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Currently I use the Sansamp BDDI to dirty up my bass sound.
I tried in the past to use my guitar pedals, but with little to no success:
Keeley-modded Boss BD-2 blues driver: it was difficult to get an overdriven sound that didn't lose definition; the bass started to sound muffled, and trying to make adjustments via the tone knob just ended up rolling off too much bass.
Boss SD-1 with Keeley's SEM: I just couldn't get the SD-1 to work with my bass, the distortion was there but my bass got totally lost in the mix with the guitars. Absolutely no warmth either, it was a really cold-sounding distortion.
Euthymia Crucible GE Fuzz: a boutique germanium Fuzz, made for guitar. My bass was HUGE, FAT, and sustained till tomorrow. Never use it much because my bandmates tell me that it's downright obnoxious
It's great fun (for me), but I don't really play music that needs sounds this extreme.
Having said all this, I'm not sure to what point the fact that my bass has active electronics (I play a Warwick Fortress One) affects my ability to get good sounds through these pedals.
I tried in the past to use my guitar pedals, but with little to no success:
Keeley-modded Boss BD-2 blues driver: it was difficult to get an overdriven sound that didn't lose definition; the bass started to sound muffled, and trying to make adjustments via the tone knob just ended up rolling off too much bass.
Boss SD-1 with Keeley's SEM: I just couldn't get the SD-1 to work with my bass, the distortion was there but my bass got totally lost in the mix with the guitars. Absolutely no warmth either, it was a really cold-sounding distortion.
Euthymia Crucible GE Fuzz: a boutique germanium Fuzz, made for guitar. My bass was HUGE, FAT, and sustained till tomorrow. Never use it much because my bandmates tell me that it's downright obnoxious
It's great fun (for me), but I don't really play music that needs sounds this extreme.Having said all this, I'm not sure to what point the fact that my bass has active electronics (I play a Warwick Fortress One) affects my ability to get good sounds through these pedals.
