contrary to what other people said in this thread. i think the pd7 is a great distortion. Its pretty versatile (can also be used as a clean boost) and it can give a very well defined fat low end distortion or very crunchy riff-y distortion.
to those who said it "kills" your low end - you probably just said that because when jamming you can't hear yourself properly amongst the other instruments. This is because your sound blends in with the overall sound as its distorted (chances are, the guitars were also distorted, so you can imagine) not because of your 'bass' frequencies being lost>
There are some solutions to this:
- turn your level in the pd7 higher so that you're boosted in the mix when using distortion.
- turn the gain lower, when the saturation sounds more overdriven then distorted or fuzzed up, you won't blend in with the guitars distorted sound.
- split your sound into two amps/cab; one for distorted sound one for clean sound . OR get a pedal or sth that allows you blend your clean sound with distorted sound.
when i'm able to record, i'll record a few basslines with my pd7 and so you guys see for yourself if there is actually any "low end loss".
My settings on my PD7 are:
gain : at least about 2 o' clock .. i like to go to close to full gain sometimes.
low : one o' clock
high: eleven o' clock
level: up to you
clean/od/dist: i usually switch between od and dist. mainly use od
attack: zero(none)
Now if you still got problems, 25% chance its your equipment, or 75% you got sloppy technique.
Overall i would say the pd7s strongest points would be the ability to go really high gain with your sound without any low end loss. so you basically get a very strong fat distortion!
for overdrive, i would reccommend sansamp bass driver . havent heard about much "boutique" stuff but ebs valvedrive seems quite good for a overdrive too.
the big muff is also quite different from the pd7 (fuzz from distortion), so i'm going to get one sooon
to those who said it "kills" your low end - you probably just said that because when jamming you can't hear yourself properly amongst the other instruments. This is because your sound blends in with the overall sound as its distorted (chances are, the guitars were also distorted, so you can imagine) not because of your 'bass' frequencies being lost>
There are some solutions to this:
- turn your level in the pd7 higher so that you're boosted in the mix when using distortion.
- turn the gain lower, when the saturation sounds more overdriven then distorted or fuzzed up, you won't blend in with the guitars distorted sound.
- split your sound into two amps/cab; one for distorted sound one for clean sound . OR get a pedal or sth that allows you blend your clean sound with distorted sound.
when i'm able to record, i'll record a few basslines with my pd7 and so you guys see for yourself if there is actually any "low end loss".
My settings on my PD7 are:
gain : at least about 2 o' clock .. i like to go to close to full gain sometimes.
low : one o' clock
high: eleven o' clock
level: up to you
clean/od/dist: i usually switch between od and dist. mainly use od
attack: zero(none)
Now if you still got problems, 25% chance its your equipment, or 75% you got sloppy technique.
Overall i would say the pd7s strongest points would be the ability to go really high gain with your sound without any low end loss. so you basically get a very strong fat distortion!
for overdrive, i would reccommend sansamp bass driver . havent heard about much "boutique" stuff but ebs valvedrive seems quite good for a overdrive too.
the big muff is also quite different from the pd7 (fuzz from distortion), so i'm going to get one sooon
