Bass Effects for Funk, Jazz, & Black Gospel

Davidandalanna · #1 05-06-2011, 05:35 PM

For Funk, Jazz, and Black Gospel music styles, what pedals could you recommend to add to my rig. I currently have none.

wmheilma · #2 05-06-2011, 05:37 PM

I'd add a good chorus pedal, an envelope filter, footswitchable EQ of some sort, and a boost pedal for solos.

wmheilma · #3 05-06-2011, 05:38 PM

BTW the Fulltone Fat Boost works really well for bass.

wawawawa · #4 05-06-2011, 06:10 PM

Compression? Surely that's the first pedal?

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Kwesi · #5 05-06-2011, 06:29 PM

For straight ahead jazz, pretty much none. For Funk and urban gospel an envelop filter is always fun and in combination with an octaver and/or gated fuzz you can gt some cool sounds. Pretty much the three main components of a synth. That's the idea that I created my board around. For the particular styles you mentioned, I'd say anything else is secondary (echo, chorus, reverb, etc.) as far as effects go.

Inconnu · #6 05-06-2011, 06:47 PM

In addition to what was mentioned before, I'd ad a Flanger, which was often used on funk bass, specially in the 70's (Stanley Clarke had a built-in flanger on one his basses he used with Return to Forever).

Davidandalanna · #7 05-06-2011, 07:04 PM

Wawawawawa & Kwesi, awesome info! Thx!