagan has done this, when recording amongst others.[/quote] i lost you after mixing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William James Easton Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 [quote name='BassManKev' post='243889' date='Jul 20 2008, 04:34 PM']i doubt you'll get the bass di to make that sound the odb-3 however should give you something close. try having the balance at around 9'o'clock, gain about 10 'o' clock, bass flat and cutting the treble slightly.[/quote] thats the ticket! nice gritty but not messy sound. with bit of bumph and not wish washy lost in the fuzz. i like. may keep. cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 good stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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