Hey all, I want to leap into the world of bass fuzz with my rock trio and was wondering if anyone has any thoughts/experience with running any variation of the EH Big Muff through the low-pass filter on a Q-Tron to boost some low-end bawlz back into the signal?
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Big Muff and Q-Tron? Anyone?
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Huh, I've have to try and get back to you. I have a Q-tron ...[somewhere] and a bunch of muffs... Still I have never had a problem with lows with muffs but mids, so I'll try it in all modes while I'm at it.
TheFantod
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Now, if you run a Q-tron through a Big Muff, you'll get a low end rubber band growl that will shake the windows and scare the animals. Try it, you'll like it!
LPF cuts highs. you'd just get a mush of a sound... I'd suggest a blender pedal!
or even better - get the green russian muff. when i tried it, I didn't think it needed any pedal to help it (at least at low gain settings, which I usually prefer on a fuzz... + i never tried it in a band, it could suck... my Little Big Muff didn't work all that well in a band...)
what could maybe work was if you put an LPF in a blend pedal (or Boss LS-2, set to A+B mode). then, you can add top end back to your signal as well... I sometimes do that with my AF-9, set to LP and cut sensitivity and peak. it acts like a static LPF. when I blend clean signal to it, I get some weird kind of a smiley-EQ sound.
or even better - get the green russian muff. when i tried it, I didn't think it needed any pedal to help it (at least at low gain settings, which I usually prefer on a fuzz... + i never tried it in a band, it could suck... my Little Big Muff didn't work all that well in a band...)
what could maybe work was if you put an LPF in a blend pedal (or Boss LS-2, set to A+B mode). then, you can add top end back to your signal as well... I sometimes do that with my AF-9, set to LP and cut sensitivity and peak. it acts like a static LPF. when I blend clean signal to it, I get some weird kind of a smiley-EQ sound.
Ok, I messed around and on LP as said it cuts highs, all highs, turns it into mud. BP/mix gave more workable sounds in down, but nothing I thought that sounded better then with the muff alone.
I'm not really surprised because I have never really thought the Q-tron worked very well for straight filtering, but I never actually sat down and tried to use it as one. A moog it is not, a EQ it is not.
This is a cool sound! I've always loved it.
I'm not really surprised because I have never really thought the Q-tron worked very well for straight filtering, but I never actually sat down and tried to use it as one. A moog it is not, a EQ it is not.
This is a cool sound! I've always loved it.
I was kinda concerned that it wouldn't do anything, just a flash of an idea in my head. Thanks for the advice
That sounds sweet! Gonna try it for sure.
That sounds sweet! Gonna try it for sure.
Is this the Big Muff you guys are talking about?
This is the one made for bass and it has plenty of low end ballz.
No need for Q-Tron.
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This is the one made for bass and it has plenty of low end ballz.
No need for Q-Tron.
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