cody_linder

If there was ever one pedal that I would never be without on my signal chain, this would definitely be it! I've been using this pedal for about a year now and the tone I get from it is unparalleled to any pedal I've ever heard or played through. It respects the fundamental signal coming from your bass while adding a natural-sounding overdrive to the signal, giving a natural, non-synthetic sounding tone without sucking out the low frequencies. It's also rather versatile; you can be subtle with it and dial the drive back to get a warmer, more vintage-style tone. Or you can crank the drive to deliver a brutal assault of grinding distortion that modern rock and metal bassists tend to crave. Lately I've been recording with the pedal's parallel output so I get a track of the sound of the B7K along with a clean DI track, and the recording sounds amazing. Worth a try, and you cannot even tell they're separate tracks, as the two separate tracks are synonymous with each other. Either way, I highly recommend this pedal if you're looking for a top-of-the-line modern bass tone that you will be hard-pressed to find anywhere else. It's worth the money.

A great pedal right out of the box, but infinitely tweakable parameters with the Neuro App to get the exact sounds you need. A great option if you can't decide what dirt pedals to get for your bass. You can also download various presets uploaded by other users on the app cloud. Can't say enough good things about this.

I've been using these strings for metal on my Ibanez Soundgear, and I love how nicely they punch through the mix and have a nice midrange growl to them. Great for slap playing, but I find they're also great for metal. They also last a while too. Edit: One thing that I've noticed is that the B string in some sets isn't necessarily consistent all the time with the rest. Sometimes the B string sounds dead compared to a regular XL B string.