Rack Effects

[redboy1975]

I haven't really considered effects until now . I was wondering if someone could recommend a rack mounted effects processor . I only have one rack space left.
I found the TC Electronics POD unit but it's more than one rack space . I could get another rack but im trying to avoid that . Thanks !

 

[sprag]

multi, something specific, or not sure yet?

 

[redboy1975]

I've really never used FX before on bass so im really not sure what im after . I would think a multi. Effects . Need as much as I can fit into a single rack space . I really don't want to break bank either . Thanks for the reply .

 

[sprag]

boss se - 70, made for guitar but I've seen it mentioned a few times here. its half rack so you could stick a blanking plate next to it or maybe something like an allesis nano comp or FMR RNC next to it if you can get them to fit nice.

 

[Nephilymbass]

I haven't really considered effects until now . I was wondering if someone could recommend a rack mounted effects processor . I only have one rack space left.
I found the TC Electronics POD unit but it's more than one rack space . I could get another rack but im trying to avoid that . Thanks !

There's not many people who use rackmounted bass effects . Exceptions are mainly sans amps like the RBI, RPM, and PSA which are actually analog and people use as overdrives and pre amps) the bass player from Aerosmith uses a tc g major 2 but they mainly use it as a noise gate which in my opinion is way overkill for a noise gate but they probably get them for free. From my experience the line 6 m series (m5,m9,m13) does all the sounds most multieffects do well for bass. I've never heard any multis that had overdrive or synth sounds that I thought were usable, but multis can and often do have great delays, reverbs, chorus, and trem, flanger and so on. If you're a rack kind of guy you can put a m5 or m9 inside your rack or on a rack shelf and control it remotely with a midi controller like the tech 21 midi moose and midi mouse just like you would a rack effects unit.

 

[redboy1975]

Thanks , im going to look into this monday and gather some prices .
thanks for your feedback . I'll post what ever I end up buying .

 

[aledeville]

Effects? If you don't have to have distortion, I would recomment the TC G-Major 2.

 

[sprag]

I was going to mention the tc also but for the lack of distortion

 

[Robb Fesig]

I have a Rocktron Blue Thunder.
Compression, EQ (4 band parametric), chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, reverb, delay, and distortion all tuned for bass.

It's a great sounding unit that's easy to get a great sound out of.

I use it with a Rolls Midibuddy footswitch, there's no delay when switching presets.

I'm considering buying a second one as a backup before they stop making them.

 

[Bob_Ross]

I had an Alesis QuadraVerb+ in my stage rig for ~10 years, got a lot of mileage out of that unit. Does excellent meat&potatoes modulation effects (flanging, chorusing, phase shifting) plus echoes, doubling, big ambient swamp reverbs, and some cool ring modulation emulations and tapped delay effects that could do a reasonable facsimile of modern bit crushers. Haven't really played any music that requires those sort of effects recently so mine migrated to the home studio rack, but if I were looking for an onstage multi-fx unit for cheap I'd check out ebay for a used QV, they go for peanuts these days.