Drive Pedals for Bass

[playpunk]

Hello Fellas,

I have been thinking about which pedals to build for a bass player. I know that there are some DIY PCB's which are designed for bass, and those are a given.

Have any of you guys ever wired up an overdrive with a clean/dirty dual gang pot as two pots to use for bassists?

This seems to me to be the simplest solution to the problem of a circuit losing low end. I'm thinking most specifically about a Klone or JMK's Clean Drive. I guess the OD-820 from Aion would work the same way.

[GermanCdn]

Clean drive works well for bass, either with a dual gang or two separate controls (there's a demo in Jacob's sub forum for two separate controls for guitar).

Jacob's also got the bass drive coming up.

I'm just finishing up Josh's Sucker Punch for bass with jubal Schoon Time for blend, will let you know how it works.

[jimilee]

I have a grind customs klon with cap mods for bass that I use currently sounds good. Also I have a ginger board from a runoff groove schem that I am going to build, I hear good things about it and then jmk has that I am going to build also. I use a green Russian as a standard fuzz though. It also had bass mods on the out cap.

[LaceSensor]

If you can score a cheap find on one, the Way Huge reissue mk2 Green Rhino sounds huge on bass thanks to its 100hz control. I beleive there is a MXR pedal which also features this 100hz control.

I am yet to see this as a feature of DIY pedals.
In the meanwhile, I think you can make pretty much any drive fuzz or OD pedal work as a bass pedal by the inclusion of a clean blend. There are a number of DIY designs for such a control.

[CRBMoA]

I Beta tested a DIY Ginger board last year. Sent it on to someone else, but I will say it truly got me to Jack Bruce territory. Great circuit!

[jkokura]

Clean drive works well for bass, either with a dual gang or two separate controls (there's a demo in Jacob's sub forum for two separate controls for guitar).

Jacob's also got the bass drive coming up.

This.

Jacob

[jimilee]

I Beta tested a DIY Ginger board last year. Sent it on to someone else, but I will say it truly got me to Jack Bruce territory. Great circuit!

if you search here for a ginger there is a layout.

[selfdestroyer]

This might help you make some opinions.. I stumbled across this page last week.

http://johnkvintageguitars.homestead.com/Overdrive-Pedals.html

[playpunk]

that page is pretty comprehensive. I wish he had links or build reports on his mods, though.

[DutchMF]

I'm just finishing up Josh's Sucker Punch for bass with jubal Schoon Time for blend, will let you know how it works.

I was planning the exact same combo, but combined with a Faultline @ 18V in a 1590DD, as a nice surprise for my bass player......

[jimilee]

I should have said that I you search for ginger on byoc, there is a layout, I forgot where I was. Rog has a schematic and some sound samples.

[selfdestroyer]

that page is pretty comprehensive. I wish he had links or build reports on his mods, though.

I know what you mean. I know a lot of his builds are from Mark at tagboardeffects. I have seen comments by him there.