Any Ideas?

Peen Simmons

Peen Simmons

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So I'm running a pretty non standard rig at the moment for rock band stuff...guitar through a big loud solid state bass amp with a 15 inch speaker.

Right now I'm using a Marshall-flavored OD for color and gain with surprisingly pleasant results. However, I'm thinking I might like to get something a little more preampish/foundation overdrivey.

Sounds wise, I'm digging your older tweed type fender tones and stuff in that realm. I tend to like vintage flavors with good note definition. Think 60s and 70s. More Who or Stones than Zep and Sabbath. Probably more in the realm of chime/crunch/breakup vs. total saturation...when I go for big gain tones, I usually go fuzz.

Any recommendations for stuff to check out.
 
Check out the Catlinbread SFT. That seems to be something in that tone window. It has a pretty wide range of drive settings and does the big fuzz thing well, but it really shines in the cleaner Stones tones (think Get Yer Ya-ya's Out).
 
Denverdave said:
Check out the Catlinbread SFT. That seems to be something in that tone window. It has a pretty wide range of drive settings and does the big fuzz thing well, but it really shines in the cleaner Stones tones (think Get Yer Ya-ya's Out).
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That's def on my list of things to try.
 
There's a bunch of tweedy pedals out there, of course. I also like the Greer Amps Ghetto Stomp, supposed to sound like a tweed amp or an old Valco, and the JHS Superbolt for Supro-like sounds.
 
One thing to note on the Catalinbread stuff is the newer versions have a button to switch between cleaner and higher gain settings. These are found on the tweed based Formula 55 and Ampeg based SFT.
 
Denverdave said:
Check out the Catlinbread SFT. That seems to be something in that tone window. It has a pretty wide range of drive settings and does the big fuzz thing well, but it really shines in the cleaner Stones tones (think Get Yer Ya-ya's Out).
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Chad said:
As Denverdave said, check out Catalinbread. But they have more than just the SFT. They have a whole line of what they call "foundation overdrives"

http://catalinbread.com/product-category/foundation-overdrive/

I also dug the Xotic AC booster for a preampy thing.
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That was what I was going to say. I have the Formula 5 myself (a tweed type, 5e3 particularly, http://catalinbread.com/product/formula-no-5/), and just posted last night in the original thread how much I was liking it.

Here is a nice vid showing how versatile it is with use of the volume knob.
 
sunvalleylaw said:
That was what I was going to say. I have the Formula 5 myself (a tweed type, 5e3 particularly, http://catalinbread.com/product/formula-no-5/), and just posted last night in the original thread how much I was liking it.

Here is a nice vid showing how versatile it is with use of the volume knob.
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Oops here's the vid.


This one is not in stock direct from C-Bread right now, but you can find it. There is also the 5f6, which is in stock.



Supposed to be more bassman than deluxe.
 
I think both of those pedals sound awesome. I want one but just don't know which!!
Obviously the bassman is the basis for the Marshall circuit. I already have 3 Marshall-ish amps. I've never played a 5e3 type amp but I like how they sound. I'm looking for something to use with the clean channel to get a bluesy type tone but still have plenty of gain on tap if needed.
 
I have a crazy idea...

Instead of spending $250+ for a boutique level pedal to make a bass amp sound something like a guitar amp...

Buy a guitar amp.

I know, crazy.
 
OGG said:
I have a crazy idea...

Instead of spending $250+ for a boutique level pedal to make a bass amp sound something like a guitar amp...

Buy a guitar amp.

I know, crazy.
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A guitar amp might be a better long-term solution, but a lot of the pedals we're talking about are under $200. It'd be hard to get a decent-sounding guitar amp for that price.
 
I would also look at the Tech21 Character series, they have a cab sim built in to simulate guitar speakers. I don't think the make and model of bass amp is mentioned above, but the modern bass amp is usually a full-range PA with a full-range speaker. And amp-in-a-box with speaker sim might liven it up a little more.
 
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