theblueark
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I'm in the process of building a bass fuzz for my bassist. After doing some research I've realised how few bass fuzzes there are out there in the market. The Boss Bass overdrive he's using now sounds like crap in my and his opinion.
Initial experimentation proved very successful. We are extremely happy with the circuit I have made, and I will be putting it into an enclosure soon. Here's a soundclip for a taste:
http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=3655993&q=hi
First part is gain on full, 2nd part is half gain, 3rd part is gain turned all the way down. You'll see how responsive it is to your tone knob on your bass after that. The gain is on full again, with the tone knob fully down. Then I play around with the tone knob. As it's turned up, you'll hear an increase in fizz.
It works very well on Low E string riffing too, but unfortunately I did not capture that in the soundclip.
The pedal I'm making will have a volume control, a gain control, and a 3 position toggle switch for 3 stages of bass boost. This was included as he felt he liked less bass when using it for soloing, and more bass if he is going to use it for riffing.
I'm also building one for Ronin's bassist who seemed quite interested when I talked to him about it. A quick hands up if any more people are interested. Initial calculations place the price at about $140. I'll post pictures and more clips when I finish the 2 I am making, and will settle on the price again.
Initial experimentation proved very successful. We are extremely happy with the circuit I have made, and I will be putting it into an enclosure soon. Here's a soundclip for a taste:
http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=3655993&q=hi
First part is gain on full, 2nd part is half gain, 3rd part is gain turned all the way down. You'll see how responsive it is to your tone knob on your bass after that. The gain is on full again, with the tone knob fully down. Then I play around with the tone knob. As it's turned up, you'll hear an increase in fizz.
It works very well on Low E string riffing too, but unfortunately I did not capture that in the soundclip.
The pedal I'm making will have a volume control, a gain control, and a 3 position toggle switch for 3 stages of bass boost. This was included as he felt he liked less bass when using it for soloing, and more bass if he is going to use it for riffing.
I'm also building one for Ronin's bassist who seemed quite interested when I talked to him about it. A quick hands up if any more people are interested. Initial calculations place the price at about $140. I'll post pictures and more clips when I finish the 2 I am making, and will settle on the price again.
