Who else...

Ryan Mohr · #1 02-13-2009, 03:23 PM

thinks Overdrive, Octave, and Chorus are the the three most useful, as well as your favorite, effects for bass? For me, these are the only effects I really need. Notice that I said effects, not just pedals. Tuners, Compressors (for none "effecty" purposes), Tone Shaping/Equalization/Preamp, or any other pedals like that aren't effects in my mind, rather tools built into stompboxes.

Sure, it's cool to have other crazy effects to jam around with. Or if you play experimental music, those kind of effects are probably most useful for you. But for me, these are the most useful for alternative rock.

I don't want to start any arguments, and I'm not saying these are the best effects, I just want to know who else feels the same. Thanks

beggar98 · #2 02-13-2009, 03:33 PM

For my purposes, chorus is totally useless.

Ryan Mohr · #3 02-13-2009, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by beggar98

For my purposes, chorus is totally useless.

I see Jaco as one of your main influences, you don't find chorus useful for that doubling/modulated delay tone he gets? Or even fretless playing? Here' what I'm referring to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdY-KAmj5fU

fightthepower · #4 02-13-2009, 03:51 PM

You can cover a lot of ground with octave, fuzz, and filter.

Ryan Mohr · #5 02-13-2009, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by fightthepower

You can cover a lot of ground with octave, fuzz, and filter.

I can hear this if I was playing heavier funk or synth.

But for me, I can't find any use for fuzz in band except for Around the World by RHCP. My band played a cover of it at my school's BOTB and the intro sounded awesome with my EHX LBM. Also, I love a nice fat filter, but I can never seem to use it unless I am just jamming with my friends. I just can't incorporate these effects into the songs we write. Don't get me wrong though, I love fuzz and filter, but they aren't my favorite and I don't find them useful.

MatticusMania · #6 02-13-2009, 04:05 PM

For me, it would be my Overdrive, Bass Synth Wah, and my Looper

Ryan Mohr · #7 02-13-2009, 04:16 PM

Not to be annoying, but I started this thread to see if other people felt the same as me. I'm explicitly not asking what are your three favorite/most useful effects? Please read my original post before posting.

kevteop · #8 02-13-2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by AqueousView11

I see Jaco as one of your main influences, you don't find chorus useful for that doubling/modulated delay tone he gets? Or even fretless playing?

I used to listen to Jaco a lot, and I still play fretless a lot, but I'm not busy trying to cop Jaco's sound so I don't use chorus either.

I mostly use fretless with synthy effects so I can do pitch bend / portamento effects or impersonate old analogue synths with unstable tuning.

Aquila0507 · #9 02-13-2009, 04:25 PM

Whoa there kid, lighten up a bit. He did not agree with those three pedals is all he's saying, which is what you asked input for. I use a filter, phaser and delay and will add a octave too. Maybe your not creative enough if you can't use those effects.

markjazzbassist · #10 02-13-2009, 04:46 PM

nope, not a big chorus dude.

for me the top three are fuzz, envelope filter, and phaser.

JohnDavisNYC · #11 02-13-2009, 05:24 PM

agree on the first two... i think chorus is so dated... i kinda can't believe that people still use it, unless for making stuff sound really wrong... it just reeks of a pearl jam intro or something to me... or lita ford.

anyway, BIG YES for octave and drive... i would maybe add fuzz to that.... octave, light overdrive, and fuzz would be my 3 most important bass effects. (not necessarliy for me, as i don't even own an overdrive)

so i guess to answer your question, i am 2/3 totally with you!!!
john

kevteop · #12 02-13-2009, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnDavisNYC

agree on the first two... i think chorus is so dated... i kinda can't believe that people still use it, unless for making stuff sound really wrong...

I have to confess until I sold my chorus pedal a couple of months back I did sometimes plug it in with my fretless just to do shocking '80s noises with it.

If I'd had hairspray in the house I may have rolled up the sleeves of my shirt over a jacket and done the whole thing, just for ***** and giggles.

SteveMcB · #13 02-13-2009, 07:13 PM

OD yes, definitely
Octave yes, definitely so long as not playing my 12-string bass which makes octavers kind of redundant
Chorus I have and like on occasion, but it's just for a little flavour, as are trem, delay etc.
I don't have a fuzz, but the bass BMP is very cool and very tempting...

I guess overall I'm happy with OD and octave

Steve

HelloJerk · #14 02-13-2009, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by AqueousView11

Not to be annoying, but I started this thread to see if other people felt the same as me. I'm explicitly not asking what are your three favorite/most useful effects? Please read my original post before posting.

I do not feel the same as you with regard to effects.

Mudfuzz · #15 02-13-2009, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by beggar98

For my purposes, chorus is totally useless.

Same here.

mattq · #16 02-13-2009, 07:25 PM

i also do not agree with you. chorus - useless, octave - useless (for now). and i also play rock

Ryan Mohr · #17 02-13-2009, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquila0507

Whoa there kid, lighten up a bit. He did not agree with those three pedals is all he's saying, which is what you asked input for. I use a filter, phaser and delay and will add a octave too. Maybe your not creative enough if you can't use those effects.

As I said before, I didn't create a "what are your favorite three effects." I don't see why other people are posting their three favorite effects.

Who are you to say I'm not creative enough to use the effects? I don't force effects into the music I play, but I use effects to enhance certain passages. If I used a fuzz in an up tempo acoustic rock song, it would sound wrong IMO.

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Originally Posted by JohnDavisNYC

agree on the first two... i think chorus is so dated... i kinda can't believe that people still use it, unless for making stuff sound really wrong... it just reeks of a pearl jam intro or something to me... or lita ford.

anyway, BIG YES for octave and drive... i would maybe add fuzz to that.... octave, light overdrive, and fuzz would be my 3 most important bass effects. (not necessarliy for me, as i don't even own an overdrive)

so i guess to answer your question, i am 2/3 totally with you!!!
john

I respect your opinion, it seems like chorus is somethig you either like or don't. I think something like this is very tasteful - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z8PkA0wK5Q
Also, if you use a medium/low depth and high speed setting, you can get a natural leslie tone that sounds great with overdrive for classic rock. Sort of like JPJ's tone in Heartbreaker. Also check out this thread for some tasteful chorus tones - Analogman Mini Chorus SOUNDCLIPS

I would agree with you that octave and some sort of dirt pedal are very useful for bass. Octave is great for funk or synth, or even hard rock. You can always find a place for little bit of overdrive, but it is easy to overuse it. Thanks for respecting my opinion.

bassman03 · #18 02-13-2009, 08:34 PM

I'm in agreeance w/ you. Those three plus a boost and a pre-amp is what my board will make up of when i have the money. I might take fuzz over OD tho.... which leads me to ask if anyone has any sound clips of an MXR Blue Box. It's a mix of two of those three so i'm wondering how it sounds on bass

Deluge Of Sound · #19 02-13-2009, 08:42 PM

Every time I hear chorus I expect Michael J Fox to come flying by me on a hover-board.

Ryan Mohr · #20 02-13-2009, 08:59 PM

Since when does everyone hate chorus?