Overdrive and Flanger, do they sound good together?

DoomandHeavy · #1 02-15-2009, 10:19 PM

Today I was jamming on my buddy's guitar and put on some flanger and distortion. The tone was almost exactly the same as Type O Negative. Now I was wondering, how does overdrive combined with flanger sound on the bass? If your wondering why i didnt say distortion and flanger for bass, im not a huge fan of distortion on a bass.

skulletwhip · #2 02-15-2009, 10:21 PM

i do it all the time. so to MY ears.....yes.

The Lurker · #3 02-15-2009, 10:24 PM

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoID=29284141

This pretty much explains.

Jared Lash · #4 02-15-2009, 10:24 PM

Two great tastes that taste great together.

My only caveat is that I'm a lot pickier about overdrive (or distortion) into flanger on bass.

For instance I like all kinds of dirt into a phaser, and by and large every combination of OD/Dist/fuzz into any given phaser sounds okay to me while some sound great.

But with flanger and dirt, it seems like only certain combinations really do it for me. Just my opinion.

bongomania · #5 02-15-2009, 10:35 PM

Yep, it's a beautiful thing--but only when you choose your OD and flange voicings carefully.

thejohnkim · #6 02-15-2009, 10:47 PM

i actually only use a flanger with overdrive. since i use flangers for that jet engine sound

moose23 · #7 02-16-2009, 08:21 AM

Yep use it regularly. Specifically an MXR 80 into Boss flanger. For overdubs while recording recently I put both a Boss HM-2 and a D'Addario Very Metal into the flanger and it sounded awesome, wouldn't do it live as it loses too much low end.

OptimusPrime · #8 02-16-2009, 08:36 AM

Yeah, my EBS ValveDrive into my MXR flanger is one of my 3 staple sounds.

Crystalman85 · #9 02-18-2009, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by DoomandHeavy

Today I was jamming on my buddy's guitar and put on some flanger and distortion. The tone was almost exactly the same as Type O Negative. Now I was wondering, how does overdrive combined with flanger sound on the bass? If your wondering why i didnt say distortion and flanger for bass, im not a huge fan of distortion on a bass.

Just To Let You Know, Peter Steele Of Type O Negative Combines Distortion With Chorus For His Sound. Distortion With Flanger Can Easily Give You An Eddie Van Halen Sound On Bass.

bongomania · #10 02-18-2009, 02:30 AM

Crystalman, please note that only the first letter at the beginning of a sentence, or the first letter of a proper noun (name of a person or place) should be capitalized.

This Looks Really Weird And Cracked-Out Like A Psycho Ransom Note.

JimmyM · #11 02-18-2009, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by bongomania

Crystalman, please note that only the first letter at the beginning of a sentence, or the first letter of a proper noun (name of a person or place) should be capitalized.

This Looks Really Weird And Cracked-Out Like A Psycho Ransom Note.

Well His Nick IS Crystalman. I Doubt He's Talking About Wine Glasses

bongomania · #12 02-18-2009, 02:37 AM

I was gonna say, but thought I might be stepping on his toes too much at that point. There was another guy here who was a "colorful" poster, and I made some crack about him smoking crack, and he got pretty upset because he was really trying to kick the crack habit in reality.

JimmyM · #13 02-18-2009, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by bongomania

I was gonna say, but thought I might be stepping on his toes too much at that point. There was another guy here who was a "colorful" poster, and I made some crack about him smoking crack, and he got pretty upset because he was really trying to kick the crack habit in reality.

HAHAHAHAHA!!! That's great! Most recovering crackheads aren't known for their sense of humor about themselves. Of course, it's usually because they were in jail

Crystalman85 · #14 02-18-2009, 03:18 AM

No Offense, But You Guys Are Acting Weird.

I Was Just Giving DoomandHeavy Helpful Information On Sounds.

Step · #15 02-18-2009, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Crystalman85

No Offense, But You Guys Are Acting Weird.

I Was Just Giving DoomandHeavy Helpful Information On Sounds.

and yet, here you are doing it again capitalizing everything

Crystalman85 · #16 02-18-2009, 03:43 AM

Oh, so that's why they act like that. because I capitalize stuff. sorry...force of habit. if it bothers you that much, I won't do it again.

bongomania · #17 02-18-2009, 03:54 AM

Force of habit? Sorry man, I really don't mean to be giving you a hard time, but what industry or avocation would instill the habit of capitalizing every word?

PunkRockBass · #18 02-18-2009, 03:57 AM

The way I have my OD set and the way I have my Flanger set, the two don't go together, so you really just got to make sure you set them both up so they compliment each other nicely.

Crystalman85 · #19 02-18-2009, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by bongomania

Force of habit? Sorry man, I really don't mean to be giving you a hard time, but what industry or avocation would instill the habit of capitalizing every word?

Beats me, but it's alright,dude. I just didn't understand what was the trouble.