Need advice on pedals 4 Hip-Hop

[canteenboy]

Never big been on effects, I only own four. I've got to get some songs together, anyone have any advice on what sounds classic for the genre? Here are some examples.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs5FFZZnUj0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_TcszezOVE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsT8FaZnzdE

Any help is greatly appreciated, thnx.

[TheMutt]

Originally Posted by canteenboy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs5FFZZnUj0

There's no bass in this example. Just a layered synth and some drums.

Originally Posted by canteenboy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_TcszezOVE

Synth pedal with a square wave and octave down.

Originally Posted by canteenboy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsT8FaZnzdE

Sounds like mild chorus, maybe a compressor, and playing slap style.

Honestly, most Hip-Hop that I listen to has no bass at all, clean upright/fretless bass, clean bass with mild modulation effects, octave down bass possibly with a different waveform (usually an actual synth), or lowpass filtered bass.

[Jared Lash]

There is an incredibly wide range of "bass" tones that are used in hip-hop. From old school P-bass with flats to a super crisp MTD tone or synth bass.

For years I worked with a Bay Area hip-hop collective doing studio and live work. For recordings I played a number of different basses (including upright and fretless) but live I stuck with my "jazz flavored Stambaugh"

My pedalboard for those gigs usually included the following:

Octaver (Boss OC-2 and EBS Octabass)
Gated Fuzz (Wooly Mammoth, Chunk Brown Dog)
Filter (Mutron, DOD FX25 in a blend loop, Chunk 00Funk, Maxon AF-9)
Low Pass Filter (Moog, Robot Factory Brain Freeze)
Synth (Digitech BSW, Deep Impact, Korg G5, EHX BMS)
Super squishy compressor (Jacques Fat Burner, Frantone Sandwich)

But again, it all comes down to what you want to do and the sounds you're trying to get. I'd say the compressor and LPF actually got the most use for me when I was trying to get that fat, smooth bass tone.