Guitar effect pedals for bass?

[stratovani]

I don't own a single bass effect pedal, but I do have a number of guitar effect pedals. So tonight just for the hell of it I tried running my bass through the pedals on my guitar pedalboard. And guess what? I like it!! It's a compressor>OD>delay>distortion>chorus>EQ setup. Works like a charm, but the EQ is made for guitars. A bass EQ would probably be better. Everything else seems to work great. Just saved myself some dinero on pedals this way!

[bongomania]

99% of pedals used by bassists are "guitar effects". As noted in the FAQ.

[Jared Lash]

Only 50% of the pedals on my board are guitar pedals.

40% are bass pedals.

The last one isn't really marketed either way, but it seems that the vast majority of users are bass players.

[stratovani]

Originally Posted by bongomania

99% of pedals used by bassists are "guitar effects". As noted in the FAQ.

Yes, there is some excellent information in the FAQs. Methinks I should avail myself of them!

[kevteop]

Actually I hadn't thought about it in these terms but I do seem to have a (narrow) majority of bass-specific effects at the moment. And most of the ones that aren't bass-specific (Meatwad, OC-2, DOD 490) are probably more commonly associated with bassists.

I pleased myself tonight by hooking up a combination of three pedals that produced a thick throb that made the tuning of my bass completely irrelevant and actually produced NO SOUND AT ALL using an on-loan Charvel metal guitar. I think my pedal board is well trained!

[nad]

I did the math:

13% of my On Tha Board pedals are bass-specific.
12% are modified to improve bass frequencies.
14% were not really meant to be used with stringed instruments.
63% are guitar pedals.

Please note that there is a 2% margin of error.