Feel free to check it out. no one has posted anything on that thread, but I have manage to come up with a lot of nifty patch ideas. if you have some patch ideas of your own, feel free to post them there.
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Favorite digitech and hardwire pedals
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Feel free to check it out. no one has posted anything on that thread, but I have manage to come up with a lot of nifty patch ideas. if you have some patch ideas of your own, feel free to post them there.
I would of figured that it's a heavy pedal. especially since it's obviously a metal distortion pedal. still I would like to test out that pedal and see how it sounds on bass.
When I had the sc-2, this is my setting.
Level: noon
Bass: 1:00
treble:10:00
gain: 11:00
toggle switch: crunch
This setting gives me a grinding overdrive sound with plenty of lows. and now I plan to purchase a hardwire tl-2 sometime soon. I would like to test out this pedal on bass.
I've been experimenting and i do think the valve distortion and chorus pedals work pretty well for bass.
Yeah they are fantastic, and very underrated pedals.
The CM-2 Tube Overdrive and the Metal Distortion are also stellar for bass, as well as the Tremolo of course. The Metal Distortion has a TAFM type of gated fuzz vibe to it, that shocked me
. The Metal Distortion has a TAFM type of gated fuzz vibe to it, that shocked me
I have both the cm2 and sc2 and those both are 2nd only to my fulltone pedals... I know zapped777 said they do the rat thing but fuzz too??!! So it pretty much sounds like I could make a entire hardwire board and it would be completely bass friendly
Okay I've recently purchased a hardwire tl-2 from prymaxevintage. it should arrive soon. I will see how it is and let you guys know my thoughts on this pedal.
Okay the hardwire tl-2 recently arrived at my place and here are my thoughts on this pedal. it's got a pretty heavy sound, the eq controls are fairly flexible, and I find it very useful in loose mode because it has warm lows. also at a certain setting while adding a chorus effect can give you a peter steele of type o negative kind of sound. but honestly, it wasn't what I was looking for. which is why I'm gonna return it from prymaxe vintage. after testing out this pedal, I went back to my digitech bass driver. other than that, it's a pretty decent pedal for if you like to have a heavy metallic sound for your bass.
Favorite digitech by far are the Jammans. Built in memory lets you sample anything and trigger samples live with your feet so don't have to stop playing bass. I don't run my bass into them. I use them strictly as samplers for bass drops, movie audio clips, guitar layers, keyboard stuff.
Second favorite- new bass whammy. Extremely fun pedal, unfortunately I just couldn't figure out how fit it into a song.
Digitech bass multi chorus. These were part of the x series and super cheap you can get them used for like $20. Actually used it in the studio. It had a bit of tone suck in bypass but for an inexpensive pedal it does sound really full and wild chorus sounds. If you use a true bypass looper to control your pedals I would check it out. It's pretty impressive for the money.
Hardwire rv7 pretty expensive when I got it. The modulated reverb setting is still one of my favorite tones for bass. Especially for fretless bass and lead playing.
Second favorite- new bass whammy. Extremely fun pedal, unfortunately I just couldn't figure out how fit it into a song.
Digitech bass multi chorus. These were part of the x series and super cheap you can get them used for like $20. Actually used it in the studio. It had a bit of tone suck in bypass but for an inexpensive pedal it does sound really full and wild chorus sounds. If you use a true bypass looper to control your pedals I would check it out. It's pretty impressive for the money.
Hardwire rv7 pretty expensive when I got it. The modulated reverb setting is still one of my favorite tones for bass. Especially for fretless bass and lead playing.
I don't own a hardwire stereo chorus, but this would be my setting If I own one.
Level: 11:00
Speed: 10:00
Depth: 1:00
Chorus type: analog
Personally I like to have a smooth lush chorus sound on bass. I especially like using chorus with distortion. it widens and thickens my distorted bass sound. hope this helps you out on getting an idea of a good chorus sound on bass.
And in case anyone is gonna ask me on getting a peter steele sound using the hardwire tl-2, this is the setting I did when I tested out the pedal.
Level: 10:00
low: 2:00
high: 11:00
Mid freq: 3:00
mid: 10:00
gain: 3:00
toggle: loose
Add a chorus effect to this setting, and you get a peter steele sound. I tried it and it was pretty radical. but still, It wasn't what I was looking for, so I went back to my digitech bass driver.
Level: 10:00
low: 2:00
high: 11:00
Mid freq: 3:00
mid: 10:00
gain: 3:00
toggle: loose
Add a chorus effect to this setting, and you get a peter steele sound. I tried it and it was pretty radical. but still, It wasn't what I was looking for, so I went back to my digitech bass driver.
Yeah they are fantastic, and very underrated pedals.
The CM-2 Tube Overdrive and the Metal Distortion are also stellar for bass, as well as the Tremolo of course. The Metal Distortion has a TAFM type of gated fuzz vibe to it, that shocked me
If you remember, what settings get you close to the TAFM sound??
It's actually a really cool sounding pedal and kinda misleading by the 'metal' name. Like their other pedals it's got two voices that are very different and I think with the switch moved to the left is where you get the gated fuzz type sound.
@hintz The tl-2 is a great pedal to own if you like a high-gained metallic distortion sound. plus at a certain setting along with a chorus effect, you can get a peter steele kind of sound. really an awesome pedal to own.
@mmbongo I don't think the metal distortion title is that misleading. I can understand from your perspective it can get real fuzzy, but I would say it can do high-gain metallic sounds and I personally find it useful on loose mode.
@mmbongo I don't think the metal distortion title is that misleading. I can understand from your perspective it can get real fuzzy, but I would say it can do high-gain metallic sounds and I personally find it useful on loose mode.
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I agree with this. On guitar, with the switch to "tight," the TL-2 is like a higher quality Metal Zone. On bass, I like putting it to "loose." And I definitely think of it for high-gain metallic sounds, although it can get fuzzy.
