EarthQuaker Devicees

Welcome to Talkbass! You'll find that EQD pedals are much discussed here, if you search on "eqd" or "earthquaker". Also see the FAQ about guitar pedals for bass. Also note that it's not about the brand, but about the specific pedal--any one brand may make one pedal that works great for bass and one that sucks on bass.

 

I can only vouch for my Sea Machine chorus, but I've heard good things about their delays and The Warden from bassists. Juan Alderete endorses their stuff.

 

I use their Grand Orbiter Phaser and it's the best phaser I've had. The depth knob acts like a blend knob and the tones are fantastic on both phase and vibrato mode. Juan Alderete made a video demoing that pedal but he didn't showcase how slow the phasing can go and how great it sounds with fuzz.

 

I'd love to hear more about your Sea Machine.

 

Me, too.

 

It's great. You can get some nice, subtle, normal chorus tones. Or you can get crazy, spacy, far-out modulation. But you can reign it all in via the Depth knob, which is essentially a blend control. So you retain as much of your original signal, and low end, as you need. Like many other mod effects, you lose more low end the crazier you get with it so the depth knob is essential for bass applications. Lots of fun for sure. I can't speak to it's application within a band setting. I've only used for home experimentation.

 

I can't see you having any problems using EQD pedals with bass. I have a Dispatch Master. Sounds grrrreat!

 

got the hoof fuzz on loan yesterday, forgot to take it home to try it out

those guys are cool, i know them from the kent/akron hardcore days

 

I have and enjoy the Speaker Cranker

 

The Sea Machine seems to have that wet sound (not wet as in dry vs wet signal, the sound just sounds soaking) which I like. I keep hearing good things about the Tech 21 Bass Boost Chorus being a solid chorus for bass, but I'm not sure I dig the sound it gives. Low end less when getting more of the effect might be problematic though. I mean for a while I wouldn't notice a difference because I'm flying solo still, but if I start jamming with people and maybe start doing some small shows in the future I would hate to get lost in the mix with any cool sounds I could make at home.

Do you have any samples/demos/sounds you've made with your Sea Machine on bass? I've only seen youtube vids with guitar.

 

I played a Talons at GC that I thought was pretty cool.

I want to try a Speaker Cranker as well.

 

Every pedal of theirs I have tried out has worked really well on bass, sadly I don't own any just now because I stripped my board back to the essentials in order to fund a new bass. But I'll definitely be getting hold of a few again.

 

I can say that the Dirt Transmitter > Speaker Cranker > Dispatch Master is a fantastic trio. Got 'em for guitar, but now it's the board I grab nearly all the time whether playing bass, guitar or Theremin. For the record I am and will always be a bass player.

 

Looks like EQD enlisted Juan to do some demo videos. Here's the first:
http://youtu.be/MOjKcZfKBRE

 

Dirt Transmitter user here. It absolutely slays for me!