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12-02-2012, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Brother  This is all you need to duplicate any tone on any bass: 
It's true, I read it in the technique forum.  | yeah kinda... lol
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12-02-2012, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Big Brother This is all you need to duplicate any tone on any bass:
It's true, I read it in the technique forum. | Is that the shocker? |
12-02-2012, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Bassist4Eris You may want to consider a multi. That will give you the opportunity to play around with many types of effects and figure out what you like and don't like. | I agree
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12-02-2012, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Pimmsley ha ha... all good comments... ok my profile is shaky at best, so I play in a 3 piece Jazz /funk (drums, hammond, me) and jam in a prog rock kinda thing... but am a fretless nut so.. yes compression and chorus is already something I play with...
playing for 20 years you can get bored with just a fingerboard, those and yes a TUNER lol... unless you are tuning to the keys.. in that case my ear is my best friend... otherwise post gig beatings  must get sleep (early a.m. here)
keep em coming ! thanks guys ! | I play in a jazz/funk trio too with my fretless. I use an octave (OC-2), overdrive (Pork Loin), chorus and a synth wah. The synth wah is an envelope filter too. The octaver is my favorite. I use it for all kinds of music.
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12-02-2012, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted by jwr Is that the shocker? | No. The pinkie is missing! 
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12-02-2012, 11:16 AM
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Lots of tonal options and a lot of fun to mess around with!
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12-02-2012, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Big Brother This is all you need to duplicate any tone on any bass:
It's true, I read it in the technique forum. | But I'm right handed
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12-02-2012, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Bassist4Eris If this thread attracts 100 posts, I bet you get at least 95 different answers.
I believe the Bassballs is an envelope filter with built-in distortion. That's probably not so widely useful to everyone, but I see from your profile that you play jam band music, and such a pedal could be fun/interesting/useful in such a context.
A mild overdrive is often useful. Compression is great, but so subtle it's not likely to give you the "fun" factor you'd want in a first pedal. Chorus is nice for sweetening things up.
You may want to consider a multi. That will give you the opportunity to play around with many types of effects and figure out what you like and don't like. | +1
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12-02-2012, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by MostlyBass Tech21 VT | +1
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12-02-2012, 02:18 PM
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12-02-2012, 03:01 PM
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Nice to have and useful on stage: A modeler like the BDDI or similar, overdrive, a delay pedal, compressor, auto wah (or wah pedal), tuner
Fun to play around with but you'll rarely use on stage: flanger, phaser, looper, octave.
Maybe the previous suggestion of getting a multi-effect unit is a good idea. Buy one used, play around, decide what sounds you want to make your own, then plan out your long term pedal board and start shopping.
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12-02-2012, 03:15 PM
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If you just wanted to experiment, you could do worse than a Line6 M5. |
12-02-2012, 03:29 PM
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12-02-2012, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by jmceachern36 I play in a jazz/funk trio too with my fretless. I use an octave (OC-2), overdrive (Pork Loin), chorus and a synth wah. The synth wah is an envelope filter too. The octaver is my favorite. I use it for all kinds of music. | wow nice bass in yer avatar... Pork Loin again ! awesome..
cool guys... Some of these I haven't tried before so sounds exciting, I have used an octave pedal and a some triggered filtering effects I used to use in a psyc/pop band... It was a german waldorf 4 pole filter box thing... lots of cool sounds but it was the guitarists and from memory it was a $1000AU piece of studio gear...
the EHX name keeps coming up too so gonna go check these out, with a side order of Pork ! |
12-02-2012, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Melodie Darkglass b3k / b7k. | as much as i love my bk3, a VT bass is more "usable". IMHO anyways....
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12-02-2012, 04:41 PM
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12-02-2012, 04:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2012 Location: vanvouver, bc | | | For a lot of bass players any one pedal isn't necessary or even very useful to carry around all the time. What is useful is a collection of different things that you can pull out when the situation arises where they'll work for the sake of the music rather than just something to turn on to entertain yourself.
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12-02-2012, 05:04 PM
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and BTW I have been a bit of a purist when it comes to my sound...
I'm a back pickup kinda guy for the most part (where I can get away with it) so I'm all about the tone and fingers (and muting, ghosts, harmonics) ... I even get frustrated when I get a diff in tone when the finger tips get a little soft if I don't play for a few days... so I do understand all the 'not nessesary' comments...
I found over the years that FX didn't fit much of the music I was playing and really only two of my basses had the tone that fit also...
but... that's why I was asking... because I've really not taken notice of the multitude of modern FX... Lately I've been craving some OD, so this Pork Loin is getting me excited... seems to be the Bass equiv. of the Big Muff for guitarists... (I'm a bit old) |
12-02-2012, 06:05 PM
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Adding a bit of OD to your tone can be very pleasant and even surprising. I say the dark driving by fuzzrocious, mixed with clean (or not) sounds really good and adds some growl and thickness. I will never get rid of mine! Oh and FEA opti-fet.
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12-02-2012, 06:11 PM
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