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Organ pedal tone?

doublelife

doublelife

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May 19, 2014
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Hi,

I'm new to bass. What are the cheapest and/or best ways to sound like church organ pedals? I want to play Bach and shake the rafters Lutheran style.

My gear is modest: cheapo active PJ 4-string with rounds, Ampeg B2 head, 4x10? 12?

The Deluxe Bass Big Muff can get the Invalid Link Removed but it's ~$120. Can I go cheaper?

Thank you for reading!
 
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doublelife said:
Hi,

I'm new to bass. What are the cheapest and/or best ways to sound like church organ pedals? I want to play Bach and shake the rafters Lutheran style.

My gear is modest: cheapo active PJ 4-string with rounds, Ampeg B2 head, 4x10? 12?

The Deluxe Bass Big Muff can get the Invalid Link Removed but it's ~$120. Can I go cheaper?

Thank you for reading!
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I dont think youre gonna get a lot more cheaper unless you goes used. $100 to $120 is an average price for a muff. i believe anyway
 
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You'll be wanting a Leslie 120 (single lower rotor) simulator as well, which you can emulate to some extent with some Chorus pedals (Dr. Scientist Cosmichorus with its expression pedal inputs would be my choice), though I'm trying it right now with Diamond Vibrato (which does Chorus, expression pedal input). Radial's chorus gives you two different settings so you could switch between fast and slow rotating speeds, but any FX with expression pedal inputs for total control of "ramping" up and down the speed of the "leslie" is preferable.

Univibe, Tremolo and various other throbbers have been used to simulate that organic pedal pump.

Then there's plenty of straight out dedicated Leslie simulators, but of course Hammond has its own version:
LesliePedal-top_800-428x289.jpg


Or get the Invalid Link Removed.

Other pedals to consider:
- Strymon Lex
- BBE Soul Vibe
- Boss RT20 Rotary Station
- Hughs & Kettner Rotosphere
- Calypso Whirligig
- DLS RotoSim
- Option 5's Destination Rotation
- Line 6 Roto Machine
- Jacques Spin Archer
- Korg G4
- Digitech TR-7 Trem/Rotary
- Lexicon Vortex
- Behringer Rotary Machine
- Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe
- EarthQuaker Organiser (already mentioned)
- Tech21 RotoChoir
- Jam Retrovibe
- Wilson Haze Vibe
- Two Notes Torpedo C.AB. (sims Vibrolux)
- ?

I've been working on the list on and off, whenever I get a spare moment so sorry if I've repeated others' suggestions, but...
Please add to the list above, cut-n-paste into future posts. Thanks.


Please
 
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I wouldn't dismiss the Organizer so quickly!
It's a micro POG with a few extra bells/whistles.
For a low bass pedal sound, just turn off the octave up, turn on octave down, add a bit of choir for 2 octaves down. Add dry until you have enough definition.
It's got a warbly rotating speaker oscillation, but you can't control any aspect of it.
The tone knob on mine doesn't seem to do much..
 
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Lebowsky said:
Also Dunlop Rotovibe
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Yikes! I was sure I'd included it. Sorry mang.
Fixed.

- Behringer Rotary Machine
- BBE Soul Vibe
- Boss RT20 Rotary Station
- Calypso Whirligig
- Digitech TR-7 Trem/Rotary
- DLS Versa Vibe
- DLS RotoSim
- Dunlop Rotovibe
- EarthQuaker Organiser
- Hughs & Kettner Rotosphere
- Jacques Spin Archer
- Jam Retrovibe
- Korg G4
- Lexicon Vortex
- Line 6 Roto Machine
- Option 5's Destination Rotation
- Strymon Lex
- Tech21 RotoChoir
- Two Notes Torpedo C.AB. (sims Vibrolux)
- Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe
- Wilson Haze Vibe

Versa Vibe added as well.
 

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