Painy Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 I have recently been building up a pedal board as I've been missing having a few effects on tap and this week got to use my new EHX Metal Muff Pedal (bought on here in a very pleasant transaction from Fretmeister). Now, for my needs at least, the distortion is perfect but - as with most distortion pedals designed for guitar -I'm losing a lot of low end. My question is, could I compensate effectively by using it alongside an outboard preamp to boost the bass frequencies? My concerns though are that any boost in low frequency before the Metal Muff may still be sucked out as they pass through it or, alternatively, that if the preamp is placed after the distortion there are no low frequencies left for it to boost? Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephantgrey Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 how about putting the muff in a looper pedal with a clean blend (or a crossover) so that you get both your clean sound with all its low end, and your distorted sound blended together. I would suggest then going into a preamp so that it sounds more like one tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 I had considered that as the ideal option and found this on eBay but I seem to have spent all my money on effects pedals and a pedal board this month already so if anyone can suggest a cheaper version of this I'd be interested to hear about it!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearfist Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) Yeah agree with elephantgrey, a blender is a great option and the way I would go. This is a little cheaper than the one you posted from Ebay but still a few quid.... [size=4][url="http://www.brightonion.co.uk/blender-looper/"]http://www.brightoni...blender-looper/[/url] Can highly recommend Bright Onion stuff though.[/size] Edited August 14, 2015 by Bearfist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Or you could make your own if you're handy with a soldering iron. What you really need though is a Valnott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 That's the good thing about some of the bass specific distortion pedals, you can blend the effected sound and clean sound, keeping the lows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 (edited) [quote name='ambient' timestamp='1439596252' post='2844344'] That's the good thing about some of the bass specific distortion pedals, you can blend the effected sound and clean sound, keeping the lows. [/quote] I have a Bass Soul Food which has a blend and it does work really well (although I use it always on for a bit of gritty warmth). I also have a Behringer bass overdrive which also has a blend control. That however doesn't make it onto my pedal board - mainly as the sound is just ever so slightly horribly dreadfully unusably Sh*te (IMO of course). The Metal Muff just has a certain something in the way it distorts - a certain timbre that's hard to describe - that I really like. Edited August 15, 2015 by Painy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephantgrey Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 [url="http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/page55a.html"]This[/url] is probably the cheapest one ive found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Grab a little blender, the bright onion ones are very nice that's what I use, or you could grab a boss ls-2 Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefrash Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 I use an ls2 and it works a great. However I'm going to have to shrink my board down so that dha one looks just a touch snugger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted August 15, 2015 Author Share Posted August 15, 2015 [quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1439613895' post='2844371'] [url="http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/page55a.html"]This[/url] is probably the cheapest one ive found. [/quote] I reckon this could be a winner. Dave Hall stuff seems pretty well liked around here, it's made in the UK and I kinda like the whole Sharpie scribble on a biscuit tin vibe too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 [quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1439579895' post='2844210'] how about putting the muff in a looper pedal with a clean blend (or a crossover) so that you get both your clean sound with all its low end, and your distorted sound blended together. I would suggest then going into a preamp so that it sounds more like one tone. [/quote] +1 That's been my solution for that kind of issue over the years. I used a Boss LS-2 for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 When it was mine I used a Boss LS-2 with it. Worked great. I also had a Digitech BSW in the 'clean' loop. Was brilliantly unhinged together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 As mentioned previously, they're simple to make if you can solder. there's a kit here: http://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/Blender_-_signal_mixer/p847124_8681943.aspx Small enough to add into most pedals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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