I understand you mentioned the pedal for driving a tube amp but I would strongly urge you to reconsider and explore the gain boost setting and possibly review again. There are many players out there who are looking for good over driven tube tone but only for certain sections of a song (hence the use of a pedal). Therefore, I feel that your review of the FZ-2 would be more balanced and comprehensive should you choose to review this setting in the future. Cheers and keep on rocking.

-Luke

If you ever get a chance, I’d love to hear a Catalinbread Perseus review.

Good job on the videos, too. I really appreciate them.

You know what? I agree with you, the 3.14 is lousy for bass. I designed it specifically to roll off frequencies below what is useful for guitar, as low frequencies get muddy through a guitar cab at high gain. If a guitarist has a 3.14, the low end sounds full but is tight, and a bassist on the stage has “room” to be heard – the bass won’t be competing with sludge coming from the guitarist. But for use with a bass, well, those “unwanted” frequencies are now your fundamental – and the resulting sound is as you describe.

If you would like to have your 3.14 modified for bass use, I would be glad to do that for you. All you would pay is shipping.