Bay Splayer Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 have been offered a BOSS ME-50B for a good price, am not much into effects but occasionally use a bit of overdrive. have heard that with some overdrive pedals you can lose some bottom end and with others you dont would be grateful for any opinions on this pedal and any suggestions on overdrive pedals that do or do not lose bottom end cheers mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mog Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 (edited) Hi Mark. I use an Ibanez Pd-7 and love the tone.Very full IMO. Messed about with the Me 50B and found it ok.I do know some players who find it slow to change patchs though. If you are getting one sub £80 I'd take it. Its only about £120ish new. Edited February 14, 2010 by Mog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I've used a Marshall Guv'nor II. It has a 4 band EQ, being 'super bass', bass, mids & top' I use my MXR-80+ now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassie Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 [quote name='Bay Splayer' post='745091' date='Feb 14 2010, 07:34 PM']have been offered a BOSS ME-50B for a good price, am not much into effects but occasionally use a bit of overdrive. have heard that with some overdrive pedals you can lose some bottom end and with others you dont would be grateful for any opinions on this pedal and any suggestions on overdrive pedals that do or do not lose bottom end cheers mark[/quote] Electro Harmonix Bass Blogger - got mine for £55 last year, does the trick for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxpop Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Most pedals have a problem in the bottom end. I use a Fulltone MOSFET Bass Drive with no loss in the low end. It can give creamy overdrive to full on fuzz. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauBass Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 (edited) I highly recommend the Xotic Bass BB Preamp. Great overdrive with no loss of bottom end at all...And what a coincidence, I'm selling mine becuase I'm not using it nowadays. See here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=76872"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=76872[/url] Edited February 14, 2010 by PauBass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Splayer Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 many thanks for quick replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMX Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I haven't tried the Ashdown Lomenzo Hyperdrive myself, but listened to a mate use it, he didn't seem to lose too much low end. The pedal is meant to mainly distort the midrange, adding some growl but leaving the bass relatively untouched. I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Blowers Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 T-Rex Bass Juice does it for me. The Fulltone comes a close second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDTVGE Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 i've tried using a big muff - the guitar one, and a rat. got given a boss distortion and it's like i've been blessed with a bottom end that i've never had before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassJase Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I have the Lomenzo and the Ibanez Phathead, and they're both great pedals. If you can find a PD7 for less than £40 then I'd say go for it. I'm possibly selling mine so if you do decide thats what you want then hit me up. Check the Ibanez demo's on their website, they're pretty good. Also well worth considering is the Boss Metal Zone, a guitarists pedal but it has onboard EQ so you can tweak as much as you like without losing the bottom. I also have the Digitech bass driver which has a really sensitive blend setting which also works a treat. They also have great demos on their website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Heeley Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 [quote name='HollyDTVGE' post='745393' date='Feb 14 2010, 11:29 PM']... it's like i've been blessed with a bottom end that i've never had before.[/quote] Does your bum look big in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I've put a mini 4 channel mixer on my board. With various ways to split the signal I can mix up all sorts of interesting things, usually guitar distortion pedal and clean for the lows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clauster Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 I had a Digitech Bad Monkey for a while. No noticable loss in the low end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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