Ha, GAS hits you and gets you from so many different angles
Enjoyed reading what you guys are up to - don’t have much time for bass/music right now myself, as I am traveling a bit over the next two weeks. So, you are my “proxies”…
Ha, GAS hits you and gets you from so many different angles
Enjoyed reading what you guys are up to - don’t have much time for bass/music right now myself, as I am traveling a bit over the next two weeks. So, you are my “proxies”…
I justified this by not buying the Squier Vintage Modified Jazz (£230) AND the 1 year old Fender Rumble 40 (£130). If my wife asks you, the pedal is essential kit. Right?
Thanks for all the info @howard, I’m so looking forward to having a new toy to go with my new found enjoyment of the bass.
Slightly convoluted rationalization and post-rationalization are common symptoms of GAS.
(Music and Health Almanac, 1st edition).
Pretty standard marital skill.
Yeah we should probably start a new Zoom Effects thread, there’s a lot of little tips and tricks
done:
Did exactly that on my Vintage, needed to practice some low so have it tuned to a low B. @bottomfeeder needed a sample of all notes so I re-strung my bass, sadly low A was too low! I did supply with Bb all the way up!
I just discovered this. Cool video Josh!
Yeah, some of those Vintage Josh videos are great!
Anyone have recommendations for clear, modern sounding bass overdrives?
My current bass driver is a BDI-21 and it has a nice, vintage-like warm overdrive, but I am looking for something more modern (clear, tight, cooler, aggressive) sounding. Here’s what I have come to so far:
I guess what I want is other examples and options of a Darkglass-like sound.
Additional data points
@howard I’m having trouble hearing what the downside is on the AfterShock unless you want a pedal that just does it’s job without all the fiddly bits. For me, the AfterShock is a bit overwhelming but you seem to sift through being faced with a million different options pretty well.
My only problem with it is this fear caused by the fact that the other digital overdrives I have heard did not impress me. But every sample of it I have heard sounds awesome. Their Darkglass-like sound, while not the same, still is really good in the samples I have found.
If I see a used one I should probably pick it up. I could always sell it.
The thing does look super versatile.
Oh, that’s right. I forgot that part. Have you tried combining some GK attack with what you have to get the sound you’re looking for?
I no longer have any modeling pedals.
There’s a few big differences with the modern overdriven sound over the vintage tube overdrives. The vintage drives tend to be very warm sounding, flattening the lows, boosting the mids and the high end. The sound I am looking for has a more booming low end, retains the high end, and flattens or scoops the mids. It sounds clearer and cooler, not a warm fuzzy overdrive like a Tube Screamer.
Some pretty good examples of the sound starting here:
G-K amps do sound great and have a nice clear punchy tone though, yeah.
Hmm Apparently Nathan Navarro really likes it. That’s him demoing it in the SourceAudio vid, and he does some other videos about it.
It’s a really really versatile pedal which totally appeals to me.
I think I am kind of selling it to myself here
edit: turns out Navarro worked for SourceAudio
maybe you could look to distorsion pedals (and not overdrive) ? those things usually sounds less vintage/natural/warm than overdrives, maybe worth a try
I was thinking about that too, yeah. But I like the non-distorting drive tone on the Darkglass a lot too.
It sounds like the AfterShock does that pretty well too. Intro riff to this is apparently the darkglass setting with stuff mostly neutral. Of course part of it is also that Warwick - damn
Hehe, someone’s coming down with a serious case of GAS…
Heh. I love their sound but when I tried one I didn’t like the neck. B string was kind of flubby too. I’ll have to try one again sometime.