I have searched for days but I cant find quite the right answer to my question. I have fought with pedals for years, bought a bunch, sold them off cuz i didnt use them. I decided to build a very small pedalboard again and sell off everything I dont use. I play in a stoner rock band and I think im pretty close to having everything I need, but I want to add one more pedal and I need help from the pedal gods. Right now Im going bass -> peterson strobostomp -> EHX LPB-1 -> mxr blowtorch -> ? Right now im leaning toward a fuzz. I have a black russian big muff i really like, but its entirely too big. I think I'm gonna get a mxr bass fuzz deluxe. What do you guys think? I know I only have tuners and "distortion" pedals. I have finally come to grips with thats the only kind of effects I really will use.
Thats one I havent heard of yet. Thanks jamestown. One more to rattle around in the ol noggin. Pretty reasonable too. I really dont want to pay $300 for some custom boutique pedal. When its all said and done this is gonna get beat up on stage alot.
haven't had the pleasure of playing them in person, but the b:assmaster and the mxr you mentioned seem pretty damn cool!
Stoner rock specifically? My preferences (in order) for this are: Swollen Pickle MKII Germanium B:Assmaster w/Freq Mod Deluxe Bass Big Muff MXR Bass Fuzz Deluxe I'm taking into consideration the level of saturation and sheer depth of fuzz sound, of course.
I agree with Vegas, The swollen pickle is an awesome fuzz. My friend has one and i borrowed it for awhile and really fell in love with it. It gets great tone and its a very versatile pedal.
My favorite ones are Bluebeard and Grey Stache. I play doom. There are many other stomp boxes that are, at least, good (Pickle, Tall Font Russian, Assmaster, Supercollider etc), but these two are excellent IMO.
Hey bluestarbass, You should check out the Stoner DOOM thread. >> http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f28/stoner-doom-bassists-thread-pt-44-magnum-big-boys-950630/ A lot of the guys seem to like the El Oso and/or Sanford and Sonny Blue Beard Fuzz. Check those out and stop by the Stoner DOOM thread man.
If you liked the Black Russian, you might want to check out the Wren and Cuff Tall Font Russian. I absolutely LOVE mine!!! -JV
lots of guys know this already but, the BOSS HM-2 Heavy Metal pedal is AMAZING on bass, it has massive bottom end, the "Hi" knob actually works like a high mid control, if you back it off you can scoop mids, I like it with a slight high mid boost. the distortion knob when all the way down, is almost overdrive-like.
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I ended up trying out the mxr fuzz deluxe tonight and really dug it. The boutique stuff is cool, but hard to justify all that prettiness that my foot just gonna stomp on. Unfortunately size was a big determiner as well. The fuzz deluxe is just the right size.
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