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I ended up not being able to hold out, and I bought an MXR Bass Distortion and Keeley Bassist Compressor. I ordered both from CME through Reverb on Wednesday. I had asked the orders be shipped together, and when I only received one through UPS I called to notify them. Seems the instruction to combine the order didn't go through, and they said they would ship out right away.
Well, a little later I received the other pedal from USPS. So I called to cancel. They said cool, thanks. Now I see both pedals are rescheduled for shipment. So we'll see what happens when I receive it, if I receive it, tomorrow.
The MXR Bass Distortion is a Fuzzrocious designed RAT. It has a button to switch between silicon (RAT) and LED (Turbo) modes. It also has both dry and wet volumes. Turn the dry off and it operates like any other RAT, except the tone control isn't backwards. I figured I would like the Turbo setting a lot more. But it's got this high end harshness that tube amps probably cover up and my Markbass/GK setup doesn't. So I'm on the normal RAT setting. The silicon diodes have significantly more gain than the LEDs, which is normal. But they also don't clip as hard, and that harshness isn't as apparent. It sounds good, but it's not blowing me away. Maybe that'll change at rehearsal volume.
The Keeley Bassist is a limiting compressor based on old dbx comps. I'm a total idiot with compressors and never like how they make me sound. But this one is well regarded and I could use some help evening my attack, so I went for it. Off the bat, it's the first comp I've bought that I feel like I sound good with. Unfortunately, it's picking up some RF noise. I've tried it with different cables, with power supply and batteries, and by itself without anything else in the chain. And it's all the same deal.
I'm going to see if this other box shows up tomorrow before I make any decisions.
Well, a little later I received the other pedal from USPS. So I called to cancel. They said cool, thanks. Now I see both pedals are rescheduled for shipment. So we'll see what happens when I receive it, if I receive it, tomorrow.
The MXR Bass Distortion is a Fuzzrocious designed RAT. It has a button to switch between silicon (RAT) and LED (Turbo) modes. It also has both dry and wet volumes. Turn the dry off and it operates like any other RAT, except the tone control isn't backwards. I figured I would like the Turbo setting a lot more. But it's got this high end harshness that tube amps probably cover up and my Markbass/GK setup doesn't. So I'm on the normal RAT setting. The silicon diodes have significantly more gain than the LEDs, which is normal. But they also don't clip as hard, and that harshness isn't as apparent. It sounds good, but it's not blowing me away. Maybe that'll change at rehearsal volume.
The Keeley Bassist is a limiting compressor based on old dbx comps. I'm a total idiot with compressors and never like how they make me sound. But this one is well regarded and I could use some help evening my attack, so I went for it. Off the bat, it's the first comp I've bought that I feel like I sound good with. Unfortunately, it's picking up some RF noise. I've tried it with different cables, with power supply and batteries, and by itself without anything else in the chain. And it's all the same deal.
I'm going to see if this other box shows up tomorrow before I make any decisions.