Top 2 most important effects

[bassit]

According to a beginner,I am fuzzy with the effects.
And refer to my heavey alternative music,people told me
that i have to setup compress and balance at least.
Is this the top 2 most important effects for a heavey bass?

thanks in advance!

 

[Mo'Phat]

Hey Bassit! Where are you from? Fill out your personal profile and we'll be able to advise you better.

I'm not sure what you mean by 'Balance'.

If you play heavy alternative...Audioslave, Soundgarden, Foo Fighters, etcetera, then I think you should have a decent overdrive. Folks here swear by the Electro Harmonix Big Muff or the Sansamp Bass Driver D.I. For the most flexibility, I would suggest the Sansamp because it has some Equalization capabilities and can sound compressed, much like a tube amplifier. The Muff is more of a Fuzz, which tends to make your bass sound thin.

The only other effect you might consider is something that will fill out your tone. Perhaps a chorus or an octave effect that will make your bass just sound bigger than it is.

 

[Petary791]

I say the 2 most important is an overdrive/distortion/fuzz of some sort like Mo'Phat said and a modulation pedal of some sort like a flange, phaser, or chorus.

I personally like phaser or flange the best.

 

[bassman314]

I have Chorus and Reverb always on.

I'd also rec. a good OD or fuzz. I'm a fan of the Big Muff, as well as Hot Tubes.

 

[JPrisus]

Fulltone Bass Drive

 

[Pantsman]

If you mean Metal Heavy, i reccomend a good OD/Distortion (everyone here has a different opinion, so use them as a guide but buy what you like best) and a wah!! i mean, Cliff and Duff and now Rob Trujillo use them, what more reason do you need!

 

[BoognishMang]

For me, required pedals are the Fulltone Bassdrive, Flange, Compressor.

Not neccesarilly on at all times...

 

[bassteban]

For hard rock or metal, my guess would be that compression & overdrive/distortion would be very useful. I just disconnected my compressor, though, & after realizing how much it was coloring my sound, I'm determined to learn to live without it for awhile. Given all that, you might just as well swap the comp for an envelope filter/chorus/flanger or some other modulation effect.

 

[bassit]

thanks you all. I will fill my profile as soon as possible.and I am from China.my said 'balance' is mean 'Equalization ' as Mo'Phat had metioned. and fulltone is useful ,too. so all the
advise to me is usefull,I think I have to try one bye one in
the shop.

 

[Soulbanana]

Envelope Filter and Octaver with my fretted 4s
Envelope Filter and Chorus with my fretless 5.

 

[Schwalli]

You don't need any pedals.... but if you were to get 2 buy a good compression pedal and an overdrive.

 

[Tash]

I love compression, that's about it. My second choice would be chorus but I no longer use it that much.

I'm not much of an effects guy.

 

[lowmid]

I don't use my compressio, just the natural compressed sound I get from my ashdown tube pre in my amps, So i'd recommend disto/od/fuzz and wah/enveloppe

 

[dadodetres]

is you consider compressor an effect, ill say compressor and some drive

 

[Munjibunga]

Tuner is far and away #1. #2 is something else.

 

[33degrees]

tuner and compressor - for the pro's

overdrive and chorus/octaver - for the heavy metal cats

chorus and envelope filter - for flea clan or funky cats

wacky backy and some rolling papers - for reggae/ jamaicans cats

herion and cocain - djs, old blues rockers, pro's, pimps etc.

 

[bassit]

It seems the compressor is nessary, and the second, maybe OD? for I never heard of a chorus/octaver ;-(

 

[tplyons]

Overdrive and Chorus for me, followed closely by Flanger and Wah.

 

[bassteban]

...then so is an amplifier.

 

[thejohnkim]

for rock: compressor and overdrive