Regardless of what other musicians may think, the smiles that I consistantly get from audience members when I use effects tells me all I need to know.
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Does anybody just plug and play anymore?
- Thread starter MJ_Sotti
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Hahahaha
I'm plug and play. Well except for going through a tuner, to my MB212-II combo. That GK combined with my basses have all the tonal possibilities I need.
I do have some pedals that I mess around with at home from time to time though. T-Rex Bass Juice and a DOD FX62 Chorus. For the music I play and my band...there's just no place for effects on the bass.
From my personal experience.... When a crowd is dancing and having a good time, a well placed funky line with some octave and an envelope filter will never get them to stop and glare at you. But who cares what they think.....
I prefer to take fewer steps to get to that happy bass zone, but if the gig needs something special or if I'm in a mood to create something different, no hesitation here: out comes the Q36 Bass Modulator, talent booster, etc.
I almost always plug straight in. I don't have anything against effects and I own a few pedals but I tend not to want to bother with a big signal chain and more things to worry about. Unless there's a specific tune I want to use an effect on - which is almost never - I just plug in and go.
I do tend to use a lot of effects on Chapman Stick, but I play that a lot less than I play bass.
I do tend to use a lot of effects on Chapman Stick, but I play that a lot less than I play bass.
Boy, could I ever use one of those!!!
Of course there's always this little nugget. Just wish they'd make a bass specific model. If they'd replace BASSIST with GUITAR it would be perfect. But I find the KEYS setting works well in most cases.
I never use any effects. Not even a compressor. I have tried a few different things but I really just dont care for them.
As in no pedals? I don't use any effects. I do have a stage tuner though. So bass - tuner - head - cab
Limiting yourself based on some silly purist ideal isn't really something to be proud of. Just sayin'.
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Yep, my Jazz Bass never needed any effects to sound good for hard rock/gospel/blues/contemporary Christian music. Could get enough grind just varying my technique and dialing up the gain a bit... my Warwick sounds even better, but now I'm playing metal so I sense a Darkglass B7K in my near future...
I hate pedals. I keep buying more and more of them though just to make sure I am not missing out on anything....
Fat Steve
The poodle bites, the poodle chews it.
Either the little mini board in the foreground, or the Pt-3 in the far corner with the big red Decibel 11 Pedal Palette.
i used to like to walk in last minute, bass in one hand, already plugged into the polytone minibrut IV in the other with the power cord in my fingers, walk straight to the nearest wall outlet, plug in just as the first song was starting and be right there at the fast part. those were the days
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