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Digitech bp355 patch ideas

Here's a new patch I've just thought of. this patch emulates cliff burton's distorted wah sound from the metallica song anesthesia(pulling teeth).

Cliff

Fretless/wah: dunlop cry baby wah---0---99---8db
Compressor: off
Distortion: electro-harmonix big muff pi---70---50---70
Amplifier(amp a): ampeg svt---swr basic black 1x15---40---70
Amplifier(amp b): sunn 200s---marshall 1969 4x12---40---70
EQ: midboost---3---1984---4---5
Chorus: off
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: wah
 
Here's another patch I've just came up with. this patch is a clean bass sound with a whammy effect. a crazy and cool effect to try out for bass solos.

Bass whammy 1

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: off
Distortion: off
Amplifier(amp a): ashdown bass magnifier---eden 4x10---45---70
Amplifier(amp b): swr basic black---fender bassman 4x10---45---70
EQ: warm---4---1875---3---4
Chorus: whammy---post---octup---99---50
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: whammy
 
Here's another patch I've came up with. this is a distorted bass patch with a whammy effect. another crazy and cool effect to try out for bass solos.

Bass whammy 2

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: off
Distortion: digitech grunge---50---59---45---80
Amplifier(amp a): ashdown bass magnifier---eden 4x10---45---70
Amplifier(amp b): swr basic black---fender bassman 4x10---45---70
EQ: warm---4---1980---3---4
Chorus: whammy---post---octup---99---50
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: whammy
 
Here's another patch I've just came up with. this patch is a smooth fretless bass patch.

Defretted

Fretless/wah: fret 1----80
Compressor: off
Distortion: off
Amplifier(amp a): fender dual showman---fender bass 4x10---45---70
Amplifier(amp b): trace-elliot commando---eden 4x10---45---70
EQ: warm---3---1785---4---4
Chorus: t.c electronic stereo chorus---post---24---70---chorus---64
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: volume
 
Here's another patch I just thought of. this is a 2 channel bass patch. there's one overdriven bass channel for rhythm bass and one distorted bass channel for bass solos.

Dual metal bass 2

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: off
Distortion: off
Amplifier(amp a): swr intersteller overdrive---ampeg portafex 1x15---50---80
Amplifier(amp b): Digitech high gain---ampeg svt 8x10---70---85
EQ: warm---3---1987---4---4
Chorus: off
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: volume
 
Here's a new patch I just thought of. this patch is a tube-emulated patch that has warmth and grit. a great patch for adding more beef to your rig.

Tube bass

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: Digitech compressor---58---64---17---50---70
Distortion: off
Amplifier(amp a): ampeg svt---eden4x10---45---75
Amplifier(amp b): ampeg svt----ampeg svt8x10---45---75
EQ: warm---4---1785---3---4
Chorus: off
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: volume
 
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Here's another patch I just thought of. this patch emulates the smooth clean sounds from the clean channel from the mxr bass d.i+.

Smooth clean bass

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: cscomp---50---40---80
Distortion: off
Amplifier(amp a): ashdwn---ed4x10---40---70
Amplifier(amp b): dulash---ed4x10---40---70
EQ: scoop---4---1785---(-)2---3---3
Chorus: off
Delay: off
Reverb: off
Expression: volume

Note: I just realized that this patch is actually similar to my personal clean chorus patch only with out the chorus effect and a compressor being added. I figured that
 
Here's another patch I just thought of. this patch duplicates a preamp sound similar to an aguilar tone hammer.

Tone hammer

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: Digitech compressor---58---64---17---50---70
Distortion: off
Amplifier(amp a): trace-elliot commando---fender bassman 4x10---40---70
Amplifier(amp b): demeter vtbp---fender bassman 4x10---40---70
EQ: midboost---3---1897---4---4
Chorus: off
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: volume
 
Here's another patch I just thought of. this patch duplicates cliff burton's bass sound from the ride the lightening album. it has an edgy overdriven bass sound. not only is this patch great for playing metallica tunes, but it's also great for hard rock and heavy metal music.

Cliff 2

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: Digitech compressor---68---70---17---45---70
Distortion: Ibanez 808 tube screamer---25---45---80
Amplifier(amp a): sunn 200s---ampeg portafex 1x15---45---70
Amplifier(amp b): mesa-boogie 400+---marshall 1960 4x12---45---70
EQ: midboost---3---1984---4---5
Chorus: off
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: volume

Here's a youtube clip of cliff burton's bass sound from one of the songs from ride the lightening.

 
Here's another patch I just thought of. this patch a bass distortion patch with some warm lows.

Tube distortion

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: off
Distortion: digitech redline overdrive---40---50---45---70
Amplifier(amp a): ampeg svt---fender bassman4x10---40---75
Amplifier(amp b): digitech clean tube---ampeg svt8x10---40---75
EQ: warm---3---1875---2---5---4
Chorus: off
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: off
 
Here's a new patch I just thought of. this patch is a heavy distorted bass patch that's great for drum and bass bands that plays metal. and it's also great for bass solos.

Metal distortion

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: boss cs-3 compressor---50---40---80
Distortion: boss metal zone---70---59---50---45---80---57
Amplifier(amp a): fender dual showman---ampeg 8x10---50---80
Amplifier(amp b): digitech clean tube---ampeg 8x10---50---80
EQ: warm---3---1987---4---4
Chorus: off
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: volume
 
Here's another patch idea I just thought of. this patch has an extreme distortion sound that's perfect for insane bass solos.

Extreme metal distortion

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: boss cs-3 compressor---50---40---80
Distortion: digitech death metal---59---70---45---70
Amplifier(amp a): fender dual showman---ampeg 8x10---50---80
Amplifier(amp b): digitech clean tube---ampeg 8x10---50---80
EQ: warm---3---1987---4---4
Chorus: off
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: volume
 
Here's another patch idea I just thought of. this patch has a crunchy distortion sound that's suitable for hard rock and heavy metal.

Crunchy metal bass

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: Digitech compressor---68---70---17---45---70
Distortion: boss ds-1---18---45---80
Amplifier(amp a): fender dual showman---ampeg 8x10---50---80
Amplifier(amp b): digitech clean tube---ampeg 8x10---50---80
EQ: warm---4---1987---5---3
Chorus: off
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: volume
 
Here's another patch idea I just thought of. this patch is a blended overdrive with smooth compression.

Metal bass overdrive

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: boss cs-3 compressor---50---40---80
Distortion: voodoo lab sparkle drive---45---50---45---80
Amplifier(amp a): fender bassman---acoustic 1x18---50---80
Amplifier(amp b): sunn 200s---fender bassman 4x10---50---80
EQ: warm---4---1987---4---3
Chorus: off
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: volume
 
Here's a new patch idea I've come up with. this slight distorted bass patch with a mid-range boost. a great patch for rock, punk, and metal.

Dirty edge

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: Digitech compressor---70---50---25---45---70
Distortion: proco rat---14---50---70
Amplifier(amp a): fender bassman---swr basic black 1x15---50---80
Amplifier(amp b): sunn 200s---fender bassman 4x10---50---80
EQ: midboost---4---1987---4---5
Chorus: off
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: volume
 
Here's another patch idea I just came up with. this patch is a bass fuzz patch with a vintage characteristic.

Vintage fuzz bass

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: boss cs-3 compressor---70---50---80
Distortion: arbiter fuzz face---25---80
Amplifier(amp a): fender bassman---fender bassman 4x10---50---80
Amplifier(amp b): vox top boost---fender bassman 4x10---50---80
EQ: warm---4---1978---4---5
Chorus: off
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: volume
 
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Here's another patch idea I just came up with. this is a bass fuzz patch that duplicates muse-type sounds. a cool patch to try for playing muse songs.

Muse bass

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: boss cs-3 compressor---70---50---80
Distortion: Electro-harmonix big muff---58---59---70
Amplifier(amp a): Demeter vtbp---marshall 4x12---50---80
Amplifier(amp b): Hiwatt custom 50---fender bassman 4x10---50---80
EQ: warm---4---1997---4---5
Chorus: off
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: volume
 
Here's another patch idea I just came up with. this patch is a retro styled bass fuzz patch with warm lows.

Retro bass fuzz

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: boss cs-3 compressor---70---50---80
Distortion: Electro-harmonix big muff---68---45---70
Amplifier(amp a): fender dual showman---eden 4x10---40---70
Amplifier(amp b): digitech clean tube---eden 4x10---50---80
EQ: warm---4---1984---4---3
Chorus: off
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: volume
 
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Here's a patch idea I just came up with. this patch has a warm dark sound with a smooth chorus effect.

Darkwave bass

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: off
Distortion: off
Amplifier(amp a): ampeg b15---eden 4x10---40---70
Amplifier(amp b): digitech clean tube---eden 4x10---50---80
EQ: warm---4---1897---4---3
Chorus: digitech dual chorus---post---25---80---sine---75
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: volume
 
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Here's another patch idea I just came up with. this patch is similar to darkwave bass. only with a flanger effect.

Darkwave bass 2

Fretless/wah: off
Compressor: off
Distortion: off
Amplifier(amp a): ampeg b15---eden 4x10---40---70
Amplifier(amp b): digitech clean tube---eden 4x10---50---80
EQ: warm---4---1897---4---3
Chorus: Electro-harmonix electric mistress---20---59---70
Reverb: off
Delay: off
Expression: volume
 
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