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Does anyone use a Harmonic Percolator on bass or is it terrible for that?

I feel like EQD or Catalinbread or one of those companies just came out with a relatively-readily available Perc clone. Four knob jobbie, was grey (or light purple?), had some kind of sword-y name.

Aha!
http://www.catalinbread.com/karma-suture.html

Never heard a Percolator on bass.

I also say the percolator is a good idea. You hold down the tight heavy rhythm on the bass and he goes crazy with sustain and feedback. Noise rock chaos Noise is also fairly forgiving to the mistakes as long as he is playing in the same key as you, it should sound good..

KaosCill8r wrote:as long as he is playing in the same key as you, it should sound good..

This is what I've been trying to tell him.

BoatRich wrote:Does anyone use a Harmonic Percolator on bass or is it terrible for that?

Yes!
Played through an old Traynor Monoblock and a 2x15 cab, it's HUGE and growly when set more as a dirty, punky OD. Ridiculous amounts of sustain that tickles your man parts. It's a good kind of nasty

the most horrible sounding distortion i've achieved was through a behringer thunderbird, cheaper than most pedals



i recorded the opening riff through this, using my iphone

I have a DOD Super American Metal that gets pretty harsh. It's a lot like the HM-2. The 3 knob version is probably fun too.

Danelectro Black Licorice. ~$30 on ebay

Octave switch makes it sound like a Blue Box.

Or a Dano Black Coffee. You will have no tonezes *and* probably bonus radio signals!

Not sure if this is of any help, but you might find some more good suggestions here:

viewtopic.php?f=227&t=46134

OLC Chunky Cheese DIY kit is $90 and can sound pretty nasty.

http://www.olcircuits.com/olc_chunkycheese.html

BoatRich wrote:Does anyone use a Harmonic Percolator on bass or is it terrible for that?

I use mine on bass sometimes. Mine has a switch to lift the diodes and it just is a really nice bass OD with the diodes lifted and the gain and volume wound back a bit. I find it a bit harsh to use as a bass fuzz.

cheesecats wrote:the most horrible sounding distortion i've achieved was through a behringer thunderbird, cheaper than most pedals



i recorded the opening riff through this, using my iphone

Very Jonestown esque. And goddamn it's delicious.

KaosCill8r wrote:

BoatRich wrote:Does anyone use a Harmonic Percolator on bass or is it terrible for that?

I use mine on bass sometimes. Mine has a switch to lift the diodes and it just is a really nice bass OD with the diodes lifted and the gain and volume wound back a bit. I find it a bit harsh to use as a bass fuzz.

Yeah the diodes lifted was my favorite aound in the video I watched today

Harmonic Perc on bass sounds filthy good, got the black fredric effects clone which also looks high class which is very important.
Also a +2 on the DOD super American metal. Nasty sounding badness that is probably a clone of something and has loose connections with slint allegedly which is very important.
Also the ibanez fz7 is cheap and can be nasty and a bit broken sounding but can also be quite nice which is nice and also important.