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Stomp Box in a Bass - Inconvenient?

Surprise Panda!

Surprise Panda!

Mar 18, 2008
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Los Angeles, CA
#1
Hi,

After seeing many a g****rs with stomp boxes in them (a la Matt Bellamy (spelling?) (omg parentheses inside parentheses) wouldn't it be inconvenient (see i can spell!!SpankyPants!!!) to press it mid song. You'd have to move your hands around, rendering you from playing. There's probably threads on this already, but I seared "stomp box in a bass" and nothing. :hmm:

a-to-z!! :atoz:
 
#4
The one time I ever saw an effect attached to a guitar that was worth it was when Mark Mothersbaugh played the guitar solo of Devo's "Too Much Paranoias" with an EH Frequency Analyzer taped to his guitar. He made it do some cool whooshing synthy sound at the end of the solo by working the knobs. Nowadays he could probably hook it up to an expression pedal and do the same thing, though.

Kind of a silly idea to put effects right in the bass or guitar, but some people seem to dig it.
 
#7
Suprise Panda! said:
Hi,

After seeing many a g****rs with stomp boxes in them (a la Matt Bellamy (spelling?) (omg parentheses inside parentheses) wouldn't it be inconvenient (see i can spell!!SpankyPants!!!) to press it mid song. You'd have to move your hands around, rendering you from playing. There's probably threads on this already, but I seared "stomp box in a bass" and nothing. :hmm:

a-to-z!! :atoz:
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try it and tell us how it goes! ; )
 
#9
Cort did a signature bass for TM Stevens that has an envelope follower built in. Some of the earliest Smith basses offered several different on board effects, Anthony Jackson had one. In the 70's Electra had a line of guitar and basses "MPC" that you could plug in effects modules. Ovation did several instruments with 3 or 6 band graphic EQs built in. Then again if you think of it any bass with an active EQ has an on board effect.
Personally I never found it all that appealing.
 
#11
Matt Bellamy uses both a Fuzz Factory and a Kaos Pad built into his various guitars - both of which are/can be pretty hands-on effects. The Kaos Pad in particular is controlled by sweeping your fingers over the touch screen. I imagine controlling them with his feet would just not be how Matt wants to express himself
 
#15
The only real practical way to do it would be if the effect was the type that could be always on. Moving one of your hands mid-song to turn it on would be a pain in the ass. Built in compression would be nice. That said, one day I will make the ultimate funk bass with an envelope filter built in.
 
#19
tomhanzo said:
ok lol im glad this came up. dude watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgTRK_hpsVc
it is the guitar player who uses the effect on his guitar but it gave me the idea to do it on bass. He is using a boss flanger i think.

Also, note how he uses that little kids toy to talk into his guitar. How cool is that lol. Im looking for a toy like that so i can do the same.
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Is that JMJ without the hair?
 
#20
Been thinking about trying one of these for some time now..

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they can also be had with stacked and concentric knobs and they are not expensive as far as effect go...between $50.00 to $100.00

they currently have

Wah, Tremolo, Distortion/Overdrive, Delay, Compressor/Limiter, and Chorus
 

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