Digitech Bad Monkey Overdrive

[Driver Blues]

As far as a TS clone, how good is the BM? I like the bass control and the idea of a cab simulator, as I often times am forced to go direct to board.

One other question, would I be able to put a noise gate after the mixer output, or would that cause any issues?

 

[silvertonebetty]

Re: Digitech Bad Monkey Overdrive

As far as a TS clone, how good is the BM? I like the bass control and the idea of a cab simulator, as I often times am forced to go direct to board.

One other question, would I be able to put a noise gate after the mixer output, or would that cause any issues?

I had a bad monkey a few years back. It’s the only pedal I miss lol if you have the chance grab it . It is worth it . Even phill x uses one


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[Aceman]

Re: Digitech Bad Monkey Overdrive

Lot of monkey love in these parts. It's a great TS9 option with more bass and gain. Bass knob is all kinds of win if that's your thing.

I'm a TS9 guy - but check out the TS9 threads for lots of Monkey love.

 

[Chistopher]

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I would actually say it's closer to a 808 than a 9. It's a great pedal, but it definitely favors the lower gain end of things. Some TS clones try to be closer to a distortion than an overdrive, but I tend to use the BM more as a colored dirty boost than an overdrive, if that makes sense.

I don't have any experience with the cab sim, but I can't imagine it having any bad interactions with a noise gate.

 

[Mincer]

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I love my Monkey. I use the mixer out into the amp. It sounds good to me.

 

[Driver Blues]

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Good to hear, I've got one on order now.

How well do you guys think this signal chain would work:

DS-1 > 6-band EQ > Bad Monkey (mixer out) > Noise Gate

 

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

Re: Digitech Bad Monkey Overdrive

Value for money . . . you can not go wrong.

 

[Simon_F]

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I had a Bad Monkey for several years and really liked the tones with it engaged. The only reason I got rid of it was the bypass. It added a glassy sterile kind of sound when bypassed. I'm not a true bypass freak and I'm not fussy about buffered bypass. I have loads of BOSS pedals and love them, but the bypass on the Bad Monkey was something I couldn't live with on my board.

 

[Mincer]

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Well, the 805 does the Bad Monkey thing a lot better. Better bypass, better EQ, more gain range. But, you pay for that, too.

 

[Dave Locher]

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I had a Bad Monkey for several years and really liked the tones with it engaged. The only reason I got rid of it was the bypass. It added a glassy sterile kind of sound when bypassed. I'm not a true bypass freak and I'm not fussy about buffered bypass. I have loads of BOSS pedals and love them, but the bypass on the Bad Monkey was something I couldn't live with on my board.

Yes! I had the same issue with the DOD graphic eq: sounds great but does the glassy thing when bypassed. Pain in the *as to convert to true bypass too, because of the odd enclosure.
Thank you for mentioning this so I don't think I am crazy anymore. At least not about this...

 

[Mincer]

Re: Digitech Bad Monkey Overdrive

That glassy sound goes away if you use the Mixer output of the Bad Monkey.

 

[Dave Locher]

Re: Digitech Bad Monkey Overdrive

That glassy sound goes away if you use the Mixer output of the Bad Monkey.

When it is in bypass? Very interesting...

 

[Mincer]

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When it is in bypass? Very interesting...

Yeah, it seems to put a low pass filter in there.

 

[Hank-]

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The cab sim stays on in bypass mode on the mixer out. Their DF7 had more modes to cycle through that allowed stereo amp out or stereo cab out along with different cab choices, that pedsl thugh wasn't analog based.

 

[Rampant Pony]

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As far as a TS clone, how good is the BM?

I think I actually like mine better than my TS. I think you'll be happy.

 

[Liko]

Re: Digitech Bad Monkey Overdrive

The Bad Monkey, as others have said, is a good little TS clone. The two-band EQ really helps shape tone, where a true three-knob TS circuit forces you to learn to like the mid bump, with a Bad Monkey you have a half-decent chance to EQ it out.

I have the evolution of this pedal, the Hardwire CM-2:



Base sound is similar to the Bad Monkey, but it has a bit more of both clean volume and dirt on tap. However, it's just an effect pedal, no direct out or cab sim, so if that's what interests you, Bad Monkey all day.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Digitech Bad Monkey Overdrive

The Bad Monkey, as others have said, is a good little TS clone. The two-band EQ really helps shape tone, where a true three-knob TS circuit forces you to learn to like the mid bump, with a Bad Monkey you have a half-decent chance to EQ it out.

I have the evolution of this pedal, the Hardwire CM-2:

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Base sound is similar to the Bad Monkey, but it has a bit more of both clean volume and dirt on tap. However, it's just an effect pedal, no direct out or cab sim, so if that's what interests you, Bad Monkey all day.

I forgot about this pedal. It is another excellent choice, and it is seriously overbuilt, too...the switch actually is a great idea.

 

[Aceman]

Re: Digitech Bad Monkey Overdrive

If you play live / in a band, you like the mid bump of the TS9.

 

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

Re: Digitech Bad Monkey Overdrive

I had a Bad Monkey for several years and really liked the tones with it engaged. The only reason I got rid of it was the bypass. It added a glassy sterile kind of sound when bypassed. I'm not a true bypass freak and I'm not fussy about buffered bypass. I have loads of BOSS pedals and love them, but the bypass on the Bad Monkey was something I couldn't live with on my board.

Problem solved