What's a good chips n' gravy bass overdrive pedal?

TimmyO · January 2021

Before I just hand the lad my Muffroom Cloud as the only thing I have that might suit (pre-law$uit model lol) , what might a good, straightforward, flexible bass OD pedal be?

Nothing outsized, nothing that needs fancy power, nothing one-trick-wonder

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EricTheWeary · January 2021

Boss ODB3.

Or the Behringer BOD 400 is a clone of it.

MattBanshee · January 2021

Sansamp, or a clone thereof (Joyo Dr J Sparrow or Behringer BDI).

Winny_Pooh · January 2021

TC Spark

fretmeister · January 2021

If you've got a Boss LS-2 already somewhere then any drive pedal. Use the LS-2 for a clean blend.

The Darkglass B3K is amazingly versatile despite it's metal reputation. I use mine for school warmth at low levels when I still had a big band to play in.

Keefy · January 2021

EHX Bass Big Muff Pi.

PaulWarning · January 2021

I use a Zoom B1on, it's got a sansamp sim on it, as well as a few EQ patches, prefer it to the Behringer BDI21, it's better for fine adjustment, I assume the lastest version the Zoom B1 four is the same, bit of a faff figuring out how to use it though

JCA2550 · January 2021

Second the Sansamp bass DI. My favourite dirt for bass is the Darkglass Duality Fuzz.

JezWynd · January 2021

EHX Battalion Nano is a a PreAmp/OD. My best buy of 2020, a very flexible little unit with a wide variety of sounds available via its eq and gain routing.

Funkfingers · January 2021

Fill yo' boots.

mike257 · January 2021

ODB-3 doesn't really do subtle. The Ashdown Hyperdrive isn't bad. It really depends whether you're going for subtle valve drive like a dimed SVT, something more distorted than that, or all-out fuzz.

Marihino · January 2021

TC Spark indeed.

Dontgiveupyourdayjob · January 2021

Bass Soûl Food

mbe · January 2021

Joyo High Gain Distortion. One might think that this shouldn't work but it sounds amazing in small doses. There are one or two youtube videos hailing this remarkable pedal for bass.

Keefy · January 2021

mbe said:

Joyo High Gain Distortion. One might think that this shouldn't work but it sounds amazing in small doses. There are one or two youtube videos hailing this remarkable pedal for bass.

Any idea whether his is a copy of another pedal?

LastMantra · January 2021

I just use my boss OS-2. Or, more accurately, a behringer clone I kept when I got my OS-2.

Suppose I usually use quite a mid-y, guitar-y tone for bass. Not super low frequency anyway, I like to be able to hear it.

Funkfingers · January 2021

More often than not, blending overdrive or distortion with your clean sound strikes the right balance between rip and fundamental.

UnclePsychosis · January 2021

I like both the Catalinbread SFT and the Zvex Basstortion.

I also really like a Rat when blended using my LS-2.

mike257 · January 2021

Funkfingers said:

More often than not, blending overdrive or distortion with your clean sound strikes the right balance between rip and fundamental.

Yep, all about the clean blend with bass.

When I'm mixing live shows with bassisrs that use a lot of drive I like to take a clean DI before any pedals and blend it with a mic on the cab - big clean low end from the DI and all the grit from the mic.

Teetonetal · January 2021

For bass, I am a big fan of a blend knob. OD on it's own just gets lost, adding in some clean signal helps alot to retain the "bass" part. If you need a muff type sound, then go for the EHX bass muff

Marihino · February 2021

For fairly light crunch, can't recommend TC Electronic Spark (4-knob version). Can go a bit heavier too. Stacks well and is fantastic on its own. Doesn't need a blend, neither does my Aguilar ToneHammer set to pretty gritty.

mbe · February 2021

Keefy said:

mbe said:

Joyo High Gain Distortion. One might think that this shouldn't work but it sounds amazing in small doses. There are one or two youtube videos hailing this remarkable pedal for bass.

Any idea whether his is a copy of another pedal?

@Keefy yes the Joyo JF-04 is modelled on the Marshall Shredmaster without the bass knob. It's also similar to the Hyde section of the Visual Sounds Jekyll and Hyde pedal.

alalalkasar · March 2021

I really like my dod 250 with my bass. It's not particularly versatile but it does a lovely valveish growl.

JezWynd · March 2021

I use the EHX Battalion Nano. I checked out a few different ones but this ended my search. Very flexible eq options and even capable of a lovely fuzz sound; it’s a Swiss Army knife kind of pedal. If you gig it’s probably worth getting the full fat version as it has better options for feeding a desk or PA and more channel switching flexibility.

Edit; so good he named it twice!

Mudcrutch · March 2021

A Big Muff bass pedal.
not the little ones .
All the latest Behringer Bass pedals are amazing.
Outstanding value for money at around £20 each on amazon uk

Keefy · March 2021

mbe said:

Keefy said:

mbe said:

Joyo High Gain Distortion. One might think that this shouldn't work but it sounds amazing in small doses. There are one or two youtube videos hailing this remarkable pedal for bass.

Any idea whether his is a copy of another pedal?

@Keefy yes the Joyo JF-04 is modelled on the Marshall Shredmaster without the bass knob. It's also similar to the Hyde section of the Visual Sounds Jekyll and Hyde pedal.

Surprising answer - and very slow response from me!

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