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11-23-2012, 07:08 AM
| | | | 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? |
11-23-2012, 07:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Amsterdam, NL | | | tuner! (sorry, ate a clown for breakfast)
well ... i think out of those 3: compressor |
11-23-2012, 07:27 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Beaver County, PA | | | 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. |
11-23-2012, 07:44 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Cave Passive Pedals | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ohio | | | 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. |
11-23-2012, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by jasohall  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. | 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. |
11-23-2012, 03:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Northwest of Montreal, CAN | | | 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)
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11-23-2012, 03:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | | 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 |
11-23-2012, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Bassmike62 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) | 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!
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11-23-2012, 04:15 PM
|  | OK. Now I'm biased.
Endorsed Artist: Myco Pedals | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Lake Charles, La | | | The most popular effect is polyrhythmic multidubtronofiltering but most people haven't heard of it. |
11-23-2012, 04:18 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Berkshires, Ma | | | I think the most popular effect is loudness. |
11-23-2012, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Swift713 I think the most popular effect is loudness. | Yeah. Pure kick-ass facemelting gut-wrenching fat-bottomed loudness.
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11-23-2012, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Bassmike62 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) | I agree with this. It's not my top 3 but it seems these are the popular topics. Maybe Octave too.
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11-23-2012, 06:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Amsterdam, NL | | I think the most popular effects are my fingers ... i´m serious about that!
... and they don´t need electricity  |
11-23-2012, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Waterpilot I agree with this. It's not my top 3 but it seems these are the popular topics. Maybe Octave too. | .
Yeah, I hear ya. I put chorus because of personal preference, but it was a toss up with octave.
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11-23-2012, 07:10 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado | | Here's what I use ...
Distortion
Compression
Amp Modeling
Equalization
Chorus
Flange http://www.3dentourage.com/425/effects.htm
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11-23-2012, 07:17 PM
| | OK. Now I'm biased.
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Originally Posted by fasto I think the most popular effects are my fingers ... i´m serious about that!
... and they don´t need electricity | Do they self oscilate? 0_o |
11-23-2012, 08:16 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Cave Passive Pedals | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ohio | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by fasto I think the most popular effects are my fingers ... i´m serious about that!
... and they don´t need electricity | Oh, so you play unamplified acoustic upright?
Otherwise, you might want to retract the electric part. |
11-23-2012, 08:43 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Santa Cruz CA | | | Compressor and a mild overdrive (to emulate a tube head if you want that standard rock tone). |
11-24-2012, 12:46 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | 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.
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11-24-2012, 01:01 AM
| | | | 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
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