Effects you hate

[The BurgerMeister]

i haven't honestly found a flanger that i like on bass. that being said, if you biamp live or mix two or three or four bass sounds in the studio and one of those sounds is flanged... then it can be cool.

to sum up: i like all effects with bass, as long as they're used correctly so that the bassline and Groove don't suffer.

that being said, if it's noize or experimental, or some other type of music where the Groove won't necessarily suffer from lack of a Solid Bassline, then i love everything that makes a sound.

to really sum up: I Love Effects.


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[JanusZarate]

fuzz, bass synth, wah, reverb

...man, you'd really hate my board, especially since I'm going for that "spacious" reverbish effect with my chorus.

 

[All_¥our_Bass]

Bass wahs. Guitar wahs on bass are fine though. I LOVE effects, I just got back from my friend's house where I finally recorded somethign using my distortion/fifths harmonizer(adds a fifth up to whatever your playing) setting on my multifx unit.

The only thing that annoys me is those autowahs that say "words" or "vowels" of sorts it's just so fake.

 

[dirtgroove]

I've yet to play around with an effect that I thought was absolutely useless in any given situation.

Although some certainly have less uses than others- boss syb3/5 spring to mind off the bat.

 

[ihateusernames]

...man, you'd really hate my board, especially since I'm going for that "spacious" reverbish effect with my chorus.

sorry

i love reverb and wah on guitar.

overdrive, chorus, phase, and occasional flange sound awesome on each. something about reverb (i'd say i haven't figured out what sounds good on bass yet) just doesn't feel right to me.

 

[BloodTypeBlue]

Arpeggiator

Do they even make those for bass?

If not, my response is "none."

 

[DeathDancer]

Chorus and reverb. I can only tolerate them when the bass is trying to not sound like a bass (like emulating a synth sound). Have never understood the fascination with chorus on bass, just sounds bad and muddy (in my opinion).

 

[bongomania]

Arpeggiator
Do they even make those for bass?

If you do a search on "arpeggiator", we had a genuinely interesting recent discussion on the subject.

 

[crapusername]

flangers generally, not yet heard one that made go 'wow, i want'

 

[Zeemno]

clean tone











jk

none actualy, if I had to pick something I'd said dead strings. With fresh strings every effect sounds good methinks!

 

[keb]

The only thing that annoys me is those autowahs that say "words" or "vowels" of sorts it's just so fake.

Yeah, my old Boss autowah pedal had a mode that did that. Talk about a gimmicky sound that you'd never use more than once, ever. If at all.

Aside from that, I don't really hate any effect. I see lots of reverb hate here, but reverb on a fretless bass in a sparse arrangement can be very nice and atmospheric and sets a certain mood.

 

[KromaatiKlauun]

It's kinda interestinting how some of the most hated effects in this forum are the ones I use. I like my ODB-3, and I use a reverb(due to my No Wave influence)....

and I kinda like this situation

 

[Adam Barkley]

Over-reverbed/delayed surf guitar makes me want to barbeque a kitten.

Barring that, digital modelers. "You mean I can pay X to get 50 crappy, footswitchable tones versus paying the same amount or less for one good tone?

 

[opivy3056]

Boss hi-gain distortions (metalzone, megadistortion, ect) all sound horrible to my ears on any instrument

Its like digital chainsaw replication with massive compression.

 

[TaurusV]

I must be by myself on this one because some one would have said it by now. I can't stand distortion on bass, maybe I just have yet to here it used in the right place, but from what I have heard it ruins the bass part. I feel like most guitarist use it because the big sound hides imperfections and off of pitch notes, the bass needs to be clean to clearly set the chord structure, rhythm, or the feel of the song.

 

[JanusZarate]

sorry

i love reverb and wah on guitar.

overdrive, chorus, phase, and occasional flange sound awesome on each. something about reverb (i'd say i haven't figured out what sounds good on bass yet) just doesn't feel right to me.

I agree with you, actually. Reverb on bass does often seem a bit odd... which is why I went with chorus instead for a deep alternative to something that, IMO, works best on those six-string "treblemakers"

 

[Passinwind]

It's kinda interesting how some of the most hated effects in this forum are the ones I use. I like my ODB-3, and I use a reverb(due to my No Wave influence)....

and I kinda like this situation

I'm with you. My band's motto is "we hope you don't like it!" So I lurves me some cheesy 'ol Boss rack modeler/multi-EFX action.

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[Dash Rantic]

I must be by myself on this one because some one would have said it by now. I can't stand distortion on bass, maybe I just have yet to here it used in the right place, but from what I have heard it ruins the bass part. I feel like most guitarist use it because the big sound hides imperfections and off of pitch notes, the bass needs to be clean to clearly set the chord structure, rhythm, or the feel of the song.

You don't listen to much hard rock/metal, do you

Try listening to some Rage Against The Machine to get a good appreciation of what distortion can do for bass.

As for effects I don't like on bass... I honestly can't say I'm a huge fan of chorus. Not that I hate it so much, but I don't really dig it as much as a most other effects. (Strangely though, flange is one of my favorites...)

-Dash

 

[rockerc]

i'm not a big fan of tremolo on bass. makes it too choppy sounding IMO. Tremolo can be good for some special effects part or background track but I'm not into a main bass riff having tremolo.

 

[All_¥our_Bass]

I must be by myself on this one because some one would have said it by now. I can't stand distortion on bass, maybe I just have yet to here it used in the right place, but from what I have heard it ruins the bass part. I feel like most guitarist use it because the big sound hides imperfections and off of pitch notes, the bass needs to be clean to clearly set the chord structure, rhythm, or the feel of the song.

I depends on how it's used. Check out the intro to the tool song 'H' if you want to hear a good bass distortion osund, used effectively. Distortion on bass is (usually) not good to use through an entire song but it does wonders in the right situations.