Bass Synth Collection

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After my successful quest for a full green Korg collection, I went on for a bass synth pedal collection. I absolutely love these so I thought, why not?

Here's what I have so far :
- Akai Deep Impact
- Korg G5
- Ibanez SB7
- Digitech Bass Synth
- Behringer SYB-600
- EHX Bass Micro Synth
- Markbass Super Bass Synth
- Boss SYB-3
- Boss SYB-5

What I sold :
- Korg X911, fantastic tones but tracks too badly if at all on the lowest strings.
- Line6 FM4, impressive with guitar, fantastic Mu-Tron emulation. Unfortunately, synth tones are pretty much unusable with a bass.

Planned :
- Octavius Squeezer

Here are the requirements :
- Must be pedal form, no rack.
- Must be bass oriented, or at least bass compliant
- No straight filter, it must at least make an attempt at being a synth.

What should I get next?
Tempt me.

 

[snogaws]

Enjoy the G5, man.

 

[Ron Now]

Well you should probably get an XO and an OG EHX bass micro synth...you know just for kicks.

The only one that comes to mind you are missing is the Markbass Super Synth...or whatever that thing was called.

 

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Oh, I forgot to list it. Already have a MB.

 

[René_Julien]

And the Behringer SYB-600?

 

[Jazz Ad]

Gee, I have it too.
Too many for my own good already.

 

[René_Julien]

Gee, I have it too.
Too many for my own good already.

I knew you had that one or used to have one.
You recommended it once. I got it, wasn't a bad pedal, I realized I didn't need it, I sold it. Sold it for 5€ more than I paid for it, so thanks.



Moog Freqbox?

 

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I didn't think about the Moog, partly because I never tried one and didn't think of it as a synth, partly because what I have heard coming out of it doesn't seem to justify its price.
I will check on it.

 

[t3ch]

What's your fave so far, sir? I've been waiting for an EHX Micro Synth to pop up for trying to cop Dead Weather tones.

 

[Jazz Ad]

I use the EHX and Markbass the most.
Tonewise I think the Akai is ma favorite but it's not very versatile.

 

[jpdabass]

That's awesome!

I've also started a 'quest' of collecting bass synth pedals myself, and since then bought an EHX Micro Bass Synth, an Octavius Squeezer, an Akai Deep Impact and a few other "Synthesque" pedals. However, I must admit that I would never be satisfied with my board if I continued, so I stopped for a while. Before I decided to 'quit', though, I almost bought a Korg G5...

I recomend you to try the following, even though they are not 'pure' synth pedals:
- Subdecay Noisebox
- Catalinbread Heliotrope
- some kind of 'clean' bitcrusher

They'll complement your collection nicelly, IMHO.

Ever thought of going octave+fuzz/pitch tracker+filter/LPF? (detune+tremolo are optional...)

Good luck for your collection.
JP

 

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I have a Heliotrope. Awesome box.

 

[kevteop]

http://www.martoneaudio.com/PulseSynth.htm

I had one for a year or so, nutsy little pedal, really nasal analog PWM noises from it. I also had a momentary stomp on the other corner to turn the LFO modulation on/off, so I could crank it and use it for B-movie death ray special effects.

If I had the room I would still have one, but the Octavius Squeezer does basically all the same stuff.

 

[bigchiefbc]

I didn't think about the Moog, partly because I never tried one and didn't think of it as a synth, partly because what I have heard coming out of it doesn't seem to justify its price.
I will check on it.

The Moog is an actual synth, unlike a few on your list. (EHX, Korg, Ibanez, Digitech)

I suggest you get it, its pretty f'in good

 

[Stick_Player]

I didn't think about the Moog, partly because I never tried one and didn't think of it as a synth, partly because what I have heard coming out of it doesn't seem to justify its price.
I will check on it.

Those pedals on your list are just filters.

The Moog Taurus (1 or 3) is The ONLY bass synth. All others are Playskool toys. What have you been listening to that didn't justify the Moog, at any price?

 

[bigchiefbc]

Those pedals on your list are just filters.

The Moog Taurus (1 or 3) is The ONLY bass synth. All others are Playskool toys. What have you been listening to that didn't justify the Moog, at any price?

for the false

Several of these pedals are real oscillators being triggered. Much more than just filters. Try not to walk into anything with your nose so far in the air.

 

[gumtown]

Roland GR-20 ? Not exactly a 'stomp box' but if you don't mind the GK-3B pickup, it works very well combined with the Boss GT-10B (i guess floorboard MFX don't fit the catagory either).

 

[t3ch]

Those pedals on your list are just filters.

The Moog Taurus (1 or 3) is The ONLY bass synth. All others are Playskool toys. What have you been listening to that didn't justify the Moog, at any price?

That isn't gonna fit on my pedalboard...

 

[David1234]

Roland V-bass?

 

[KarateKid25]

I've had others in the past, but currently my only outright synth pedals are:

Akai Deep Impact
EHX Bass Micro Synth
Moog Freqbox

I've got a bit of a synth rig going on though which has:

Moog low pass filter
Moog Bass Murf
Boss OC-2
Bugbrand BugCrusher micro

Mix that with a few other pedals, such as:

Moog MP-201 controller
Devi Ever Cherry Pop
Boss BF-2
Boss PS-3
EHX Freeze

In the long run it is much more expensive, but I have found the sounds to be a lot more satisfying than any of the individual 'synth' boxes that I've owned.