Dirt pedal for bass guitars...

vivadeluxxe · Post by **vivadeluxxe** » Sun May 03, 2009 8:34 pm

Mike wrote:I'm going to be prototyping and venturing into the Bass Drive pedal market soon, as I'll be building myself a pedal for the new band. I've got a few schematics and also a few ideas kicking around.

Good stuff... I'd be well interested to see what you come up with...
I've always struggled to find an overdriven bass sound that I like...

Post by **Mike** » Sun May 03, 2009 8:58 pm

The secret (I believe) is clean blend. I will be building a clean-blend board to merge whatever dirt I come up with with the original signal.

NBarnes21 · Post by **NBarnes21** » Sun May 03, 2009 9:01 pm

The Fulltone Bass Drive sounds great, not sure if you could find a schematic though.

Post by **Mike** » Sun May 03, 2009 9:02 pm

It's just a FullDrive 2 with some cap swaps. Really lazy engineering, and suonds farty as hell on the samples I've heard. Not impressed.

James · Post by **James** » Sun May 03, 2009 10:28 pm

This reminds me, I've been considering doing a bass dirt demo. I have a nice bass amp and a few dirt pedals. I take it a quick comparison would be worthwhile? I have....

Fuzz Factory clone
Wooly Mammoth clone
Red Llama clone
Dano French Toast (my favourite, though in non-octave mode)
MXR Blue Box
Fulltone OCD
Nobles Distortion
Catalinbread Teaser Stallion

.. and a Salt Boost to push them all with.

My track record for wanting to and not actually doing demos is a little embarrassing, so no promises, but I'd like to do this one sometime.

What are a couple of worth using for a demo riffs?

Post by **Mike** » Mon May 04, 2009 8:32 am

Breed?

vivadeluxxe · Post by **vivadeluxxe** » Mon May 04, 2009 10:23 am

James wrote:This reminds me, I've been considering doing a bass dirt demo. I have a nice bass amp and a few dirt pedals. I take it a quick comparison would be worthwhile? I have....

Fuzz Factory clone
Wooly Mammoth clone
Red Llama clone
Dano French Toast (my favourite, though in non-octave mode)
MXR Blue Box
Fulltone OCD
Nobles Distortion
Catalinbread Teaser Stallion

.. and a Salt Boost to push them all with.

My track record for wanting to and not actually doing demos is a little embarrassing, so no promises, but I'd like to do this one sometime.

What are a couple of worth using for a demo riffs?

I'd love to hear those pedals demo'd with a bass..

Not sure what riffs to suggest.. anything by Cliff Burton or the opening riff to NIB by Sabbath maybe... hmmm metal...

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Mon May 04, 2009 12:05 pm

I've been using my Wasabi Distortion for basstortion. It works surprisingly well.

aen · Post by **aen** » Mon May 04, 2009 2:12 pm

Mike wrote:The secret (I believe) is clean blend. I will be building a clean-blend board to merge whatever dirt I come up with with the original signal.

In my (admittedly) brief tenure as First Bassist, I never used the clean blend on Hair Of The Dog.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Mon May 04, 2009 4:17 pm

chisa wrote:big muff

seconded. i had a russian big muff that i only liked when a bass was kickin it.

Empires · Post by **Empires** » Mon May 04, 2009 5:56 pm

My pedal is still on its way...

It's in the tinkering stage.

aen · Post by **aen** » Mon May 04, 2009 6:39 pm

Sloan wrote:
chisa wrote:big muff
seconded. i had a russian big muff that i only liked when a bass was kickin it.

me 2. hence:

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Post by **Mike** » Mon May 04, 2009 6:47 pm

aen wrote:
Mike wrote:The secret (I believe) is clean blend. I will be building a clean-blend board to merge whatever dirt I come up with with the original signal.
In my (admittedly) brief tenure as First Bassist, I never used the clean blend on Hair Of The Dog.

It depends what you're after. I want gentle grindy Ampeg SVT style dirt.

aen · Post by **aen** » Mon May 04, 2009 6:49 pm

i want a gentle grind with her:

Empires · Post by **Empires** » Wed May 20, 2009 3:52 pm

Well... I think that's it about finished.

Introducing the Manky Bastard!

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Zack · Post by **Zack** » Wed May 20, 2009 4:10 pm

Empires wrote:It doesn't sound good without Alan Mahood!

ahaha, classy.
The font for the controls and inputs looks really nice, the excess vero is making me a bit uneasy but it looks way promising. Alica Keyz Demoz?

Post by **Mike** » Wed May 20, 2009 4:12 pm

FLOATY VERO ACTION.

Empires · Post by **Empires** » Wed May 20, 2009 4:29 pm

Mike wrote:FLOATY VERO ACTION.

Indeed... that's what makes it sound good. Honest, guv.

It's sturdy, most of the wire is that really stiff solid core stuff... not going anywhere soon.

I'll need to get some of those adhesive standoffs that I've seen in the MBM pedals for future efforts. Musikding?

It's hugely disorganised inside in a lot of ways. Outside, I'll definitely be using 'brush on' clearcoat next time.

Football stickers are here to stay.

Demo at some point in the future, possibly.

Post by **Mike** » Wed May 20, 2009 4:31 pm

Empires wrote:
Mike wrote:FLOATY VERO ACTION.
Indeed... that's what makes it sound good. Honest, guv.

It's sturdy, most of the wire is that really stiff solid core stuff... not going anywhere soon.

I'll need to get some of those adhesive standoffs that I've seen in the MBM pedals for future efforts. Musikding?

It's hugely disorganised inside in a lot of ways. Outside, I'll definitely be using 'brush on' clearcoat next time.

Football stickers are here to stay.

Demo at some point in the future, possibly.

rapid-online baby.
http://www.rapidonline.com/Tools-Fasten ... /kw/pillar

Empires · Post by **Empires** » Wed May 20, 2009 4:43 pm

Mike wrote: rapid-online baby.
http://www.rapidonline.com/Tools-Fasten ... /kw/pillar

Purchased.

Also bought that Circuit Specialists Soldering Iron... haven't used it yet, though