Jaco's effecters?

[Paul Sung]

I'm wondering what effecter Jaco Pasotorius used.
I know he used a chorus pedal but I can't fine the name of brand.

 

[Bob_Ross]

Only thing I ever saw him with was the MXR Digital Delay.

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[Watchootognbout]

Personally,I never tried to get the exact pedal that he had.
Whatever brand it was.
I just set a chorus effect on a shallow,medium setting to get close to that pulse he had.

 

[bassbrad]

Jaco primarily used the two MXR rack delays as shown above for chorus, looping and delay sounds running wet and dry stacks also used the built in distortion units in the Acoustic heads. He reportedly also used as well as a distortion looper box built by a friend occasionally for some of his solos.

 

[Veldar]

His amps had a built in fuzz that he used occasionally, I think there's a clone on the market though

 

[bassbrad]

Juan Alderette did and extensive article for Bass Player on this subject. FYI

 

[bassbrad]

FWIW Jaco's use of effects was very tame compared to several of his predecessors and contemporaries. Check out Alphonso Johnson with Weather Report on previous albums including unreleased material, Miroslav Vitous before Alphonso with WR, Ralphe Armstrong [with Jean Luc Ponty], Percy Jones [with Brand X] and Stanley Clarke with RTF and his solo albums just to name a few.

 

[JacoDisciple]

Jaco using his MXR delay as a looper here:

 

[JacoDisciple]

And some exquisite sounds from the man here - 24.37 in... with some great shots of him adjusting his MXR delays...

 

[CryingBass]

This is why I am jonezing very badly for another 360/361. And have a clone pre coming soon from JK.

But the only nice, er, specimens lately for sale include, based on TB shots I have seen, include apparently said specimens from the Stingster.

 

[Real Soon]

He might've used chorus at points, but one of Jaco's most famous use of "chorus" was in Continuum, where he used no effects at all. Instead, he just overdubbed the track, which on fretless lent a cool 2-voice effect.

Basically any good chorus pedal that can go subtle will ballpark it, or pair up with another bassist to play it in unison

 

[JacoDisciple]

Absolutely - he double tracked fretless bass parts most times in the studio where he wanted to get that chorus sound. Live he used the dual MXR digital delays - they had a nodulation control on them (which is basically what chorus is - a very short, modulated delay, mixed with the dry signal). I know Metheny used two digital delays, both modulating a a different rate and delay time - blended - to get his own tone... I know he and Jaco were close.... interesting to imagine the two of them talking about getting tones together