BASS PEDALS - Light Overdrive to Brutal Distortion

Testing 10 Bass Distortion Pedals across the categories of Light Overdrive, Medium Distortion, Heavy Distortion, and Brutal Distortion!

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[FrancoTirador]

Light Overdrive
00:29 ( Clean Tone ) Fender - American Vintage II '54 P Bass
00:39 Source Audio - Aftershock
00:49 JAM - Rattle Bass
00:58 FTelettronica - Amianto
01:07 Aguilar - Agro
01:17 Fender - Trapper
01:26 Darkglass - Microtube X Ultra
01:36 Genzler - Crash Box 4
01:45 EHX - Bass Big Muff
01:55 Ashdown - Triple Shot
02:04 TWA - Dynamorph

Medium Distortion
02:14 ( Clean Tone ) Spector - Euro4 LT
02:26 Source Audio - Aftershock
02:36 JAM - Rattle Bass
02:47 FTelettronica - Amianto
02:57 Aguilar - Agro
03:08 Fender - Trapper
03:18 Darkglass - Microtube X Ultra
03:28 Genzler - Crash Box 4
03:39 EHX - Bass Big Muff
03:49 Ashdown - Triple Shot
03:59 TWA - Dynamorph

Heavy Distortion
04:10 ( Clean Tone ) Kiesel - A2
04:24 Source Audio - Aftershock
04:37 JAM - Rattle Bass
04:49 FTelettronica - Amianto
05:01 Aguilar - Agro
05:14 Fender - Trapper
05:26 Darkglass - Microtube X Ultra
05:39 Genzler - Crash Box 4
05:51 EHX - Bass Big Muff
06:04 Ashdown - Triple Shot
06:16 TWA - Dynamorph

Brutal Distortion
06:29 ( Clean Tone ) Lignum - NN Sub Octave Bass
06:42 Source Audio - Aftershock
06:54 JAM - Rattle Bass
07:05 FTelettronica - Amianto
07:16 Aguilar - Agro
07:27 Fender - Trapper
07:39 Darkglass - Microtube X Ultra
07:50 Genzler - Crash Box 4
08:01 EHX - Bass Big Muff
08:12 Ashdown - Triple Shot
08:24 TWA - Dynamorph

...and by the way, my favorites are "Aguilar - Agro" and "Darkglass - Microtube X Ultra".

[CrimsonQuandary]

2:26 Did not expect the After Shock to get that close to the Hysteria tone.

[francomatiasmarron]

The aftershock was the one for me. Especially in the Muse bass line.

[refractorymercury]

The Aftershock can do everything. It's totally programmable with two channels stacked and a community where to get interresting presets. I paired mine with a midi pedal to directly get six different presets. My midi controls also one Zoom MS 60B so I get quite crazy tones.

[abouc]

Aftershock is my favorite of this lot.

[manny]

The Agro and Darkglass were the standouts. Largely because they remain very articulate and clear while delivering all the grit you want.
The After Shock and Asdown were in the next tier for me.

But I didn't think any were flatly unusable. Great demo

[LarryTheBassplayer]

That Triple Shot is EPIC!!! Across the board fantastic with all those sounds!

[ChrisBevanBass]

Really intrigued by the Amianto and the Dynamorph! Fab comparison video man, much appreciated

[BoomChockolaca]

Aftershock sounds absolutely amazing in every type of sound. So happy I bought it several years ago! Very flexible pedal.

I also like darkglass on low gain setup. On the high gain it highlights highs a bit too much, but overall seems like a very very capable pedal

[Aleksi.Georgiev]

Darkglass is on top!
Then my favorite is Ashdown and Aguilar in 3 position in all sounds.
The holy trinity is!🎸🤘

[bruceinoregon]

I like the Amianto and Agro sounds overall. Thanks for the great demonstration!

[LETSdiscussTRUTH]

Every time, that Micro Tubes was top notch. When you went to Brutal Mode, it was so obvious how clean yet SO heavy it sounds. Not groggy, muddy, or farty. Micro Tubes HANDS DOWN

[Imetalman]

The Aftershock felt like it’s a jack of all trades master of none.

[justinreed]

As a person with that darkglass pedal i was actually blown away by the agro that thing is sick! Still love my microtubes ultra though!

[edwardmooneyhan]

DG Aggy and Big Muff all sounded great in every context

[SaltWaterDrums]

I like how different pedals come into their own at different levels of distortion. Everyone is talking about the darkglass but I thought the Amianto sounded fantastic at Heavy distortion

[bmstylee]

The Darkglass and the Ashdown are definitely interesting me. The others aren't bad but those seem to be hitting it right for me. Especially since I'm not really interested in the super distortion. But those will do that as well.

[pCeLobster]

I went with the X Ultra a while ago and haven't looked back. It makes a great clean preamp too with the full range clean compressor. As a distortion I use it only at very low gain and it works great in a band. I'm not a high gain metal guy at all, and the X is maybe an unusual choice for low gain, but I find that it actually works better in a band setting than pedals that are specifically designed to be low gain. It sits in the mix and cuts through at the same time, where most pedals only do one or the other.

[drkangel]

Having a microtubes XU of course I’m gonna say it won but I’m suprised how the aftershock performed!!