What does an effect pedal do?

[JBCustomBasses]

What does an effect pedal do?

Can you get different effects on one pedal?

When would they be useful?

How much are they?

How do you set them up?


Thanks froma n00b,

JB

[bassteban]

Hi. Welcome to TB. I STRONGLY suggest you read the top two threads on this page: Effects [BG] - TalkBass Forums

[Pollinator95]

Not to be rude, but have you tried googling "effects pedal"?
It changes or enhances your sound.
You can get different FX in one pedal.
Always useful.
Price range: 10$ - 500$.
Plug bass in, plug pedal into amp. Twiddle knobs ´til it sounds good.

But as I said, maybe google, Wikipedia, and various websites could help.

[Duke21]

Originally Posted by JBCustomBasses

What does an effect pedal do?

Can you get different effects on one pedal?

When would they be useful?

How much are they?

How do you set them up?

Thanks froma n00b,

JB

They form your sound, for better or ..... Well sometimes the pedal will not add anything good.
There are so many pedals that do various things, distorsion, overdrive, compression, pitch changing etc. What you are asking for is so general, so there are no answer for that.

[Reaper Man]

Originally Posted by JBCustomBasses

What does an effect pedal do?

Can you get different effects on one pedal? Sure, involves some magic and a sledgehammer

When would they be useful?when trying to make the brown note

How much are they? $texas

How do you set them up? I start with putting some dating ads, maybe if you know that 2 are single and compatible- you may be able to get them to hook up that way


Thanks froma n00b,

JB

glad I could help

[sonic assassin]

they make you look really cool and smart. naturally, i have a lot of them

[Samsound]

One would tend to think from your username that you build custom basses. Personally I'd be very afraid to purchase one from someone who doesn't know what an effect pedal is...

It's Easter, not April Fools Day.

[rythman6969]

what is a bass for

what does it do

when would it be useful

how much is a JB Custom

[hrodbert696]

Geez, y'all are so harsh on the kid. Welcome to TB, JB.

An effects pedal takes the wave signal coming down the cable from your bass and changes it before sending it on to your amp. In general, you plug bass to pedal, then pedal to amp. If you're using multiple pedals, you plug them into each other in a chain.

Yes, you can get multi-effects pedals, like the Digitech BP50. These are good affordable ways to start exploring effects, but most people like to get individual pedals for specific sounds so they can shape the exact tone they want.

As others have said, there are lots of different kinds of pedals, so I'll let you explore around. These are some of the common major types:

Distortion/fuzz/overdrive takes part of the signal and, well, distorts it. This gets that gritty, crunchy kind of sound you often hear in metal and such.

Some pedals affect the volume of your signal, like compressors and limiters. Basically, if your playing is producing uneven spikes of volume, these smooth it out.

A lot of the different effects are ways of redoubling the signal of your note, sometimes putting some of its frequencies out of phase with the main note or other effects like that. These would be effects like echo/reverb, flangers, chorus, envelope filters, things like that. These often get you those kind of space-age zoomy sounds or whatever.

Another thing you'll see available is amp modeling. Basically, the pedal tries digitally to reproduce the particular qualities of well-know amplifiers. That way you can sound like you're playing through an Ampeg or whatever without having to go out and buy an actual Ampeg.

That's a rough guide. I'm just exploring effects myself, so I'll let others correct me if I've mischaracterized anything. And yes, in future -- read the stickies and do a search before launching threads, some questions have been done ad nauseam. And don't ask what's the best bass for metal.

[that-guy]

Originally Posted by hrodbert696

Geez, y'all are so harsh on the kid. Welcome to TB, JB.

<snip>

in future -- read the stickies and do a search before launching threads, some questions have been done ad nauseam. And don't ask what's the best bass for metal.

^What this man said......and also fill in your profile, maybe???
Cheers - T_G

[s_mcsleazy]

well most pedals do diffrent things.

well thats atleast what i keep telling myself.

i recomend starting with a nice fuzz or overdrive pedal.

if you want to know all the best fuzz boxes ask benhdy on the pypb threads. poor man has made me take out a 2nd morgage on my house just by talking