|  | | 
09-08-2010, 06:09 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Nashville, Tennessee | | | Most useful effects live
Sign in to disble this ad
I was wondering what are the most useful effects that you have stuck with live? This is for players who have used effects for at least 5 years. What have you stuck with and used a lot live, regardless of style, band etc...?
For me so far it's Chorus and Fuzz. I am debating on going with compression, phasers, freeze, loopers, octavers, etc... but can't quite settle on what I would use the most. I am very much leaning on a boomerang III for home use and maybe even getting creative live. Any suggestions or stories welcome!
__________________
"If you don't feel it, don't play it." ---James Jamerson
Last edited by sethlow3 : 09-10-2010 at 07:23 PM.
|
09-08-2010, 06:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Atlanta | | | Octavers and filters. They always do me right. Styles of music played, however, will influence your decision of course.
__________________
"We've been funking them girls since midnight!" -Parliament
|
09-08-2010, 06:44 PM
| | | most def an octave. most used effect live. delays always cut through when you want to make some fun noise live as well. and a tuner  |
09-08-2010, 06:46 PM
|  | Jazz Chicken | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Ennui, IN USA | | | Flanger and a wah.
__________________
Sunn Owner's Club Member #7, Medio Bassist Club member #151, Bassists with Beards Club #74, Member of the Silly Party, SP5 Club #6, Ind. Basser's Club Member #Xz39  |
09-08-2010, 09:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Nashville, Tennessee | | | The only thing I'd be worried about with octavers and filters is that they can totally blow speakers. I had a 3leaf and it had too many loud peaks for my liking no matter what setting I put it on. I would think an accidental low B through an octaver would destroy a set of speakers. So would a comp be a must to pair with em?
It seems more and more I hear about most bass players using comp its' not just for slappers, it's for peaks. Keeleys look nice!
__________________
"If you don't feel it, don't play it." ---James Jamerson
|
09-08-2010, 09:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Singapore | | Quote:
Originally Posted by asherthemachine  most def an octave. most used effect live. delays always cut through when you want to make some fun noise live as well. and a tuner | When you say delays cut through, you don't mean literally cutting through the mix right? Or am I missing something?
__________________
A tube amp pushed way past saturation is like a kitten- warm and fuzzy
Fretless club #530
|
09-08-2010, 09:39 PM
| | | | cutting through meaning you can be heard or felt |
09-08-2010, 09:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Warwick RI | | | I love my octave setting on my gt10b, really makes the bass stick out during the intro to I Wish by Stevie Wonder and the touch wha setting,you can throw that on during almost any slap fill and sound cool. Those are my main effects that havent changed even when i owned my gt6b.
__________________
Hartke Club#231,EBMM Sterling Club #133 .Rhode Island Bass Players Club #8
|
09-08-2010, 10:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ribwich, ZF | | | Octave. Phaser. Fuzz. Ring mod. Delay. Envelope filter. Flanger.
__________________
Chaos reigns. |
09-08-2010, 10:30 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Townsville, Australia | | | Octave and OD for me. Synth if I have it. Even though I have a chorus on my board I sometimes find it difficult to dial in. Maybe mine just sucks! |
09-08-2010, 10:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Singapore | | Quote:
Originally Posted by eyecandy cutting through meaning you can be heard or felt | Yeah... but what I mean is, doesn't using a delay make you more indistinct? It's fatter but not so cutting, I always thought...
__________________
A tube amp pushed way past saturation is like a kitten- warm and fuzzy
Fretless club #530
|
09-08-2010, 11:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: America's High-Five | | Quote:
Originally Posted by sethlow3 The only thing I'd be worried about with octavers and filters is that they can totally blow speakers. I had a 3leaf and it had too many loud peaks for my liking no matter what setting I put it on. I would think an accidental low B through an octaver would destroy a set of speakers. So would a comp be a must to pair with em?
It seems more and more I hear about most bass players using comp its' not just for slappers, it's for peaks. Keeleys look nice! | Flip the feedback switch down!
__________________
"Are you getting the 'Pinkie?'" - Tigerbass
"i'm a pretty, beaver hat-wearing, mother ******. RARRRRR" - behndy
|
09-09-2010, 04:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Slovak Republic, Middle Europe | | | Chorus and Synth. I had EHX Bass Micro Synth, but using 2 or more sounds live is difficult, so now I´m saving funds for MarkBass Super Synth (programable, and also has an octaver). For my electro-pop band are these 2 types of effects the most usefull ones. Also I´d like to try delay...
__________________
Fender Precision Bass club #343
|
09-09-2010, 05:30 AM
| | Registered User
endorsing artist: Dean guitars, Marshall , Rotosound strings | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: North Kent.UK | | | drive (s), wah and chorus.
for other bands though, octave, filter added
__________________
Lefty Union member #50/Cliff Burton Fan club member #28/Effects Addict Club member #9/EHX PT2 #7 /CPWBB #69/I has Cream Pie #6/ MXR #11/Boss Rocks #20
|
09-09-2010, 06:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: sunshine coast, aus | | | fuzz and BSW--the BSW can cover an octaver, fuzzy synth and some filtering enough to get me by
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by bongomania :confused: Dibs on what? Sodomy? | |
09-09-2010, 06:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: CT | | Quote:
Originally Posted by sethlow3
I am debating on goin with compression, phasers, freeze, loopers, octavers, etc... but can't quite settle on what I would use the most. I am very much leaning on a boomerang III for home use and maybe even getting creative live. Any suggestions or stories welcome!
|
I would say Compression is more of a "tool", than an effect.
If that makes any sense.
I have mine (on my head) set it and forget it.
Now that I re-read that ..it looks like im wearing a compressor pedal on my head, which I assure you is not the case.
I meant on my amp head.  |
09-09-2010, 08:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: self banned from talkbass.... | | | fuzz, OD, Phase, trem, wah/filter, comp. |
09-09-2010, 11:58 AM
| | | | Comp/sustainer and overdrive as the two essentials for the last 30 plus yrs. Eq section as add to this for the last 25 plus yrs. Ring mod as 4th esential tone tweak for the last 6 plus yrs. But thats just me. I have enjoyhed occassional use of phaser, echo/delay, or chorus once in awhile for the past 30 plus yrs to. But theyre not a constant like the others are. A little bit of room reverb for room ambience for the past ten or so yrs also. But this a result of switching to procesor to recorder or Pa system for voice thats fully ready for recording without need for micing anything.
__________________
life for its own carnal pleasure. Bass: Jackson JS3. Bass strings: Rotosound swing66. Guitars: BC Rich. Guitar strings: Daddario XL nickel. Zoom club#2. BC Rich club#26.
|
09-09-2010, 03:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Nashville, Tennessee | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jacob J Chorus and Synth. I had EHX Bass Micro Synth, but using 2 or more sounds live is difficult, so now I´m saving funds for MarkBass Super Synth (programable, and also has an octaver). For my electro-pop band are these 2 types of effects the most usefull ones. Also I´d like to try delay... | that's funny bc the whole reason I got into effects is that I was told I NEEDED a synth pedal for some 80s synth pop. I read on here to try a cheap mix of chorus, fuzz, and octave. I have a digitech bass chorus, bass muff, and have yet to get an octaver. This was after a ton of research I did on synth pedals. It came down to 3. The Octavius Squeezer looked cool, but got mixed reviews and was EXPENSIVE! I love EHX so far, why did they make everything programmable in it's price range except the bass MS? I'd have to put the pedal on a table and tweek it all the time live. The markbass one also caught my eye, but there are mixed reviews on here, there are quite a few used ones on guitar center etc.. (returns), and it's a little pricey. It looks cool though.
It seems more and more to me that a synth maybe is done best on an actual synth like a microkorg or alesis mico synth. It's just a matter of learning. What do you guys think?
__________________
"If you don't feel it, don't play it." ---James Jamerson
|
09-09-2010, 03:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Belgium | | | in order of most to least used:
- tuner
- 'mild' dirt (BDDI deluxe in my case)
- octaver
- modulation: chorus/phase
- ambience/note-length-altering-device: delay/reverb
- compression (to lengthen longer notes or for finger vs slap volume differences)
- filter
- 'heavier' dirt (bddi to a more extreme setting, fuzzes)
- have-you-heard-me fx: wah, whammy, synths, extremer settings on misc fx
all this in all kinds of bands, in all kinds of styles.
Herwig | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | |
