DeFretter????

[bassyeah]

Any idea how to duplicate the "defretter" effect on the Boss ME-50B???? (other then buying a Boss ME-50B)
I'm wondering if that effect can be done with one effect or maybe a combination of effects....

Thanks for reading and for your input-

 

[BassistFreak416]

a chorus could get a similar sound. maybe some reverb or delay to soften your sound.

 

[Headless Llama]

ummm...... a fretless would sound like a fretless...

 

[bassyeah]

I'm not sure how to get the "swell" thing to happen???

 

[takfar]

you mean the "mwah"? Maybe an envelope filter..? Good luck configuring one to get a semi-authentic mwah sound, tho..

 

[Oric]

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[bassyeah]

ummm...... a fretless would sound like a fretless...

ummmmm... a fretless would sound just like a fretless... I dont want to sound like a fretless... I want to get the sound the defretter does....

 

[bassyeah]

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best thought so far...

 

[Lynwood James]

You might try some hall-type reverb (Holy Grail or other), maybe with some chorus?

 

[PilbaraBass]

Two choruses would get you close, first chorus would be slow and deep, second chorus would be tighter and shallower (more like a “normal” chorus setting). Play more up on the neck to get a bit more natural “blossom” from the string…

 

[sonic assassin]

i tend to use chorus and turn down the tone knob a bit. i never hear clanky top end bass on a fretless.

 

[SteveMcB]

The swell is probably just a volume swell? This is achievable with the Boss Slow Gear (mega expensive), the guyatone SV-2 (or the new SV-5) (less expensive, I havethe SV2 and it's really cool), the behringer SM-200 (cheap), or a volume pedal and a tired leg.

Steve

 

[René_Julien]

Look around, maybe someone will part out a ME-50B.






the chorus suggestions are good

 

[René_Julien]

He's also spewing crap in the Basses forum.
Already reported his behaviour against rule #1.

 

[Darkstrike]

Hey, any soundclips of this Defretter tone exist?



A wild stab would be some very light delay, just to thicken the note, and a little chorus.

 

[gnasher1993]

I've never heard it but...

I'll stick my neck out and say a combination of the swell of a Boss CS-1, some sort of slow gear clone (if you can't get an original) like the Guyatone SV-2 and a small amount of reverb. Maybe chorus as well...I don't know, I've not heard it

 

[anechoic]

I've never actually tried the ME-50B, but a while back there was a thread about Pete Steele's (Type O Negative) setup, and whether the "fretless" sound on one of their songs was actually a fretless, or Pete's frequent use of heavy processing:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=297328&highlight=peter+steele+fretless

There have been some other threads about his gear, might be worth digging those up.

 

[takfar]

I've only heard it once, and only for a couple seconds, myself, when a friend of mine was cycling through effects in his GT-6B, but I'm pretty sure there was some sort of detuner or chorus thing going on. Didn't hear enough of it to notice or remember any swell-type sound, but if it's trying to replicate a fretless electric, I think it'd more likely be mwah-related than volume-swell related.

 

[gnasher1993]

I may be wrong but is it the sound at 0:48 in this video?

 

[takfar]

I may be wrong but is it the sound at 0:48 in this video?

Whatever that is, it sounds a like envelope filter+chorus..