Good Tone, Questionable Quality 
by Rickter from Nashville, TN USA, September 2007
Music Background:  Hobbyist, Active Musician

The "Shape" feature is by for the most valuable part of this pedal. The bass, treble and bright knobs don't do anything great or drastic to affect your tone.

After purchasing this unit, I was trying it out on my rig and when I adjusted a knob there was a loud POP and suddenly I had no signal. My power amplifier was showing no incoming signal. The pedal had seemingly fried after only 30 minutes of use. The next day, on a whim, I pulled the pedal back out and tried it again. All appeared to be well.

I would say this pedal is a great value provided that it continues to function properly. It sounds great for the money spent on it.

The tones achievable are great and numerous, however, it's quality of construction (Chinese Construction) causes me concern. I won't gig without a back up pedal. That being said, at $65 having a back up pedal/preamp won't be hard to do.

  Ok, but could use one more feature 
by Lucas from Indiana, July 2007
Music Background:  Bassist for 10 years, recording engineer

let me start out by saying, it's a fantastic sounding pedal
here's the problem i encountered:
i, like most musicians, don't have the pedal always on...there are certain parts that i'd use it for. The tube overdrive will jack the output volume THROUGH THE ROOF...so i had to ride my volume knob when i'd turn it on to find a good blend w/ the rest of the band again after switching it on...now i use it soley to boost my volume when i use a remote control (to get that strange beep) so that it's loud enough
basically, if it just had a distortion volume knob, it'd be fantastic
also, it'll make your rig a lot louder, so be careful if you're already pushing your amp when you enable it (if you're not used to it)

  WOW! What a great deal. 
by Ron Mountenay from Venice, Fl., December 2006
Music Background:  Recording Engineer

I really liked the sound I got with my Hartke bass amp,but was having problems with hum using the XLR out when recrding. I saw the Bass Attack when searching for an effects pedal. It had the same contols as my amp and at the price I figured what the heck. When I plugged it in, using the 48v phantom power from my VS480, I was blown away. Dead quiet when not playing and great bottom end and overall sound. This product far exceeds its price in terms of quality

  Bang for your buck 
by David Hartman from Fort Wayne, IN, July 2006
Music Background:  Hobbyist

I was in need of a pedal to give some overdive and boom in parts of songs where it was needed. I was never one for stomp boxes but this is amazing. The body and structure its very durable and strong. This pedal can turn a little combo amp into a stack sound. It adds alot of boom to your bass, this gives alot of options for distortion or overdrive. It is definatley worth the money.

Awesome! 
by Nick from C-Ville, OH, February 2005

This was exactly what i was looking for! i was trying to get a tone, that was like flea's from korn, but not that low of tuning. So i tried out this pedal, and its done everything for me, i have the ampeg b5r head, and a 18" peavey cabinet, and it makes it sound really punchy, and gives it all the highs i was looking for. It also kinda sounds like the bass thats in inflames-cloud connected. or the sound epic, by faith no more. But at any rate i found the sound i wanted without spending money on some nice 10's lol

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