TAFM or Bass Blooooooom!

[fungalattack]

Hello, yall. I really was opposed to making this topic but my bass player insisted even after telling him to just make an account and post himself and telling him my answer. I know this thread is a bit sketch but he kept pestering me so to quiet his demons ...... He just wants oooooonnnne fuzz pedal and he wants a clean blend with a slight film of fuzz on top of it. He is stuck between the TAFM and the bass blooooom. and I keep telling him just get the TAFM and you wont be disappointed. We are playing downtuned sludge, doom, droning-ness. Any input from owners of either to give him so peace of mind? Thaaaaanks duderz!

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

the TAFM is gnarrly

[smallsnd/bigsnd]

um, both?

[sonidero]

um, both?

Yep can't go wrong there... I just got the TAFM yesterday and was comparing it to the Bass Bloom today... I get get both to sound almost the same but it seems the TAFM is a lil wilder and the Bloom is more focused and tight??? I say both and see how long it takes till he wants to keep em...

[fungalattack]

I tell him to get both! because I <3 both your and Toms work but he is absolutely set on only one.

[sylnau]

don't forget there's a little bit of ss/BS in the Bloom.
But I can't help your friend, I never tried any of those.

But yeah... should get both and stack them.

[Achtane]

Love the TAFM so much I had to buy my original one back!

[MEC]

Here's what I would do if I were me:
Order Bass Bloom from Prymaxe and if it don't jive, send it back and get the TAFM.

[coldbrightsunlight]

I've only got experience with a TAFM and regular bloom, never tried the bass one, but they're both really good! I think maybe the TAFM is a little more angry and intense, but maybe that's just how I hear it. Whichever he picks, I can't see him being disappointed, anyway.

[fungalattack]

I keep telling him to get both and if were me I would get the tafm. But I keep telling him whatever he gets, he will not be disappointed! Thanks for the input, it is helping his mind settle and his anxiety to drown away to fuzz

[wdinc01]

Here's what you do: Get a TAFM, get a Bass Bloom, cut out pieces from both, make Frankenstein pedal.

Team Bass Fuzz Bloom, anyone? Or maybe Bass Awesome Bloom Machine? Really, you can't go wrong.

[Chankgeez]

Yeah, both.

[one bad monkey]

I've only got experience with a TAFM and regular bloom, never tried the bass one, but they're both really good! I think maybe the TAFM is a little more angry and intense, but maybe that's just how I hear it. Whichever he picks, I can't see him being disappointed, anyway.

Same here. For my personal tastes, the TAFM was just too much. Great sounds, couldn't rein it in to where I wanted it, whereas the Algal Bloom I had (which is bass friendly in its own right) was very easy to get to sound like I wanted. Used it for a number of gigs.