Creation Audio Grizzly

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#1
My wife bought me one of these for a Christmas present and it's really nice (thanks hon). Took it to the gig last nice and it really nailed the overdrive bass tone in "Should I Stay or Should I Go". A lot of versatility in the pedal. I think it's going to remain on the pedalboard for a long time to come. Plus, it looks wicked cool.

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Love this pedal - it's one I keep coming back to. I feel stupid for returning the last one I bought (thought I was looking for a more fuzzy sound at the time)
 
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I actually have one of these up for trade in the classifieds. Killer pedal, great for low-gain transparent OD and has good high gain sounds too - but I've found things I like more for both roles so it's become redundant.
 
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I just picked up a Grizzly on reverb as well as a 5th gear to compare which one will be better for my need of a lighter transparent OD. My initial impressions are the grizzly is much more dynamic that the 5th gear. The grizzly has tons of bottom end and you can really tweak the tone to get what you want out of it. The grizzly is winning the battle so far since I haven't found a sweet spot on the 5th gear yet.

Now using the 5th gear to before the grizzly is a great thing, it really warms up the grizzly to another degree for me that dials in what I'm looking for. They'll both stay on my board for now unless I find that sweet tone without the 5th gear on before the grizzly.
 
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From the online manual: "Grizzly Bass borrows the analog wave-shaping computer of our Holy Fire 48 and Holy Fire 9 pedals. The variables of Overdrive (O) and Distortion (D) together with your performance on the bass, are combined in a completely analog signal processor which is programed to re-shape the waveform with a high performance vacuum Tube Simulation"

Of course that doesn't necessarily mean the distortion circuits are exactly the same.
 
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Big fan!!! It replaced my other OD's. :woot:
Big, rich and very amp-like. Plays well with pedals in front or behind, including signal splitting. Can be pretty transparent. Love the Funkulator mid cut. I run my fuzz and other distortion into it for that gritty, compressed 'cooked amp sound.'
Already has a thread: NPD - Creation Audio Grizzly Bass
I'm surprised this pedal doesn't get more love. It's AWESOME! :bassist::bassist::bassist:
 
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#13
Thread resurrect.

I initially put this “pedal” on my pedal board to cover Overdrive, and maybe just a taste of distortion.

But, more recently I started checking out some of the other functionality. Holy cats, the mid scoop and LPF knobs are hella useful. Much more than just copping the currently popular overdriven P thing, this pedal does slap funk, pizz funk, plectrum, etc etc. It’s almost more preamp than overdrive pedal.

The ONLY thing I’m struggling with is that in a cover gig situation, I have to constantly bend down to the pedal board to adjust it for the various feels I’m going for. It would almost be better on the mic stand than on the pedal board. I dunno; kind of scratching my head over it. Definitely not a one trick pony, and not just a kick it on or out effect. Lot going on in that little box. MUCH more than I thought I was getting into.
 
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bucephylus said:
Thread resurrect.

I initially put this “pedal” on my pedal board to cover Overdrive, and maybe just a taste of distortion.

But, more recently I started checking out some of the other functionality. Holy cats, the mid scoop and LPF knobs are hella useful. Much more than just copping the currently popular overdriven P thing, this pedal does slap funk, pizz funk, plectrum, etc etc. It’s almost more preamp than overdrive pedal.

The ONLY thing I’m struggling with is that in a cover gig situation, I have to constantly bend down to the pedal board to adjust it for the various feels I’m going for. It would almost be better on the mic stand than on the pedal board. I dunno; kind of scratching my head over it. Definitely not a one trick pony, and not just a kick it on or out effect. Lot going on in that little box. MUCH more than I thought I was getting into.
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I wouldn't say it's a resurrection, just blowing some dust off… ;)
It def covers a lot of ground. IMHO, using an active bass' EQ can take more advantage of it. I found my equilibrium by combining it with my clean signal (via a Badger Effects Schism XV). Dig in or back off, change the bass' EQ… and my tone changes - sometimes subtle, sometimes gross. Very touch sensitive and plays well with every pedal I've put around it. I've tried to 'replace' it, trying other OD's, preamps, etc. But… it just works. What can you say about that? It just works! :)
 
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I'm resurrecting an older thread because I'm rediscovering my Grizzly. It really does sound good. Basically I'm just adding a bit of OD ( about 9 o'clock), running the scoop roughly straight up and then rolling back the Treble to taste. That is making a really thick, fat tone that I am liking a lot. It's beating out the HX Stomp into a Noble DI even. Maybe I should try the Grizzly into the Noble. That might be too much goodness for anyone to handle.
 
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