mxr distortion plus...

[ahpook]

i'm just curious...anyone ever used one on bass ?

[Dood]

I haven't, but I would strongly suspect that it would need some dry bass mixed in parallel so you don't lose any bottom end when it is kicked in... bit like the MXR M80 I guess!

[ahpook]

i'm thinking of building myself one, so tweaking the circuit would be an option.

[Matty]

I have one.

Nice sound, but theres a bit of a volume and bass drop, so a blend would be good.
The other thing i have found with it is that it makes my pick ups microphonic, with everything froma p-bass pick up, to EMGs to even the piezo saddles on my Variax. If your not careful, it wails away.

[dudewheresmybass]

i've used on one on bass.
there is a big bass loss, as noted by Matty. I thought it would be quite similar to the DOD250, as i believe they have quite similar circuits, but they sound like two very diferent beasts.
I know a lot of bassists use the 250 for light grit, but if you want light grit, get a cream pie!

[Kev]

light grit on a budget = bad monkey

[umph]

[quote name='ahpook' post='252237' date='Jul 31 2008, 06:37 PM']i'm just curious...anyone ever used one on bass ?[/quote]
if your building it go for it ;o

[ahpook]

thanks for the tips folks. i was wondering how much of the bass would be affected by the stock circuit.

[umph]

looking at the schematic its gonna lose a lil bit, change the input cap to a .1uf cap from the 0.01 and it should be all good either that or change the output cap to something a bit larger but that might make it sound a bit more gainy etc.

[ahpook]

[quote name='umph' post='253999' date='Aug 3 2008, 11:23 PM']looking at the schematic its gonna lose a lil bit, change the input cap to a .1uf cap from the 0.01 and it should be all good either that or change the output cap to something a bit larger but that might make it sound a bit more gainy etc.[/quote]

my thoughts exactly.

[Toasted]

Do the mullet mod and it'll be fine