Paid $20 for it used at GC. Had always heard they are tone sucks, but wanted to give it a go. Played it with some modules and I have to admit it is a awesome pedal. Reminds me of a muff type with the tone around noon, but with a OD flavor. It does take some of the highs of but that's part of the sound. Thinking about sending one for a bypass mod. We should start a good pedal thread here.
The lowly Bad Monkey and pedals in general.
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Mattfig
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I like my Bad Monkey as well...I did the C5 mod to mine to clear up the mids and it sounds awesome...I also use it in a GCX loop so tonesuck is a non-issue...Great OD pedal...
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Mine has beat out more expensive pedals (a lot of xotic stuff) and only recently bumped to the side when i got an MXR classic overdrive for 50$. (which is essentially the ZW-44/GT-OD in one pedal with internal switch) I still run the lowly ZW-44 and together they kick. ZW-44 a bit more transparent the way i run it, classic OD for jucier leads. They kill. Cheap pedals are great, I don't subscribe to the mod this and that pedal and spend 80$-100$ more on it. Just get the pedal you want.
VitaminG
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the BM is a great overdrive pedal. It is also a tone sucker. Terrific when it's on, detrimental to your signal when it's off. I had popped mine in a true bypass loop. Have since replaced it with a CMATMODS Super Signa
eyeball987
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Kapo_Polenton said:
I have one of those MXR's and they are pretty sweet.
Graham Pearson
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I never miss an opportunity to play with my bad monkey.
BigBrewtus
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I had one and really liked it too. It had one cap changed and it really helped the mids smooth out. Very underrated pedal. Its always good to
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Mattfig
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Graham Pearson said:
How bad is your monkey? Very bad?
Jaymzrock
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I actually got mine from Brewtus (thanks dude!) and I love it as well. It has the C5 mod as he mentioned and it does give me that perfect lead boost when I need it, and some great feedback during slight pauses that can be hard to pull off sometimes. Killer pedal!
Mattfig
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It's VERY easy and beneficial...It is simply removing the cap exisiting in C5 and replacing it with a .1uf cap....It takes out some of the muddy mids but leaves enough in there to sounds great and simply be more useable....
I just did mine right on top of the circuit board, took 5 minutes and the tone is much better to my ear...
I just did mine right on top of the circuit board, took 5 minutes and the tone is much better to my ear...
Mattfig
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Anyone wanna buy my modded Monkey? 30 shipped takes her home...
Jaymzrock
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Here's a question...I use mine primarily as a lead boost. Is there any mod that can be done to increase the amount of volume added when the Monkey is engaged? Not the gain, I usually keep that at 3 or below. Just wondering if there was a way to jack up the boost by adding/taking/changing something on the board.
