Mzungu71 Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 Hi there, I'm loooking for a reasonably cheap, easy to use distortion and overdrive pedal. Wondered if you guys could advise me as to what the best pedals out there are? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted September 6, 2008 Share Posted September 6, 2008 [quote name='Mzungu71' post='278697' date='Sep 6 2008, 04:42 PM']Hi there, I'm loooking for a reasonably cheap, easy to use distortion and overdrive pedal. [b]Wondered if you guys could advise me as to what the best pedals out there are? [/b] Cheers[/quote] Blimey, the million dollar question! And of course the correct answer is... there is no correct answer. Distortion is an incredibly personal effect, and what sounds perfect to one person can be an unusable heap of junk to another. This is a subject that pops up weekly, and if you use the search box at the bottom of this forum and search for distortion you'll find stacks of threads with suggestions. A decent place to start is [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10639"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10639[/url] Reasonably priced stuff off the top of my head: Boss ODB-3, Ibanez Phat hed, Digitech Bad (or Badder) Monkey, Nobels Bass Overdrive, Danelectro fabtone, Dod 250... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mzungu71 Posted September 6, 2008 Author Share Posted September 6, 2008 Thanks for the reply I'll have a look see [quote name='Musky' post='278746' date='Sep 6 2008, 06:29 PM']Blimey, the million dollar question! And of course the correct answer is... there is no correct answer. Distortion is an incredibly personal effect, and what sounds perfect to one person can be an unusable heap of junk to another. This is a subject that pops up weekly, and if you use the search box at the bottom of this forum and search for distortion you'll find stacks of threads with suggestions. A decent place to start is [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10639"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10639[/url] Reasonably priced stuff off the top of my head: Boss ODB-3, Ibanez Phat hed, Digitech Bad (or Badder) Monkey, Nobels Bass Overdrive, Danelectro fabtone, Dod 250...[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy67 Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 check out the Ashdown James Lomenzo hyper Drive....its cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protium Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Everyone should own a Big Muff at some point... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 might want to make that a bass big muff! also +the one on the lomenzo - extremely versatile. you'll find as mentioned above that between the lot of us we must have got through hundreds of different brands / models, and each of us has our own preference. Pedals i've loved a while ago sound odd now, yet in six months I will probably dig them out and love them again!! Equally pedals i've hated will sound awesome in six ish months time too! ears are strange things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Sitting in front of my board right now, having a rejig to compensate for one less guitarist. I have 3 overdrives and one is two channel. You can have my ODB3 for £30 if you want, its a good starting point, lots of adjustable on it. The Sansamp bass driver is something thats kinda expensive, but it will last you, can dirt up amps with it, or just use it as a DI, which is gonna be fairly familiar to any sound man, so they'll know to work with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 BGM has a big stompbox feature this month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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