I've been on a big overdrive kick. Mostly with a focus on guitar, but definitely loving bass with OD. I have this thought that I was to put together a dedicated board for guitar so I've been doing lots of side-by-side comparisons and just jamming with different stuff
Here's the current setup for exploration.
For guitar, it seems like nothing compares to the f.ck. It's just sooo good in every way and although some of them can get close, I find that I am really dialing them in to try and match the amazing sounds I get out of the f.ck. It feels like playing through some marshall stacks...just such sick overdrive with that f.ck. I was really surprised to find that my #2 is probably the lil' fella. For the longest time, I've been enamored with the Total Spack Vibes, and I still am...but it is more of a crisp and clean OD whereas the lil' fella kinda gets you into the f.ck territory.
When it comes to bass, the Dunwich ODB still has my heart. I pulled the bigger version out of the comparisons because I really came to the conclusion that the big guy and the little guy sound the same with some very nuanced differences likely from part tolerance variation...the voicing differences that I initially perceived are negligible at best and can be dialed out with minor adjustments to make them sound exact. I also found myself really loving the Dirged out Golden Guillotine. Leveraging the Dirge knobs to sag the voltage, it gives the OD a really drawn out tail making sustained notes have an almost horn like quality in the decay. When I dial in to be normal golden guillotine settings, it still has some of that magic, but it is less drawn out. Sounds like total poopie if you want to play fast with it, but for slow drawn out parts, it might be my favorite.
The Silver Rose is there just cause it is the meanest most awesome dirt box I have and I love it so much that I like to see how it mixes with the other ODs since the Silver Rose will likely be on whatever the final guitar board is.