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Originally Posted by guit30
A lot of the reviews say you need a reakl big tube amp for it to sound good, true?
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I tried the Boss Deluxe Reverb modeling pedal through a used silver face bassman, really big amp, in a store a few weeks ago and it kind of sucked. Kind of dull and lifeless. I then tried the same pedal and tele through a new solid state fender sitting right next to it and it sounded much better. Really spanky and alive sounding. Had a lot of those tonal characteristics that you hear in a DR.
I've also tried the bassman modeling pedal in a different store, again through a fender solid state amp, and it sounded ok, but not as impressive to me as the DR pedal. The bassman pedal seems to take a lot of the tonal characteristics of the bassman - the chimey highs and very loose bass - but it over exaggerates them. The highs are too airy and chimey and the lows are too loose sounding. Plus the previous post was right, when you crank the OD, it does become too digital sounding. But on low OD it sounded much more organic, but again some of the traits we all love about bassmans just seemed a bit too exaggerated.
I was much more impressed with the DR pedal. They seemed to nail that one a bit better than the bassman pedal. Again, though, too much OD and it started to sound digital too. I think the key with both is to use them more for low gain sounds, that not quite clean but not quite overdriven tone that we all crave. And I do suspect they may work better through solid state amps rather than tube amps. That's what my experience in the store seemed to suggest. The cool thing about these pedals is you can can get them on ebay for like $75 or $80, so if you want to get one and experiment with it, it won't cost you much. Or you can order from musician's friend or whoever and return it if it doesn't work for you.