Beautiful sounding bass pedal

[u84six]

I'm in a band that makes slow, moody music. Are there any pedals out there that might be appropriate for that kind of stuff? Maybe a unique sounding flang with swells and reverb, or a distant fuzz with harmonic octave multiplyer, or some kind of all-in-one ambient effect? I'm not really looking to buy 5 pedals to get some cool sounds; I'm just wondering if there's a single pedal that can do stuff like this. Thanks

[bongomania]

You might like the VFE "Echo ohcE". Also there are various digital multi's that can run multiple ambient effects at once. Aside from those, I think you'd need at least two pedals, like a tremolo and a reverb, or an octave and a delay, etc.

[NeroJazz]

A Line6 M9 might fit the bill.

[Session1969]

Originally Posted by u84six

I'm in a band that makes slow, moody music. Are there any pedals out there that might be appropriate for that kind of stuff? Maybe a unique sounding flang with swells and reverb, or a distant fuzz with harmonic octave multiplyer, or some kind of all-in-one ambient effect? I'm not really looking to buy 5 pedals to get some cool sounds; I'm just wondering if there's a single pedal that can do stuff like this. Thanks

I'd say a chorus and an analog delay so you can get some nice, spatial sounds from time to time. Multi effect units turn your signal into digital, so I'd avoid them.

[loopmantra]

+1 on chorus,maybe wah or octaver would do you good as well..

[dharmashawn]

of course there is the ol' IE Nimbus. Mine is a couple weeks old and I really dig it. You can even add just a touch if you fancy

[bassofthe]

+1 on the IE Nimbus. Awesome pedal.

[u84six]

Originally Posted by dharmashawn

of course there is the ol' IE Nimbus. Mine is a couple weeks old and I really dig it. You can even add just a touch if you fancy

Hmm, I might have to try that out. I also heard good things about pog 2. They have a demo on youtube with some guy producing ambient swells with it. I'd like to find more single pedal solutions like that.

[Tajue17]

who sells the IE Nimbus,,, need link?

[DannDubblewe]

..... Nimbus - Iron Ether

[Infrasonik B.]

A little on the high price range, but the Eventide PitchFactor might be what you're looking for.

Check out the virtual demo for bass, tons of cool ambient style effects.

Eventide - PitchFactor Bass Demo

[sillyfabe]

As mentioned before the Echo Ohce is an amazing pedal for your request. I had one for a log time an it's an analog voiced delay, compressor and slow gear all in one! Awesome delayed volume swells FTW! Other pedals that I use and can comment on are:

Boss PS-3 Digital Pitch Shifter/Delay
EHX POG2
Boss DD-7 Digital Delay
Strymon El Capistan

[Lag2501]

+1 for the pitchfactor. Also running a reverb into a fuzz can give an interesting distant wall of sound.

[CopperheadLXXIX]

Eventide Space set to "Shimmer". Gorgeous stuff. Can also do a reverb where only the reverb signal is distorted (Mangleverb) and the dry signal is clean. Pricey, but worth every penny and as a reverb, obviously great for slow, moody stuff. Also has a great tremolo with at least two of the algorithims, and a lot of the others have some chorus/modulation available. One setting also allows for gating, expansion and compression.

[Fitz]

Line 6 verbzilla has a lot of options. The Octo setting is awesome and auto-swells with the mix knob cranked.

[u84six]

Some great recommendations here! Thanks!

[FaithNoMan]

EHX Holy Stain, on "Hall Reverb"

EHX Holy Stain with BASS Demo - YouTube

[joe vegas]

Heresy, perhaps- but i run 2 Behringer multi-FXs together, and use "slow tremolo / long delay" and "wide-slow chorus / wide-slow phaser" combos for great ambient-orchestral effects. they're approx $27 each, and they sound great, but ONLY with adaptors- they seem to despise battery use, making all manner of weird rhythmic clicks and random pops... the adaptors quiet 'em down and saddle 'em up perfectly.

[Kwesi]

You won't get what ou want in one pedal. So, unless your prepared to have a handful of effects (modulation, delay, reverb) I'd suggest getting a multi-effect unit. The Line 6 M9 has great effects but, at least to me, the filters and dirt sound awful. I'd go with a Boss GT-10B in your shoes. There's quite a bit that you can do with the GT-10B in terms of ambient sounds that really can't be done with individual pedals.

[u84six]

Originally Posted by Kwesi

You won't get what ou want in one pedal. So, unless your prepared to have a handful of effects (modulation, delay, reverb) I'd suggest getting a multi-effect unit. The Line 6 M9 has great effects but, at least to me, the filters and dirt sound awful. I'd go with a Boss GT-10B in your shoes. There's quite a bit that you can do with the GT-10B in terms of ambient sounds that really can't be done with individual pedals.

Yeah, I think you're right. If I want to get some nice ambient sounds, I'll either need a multi-effects unit or a few pedals. If I continue down this path I'll most likely get a few pedals because after hearing lots of them on youtube, the differences between fuzz pedals, etc, are huge! Some sound great to my ear, some not so great. So if I went with a multi-effects unit, there'd probably be sounds I wouldn't want to use.