What are the most popular effects for bass?
 

I am thinking of the following 3

1. Chorus
2. Compressor
3. Octave pedal

Which ones do you find you use the most?

tuner! (sorry, ate a clown for breakfast)

well ... i think out of those 3: compressor

1. Distortion/Fuzz/OD
2. Envelope Filter

Those are mine. I plan on picking up a chorus pedal soon but my guitarist loves to use chorus every chance he gets so I don't think it'll get much use

If you're unsure of what effects to get, get a multi. A Zoom B3 can handle everything you're asking for.

I think that by far, overdrive is the single most popular effect I have seen discussed and used on boards. From the bassists just looking to add a little thickness to their sound, to outright distortion. The effect provides a foundation for a lot of music.

Everything else is second fiddle to overdrive.

Aguilar told me they are coming out with a bass chorus next year. I will be waiting for it as I know all their gear is well with it.

It could be debated that a compressor is or iznot an effect, same with tuner, so let's take it out of the equation. So I'd go:

1. envelope filter
2. chorus
3. dirt (overdrive/distortion/fuzz)

Comp is an effect. It actually affects the sound wave of your instrument. A tuner simply measures the frequency at which you are playing. No effect there

Compression can be used as a very powerful effect, dramatically effecting the attack and sustain and can be used alone or with other effects with a huge variety of options. It's like EQ, useful in almost every scenario.

Most Common effects that I've seen used:

Internal: (usually in amp pre section)
> EQ
> ( OD / tube distortion
> Compressor
> Amp/Cab simulators

External: (rack or pedals)
> OD/distortion/fuzz
> Compressor
> EQ
> Envelope Filters (Phasers/Flangers/Wahs)
> Octavers
> MultiEffects

I haven't got a huge sample, so I could be way off in the order of things. It will vary depending on the genre. I doubt a lot of country bassists use fuzz pedals!

The most popular effect is polyrhythmic multidubtronofiltering but most people haven't heard of it.

I think the most popular effect is loudness.

Yeah. Pure kick-ass facemelting gut-wrenching fat-bottomed loudness.

:D

I agree with this. It's not my top 3 but it seems these are the popular topics. Maybe Octave too.

I think the most popular effects are my fingers ... i´m serious about that!

... and they don´t need electricity :spit:

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Yeah, I hear ya. I put chorus because of personal preference, but it was a toss up with octave.

Here's what I use ...

Distortion
Compression
Amp Modeling
Equalization
Chorus
Flange

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/effects.htm

Do they self oscilate? 0_o

Oh, so you play unamplified acoustic upright?

Otherwise, you might want to retract the electric part.

Compressor and a mild overdrive (to emulate a tube head if you want that standard rock tone).

I rank them:

1. Overdrive/distortion
2. Compression (I don't use it anymore but a lot of bass players do)
3. Octave down
4. Envelope filter
5. Chorus
6. Reverb/delay

I stop at envelope filter.

my top 3 would have to be
3.tremolo
2.delay
1.reverb

but i think the top most popular i hear about the most is probably
3. Octave
2. Envelope Filter
1. Fuzz