Many people ask questions about overdrive and distortion for bass, so I thought it might be helpfull with a review of this one:
Features: 4/5
Level - adjusts signal output, so you don`t get any in- or decrease in volumelevel with or without the pedal turned on.
Tone - Adjusts the frequency of the effects. Turned left, it makes the od/dist more low and introvert. Turned right, it goes hi freq. and od/dist is more visible in the overall sound.
Blend - adjust the mix of dry signal(regular bass sound) and the effect signal.
Morph - switch between several overdrive and distortion effects, or mix them together to make your own sounds. Left: more distortion, right: more fuzzy.
Enough here to make you twist knobs forever. Anything is possible. I only wish there where some way to save settings.
Sound: 3,5/5
Since there is so many sounds you can get with this, any fuzz-, overdrive- or distortion-fanatic will get what he/she wants. If you turn blend to max dry you will have no coloring of the sound, the opposite will clear out much of your bass on high notes. The only thing I have trouble with is getting that hint of overdrive on low notes. Here you will have either nothing, some or alot. For recording purposes you`ll have to be very carefull with putting on too much effects since it`ll show alot. Here, Sans Amp Bass DI might be better.
The amp output doesn`t colour the sound at all, but the CIT-mixer output is really crap. Noisy and tame. If you connect directly into a mixer, use the normal amp output instead.
Portability: 5/5
Fits in any gig-bag or hardcase.
Reliability: 5/5
The knobs are thight, and the shell is heavy-duty. Noting to complain about.
Overall: 4/5
This effectbox is really a pleasure to work with. The variety of tones are wide, and the way you can mix them in any way is great. If I feel like playing a guitarsolo on the bass, I can do it with this one in no time. The only thing that makes it a 4 instead of 5 is the weak mixer-output which is a waste of space.
NOTE: on small amps, your bass sound will loose much of its low end with effects turned "on". Even on my 100w ampeg cab it decreases. But on 300w+ it really makes up for it.
