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That would be easy. Some kind of over saturated overdrive pedal would get you there. I think with a mandolin, you probably don't need too much high gain distortion, or it might feedback and squeal too much. Might have to back off the treble or highs too so it's not so piercing and draining. A delay or reverb pedal to give it a little bit of ambiance and space would be great too! And if it's just too noisy no matter what you do, definitely get a noise gate.

An eq before/after the preamp or distortion can make a world of a difference!

That's a good idea, and if I had the Chug, I definitely would try it! Come on Ola, I still need to try a Solar guitar too, lol. I have had a little experience with the Chug on guitar though. It was quiet tight actually and sounded just about as good as any tube amp when ran into the FX loop/power amp in. I would think having control over the Low Frequency and High Frequency gain should help even more on bass. Have you tried the VFE Pedals Triumvirate pedal? Peter makes some amazing pedals and on that one you can control the distortion on the lows, mids, and highs! There is also the killer frequency splitter pedal VFE makes called the Klein Bottle. Or even the EHX Tri Parallel Mixer is cool. Or go with the old school Boss LS-2 Line Mixer pedal. They all will let you add overdrives, distortions, or any other pedals or gear just to certain channels or frequencies you want and them blend them back together with the original sound and tone you have. At my studio I run my Ampeg SVT 5 Pro though an Ampeg 8x10", a Carvin 15", and then run the effects loop out of the SVT 5 into a distortion or overdrive pedal, that goes into the Power Amp in of a guitar tube amplifier into a 4x12" cab for my distorted tones. Sounds huge!

Sometimes just a little bit of overdrive or distortion on the bass can really make the entire mix with the guitars fuller and stand out more. I wouldn't use it for every single band, but any kind of rock or metal bands would probably be ok. With only distortion, sometimes it loses some dynamics and loses some of the low end too. The really cool thing about this pedal is that you can blend your direct signal (without the distortion) back in. It helps separate the notes and strings more and keeps the low end there.

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Thanks for the comment! I love the Metaltronix amp. It has this nice high gain saturated sound and feel but not too high gain as some of the new amps out there. As far as settings on this video, I don't know exactly, but it looks like I was running my Digitech GSP1101 processor in the 4 cable method, using the Metaltronix as the main preamp, and most likely a DOD/Digitech Death Metal as my overdrive in the GSP1101, as well as maybe some chorus and delay inside the Digitech unit. Usually I like to use the Metaltronix with the extra gain switch on. But I might of used the lighter gain setting on this video since I was going for that old Swedish Death Metal type tone and was running the Death Metal distortion. I noticed that the bass EQ on the Metaltronix doesn't really change the sound too much, especially compared to other amps. But I usually try to dial in the mids according to my guitar and pickups to make sure the notes and strings have some definition. Then I dial in the treble to get just enough bite and grit without getting to fizzy on the high end. The amp works well with other overdrives too such as a DOD 250, Boss SD-1, Ibanez Tubescreamer, etc. How do you like the Metaltronix amp? Did you see there is a new one now?

I have a Dungeon Master as well. Another great pedal by Idiotbox Effects!

Hey Goetz! Hope you are doing well. Yes, I love my Faststar and other Moser guitars. Something about them just feels right to me. Take care bud and hope to see you again and hear some new music soon!