Moog Bass Murf

[Willy2911]

Does anyone have this?
I am thinking about putting it on my Xmas list, but want to know if anyone has used one.
I will have to go try them out of course, but I would like some input.
Thanks!

Willy

[SnakeAnthony]

Bass MuRF in the loop of the Analog Delay= WICKED cool.

[RickenBoogie]

I had one, and it's a very cool effect. But it's big, and I found it less than useful for my style of playing. If you get one, make sure to get a couple of expression pedals with it.

[TOOL460002]

just got one in the mail yesterday. once i figured out what it did i was very- very pleased. i like synth sounds- and while i cant see using the murf as much as a traditional oct/fuzz/wah synth- its one of the coolest things ive purchased recently.

complaints- it is a bit noisy. my guyatone ultron doesnt like being in the same loop as the murf. also- a built-in tap tempo wouldve been nice- as an added footswitch is just more space/weight.

there are other- more useful things you could buy for the money- but the murf is incredibly cool.

[Willy2911]

Originally Posted by TOOL460002

just got one in the mail yesterday. once i figured out what it did i was very- very pleased. i like synth sounds- and while i cant see using the murf as much as a traditional oct/fuzz/wah synth- its one of the coolest things ive purchased recently.

complaints- it is a bit noisy. my guyatone ultron doesnt like being in the same loop as the murf. also- a built-in tap tempo wouldve been nice- as an added footswitch is just more space/weight.

there are other- more useful things you could buy for the money- but the murf is incredibly cool.

I am open to suggestions if you have any, I already have an arsonal of Pedals so this is just a Gas relief

[scotch]

Search "Moog Bass Murf " lots of reviews, views, & opinions....

[TOOL460002]

Originally Posted by Willy2911

I am open to suggestions if you have any, I already have an arsonal of Pedals so this is just a Gas relief

in your case- i highly recommend the murf. its completely unique- and- if thats what youre looking for- you wont be disappointed- as its quite fun- and very useable.

however- if youre looking for a list of pedals ive tried/own/would like to own/try- i can certainly provide that as well.

[tareh]

hi,

Been using the MURF for recording and onstage shows for about a year or two now, here are my comments:

- its not written on the manual but on Pattern 1, the Murf can / somehow be an EQ pedal

- also, not stated in the manual, you need a 500MA (centre positive) adaptor, any lower you'd get hum / hisses

- do not use a tip converter, to convert a centre negative adaptor to positive - the converter induce hisses. get a real / proper centre positive 500MA adaptor. preferably the Moog or EHX adaptor.

- with the MURF you can have the option of hooking up to 2 amps and get stereo panning outputs. panning blips going crazy via two amps. but sometime you'd get a "POP" when engaging the Murf if you hooked it up to a guitar amp. (im playing in a 3 piece band, so there's always an extra guitar amp lying around for me to hook my Murf up too)

- i dont know why, but the MURF does not work with the Boss LS2. or maybe its just my Murf. weirdly enough the blips were gone if i run it through the LS2.

- sharing the Murf power adaptor on the same power extension where your fridge / amp / microwave / tv is on will give out different blips and effects.

- the Murf responds directly to the dynamics off your playing. this is kinda hard to explain, but for example if you use a distortion, the difference is just the distortions gets louder if you pluck the strings hard. but for the Murf, the harder you pluck - you'd get extra trails, extra blips, extra decay. so on some off my settings, im able to go from tremello to an autowah just by regulating how hard i pluck on my strings.

- provides an awesome awesome cool way for experimentalism, hook it up too delay, then crunch it with a wah.

heh.

[grovest]

I've been hurting for the Murf for weeks... I've PM'd a few people that have them, and ordered that Moog DVD from RC that was on the classifieds. If AMS ("three easy payments!") carried it I probably would have bought it, but they don't and emailed me that it was a special order and unavailable to them. I forwarded sound clips from the web to some bass friends in real life and none could fathom what they would do with a Murf, but I have an increasingly developed concept of how I'd use one for interludes or "segues". I will have to get one soon, but may wait through the holidays since it would be a "pure gas" splurge.

[RCCollins]

Originally Posted by grovest

I've been hurting for the Murf for weeks... I've PM'd a few people that have them, and ordered that Moog DVD from RC that was on the classifieds. If AMS ("three easy payments!") carried it I probably would have bought it, but they don't and emailed me that it was a special order and unavailable to them. I forwarded sound clips from the web to some bass friends in real life and none could fathom what they would do with a Murf, but I have an increasingly developed concept of how I'd use one for interludes or "segues". I will have to get one soon, but may wait through the holidays since it would be a "pure gas" splurge.

everything I ever got from AMS was a repackaged return. when somebody returns their bass murf, they will have the "special order"

[rottenramone]

why can't i daisy chain my moogers? i get a wheeeee sound when i daisy chain on a one spot. if its 500mA each pedal, it should be quiet right?

[HenfieldJ]

I used to have a Bass Murf, and I sure miss it! It is not very useful if you are in a band playing cover tunes, as this pedal is pure experimentalism! I had it on a pedalboard along with my Moog MF-101, Big Muff, DOD FX-25B and Boss Bass Chorus. One of my bandmates was upstairs and heard me noddling around with that combination of pedals, and he though that I was using my ARP synth! I think that the Murf works the best as a "pseudo" sequencer, but I wish that you could come up with your own patterns instead of using Moog's presets. You will definitely want an expression pedal or two to monkey around with it.

This is one pedal that I will pick back up again when my financial situation improves!

As far as powering this pedal along with others, there are many posts over on the Moog Forum that detail the issues with combining this pedal with the other Moog pedals.

[Jared Lash]

My old Bass MuRF is currently on my guitar player's pedalboard, which is good because I still get to fool around with it from time to time.

Here's my standard line about the MuRF. It is not a pedal that you can easily kick on to add some texture to an existing line the way you might with a phaser, chorus or overdrive. It's really a pedal that you use as a writing tool, developing lines around the different patterns, rates and filter settings.

It's a lot of fun and there's nothing else (in the bass pedal world anyway) like it but it has it's drawbacks and limitations.

[warwick.hoy]

Originally Posted by tareh

hi,

Been using the MURF for recording and onstage shows for about a year or two now, here are my comments:

- its not written on the manual but on Pattern 1, the Murf can / somehow be an EQ pedal

- also, not stated in the manual, you need a 500MA (centre positive) adaptor, any lower you'd get hum / hisses

- do not use a tip converter, to convert a centre negative adaptor to positive - the converter induce hisses. get a real / proper centre positive 500MA adaptor. preferably the Moog or EHX adaptor.

- with the MURF you can have the option of hooking up to 2 amps and get stereo panning outputs. panning blips going crazy via two amps. but sometime you'd get a "POP" when engaging the Murf if you hooked it up to a guitar amp. (im playing in a 3 piece band, so there's always an extra guitar amp lying around for me to hook my Murf up too)

- i dont know why, but the MURF does not work with the Boss LS2. or maybe its just my Murf. weirdly enough the blips were gone if i run it through the LS2.

- sharing the Murf power adaptor on the same power extension where your fridge / amp / microwave / tv is on will give out different blips and effects.

- the Murf responds directly to the dynamics off your playing. this is kinda hard to explain, but for example if you use a distortion, the difference is just the distortions gets louder if you pluck the strings hard. but for the Murf, the harder you pluck - you'd get extra trails, extra blips, extra decay. so on some off my settings, im able to go from tremello to an autowah just by regulating how hard i pluck on my strings.

- provides an awesome awesome cool way for experimentalism, hook it up too delay, then crunch it with a wah.

heh.

Good to know!!!!

Do these run on wall warts only?

I've been gassing for one of these for a while. It'll probably be an X-mas present to myself this year. Keep your eye on evilbay as they seem to come up often.

As TheBigO pointed out it is really a creative tool as opposed to a traditional effect. I'm considering using mine with a simple looper pedal (Boss RC-2) to add those extra textures Blips etc. and let those oddities loop over my basslines.

This is a really exciting pedal to me and I'm certain it would find a home in the band that I'm in and the direction we want to take which is leaning into the dancy synthy realm.

Anyone know how well the g***** version works for bass?

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by warwick.hoy

Anyone know how well the g***** version works for bass?

Not very well. I thought maybe because it only affected higher frequencies that it would just be a bit more subtle, which would be cool with me, but my in store tryout was disappointing.

On the other hand, my bass MuRF sounds great with my guitar player's rig. Life ain't fair I tells ya.

[warwick.hoy]

Originally Posted by TheBigO

Not very well. I thought maybe because it only affected higher frequencies that it would just be a bit more subtle, which would be cool with me, but my in store tryout was disappointing.

On the other hand, my bass MuRF sounds great with my guitar player's rig. Life ain't fair I tells ya.

[CliffD]

I had my bassmurf for over a year, it was cool to play around with but the only useable settings I ever liked just weren't good enough to hold onto it for.

[tareh]

Ive recorded a song using entirely (almost) with the Moog. its there in the backing track and the tremelo-ish rift.

FYI, its Warwick - Moog - DD3 - ODB3 - Vwah - Mesa Scout via the Tone port GX - PC

http://www.mediafire.com/?xg9rygjts2x

so what do you think?

[markjazzbassist]

used to have one. could not find a useful place for it in "live gigging music" so i sold it.

great if you're into experimental or noise stuff. but just didn't work for my r&b/rock/pop stuff.

[scotch]

copied from another thread:

I love my Bass MURF, but it does have a tendency to pick up rf in certain locations. I just did a simple foil shielding job on the interior of the wooden 'wings' & it's really a lot quieter now (in those environments).

Just a quick update!