Bass Dirt

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:01 am

Hi guys. I think I'm finally passing on that Aria bass to Haze, in exchange for some handmade HazeFX goodness.

I just don't really know what I want.

Okay, that's not entirely true. I do know I want a Bass distortion type box, but I haven't found a demo of one that has what I want. Basically I would like it to have a fair amount of gain and some real grit to it but not get all washed out. I like some of the bass fuzz boxes I've found but they're not quite... "precise" maybe?

Does anyone have any ideas that I can pass on to Haze?

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:38 am

Personally, I like my guitar pedals for bass; I primarily use a Fulltone DP-1, which gives a good gritty drive, and a Marshall Jackhammer, which is more compressed and even.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:52 am

i boost my bass with THE INTERNET on the REG. nasty dirt.

if that don't do you right, have him craft you some kind of HOOF or bass specific sunface

i use my hazeface titty fuzz on my bass too, but i have to crank it up supa loud

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:25 am

I've actually been using my MXR distortion+ with bass and it has a pretty awesome fuzzy bass tone. I hate it for guitar, but with bass it actually sounds pretty awesome.

If you want a good bass drive tone, not fuzz, then I would recommend a sansamp DI. I also have a friend who just uses a Boss bass overdrive pedal and it sounds pretty awesome.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 3:56 am

Boss ODB-3 (or its Behringer copy). Incredibly high levels of gain are available, but it still sounds focused and detailed. Has bass and treble controls, and also a wet/dry knob (I think) so you can make it as fizzy as you want.

Great pedal for guitar too. Heavy as all fuck. It is my go to heavy, heavy distortion box.

Post by **Doog** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:49 am

As always, Zvex 'Box Of Rock' / MBM 'Box Of Mike' for Shellac-style grunt.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:02 am

Danelectro French Toast was my distortion of choice on bass. It had real grind.

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 5:06 pm

I actually have a Boss ODB-3 and while I like it, I can't dial in exactly what I want from it. That and it seems like unity gain is really high up the level knob (I want something louder).

This is kinda what I want to go for:
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ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Sun Oct 16, 2011 5:15 pm

French Toast got me close. It's also pretty cheap. I haven't used it for a while now, I'll have to dig it out and give it another go with bass.

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:20 am

ekwatts wrote:French Toast got me close. It's also pretty cheap. I haven't used it for a while now, I'll have to dig it out and give it another go with bass.

Any chance you could do a demo? I'd love to hear the grind. Can't find any with bass.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:58 am

i use either the Bass fuzz that Haze made, or the MBM Muff with tone bypass
on my bass...

sometimes i'll use a tubescreamer just to fuck with things a bit

toez10 · Post by **toez10** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:48 pm

Haze built me a green muff, and I used it almost exclusively with bas for some seriously evil tones.

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:00 pm

RAT sounds good

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:19 pm

I've always had great results with an old Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal pedal. Tons of LOW end on tap on that thing and it grinds nicely. It worked for the JAMC.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:50 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:Boss ODB-3 (or its Behringer copy). Incredibly high levels of gain are available, but it still sounds focused and detailed. Has bass and treble controls, and also a wet/dry knob (I think) so you can make it as fizzy as you want.

Great pedal for guitar too. Heavy as all fuck. It is my go to heavy, heavy distortion box.

Aye this, great pedal on bass and guitar.

aen · Post by **aen** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:54 pm

I used to only use EC Thunder for bass dirt, but now I'm pretty stuck on the Internet. Pretty similar to the Box of Rock/Mike I guess, although there might be clipping diodes in those?

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:46 pm

going for Bazz octave fuzz! Thanks for all your suggestions guys. I'm gonna have to go back and try the ODB-3 again (and a bunch of others).

Ben79 · Post by **Ben79** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:36 pm

Just thought I'd mention the obvious; that Geezer's running through an envelope filter on NIB, so the fuzz is being dealt a load of different frequencies to just plain bass.

I like my Fredric Unpleasant Companion on Bass and the Grumbly Wolf too (dist+ circuit). The UC is pretty brutal, basically just turns your bass into a square wave generator but backing off the volume a little and it gets rich and fuzzy round the edges - the tone circuit is subtle but useful and it's great on guitar too. It's the fuzz used for the bass tone from Exit Music for a Film buy Radiohead I believe.

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:50 pm

DAM Meathead Dark.

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 2:24 am

Ben79 wrote:Just thought I'd mention the obvious; that Geezer's running through an envelope filter on NIB, so the fuzz is being dealt a load of different frequencies to just plain bass.

I like my Fredric Unpleasant Companion on Bass and the Grumbly Wolf too (dist+ circuit). The UC is pretty brutal, basically just turns your bass into a square wave generator but backing off the volume a little and it gets rich and fuzzy round the edges - the tone circuit is subtle but useful and it's great on guitar too. It's the fuzz used for the bass tone from Exit Music for a Film buy Radiohead I believe.

I also heard that he was using a wah pedal in conjunction with the dirt. Sounds tits either way.