BOSS DS1 for bass, yes or no?

[Electricblue]

So, il prob get a DS1 for my guitar, will it work will with a jazz bass?

 

[bassman1185]

Will it work as in "will it make my bass sound distorted?" or as in "will it sound good?" Because it will make your bass sound distorted, but it will most definitely not sons good. Spend another ten bucks and get a digitech bad monkey instead.

 

[bassbrad]

It will work on bass but will roll off some of your lows, so it will not be a good pedal for a driving chuggy bass tone, but can make a solo or melodic line pop in the mix. The DS1 is a classic pedal and there are all sorts of mods that will make it a better pedal for bass or what have you. I have a DS1 that has a Keeley/Allums mod and it is a smoking fuzz beast.

 

[solarplexus]

If you mod it for bass, yes. As is, no.

 

[Big chicken]

if you'd like your bass tone to be disgusting the yes i would use one.

 

[AntekStalich]

So a question, perhaps somebody will know:

I've heard that Big Muff is good to overdrive the bass. Has anybody tried? Is true bypass there?

I've heard of Bass Tubescreamer. Has anybody tried that?

What good overdrive for bass could you recommend?
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My intention is to fill in the harmonics by playing bass power chords while electric guitar plays solo. I'm using POD XT Live/Bass Ext and it is OK for overdrive, but I really cannot get good clean from the Line6 product. I need to be able to bypass the effect completely.

 

[audiomitch]

It will work on bass but will roll off some of your lows, so it will not be a good pedal for a driving chuggy bass tone, but can make a solo or melodic line pop in the mix. The DS1 is a classic pedal and there are all sorts of mods that will make it a better pedal for bass or what have you. I have a DS1 that has a Keeley/Allums mod and it is a smoking fuzz beast.

I have the Allums mod too, and it definitely changes the DS-1 in to a great sounding, usable pedal. A stock DS-1 not so much.

 

[rratajski]

So a question, perhaps somebody will know:

I've heard that Big Muff is good to overdrive the bass. Has anybody tried? Is true bypass there?

I've heard of Bass Tubescreamer. Has anybody tried that?

What good overdrive for bass could you recommend?
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My intention is to fill in the harmonics by playing bass power chords while electric guitar plays solo. I'm using POD XT Live/Bass Ext and it is OK for overdrive, but I really cannot get good clean from the Line6 product. I need to be able to bypass the effect completely.

Use the search: muff, overdrive, tubescreamer.
Muffs and OD are discussed daily and tubescreamers are discussed about every other day.
The post your pedalboard thread is a good spot too!

 

[Crystalman85]

There's a company called penny pedals that makes a boss ds-1 voiced for bass. here's the link.

Link Removed

 

[Eric!]

Except pennypedals hasn't been active in ...a while, to my knowledge.

 

[Eric Scholz]

ds1 is one of the best/worst sounding pedals for the bass. i say get it.

 

[jpTron]

With the penny pedal mod it becomes a great fuzz. Glad I did the mod even though I don't use it.

 

[Happynoj]

I use a DS1, but my rig has two parallel effects channels. The DS1 is never on by itself, so it doesn't matter that it sounds horrible, as it's always accompanied by something that makes it sound nice.

 

[HuntYouDown]

I got a Line6 PocketPod for guitar and it has a ton of great effects...you can also download extras for it.

 

[adampc]

I use a DS1 but I run it threw my Sans Amp and I get a really nice sounding tone but I only use it for solo'y bits not as a main drive

 

[DeliriumTremens]

Pete Steele from Type O Negative used one as his main distortion pedal to give some idea of how it sounds

 

[Gord_oh]

i bought one the other day and used it on a bass before a guitar.
i like it, its a nice distortion pedal, can act like a fuzz too if you dial it in.
ill be using it on my bass for sure.

 

[Corey Y]

I've used the DS-1 before, it just depends on what you're going for and how (and with what) you use it. Previously I used one with a stock MIM Precision in standard tuning running into an LMII into an SWR Golight 410 w/ the tweeter off and I was able to get a very over aggressive distortion with plenty of low end. Will it be to your taste? Can't say. I did keep the gain down very low, it's pretty much an on or off pedal, not a lot of subtlety. It's not my go-to or favorite, but it sounded ok for a certain sound.

 

[HeebHammer70]

I have a DS1 and modded it. It sounds great, all you gotta do is increase a couple capacitors that cost about $4 total

 

[runmikeyrun]

Electricblue, if you are handy with an iron PM me and I'll send you the mods I did to my DS-1 to turn it into a ferocious low end pounding beast.