Modern Blueberry?

[The59Sound]

Are there any OD pedals out there similar to the Bearfoot BBBOD but with a more modern voicing? 

[Bigwan]

Broughton Azure drive springs to mind. 

You could have one of the fx builders here build you a BBBOD clone with a few mods to brighten it up. The fuzz dog juicy blue kit is excellent.

[ben4343]

On paper the BBBOD should be my favourite pedal, but I didn't fall enough in love with it to justify the new pricetag. I'm still trying out the Fuzz Dog version; I find the nature knob a bit binary, but like it overall.

Alternatives I want to try eventually are the KHKD Abyss, the Solid Gold FX Beta, the Xotic Bass BB preamp, and perhaps the Hookers Green Bassmachine, because I have heard these retain bottom end well and can do warm and grindy rather than what I hear as fizzy.

[HazBeen]

I liked the Abyss in low gain mode, very similar to my BBBOD but more modern. Xotic BB is great as well, did not like the Hookers at all. Catalinbread SFT is also one to consider.

Edited September 4, 2018 by HazBeen

[Japhet]

One Control Hookers Green is a nice pedal IMO. I'm interested in trying a Caline Orange Burst which is very cheap but is meant to sound like a BB preamp.

Edited September 4, 2018 by Japhet

[The59Sound]

I've been close to getting an Orange Burst but I've heard it loses low end? 

[paul_5]

I’ve built a couple of blueberries, and the LED clipping diodes are what make it fizzy, try replacing them with 1N4148s and doubling the value of the input cap from 47nf to 100nf or greater.

[Bigwan]

54 minutes ago, paul_5 said:

I’ve built a couple of blueberries, and the LED clipping diodes are what make it fizzy, try replacing them with 1N4148s and doubling the value of the input cap from 47nf to 100nf or greater.

It'll still be quite dark though. I suppose it depends what the OP means by 'modern'. Josh Broughton was kind enough to share some tips with me about how to brighten up my own blueberry, but I made so many changes I have no point of reference now, so I'm planning on building at least one other for comparison.

@ben4343 mentioned the nature control. On mine it's a little hard to use. A tiny change makes a huge difference. I'd planned on swapping it out for a smaller value and adding a few padding trimmers to allow me to zone in on the section of the dial I would use most, if that makes sense. 

[Sibob]

If you can find a Fuzzrocious Dark Driving, has a similar vibe (dark sounding, low gain).

This video I made might be interesting to you:

Also made this SoundCloud playlist which also includes the Xotic BB drive and the Solid Gold Beta:

https://m.soundcloud.com/simonpoulton/sets/bass-overdrive-shootout

Si

Edited September 4, 2018 by Sibob

[The59Sound]

Thanks!

[dannybuoy]

The Aguilar Agro is worthy of investigation. Set to low gain and presence I can get Blueberryish tones out of it, but it can get much angrier from there!

[dudewheresmybass]

I have the orange burst. No loss of lows with my rigs- I get many complements on how 'authoritative' it can sound 😉

[The59Sound]

Does anyone have any idea what sort of frequency range the 'Nature' knob controls on the Blueberry?