Pedal Fever

[active_enemy]

Hey there guys
I'm new to this joint so first off HI EVERYONE
secondly,
I've been playing for about 9 months
I own a Musicman SUB and my amp is a Line 6 Lowdown
now although the lowdown does have a wonderful array of pre-amp sounds that u can fiddle with i am however wanting to branch out to get maybe some pedals for a bit of sonic mobility
my main influences are :
Tool (before Lateralus), ISIS, Jesu, Karnivool, Pre.Shrunk, Neurosis, Thunderbolt, A Perfect Circle, Mastodon.
Mainly tho I'm going for the weird Experimental Atmospheric Dark Rock approach.
So any thoughts on what pedals i should buy to achieve this?

[Swimming Bird]

Welcome M. Enemy. You'll find the search function very helpful in this forum and there's usually a lot of talk about Justin Chancellor's pedal board.

As for Isis, I believe Jeff Caxide is most known for his chorus usage. I recall a thread on that from a while ago.

I'm not terribly familiar with the other bands you listed.

As for dark ambient (a la Robert Fripp?) you can't get enough delay. Distortion and fuzz are also good options as is an Ebow. But hey, if you're experimenting then you should go out and find your own stuff, make your own approach

[active_enemy]

Originally Posted by Swimming Bird

Welcome M. Enemy. You'll find the search function very helpful in this forum and there's usually a lot of talk about Justin Chancellor's pedal board.

As for Isis, I believe Jeff Caxide is most known for his chorus usage. I recall a thread on that from a while ago.

I'm not terribly familiar with the other bands you listed.

As for dark ambient (a la Robert Fripp?) you can't get enough delay. Distortion and fuzz are also good options as is an Ebow. But hey, if you're experimenting then you should go out and find your own stuff, make your own approach

Thanx heaps.
What I was thinking about as I get plenty of dirt from my current amp was maybe a Multi FX board like a Zoom or Digitech Whammy with foot controller.
I'm really glad u mentioned Jeff Caxide as he is most likely my favourite Bassist, as well as Paul D'amour. If you could find that old thread it would be very much appreciated. And I will prob add Chorus and Delay to the list.
Any other suggestions?

[vegas532]

Originally Posted by active_enemy

Thanx heaps.
What I was thinking about as I get plenty of dirt from my current amp was maybe a Multi FX board like a Zoom or Digitech Whammy with foot controller.
I'm really glad u mentioned Jeff Caxide as he is most likely my favourite Bassist, as well as Paul D'amour. If you could find that old thread it would be very much appreciated. And I will prob add Chorus and Delay to the list.
Any other suggestions?

Did someone say Jeff Caxide?

[opivy3056]

Originally Posted by vegas532

Did someone say Jeff Caxide?

Its weird how I hear a chorus but dont see one.

Does he use that pitch shifter for a chorus type effect???? Can that even be done???

[TaySte_2000]

Originally Posted by opivy3056

Its weird how I hear a chorus but dont see one.

Does he use that pitch shifter for a chorus type effect???? Can that even be done???

Could be that mystery blue pedal none of us have ever been able to figure out

[lenkyloos]

Someone said a while ago on the pedalboard of the stars that it's a PS-3 used as a heavy chorus.

So yeh... Boss PS-3... does all sorts of wonderful sounds including chorus.

Too bad I hate chorus.

[jonpopu]

I was too lazy to find all the sounds on the ps-3 myself so I sacrificed it on the ebay alter. What is that pedal that is off the board though.

[Amenra]

Originally Posted by active_enemy

Hey there guys
I'm new to this joint so first off HI EVERYONE
secondly,
I've been playing for about 9 months
I own a Musicman SUB and my amp is a Line 6 Lowdown
now although the lowdown does have a wonderful array of pre-amp sounds that u can fiddle with i am however wanting to branch out to get maybe some pedals for a bit of sonic mobility
my main influences are :
Tool (before Lateralus), ISIS, Jesu, Karnivool, Pre.Shrunk, Neurosis, Thunderbolt, A Perfect Circle, Mastodon.
Mainly tho I'm going for the weird Experimental Atmospheric Dark Rock approach.
So any thoughts on what pedals i should buy to achieve this?

I've got the same "problem". I'm currently in a band sort of comparable to ISIS and i'm also looking at seperate pedals. I'm not too fond of the chorus filled sound of Isis, i want more of a distortion type of sound. So i've been reading a lot about the big muff pedal which should deliver some dirty *ss distortion/fuzz. I currently use my Boss ME-20B for distorted sounds but i'm just not to happy with the rest of the whole multi-effect thing.

We're a three piece and so it needs to be really dirty at times. Our guitarist has some pretty dirty distortion but it would even be better if i could play over his tunes with a heave thick distortion. I'm also curious about the ebow. I'm not really sure what it does, i'm guessing it's something like a bow on a violin or cello (like the singer of sigur ros uses), am i right?

anyhow, i'll keep you posted on my findings.

[Higgie]

Yup, it's a little handheld electronic device that you hold over the string you want to play, and it vibrates it so you get violin like attack and sustain.

[JanusZarate]

Originally Posted by lenkyloos

Someone said a while ago on the pedalboard of the stars that it's a PS-3 used as a heavy chorus.

So yeh... Boss PS-3... does all sorts of wonderful sounds including chorus.

Yep, that's what it is. Just look at this photo:



The details match perfectly.

http://www.bossarea.com/loadpage.asp?file=boxes/ps3.xml

MysticBoo: 1. Tayste: 0. Life is good.

[Pearl_jammin]

The little box off his pedalboard is a blend pedal

[ireidt]

First off welcome to talkbass!

I got the line 6 Lowdown myself and I love the combo ( I got the LD300 Pro) so if you need any help about that amp just PM me.

A lot of Tool and ISIS is chorus effects, Justin chanceller loves that effect! I would say just surf around the effects forum a lot, espically the show your pedal board section and I think on youtube walbassplayer( I think his youtube name is toolbassplayer) shows off his pedal board set up and explains every pedal he has, and his pedal board is close to Justin Chancellors.

ya here is the youtube link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPA015Gjyt4

Hope that helps!

[Valerus]

Originally Posted by active_enemy

Tool (before Lateralus), ISIS, Jesu, A Perfect Circle, Mastodon.
Mainly tho I'm going for the weird Experimental Atmospheric Dark Rock approach.

First off, nice influences. ISIS owns so much.




So he uses a chorus-type effect? Alright, I'll look into it.

[roflol]

dunno just wack some chorus on and get a nice distortion + eq

[roflol]

Originally Posted by opivy3056

Its weird how I hear a chorus but dont see one.

Does he use that pitch shifter for a chorus type effect???? Can that even be done???

whats that on the far left off the pedal board?

[Higgie]

Originally Posted by roflol

whats that on the far left off the pedal board?

Originally Posted by TaySte_2000

mystery blue pedal none of us have ever been able to figure out

Read the thread

[Chronicle]

Originally Posted by active_enemy

Hey there guys
I'm new to this joint so first off HI EVERYONE
secondly,
I've been playing for about 9 months
I own a Musicman SUB and my amp is a Line 6 Lowdown
now although the lowdown does have a wonderful array of pre-amp sounds that u can fiddle with i am however wanting to branch out to get maybe some pedals for a bit of sonic mobility
my main influences are :
Tool (before Lateralus), ISIS, Jesu, Karnivool, Pre.Shrunk, Neurosis, Thunderbolt, A Perfect Circle, Mastodon.
Mainly tho I'm going for the weird Experimental Atmospheric Dark Rock approach.
So any thoughts on what pedals i should buy to achieve this?

Before Lateralus? And you're coming to the effects forum? :P

[TaySte_2000]

Originally Posted by MysticBoo

Yep, that's what it is. Just look at this photo:



The details match perfectly.

http://www.bossarea.com/loadpage.asp?file=boxes/ps3.xml

MysticBoo: 1. Tayste: 0. Life is good.

I was talking about the blue pedal off the board

[active_enemy]

Originally Posted by Chronicle

Before Lateralus? And you're coming to the effects forum? :P

Maybe you should read the rest of my influences!!!