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Post by Murray B »

jdom84 wrote:yeah sorry its a tiny pedal so that would be impossible...

I will sell it and get another pedal with more tone controll I guess..

Are behringer pedal really awfiul? I was looking at the pink distortion pedal..

If you like the everything else about your pedal, then it might be worth considering getting a graphic eq to put in the chain, they can solve many problems, can act as a level booster and tonal change switch at the same time and can be roped into many problem solving duties on other instruments and or PA if things are going a bit wrong.

I own 3 that are used in various set up - they are really useful things to have around :-)

Can't comment on Behringer Pedals sorry - never owned one.
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The Behringer pedals are generally OK, (some are really good and a few are really bad) but with other Chinese-made pedals coming in at similar or lower prices and of what I consider to be better quality, these days I'd buy from another manufacturer if I could.

Finding a really cheap pedal with a lot of low end isn't easy, as most are based on old classic designs like the Tube Screamer, Boss DS-1, ProCo Rat, Marshall Guvnor, MXR distortion+ etc, and all of those have a reduced bass end.

You'll probably have more luck with some of the more boutique pedal brands, but even so, I doubt that any distortion pedal using hard diode clipping forgoes all bass roll-off, as the electronic components still react in the same way.
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I got one of these has some useful tone controls on

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Post by ef37a »

OP might also like to look for a Blackstar HT Dist' pedal. This has an input turnover frequency of 7Hz and in fact does not employ a "diode clipper" almost all of the distortion comes from the double Triode.
If there is still not enough bass any good guitar amp tech should be able to mod the pedal (but don't tell Bruce!)

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That's a really tasty sound :thumbup:
Guitarist isn't bad either :lol:
How is it actually powered? Mains, or via an inverter.
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Folderol wrote:That's a really tasty sound :thumbup:
Guitarist isn't bad either :lol:
How is it actually powered? Mains, or via an inverter.

If you are referring to the HT-Dist Will the pedal range has an on board 'diode pump' chip and power MOSFET producing 300V . The pedal uses a 22V SMPSU line lump, a necessity that has I think held it back slightly?

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