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Bass synth pedals
- Thread starter garrett-777
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They also have the bass version: Digitech Bass Synth Wah. I use mine mostly for its octave mode, but the first two modes are also decent filters/auto wahs. I've also used it on mode 3 with a Boss BF-3 to create a mock sequencer sound.
Thanks guys!
I'm looking to combine it with overdrive pedal/fuzz. Or with a tremelo pedal. To create some crazy synth sounds!
I'm looking to combine it with overdrive pedal/fuzz. Or with a tremelo pedal. To create some crazy synth sounds!
FWIW, I've been using mine with an EHX BBM lately, practicing for an upcoming gig. Can sound pretty nasty.
It depends on what sounds you are trying to achieve. I've tried the following:
Boss SYB-03
Boss SYB-05
EHX Bass Micro Synth XO
Digitech BSW
My fav so far has been the BMS XO but I traded it for a POG2 and am in no rush to get a BMS back.....
I use octave>fuzz>envelope filter (Boss OC-2>Wooly Mammoth/EHX Russian Big Muff with gate knob added/ Way Huge Swollen Pickle> 3 leaf GR and I can make a LOT of cool synthy sounds with good tracking.
Boss SYB-03
Boss SYB-05
EHX Bass Micro Synth XO
Digitech BSW
My fav so far has been the BMS XO but I traded it for a POG2 and am in no rush to get a BMS back.....
I use octave>fuzz>envelope filter (Boss OC-2>Wooly Mammoth/EHX Russian Big Muff with gate knob added/ Way Huge Swollen Pickle> 3 leaf GR and I can make a LOT of cool synthy sounds with good tracking.
Subdecay Noise Box. There are a lot of possibilities though, you may want to search some of the synth bass posts to get an idea of what else is out there.
The Digi BSW is a nice entry into synth sounds,
FWIW I use a Zoom B2 as my synth pedal and it's pretty cheap as well.
FWIW I use a Zoom B2 as my synth pedal and it's pretty cheap as well.
Boss SYB-5 is great IF you use an expression pedal with it. Not alot of variety of tones, but what it does, it does well.
I love using the GR for synthy tones. It's wetness and tweakability are very helpful too.
I just picked up a used Behringer 
V-Amp pro Bass. The synth on there tracks extremely well, and produces some amazing synth sounds.
Yes, it's a Behringer.
but it was less money than most standalone pedals, and does just as good a job. It's an amazingly versatile pre-amp too...
Want synth + dirt, it's there in spades.
V-Amp pro Bass. The synth on there tracks extremely well, and produces some amazing synth sounds. Yes, it's a Behringer.
but it was less money than most standalone pedals, and does just as good a job. It's an amazingly versatile pre-amp too...Want synth + dirt, it's there in spades.
iron ether oxide>3 leaf GR2>EH micro pog = synth goodness. I find I get all the synth sounds I was using with a EH bass micro synth or the multiple effects pedal I was using. The sounds those synth pedals could get that my current configuration can't get I didn't use anyway because they didn't track well.
Oh yeah I forgot to mention I use a POG2 and along with the following all contribute in some way to getting a synth sound....
Boss OC-2 Octave
Wooly Mammoth
EHX Russian BM (with gate knob, voltage bias knob, and oscillation switch)
Way Huge Swollen Pickle
Boss BF-2 Flanger
MXR Phase 100
Dunlop 105Q
3-Leaf Audio GR-1
MA-Wrong Side of Uranus
EHX POG2
EHX MM with Hazarai
Strymon El Capistan
and to a degree
Tech21 VT Bass
certain ones are mixed in various degrees to get a HUGE variety of synth tones
Digitech Synth Wah is definately a very decent effect given its price. I find that the EHX Bass Synth sounds really good with any number of dist/fuzz pedals....and I currently am loving it with the Earthquaker Hoof.
I have an SYB-5. Is the expression pedal worth getting? I only paid 60 bones for the SYB and the expression pedal is a hundy. That's the only reason I'm torn really. Yeah I'm cheap.
I currently own a Roland GR-55, Korg G5, BOSS GT-10B, and I just picked up an Octavius Squeezer. Check my sig for links to some sound samples. I don't have a TON of them shared yet, but will continue to add as I record.
