Fx suggestions..

pothole · #1 11-04-2009, 11:19 AM

I'm helping our bass player put together a few effects for some texture in a few songs and need some advice. I've got his overdrive, fuzz, and delay put together from some of my stuff (I'm the guitar player), but I'm having a hard time deciding between chorus/tremolo/phase/flange or a synth kind of effect. I'm taking a couple pedals into the local shop today to trade for some kind of modulation...what's a good first swirly thing to put on the board? I'm kind of interested in the tremolo for our sound, but w/o tap it'd be tough I'd have to figure. Chorus would be subtle and cool, but so would flange and phase. I know this is a huge, wide open type of question with a ton of possibilities based on our band sound, his style, blah blah...but what's been the modulation pedal that typically stays around and gets the most use on your boards?

MooseLumps · #2 11-04-2009, 11:20 AM

line 6 modulation modeler.

pothole · #3 11-04-2009, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by MooseLumps

line 6 modulation modeler.

Yeah, that'd be fun...but a little top heavy for him I think.

MooseLumps · #4 11-04-2009, 11:29 AM

Top heavy?

You can always add ballast, or just nail it to a pedal board to help distribute the weight over a larger foot area.

NortyFiner · #5 11-04-2009, 11:57 AM

The delay you already have should be able to do some chorusy type things (most delays can to some extent). Therefore, I would go with something other than a chorus for modulation, something that will add a different kind of effect and broaden your palette, such a EHX Nano Small Stone phaser.

Bassmike62 · #6 11-04-2009, 05:23 PM

Why not give the flanger a shot ? You can get funky sounds out of it and for most units , you can set the knobs to get a chorusy effect. The Boss BF-3 could be a good option, if you want to go down that alley

kevteop · #7 11-04-2009, 06:04 PM

EHX Bassballs.

Cheap, fairly unique-sounding, doesn't have half of the lost-in-the-mix issues you get with phasers, not as cheesy as chorus (in fact it sounds downright filthy) and it's envelope-controlled so he can control how it sounds to some extent (somewhat less so following heavy dirt for obvious reasons) and with the distortion switch on it's a boost too.

Really underrated effect IMO.