Distortion on bass

[Sonic75]

Hello,
what do you use to apply distortion on your bass guitar when you need it?

Actually I use Psa plugin or hardware but I'd like to test something different.

Thank you

 

[Beneath_the_Bliss]

if you have Pod Farm, try the sansamp pedal which is the 'bass overdrive'. Works really nice, especially if you layer two of them in conjunction.

 

[NoSoup4you22]

BOD Bass Driver... VST replica of the Sansamp unit. Best free plugin ever?

 

[egan.]

5150.

 

[Morgan C]

Juicy77

 

[JonWormwood]

Had a PSA but it wasn't clanky enough so I sold it and got a BDDI. Now the BDDI doesn't have enough dist. should have kept the PSA and used them together!

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

For some reason I thought it was popular to process the bass through a RAT.

 

[thefalloftheheretic]

For some reason I thought it was popular to process the bass through a RAT.

That's a biggie in sludge and stoner doom.

 

[Rex Rocker]

MXR M80

 

[Melb_shredder]

BOD Bass Driver... VST replica of the Sansamp unit. Best free plugin ever?

Loved that plugin, but since getting a PSA1... It has no use anymore. Not that it isn't epic. Just, having this beast is ridiculous!

 

[Charles J]

For some reason I thought it was popular to process the bass through a RAT.

Correct. An older RAT rules all kinds of ass on bass =D. Use it allllll the time.

 

[PhilTheBeard]

That's a biggie in sludge and stoner doom.

Not entirely true my friend. Lot's of pop punk and indie music run their bass tone's through a rat as well

 

[K Odell]

Rat Pedal, 5150, or Sans Amp RBI

 

[Leon--]

Sansamp PSA is absolutely amazing.The plug in is good but the preamp is much better

 

[vespiz]

PSA plugin here mostly. Even if the amp's miced with distortion, I'll sometimes stick it on if I need more grind.

Tried the new-ish EBS MetalDrive pedal @ our shop just the other day. Whoa! Have to give it a whirl one of these days.
Mind you it was with a very nice Fender AmStd P-Bass..

 

[JakeAC5253]

5150.

I use this as well. I love how the presence of a real miked speaker makes the bass glue with the rest of the mix.

I'll probably look into building a vintage circuit RAT too, sounds neat. You guys that are using a RAT on bass, are you running it straight back into board, into clean amp, into dirty amp or what?

 

[hsnyder]

Well if you remember Ola's Video about the bass... "Set the distortion so it sounds like shit"

 

[pipaguapique]

sansamp plugin is cool...the podfarm sansamp is also cool.

I like the rat too...so it really depends on the music style. but if you can get a hold of a vintage "green" big muff...boy...those are rad on bass!

 

[amarshism]

rat can get all kinds of disgusting clank on bass

 

[tempe]

Usually we use whatever guitar amp is getting used for the guitars, and a Sans Amp PSA-1. The amp is set to basically sound like mid-range horrid nasal grind with the sans being a little more scooped. Works together nicely.