Guest MoJo Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 I've seen several threads on this forum where the ODB-3 is dismissed as fizzy or fuzzy and quite often they get offered up for sale or trade, in fact there's one in the for sale section now. I saw this [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7rZWOvG7jA"]this clip on YouTube[/url] and thought 'Wow....I want one' In the (recent) past, I've owned a Hartke Bass Attack pedal which I quite liked, a Behringer BOD100 which I hated, a James Lomenzo Hyperdrive pedal which I thought was pants, and a Tech21 VT bass pedal which I wasn't impressed with. I also had a Roland GT-6B which had an emulation of an ODB-3 but sounded nothing like the clip above, Is that how an ODB-3 sounds or is there something else going on in there? And what bass is that? Please help me before I waste any more money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamapirate Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 That sounds like 90% of it is from very bright strings! I've got one and it sounds nice, but not as nice as that. i'd be very suprised if that was a completely direct output from the pedal going through no EQ things. They didn't even give a dry sound to compare it with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) I used mine as a low end boost and low end distortion IE I blended it with another distortion which I used for my top end. I can't listen to the clip so can't comment on that, but basically if you want lots of gain/distortion/fuzz then it's not for you, likewise if you want it to increase your top end, it's not the pedal for you. This is why people call it Fizzy etc, because they have the gain too high and the treble knob too high. Edited August 10, 2009 by cheddatom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protium Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 You can get very close to that sound yes, but as has been said only with bright new strings. Turning the blend down to mix in more dry signal solves the fizz/fuzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Yep,the new strings can clearly be heard. I think this pedal's really good. It seems to cater for many types of distortion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoJo Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 [quote name='iamapirate' post='565076' date='Aug 10 2009, 03:24 PM']They didn't even give a dry sound to compare it with.[/quote] You get an idea of how the bass sounds dry [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWmk-PIy4xg&feature=related"]here[/url] on the sound check test of the limiter/exciter pedal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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