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08-29-2007, 09:45 PM
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Okay, eliminate your Compressors, Tuners, Preamps, Distortion and Fuzz Pedals as we know alot of those are very usable. My question is, after those, what is the most usable bass effect in any band setting??? You, know the one that could be stepped on several times in one night.
I'll get back to you with my answer later since I have to think about this for a bit.  |
08-29-2007, 09:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | | | Ring modulation.
tell me a single song where it doesnt fit. |
08-29-2007, 09:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: D.C (Sydney,Aus at the moment) | | Chorus! Mine's on all the time.. and people always ask be how i get my sweet tone... could be the Sadowsky too tho 
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08-29-2007, 09:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ribwich, ZF | | Distortion of some sort, makes the biggest impact. Either that or the power switch on the amplifier. That works good, too. Quote:
Originally Posted by funkalicious101  Ring modulation.
tell me a single song where it doesnt fit. | Friggin' AWESOME. 
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08-29-2007, 09:59 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | I gotta say, there's not much to be done with that question. Effects are not inherently useful at all, unless you have a specific tune or passage that calls for them. Even in an effects-heavy genre such as modern metal or 70's funk, the lines can be played dry. So as lovely as effects are, and as much as I enjoy them, I don't call any of them "useful". |
08-29-2007, 10:47 PM
| | | | I am looking for one effect pedal to use for color in slower open passages to create a mood. So I am looking for one decent effect. It seems most of them make the bass muddy or they get lost in the mix and you dont really hear the effect anyway. I am curious if any of you found a pedal that you use ALL THE TIME in a real band setting that is not distortion, compression, Preamp or a Tuner. |
08-29-2007, 10:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Urbana, IL | | | Chorus is a good one IMO.
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08-29-2007, 10:59 PM
| | | | Chorus or Phaser are the ones I have been thinking about so far. |
08-29-2007, 11:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Big Island | | I like a little reverb and some analog delay. Its good for moody stuff.  
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08-29-2007, 11:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Delafield, WI | | | Chorus can be very usable without make a very drastic change in projection. I agree, If you are a slapper you may want just a little reverb as it can highlight the percussiveness of your attack.
IMO Best effects for bass:
Chorus
Reverb
Phaser
E. Filter |
08-29-2007, 11:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South(the good part of)Jersey | | | Delay rocks!!
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08-29-2007, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by johnnycat42 I am looking for one effect pedal to use for color in slower open passages to create a mood. So I am looking for one decent effect. It seems most of them make the bass muddy or they get lost in the mix and you dont really hear the effect anyway. I am curious if any of you found a pedal that you use ALL THE TIME in a real band setting that is not distortion, compression, Preamp or a Tuner. | A chorflangophase pedal, obviously.
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08-29-2007, 11:24 PM
| | space and time coordinator | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA | | | As far as "usefulness" goes, I'm sure, like all aspects of gear, it varies with the person. My latest trio is all instrumental, and dwell in the world of unconventional psychedelic sounds and noises, while trying to stay latched to a prog rock format.
While I basically played effectless in another rock band, this one I use ....
rackmount chorus/reverb/flange unit, a multifx floor unit,
2 delays, octaver, distortion, looper, tuner (acts as main on/off switch), wah with ring modulation, and envelope filter.
Granted, we are not pop music or even conventional. If you had to get one type of fx, I would get a floor multi-fx unit by Boss---they make a few different price level models. |
08-29-2007, 11:53 PM
|  | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | | There's NOTHING that fits in "any band setting" (except a tuner).
Eliminating comp, OD/dist/fuzz (who doesn't have a preamp in their signal chain???), the next most useful thing completely depends on your music. In some settings, an envelope filter is a requirement. Depending on the need, it also could be a chorus, octaver, delay, phaser...or anything else you can think of. Serving the music is job #1. |
08-30-2007, 12:11 AM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | I guess if somebody was in a working covers band, the sort that does weddings and corporate events, it would be useful to have the effects that are most common in pop hits and classics. Taking that approach, I think a synth pedal might be most useful, followed by either an envelope filter or a fuzz. I've seen plenty of posts here from people saying "I joined a corporate covers band and they want me to play the synth bass part from X song", but I've never seen any similar requests where the band wanted them to play the "chorused bass part" or the "phased bass" part. |
08-30-2007, 12:28 AM
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08-30-2007, 01:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by joe the cop Delay rocks!! | LOL - read that quote while looking at your avatar. 
And if you eliminate distortion and compression... I'd have to say phase/flange. It's delicious stuff.
Ring modulation... hehehe. 
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08-30-2007, 01:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gloucester, UK | | Quote:
Originally Posted by superbassman2000 | what happened to the Jaco-b-gone image??? all I get is an angelfire image, even on their page...
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08-30-2007, 01:57 AM
|  | Four on the floor | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: 大和/Alyeska | | | Seems to be working now. |
08-30-2007, 05:24 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Berkshires, Ma | | | It definitely depends on the music. A little chorus for some jazz, filter for funk, phaser for psychedelic, maybe delay for any number of things. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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