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03-08-2011, 12:05 PM
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Looking to expand my tone and sound on my fretless. Currently not using any pedal at all, but hearing some great sounds from different players. So, what types of effects do you use on your fretlesses to enhance the original great "whah" sound we love so well?
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03-08-2011, 12:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Scotland, UK & NYC | | Octaver!!!!!!
play up the neck and get that fantastic Pino Palladino sound he got on Paul Young's version of "Tear Your Playhouse Down"!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqmjbiA_wnc
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03-08-2011, 12:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Woodinville, WA | | | Sweet! Totally forgot about that song. Fun stuff! Thanks!
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03-08-2011, 12:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Scotland, UK & NYC | | | Pino's 1/16th note workout from 4:30 onwards in the clip is great fun to play too - check it out!
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03-08-2011, 12:25 PM
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03-08-2011, 12:27 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Orange Park, Fl. | | | Fulltone Choralflange and a Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay. |
03-08-2011, 12:28 PM
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03-08-2011, 12:32 PM
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03-08-2011, 12:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Rocky Mountains near Denver | | | Boss ME-50. Yes, I know it is a guitar effect, but it works great on fretless. A little of each of the following: Compression, reverb, chorus, and sometimes delay. The octave divider idea mentioned is great as well if it fits the song. |
03-08-2011, 12:46 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London, England | | | I really enjoyed the Mojo Hand Cream Pie on fretless - the gritty mids just made the my fretless (with rounds) sing.
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03-08-2011, 12:52 PM
|  | Now a major motion picture | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hudson Valley, NY | | | I agree that octavers are very cool on the fretless.
I also really like a synth pedal. Since the fretless is so expressive, you can get very nice vibrato and portamento going on.
Markbass SS has both synth and octaver in it, and that's part of why I'm digging it lately. |
03-08-2011, 12:57 PM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | I'm *in between* fretless basses ATM, but what I hear on my next one is a reverb pedal w/expression, for solos. I dream of cobbling an old organ or guitar amp's spring/tube 'verb together w/a gutted, big old Morley or similar shell to dial in the level/amount.
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03-08-2011, 01:44 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Providence, RI | | | Chorus is essential... I like the EBS UniChorus on my fretless Stingray 5. Reverb is cool when the band backs off and you get a solo, but it can muddy your sound in the mix if you're not super careful. Flanger can be pretty interesting as well.
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03-08-2011, 02:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Philadelphia, PA | | | an OC-2 really makes my fretless shine & a lil chorus never hurt.
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03-08-2011, 03:14 PM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | Most of the common effects for fretless have been mentioned.
Chorus and reverb can help emphasize the fretless tone.
Light compression can be used for a bit of smoothing while keeping nearly all the dynamics or very heavy compression can be used to give that fat, smushed Tony Levin sound.
Octavers and filters (and dedicated synth pedals) can take on a much more synthy character when used on a fretless
Personally I also like flanger and delay with a fretless for atmospheric passages. Then again, I love fuzz with fretless too. About the only effect that I like (love maybe) on fretted that I don't like on fretless is phaser.
If I had to pick one favorite it would be octaver followed closely by filter. |
03-08-2011, 06:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Woodinville, WA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jared Lash Most of the common effects for fretless have been mentioned.
Chorus and reverb can help emphasize the fretless tone.
Light compression can be used for a bit of smoothing while keeping nearly all the dynamics or very heavy compression can be used to give that fat, smushed Tony Levin sound.
Octavers and filters (and dedicated synth pedals) can take on a much more synthy character when used on a fretless
Personally I also like flanger and delay with a fretless for atmospheric passages. Then again, I love fuzz with fretless too. About the only effect that I like (love maybe) on fretted that I don't like on fretless is phaser.
If I had to pick one favorite it would be octaver followed closely by filter. | Thanks, Jared! Lots of info in one package! Love it. 
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03-08-2011, 09:16 PM
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03-08-2011, 11:34 PM
|  | prefers electric miles davis | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | octaver and delay |
03-09-2011, 10:59 AM
| | | | I use the MXR Micro Flanger and it really give a nice creamy sound without the typical metallic sounds you find with a flanger. I also use a LR Baggs Venue preamp that really sweetens up the sound as well.
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03-09-2011, 11:10 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Minnesota - Twin Cities | | | I use identical setup as a steel guitar.. just turn the wet% down.
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