WoodyRATM Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 question about overdrives i guessright i use a sansamp bass driver, not as DI anymore just in my chain.i've got a tone i love using the driver and my ashdown, it has a degree of drive in it.It works most of the time.but theres times when im wanting a little more "insanity" if you will.How do overdrives react when paired with other drives?Will they work pretty well? or end up sounding terrible?Also does anyone have any idea which OD's will sound decent?The added drive will only be used when its bass and drums only probs.cheers for any help guysx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 This thread may or may not be of use to you: http://www.aberdeen-music.com/forums/musicians-corner/26686-getting-good-tone-fuzz-bass.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 fuzz is a different entity to overdrive, but i suppose it could be usefulas for the sansamp, take the blend dial back to about 4ish, crank the prescence to about 7.5ish, give it some drive at about 8ish, bass at about 7.5. alter your pick up tone on your bass too i supposeplay about with it until you find what you need, the less blend you use you get more of a natural tone as opposed to an ampeg tone. the prescence fairly increases the noise and make it sound more "insane" i suppose.i usually try and keep the thing at 5/12 o clock and make a few wee hanges as i only use it for a bit of drive and sustain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodyRATM Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 cheers for the replysi use the sansamp as more as an fx pedal rather than emulator i guess. it's on all the time, i think i'd like somethin i could use aswell as the sansamp.like warwick > TU2 > sansamp > other drive > ashdown.though i do have the blend full on the sans, so i might consider droppin that a smidgenta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 if you do that you will lose a lot of tone and have more a messy noise with no power than "insanity"do you play with the 1/4 in or out?i would try working the blend and prescence first, you would be surprised how good it can sound (live) if you get rid of that blend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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