We lost our rhythm guitarist. Is there a pedal that can leave a clean bass sound and add a distorted harmonizer to make it sound like a crappy guitarist following me exactly? As a bass player in a band that isn't very bass driven, I need to fill in the sound in the parts that the guitarist is too damn stubborn to change.
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A bass pedal that will replace my rhythm guitarist
- Thread starter Fig.Neutron
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i've had some success with octave pedals...the ehx micro pog is what i use. it's a little clean and chimey by itself but with a little distortion on it, the higher octave sounds pretty cool to add some 8 or 12-string bass effect. and it tracks extremely well and lets you split the octave from the clean sound.
but unless the guitarist starts playing guitar like he needs to in a 3 pc band, it's not going to work. there's a whole different art to playing guitar in a 3-pc band...you don't have to stick strictly to rhythm but there can't be any dead air n the leads. as for the bass, most 3-pc bassists that pull it off well don't do a whole lot different than normally.
but unless the guitarist starts playing guitar like he needs to in a 3 pc band, it's not going to work. there's a whole different art to playing guitar in a 3-pc band...you don't have to stick strictly to rhythm but there can't be any dead air n the leads. as for the bass, most 3-pc bassists that pull it off well don't do a whole lot different than normally.
I use a Roland GR-20 bass/guitar synth, with it's output fed back into my Boss GT-10B multi's External loop Return, and apply distortion, chorus and reverb, and occasionally a touch of harmonist too.
That's our rhythm section, and i get to keep playing my normal bass lines too.
That's our rhythm section, and i get to keep playing my normal bass lines too.
you may want to try this...when using FX I split my signal and run a dry signal to the bottom cab and the wet signal to the top cab using a stereo pre and amp or you could use two amps. Then when you run the octave with distortion your clean dry bass tone will be preserved.
you want an Akai Unibass. Or an EHX HOG. Both very expensive. You should search the effects forum, several threads there about this subject.
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EHX Micro POG: Dry control turned all the way to one side (I think it's clockwise), octave-down turned fully CCW, octave-up turned fully CW.
Wet output into a distortion that makes your bass mix well with the guitarist. I'd use an EHX Big Muff Pi.
Get a DOD 240 or Rolls 4-channel resistance mixer. Then it looks like this:
EHX Micro POG (Dry) --> Mixer Channel 1
EHX Micro POG (Wet) --> EHX Big Muff Pi
EHX Big Muff Pi (Wet) --> Mixer Channel 2
That way you have have your clean bass channel, clean/dirty octave channel, and two other channels for whatever other reason you may have.
Wet output into a distortion that makes your bass mix well with the guitarist. I'd use an EHX Big Muff Pi.
Get a DOD 240 or Rolls 4-channel resistance mixer. Then it looks like this:
EHX Micro POG (Dry) --> Mixer Channel 1
EHX Micro POG (Wet) --> EHX Big Muff Pi
EHX Big Muff Pi (Wet) --> Mixer Channel 2
That way you have have your clean bass channel, clean/dirty octave channel, and two other channels for whatever other reason you may have.
