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02-04-2009, 09:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: the dirty | | | never used any effects at all
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looking for something resonably priced, something kind of funky, with a punch
anyone have any advice? im an effect newb |
02-04-2009, 09:27 PM
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samples: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QpncRw7ridE&fmt=18
But I feel like I should really let you know that you didn't define any style of effect, so you're looking at a whole bunch of different but equally valid responses.
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02-04-2009, 09:28 PM
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Are you looking for an envelope filter? An octaver?
If you don't know, check the Talkbass Wiki under Categories-->Effects-->Effects Clip Database to hear samples of a bunch of different pedal.
Edit: Looks like Deluge and I had the same initial idea. |
02-04-2009, 09:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: York, UK | | | Everybody else is going to tell you to get an overdrive, but I'm not:
Get a Boss OC-2. It's a bona-fide classic bass effect. The MuTron III might be a legend, but the OC-2's been on as many if not more hit records, and they're still available in abundance so you can pick up a used one dirt cheap.
And they sound fresh. |
02-04-2009, 09:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Oregon | | How about this XO Qtron + on the classifieds? FS: EHX Q-Tron+ (XO) it's a funky monkey, alright. |
02-04-2009, 09:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: the dirty | | thanks for the advice
if anyone has anymore feel free  |
02-04-2009, 10:01 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maine/Vermont | | | A bit of clarification might help--a link to the kind of sound you're trying to get would be the most useful thing you could hook us up with. |
02-04-2009, 10:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: between Scranton and NJ | | | well what kind of music do you mainly play? if you can go to a local music store and try a bunch of different effects. If your looking for an envelope to start with the micro q tron is great for that, relatively cheap and only 3 knobs and one internal trim pot to adjust the volume output of the pedal. If your looking for something funky also consider a wah of some type. Any idea what your specifically looking for in your first pedal?
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02-04-2009, 10:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: the dirty | | | i play alternative rock and old school hip hop and r and b |
02-04-2009, 10:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Perth, WA, Australia | | | If you're on a budget, and an envelope filter might be wanted, the DOD FX-25 (and 25B) is good funkin' value. They show up on eBay all the time.
Or a Digitech Bass Synth Wah really gets freekay; you get the envelope filter, an octaver (and you can run both at the same time), plus some offensive synth-type noises.
I have both these units and love' em. Plus a Q-Tron+ and a Bassballs.
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02-04-2009, 10:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: between Scranton and NJ | | | In that case Id definitely get an envelope filter or wah, and play around at a local store with as many effects as you can to decide what kind of sound your looking for. Maybe youll want some overdrive or dirt, or an octave pedal, or a synth..or flanger, phaser, chorus ect. The best way to find out is listen to some soundclips and try things out yourself. |
02-05-2009, 12:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia | | | Get a BassBalls and maybe a phaser of some sort.
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02-05-2009, 12:46 AM
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02-05-2009, 12:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia | | | Also get a Boss Metal Zone.
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02-05-2009, 06:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Belfast, Ireland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Thunderscreech  Also get a Boss Metal Zone. | Why!?
Personal thing, I know, but that pedal is everything I hate wrapped up in one tiny little box.
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02-05-2009, 07:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | | Get an effect when you find you need one. |
02-05-2009, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Thunderscreech Also get a Boss Metal Zone. | Don't do that to the poor guy.  Sounds okay on guitar but bass...*shudder*
Check out my Chronicle of Effects thread for some cool clips of effects. My taste is a little expensive though.. |
02-05-2009, 09:02 AM
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02-05-2009, 10:14 AM
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