BBOD 4K - is this normal? - Bjorn Please Help!!!
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:43 amOK, so here's my setup: I play a strat on a clean fender blackface deluxe reverb, volume 5, treble 6, bass 4, HBOD>LGW>Model D, and recently I just got my brand new BBOD4K from bearfoot.com and stacked it in between the HBOD and LGW.
And now here's what I find weird about my BBOD4K (SERIAL#FT6354K):
When all other pedals are off, guitar volume all the way up, and with the BBOD4K even when the drive is turned off and volume at minimum (for example 0-12 from minimum to maximum: volume 1, drive 0, treble 6, bass 6) I get max distortion, or a fuzz tone. And if i turn up the vol (V0>6, D0, T6, B6), it just gets louder and louder with the fuzz tone, and if i roll the drive knob up (V6, D0>12, T6, B6), i tend to get a tad bit noise and it increases the touch sensitivity, but it still gives that full up fuzz tone and no "drive" is either added or reduced.
I compared it with the Model D, which, also got 4 knobs, they work quite differently. For instance: on the model D, if i turn up the volume and leave the drive off, i can get it work like a clean boost (so can my HBOD and LGW), and if i roll the drive knob up on the Model D, i can hear a clear change in tone as in it fattens up more and more. But with BBOD4K, the "drive" does not seem to response.
The only way I can get my BBOD4K work like other pedals is to clean up the volume knob on my guitar, as the more i clean up, the cleaner the tone, at this point, when the volume is cleaned up (Vol at 4-5ish), however, if i turn the "drive" knob up on the BBOD4K, the drive still does not seem to response.
Is this how the BBOD4K supposed/designed to be? or Is there something wrong with the Drive knob?
Any answer is highly appreciated!!!
And now here's what I find weird about my BBOD4K (SERIAL#FT6354K):
When all other pedals are off, guitar volume all the way up, and with the BBOD4K even when the drive is turned off and volume at minimum (for example 0-12 from minimum to maximum: volume 1, drive 0, treble 6, bass 6) I get max distortion, or a fuzz tone. And if i turn up the vol (V0>6, D0, T6, B6), it just gets louder and louder with the fuzz tone, and if i roll the drive knob up (V6, D0>12, T6, B6), i tend to get a tad bit noise and it increases the touch sensitivity, but it still gives that full up fuzz tone and no "drive" is either added or reduced.
I compared it with the Model D, which, also got 4 knobs, they work quite differently. For instance: on the model D, if i turn up the volume and leave the drive off, i can get it work like a clean boost (so can my HBOD and LGW), and if i roll the drive knob up on the Model D, i can hear a clear change in tone as in it fattens up more and more. But with BBOD4K, the "drive" does not seem to response.
The only way I can get my BBOD4K work like other pedals is to clean up the volume knob on my guitar, as the more i clean up, the cleaner the tone, at this point, when the volume is cleaned up (Vol at 4-5ish), however, if i turn the "drive" knob up on the BBOD4K, the drive still does not seem to response.
Is this how the BBOD4K supposed/designed to be? or Is there something wrong with the Drive knob?
Any answer is highly appreciated!!!