Here is a quiz for you. I'm sure you won't get the answer. What do
the bands the Cure, Yes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Rage
Against the Machine, and Kings X have in common? Give up? These
bands (as well as countless others) have used distortion to give
bass lines a little more edge. In doing some research with players
who play more bass than I do there were some very mixed reactions on
bass distortion. The "purists" like a super clean bass that sort of
thumps out the root note. The "industrialists" wanted nothing but
crushing walls of sound - the more the better. My question to them
was "Is there a way to get both?" Meaning, is it possible to get
that clean root note that can be heard over a thick wall of
distorted thunder?

My answer was typically a blank stare. I wasn't sure this was
possible without multitracking or using switches to lead to multiple
bass amplifiers. The best option clearly comes in a much simpler
(and smaller) package. For my bass playing brethren, I bring you the
Juggernaut Bass Distortion Pedal from ProCo sound!

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