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reverb for bass?
- Thread starter Gaetano Paul
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i love reverb on bass. Doesn't make it boomy at all but does add some muddyness for ensemble playing. I'm using the Wet-Reverb. Blows away EBS and can be run in or out of a loop. Invalid Link Removed
I've got absolutely no experience with reverb during a standard rock tune for exemple. I have no idea how that would fit in...
It's great for solos.
It's great for solos.
I use some reverb to follow up my slow gear clone, which itself follows some high-sustain distortion--synth string time!!!!
I dont think so. I am spending alot of time with it this weekend. If you explain a little more I can let you know. From what I think I understand of the question, your asking if the tone control can be used so only the highs have reverb? If this is correct I have not experienced it, though was not looking. Let me know if I understand you right, and I will check it out.
Live it's just enough to keep my bass tone moist, in the studio it's just a bit of room to breathe.
In any of these discussions you get wild-swings of opinions by folks coming from diametric viewpoints. For playing ECM style jazz where the bass is a melodic instrument, reverb works great. For a classic rock band it probably sounds like @ss.
Stanley Clarke will use reverb (TC electronics reverb box) when he plays his Alembic bass. It kinda helps to put him in front. It sounds sharp. I might aswell add that he plays a tenor bass : A,D,G,C instead of E,A,D,G and needs another bass to... play the bass.
As Danny buoy said he likes reverb but only in the upper frequencies.
As Aledeville said: it's great for solos.
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As Danny buoy said he likes reverb but only in the upper frequencies.
As Aledeville said: it's great for solos.
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I'm starting to play around with it, and i really love it. I'm doing solo looping stuff and a touch of reverb can really fill the space and give it body. What kind of reverb units do you guys use? Right now i'm just playing with a borrowed old school ehx holy grail.
I like to imagine adding reverb to notes played in the upper register on recordings adds a certain depth and live-ness. Never felt the need to use it live, though, as most rooms have some natural reverb going on.
By the way, I really don't like clean guitar without a dash of reverb, it sounds horrible to me, at least when I record it.
By the way, I really don't like clean guitar without a dash of reverb, it sounds horrible to me, at least when I record it.
My favourite reverb is Dr. Scientist Radical Red Reverberator. It has a switch for the amount of decay. It's essential for bass - in a band context when playing a solo I prefer the short decay setting, when playing alone (for example, ad libitum bass intro with harmonics, chords and other staff like that) you may use longer decay for more depth.
I use it all the time live, mainly reverb-y volume swells. Never light reverb, and I never have it on like a guitard would.
I'm using the Boss RV-3 right now and I like it a lot. I've tried my buddies Nano Holy Grail and its pretty sweet as well, just less feature packed, not that that's a bad thing.......
I'm using the Boss RV-3 right now and I like it a lot. I've tried my buddies Nano Holy Grail and its pretty sweet as well, just less feature packed, not that that's a bad thing.......
