Maybe this topic has been covered already? Im fairly new to the bass and looking for a click/stomp pedal with different volume settings. My band plays some covers that this would come in handy for. If I pause for a even a second to adjust my volume with my hand and miss a note or two, my drummer loses his pea sized mind and gives me dirty looks. Lol.. Anyway, can someone please help? Maybe something that enhances tone/sound as well? But ultimately looking for volume control/settings. Oh, and I need it pretty quick we have a big Halloween gig coming up on the 25th. Thanks in advance!
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Can anyone recommend a good stop pedal for volume control?
- Thread starter JayBass69
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I've heard that you can acutally change the volume without touching the volume knob. Have you tried playing less hard?
If that doesn't work for you, there are plenty of volume pedals out there.
If that doesn't work for you, there are plenty of volume pedals out there.
It's tough to recommend anything as you didn't give much info to go on. It sounds mostly like a technique thing and I would definitely vary my technique to change dynamics within a song.
If you need outboard gear to get louder I'd suggest a boost or dirt pedal depending on what type of loud you need to get. You could also use a volume pedal. Set your amp to the loudest it needs to be then use the volume pedal to back it down.
If you need outboard gear to get louder I'd suggest a boost or dirt pedal depending on what type of loud you need to get. You could also use a volume pedal. Set your amp to the loudest it needs to be then use the volume pedal to back it down.
Why don't you just make ten louder, and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
Dunno about click stompers, but the Ernie Ball passive volume pedals are pretty solid. I haven't actually tried mine on bass, though, only on guitar & lap steel, but would imagine they're designed for wide-band transparent passthrough.
While on the snarky side, the comments about backing off on playing are relevant. Do you want to maintain a very particular sound from the bass while cutting volume? Are you using a heavy compressor that makes backing off not work as it would otherwise?
Or are you asking being unsure of what the range of options are? That's certainly a good reason to do so. All of the options aforementioned are tenable. If you want to get really period-piece-y and cut some low end a la old recordings style, you could stick an EQ pedal in there, ideally one with volume control; that could back you down in the mix and yield some extra 60s'ey vintage all at once.
While on the snarky side, the comments about backing off on playing are relevant. Do you want to maintain a very particular sound from the bass while cutting volume? Are you using a heavy compressor that makes backing off not work as it would otherwise?
Or are you asking being unsure of what the range of options are? That's certainly a good reason to do so. All of the options aforementioned are tenable. If you want to get really period-piece-y and cut some low end a la old recordings style, you could stick an EQ pedal in there, ideally one with volume control; that could back you down in the mix and yield some extra 60s'ey vintage all at once.
This too. Really, a variety of pedals can be run with FX settings dialed down to nil, and the volume being the only change. Matter of fact...they're less common than guitar heads, but there are affordable bass amp heads with dual channels and/or volume or gain footswitches that would do the trick without an in-line pedal at all. Or combos, for that matter. If you're in the market for a rig, of course.
i was thinking the Source Audio Programmable EQ but you dont use the EQ you just use the output, and it has programmable preset,
other than that, you can get Nose pedal:
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I Think the Nose Volume Switcher is what you are looking at,
Personally i will just get a volume pedal like the dunlop, mission engineering, visual sound volume and adjust the volume with my foot, list goes on
other than that, you can get Nose pedal:
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I Think the Nose Volume Switcher is what you are looking at,
Personally i will just get a volume pedal like the dunlop, mission engineering, visual sound volume and adjust the volume with my foot, list goes on
Thank you to all whom replied. We definitely went in the opposite direction I was initially trying to convey. Trust me, I completely realize that if I want "less sound" that I could "play softer". Im not a "genius" by any means, but I'm not completely ******** either. So yes, I can figure out that plucking the strings with less force will produce less sound. Ok... so... Just the opposite is what Im looking for here guys. I want to set it to a consistent volume that I will use throughout the entire setlists/gig. Then when I need a "temporary" volume "Boost" I can click a pedal (which will raise the volume), play the riff I need the extra volume for, then click it again (to bring it back to the consistent volume level I need for the gig). This might be something really basic? I just have no experience with pedals at all. Ive been playing a little over a year now. When the lead guitarist goes into one of his solo's he clicks a pedal and his volume is boosted. He brings it back down with another click when his solo is completed. Is there a similar pedal for we bass players????
lol then just get a boost pedal instead, get something transparent like
the MXR Micro AMP so that you wont have a change in tone when you boost your signal,
i filter out some pedals which i think make changes to your tone, but here is a list for what i think is transparent boost
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the MXR Micro AMP so that you wont have a change in tone when you boost your signal,
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Dirt pedal (Overdrive, Distortion, Fuzz)
Volume pedal
Boost pedal
EQ pedal
Multi FX pedal
Compressor
You need to decide which option sounds best and then go from there. There are literally thousands of options that will do what you want. It doesn't need to be bass specific either.
