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Going no effects

#61
I'm going to be working on a totally processed sound to redo some tracks for a band. Having a good clean tone has not been a mystery for a number of years now. With so many current tracks featuring the keyboard synthesizer elements. I like the sonic challenges.

One of the standout effects moments in my memory was a nice distorted Bass break on a live track by Mavis Staples. Ya just never know...
 
#62
BassmanNate said:
Yes but also no? I use a para driver but play without an amp 90% of the time. It kinda is my amp.

Now, I also use a small pedalboard with a compressor and zoom multi stomp but most of the time, the compressor is the only other thing on. If needed, I could show up with just my para.
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I'd say no... I have a broughton Messenger that I use for the same purpose. It's basically my amp at home and I plug it straight into the effects return at practice.
 
#64
i have about 700-900 pedals but only use two on my gigs, not counting my Peterson tuner. an Origin Super Vintage and one of my own creations called the 'Anvil' (a heavy overdive/distortion), and i only use those two for about 5 or 6 songs in a 3 hour set list, otherwise i'm just straight into my amp.
that said, i still buy more (and bought three of them last week) just to have them on hand if i want to try out different ones.
 
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johnk_10 said:
i have about 700-900 pedals but only use two on my gigs, not counting my Peterson tuner. an Origin Super Vintage and one of my own creations called the 'Anvil' (a heavy overdive/distortion), and i only use those two for about 5 or 6 songs in a 3 hour set list, otherwise i'm just straight into my amp.
that said, i still buy more (and bought three of them last week) just to have them on hand if i want to try out different ones.
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Does Janek Gwizdala know that you're trying to compete with him?
 
#69
baxter_x said:
Yes, there are exceptions ;)
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In my experience, bassists who use effects live are all outliers, and therefore not really the same except in being exceptions. That’s certainly not true in all genres, but for the most part I think it’s accurate. Unless you’re seeing pedals a lot more often than I ever have, I submit you’re probably trying to extrapolate from far too small a sample.
 
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Doug Wimbish
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Marcus Miller
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Tony Levin
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Bryan Beller
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Mike Kerr
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Nick Beggs
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Chapman Stick, too...

Now, let's compare a sample of Bass players who use pedals, but have no idea what or where TalkBass is even located at?

If the gig presents that requires no effects, fine.

Now, discuss going with no amp and loving it!
 
#71
tothemax said:
PB,
We are all spoiled these days... I remember making the jump from a pitch pipe to a tuning fork (and tuning from "A" 440). :thumbsup:
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Indeed, when I was young I had to play a rotten crooked knotted stick, attached to a bumped lead washtub, and use barb wire as my single string, and, if we were lucky, we'd get a good wiping in payment for a gig!
 
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#73
Dust2Dust said:
So a Sansamp BDDI counts as an effect? . . Just asking
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Hmmmm. Good question. Let’s see… I guess I would call it a hybrid. It has components that are like a utility, and components that are like a preamp. I would not consider a utility an effect, but I would a preamp. I would definitely consider simulation an effect. This is all, of course, just my opinion. I am not the go-to authority on effects, especially around here.
 
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