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11-24-2012, 03:09 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Camarillo, CA | | | #1 has to be OD. There's a new 'What Overdrive should I Buy?' thread here every week.
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11-24-2012, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by caeman Oh, so you play unamplified acoustic upright?
Otherwise, you might want to retract the electric part. | you need electricity to power a distortion pedal ... you don't need electricity to move your fingers at different places on the bass to have more attack or more bass.
as for the question :
I think the most popular is OD followed by envelop filter and octaver
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11-24-2012, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Clef_de_fa
you need electricity to power a distortion pedal ... you don't need electricity to move your fingers at different places on the bass to have more attack or more bass.
as for the question :
I think the most popular is OD followed by envelop filter and octaver
| As a matter of fact, your muscles are triggered and controlled by electric impulses ;-)
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11-24-2012, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Clef_de_FAIL you need electricity to power a distortion pedal ... you don't need electricity to move your fingers at different places on the bass to have more attack or more bass.
as for the question :
I think the most popular is OD followed by envelop filter and octaver | Oh.....you were being serious......  |
11-24-2012, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Green Lantern I am thinking of the following 3
1. Chorus
2. Compressor
3. Octave pedal
Which ones do you find you use the most? |
yeah i would say compressor, then chorus then octave
but in general the most popular effects are probably some sort of dirt pedal. weather it be fuzz or overdrive, you will hear something in the dirt variety the most. |
11-24-2012, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by vbchaos As a matter of fact, your muscles are triggered and controlled by electric impulses ;-) | hahaha ok you got me 
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11-24-2012, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by MSUsousaphone Oh.....you were being serious...... |  calling me name won't help your cause
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11-24-2012, 08:04 PM
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11-24-2012, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Clef_de_fa you need electricity to power a distortion pedal ... | Technical Point: No, you don't. Passive Distortion is possible. And I own one.
But unless one is playing a acoustic upright, there is far more to tone than the fingers. The choice of strings (flat, tape, round), the pickups (j, p, humbucker, active, passive), the vibrational capability of the bass (hollow, solid). All of this combine with finger control begin the tonal process.
Tone is never just in the fingers. It is the sum total of the bass, to the amp.
From the bass, then the EQing of the signal into the amp, or FOH.
If you use an amp, that amp's preamp is an integral component of your tone. The EQ section, then the power amp section. Victor Wooten, for all his mighty prowess, would sound very different in a Behringer 10 watt bass amp or an SVT 100 watt tube amp.
Oh, and those pesky speakers. 10", 12", 15". 2kHz, 3kHz, 5kHz attenuation. Or maybe full frequency PA systems booming a room with 30Hz subsonics.
"Tone is the fingers" is the mantra of the Effects Hater, and a statement of much ignorance of the entire signal chain.
CONTROL is in the fingers. |
11-24-2012, 08:26 PM
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Endorsed Artist: Myco Pedals | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Lake Charles, La | | Yeah. Deltz and Caem have it. There's no cause. Just people looking to get good sounds going. To be honest, the more old lame magic fingered bassists there are, thinking the most supreme ultimate compliment is "the bass was solid", the easier it is for me to look cool. So keep on with those mystic philanges. Just fingers are great for a few things but after a while the chicks'll be looking for some excitement. 
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11-24-2012, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by caeman Technical Point: No, you don't. Passive Distortion is possible. And I own one.
But unless one is playing a acoustic upright, there is far more to tone than the fingers. The choice of strings (flat, tape, round), the pickups (j, p, humbucker, active, passive), the vibrational capability of the bass (hollow, solid). All of this combine with finger control begin the tonal process.
Tone is never just in the fingers. It is the sum total of the bass, to the amp.
From the bass, then the EQing of the signal into the amp, or FOH.
If you use an amp, that amp's preamp is an integral component of your tone. The EQ section, then the power amp section. Victor Wooten, for all his mighty prowess, would sound very different in a Behringer 10 watt bass amp or an SVT 100 watt tube amp.
Oh, and those pesky speakers. 10", 12", 15". 2kHz, 3kHz, 5kHz attenuation. Or maybe full frequency PA systems booming a room with 30Hz subsonics.
"Tone is the fingers" is the mantra of the Effects Hater, and a statement of much ignorance of the entire signal chain.
CONTROL is in the fingers. | You just opened up my mind and read it back to me, in a far more eloquent fashion than I ever could. Thanks for this.
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