industrial metal

[Dread Bass]

ok might be joining an industrial metal band what distortion do you think would work well.

i have tried with my big muff and am not winning.

this may be gas but i fancy a sansamp

[ahpook]

the boss obd3 bass overdrive has been described as very industrial-sounding...admittedly not in a 100% good light, but it might be worth a try out.

it was too much for me, but a very fuzzy tone - it has the blend function and 2-band eq too.

[tayste_2000]

Boss FZ-2

[Dread Bass]

cool i will look into these 2

[queenofthedepths]

Not just to be awkward, I'd suggest using BOTH of them... I use an ODB3 and the distortion on my ME-50 - individually they work fairly well and together they're absolutely monstrous - I play a fair bit of industrial metal so they should suit your needs

[Dread Bass]

yeah its not a bad idea that im looking for a fz-2 first. they r discontinued so bidding on ebay just now

[Clunge]

I just want to get the NIN bassist's live tone.

It's so smooth and crunchy and fuzzy, but it cuts through so well.

[Maximus]

Tayste says the Boss FZ-2 replicates the NIN bassist's tone perfectly.

[joegarcia]

Yea, the FZ-2 is awesome. The MXR Blowtorch may be worth a look too if the sound samples I've heard are anything to go by.

[mr pablo]

Flame me now but there is a behringer copy of the FZ-2, blatant rip of IIRC, maybe a cheap option and if its any good rehouse it?

[Musky]

It's quite strange. I just looked on ebay at FZ-2's and they seemed to be going remarkably cheaply compared to a few years ago. Although they didn't seem to be hugely rated when they were available, they earned a reputation after they were deleted. Seems like that reputatation has gone - or maybe just the players [i]du jour[/i] aren't using them anymore. Fashion can be so fickle, but great if you buy at the right time.

[Dread Bass]

do you no what model it is?

[Dread Bass]

they do 2 a super fuzz and an ultra fuzz the ultra being the fz 2 copy has anyone tried it?

[ARGH]

Ignore all the above...

Get a SansAmp and a Metalzone..either that or a TurboRat.

VERY VERY nasty...but the Metalzone was the Blackmetal pedal of choice in the 90s.

And I welcome anyone that uses Tech21 products!!

[Musky]

[quote name='metaltime' post='80627' date='Oct 28 2007, 11:25 PM']they do 2 a super fuzz and an ultra fuzz the ultra being the fz 2 copy has anyone tried it?[/quote]

AFAIK the super fuzz is the FZ 2 copy - they both have bass and treble controls, compared to the Ultra Fuzz's single tone control.

[Dread Bass]

your right musky yeah i wrote it backwards but i new what i meant. it was getting late.

[SkiingLizard]

I'd get yourself along to a ZVEX dealer and try running a Machine into a Woolly Mammoth, but then you're looking at about 340 quid so not cheap - [url="http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/flypage/product_id/14631"]Machine - discounted[/url] and [url="http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/flypage/product_id/14632"]Woolly Mammoth[/url]

[Clunge]

What does the Machine do exactly?

I guess it's Bass > Machine > Fuzz?

[SkiingLizard]

yeah you would use it bass -> machine -> fuzz -> amp

it's somthing like normal fuzz generates odd harmonics and the machine generates even harmonics

so if a bass sends a 1 to a normal fuzz, the fuzz generates 3 5 7 say

if the same bass sends a 1 to a machine it generates 2 4 6

if you stack them you get 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 9 9 11 or something like that as the fuzz effects the added harmonics of the machine

that's how I understand it anyway

[Dread Bass]

ok cool i won a fz-2 on flea bay for £20 not bad. I went for one of these after reading a few reviews and i like the fact it is discontinued.I will wait n try it if i dont like it i may look into a metalzone.

skiing lizard id love to try out zvex but this is just for the audition and a jam so i cant justify the expenditure.

next on my list is a whammy pedal.

[cheddatom]

Metalzone's are great on bass! I got an XP-100 cheaper than you can get new WH-4s or any other whammy. Maybe look for one of them?