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UniBass Replacement?

Discussion in 'Effects [BG]' started by Sutton, Nov 17, 2005.

  1. Nov 17, 2005 #1
    Sutton

    Sutton Guest

    Mar 3, 2005
    Plainwell, MI
    As many of you know, the Akai Unibass is a very rare, and very pricey pedal. I was just curious, is there something that does a similar effect, without breaking the wallet too bad?
     
  2. Nov 17, 2005 #2
    Joe P

    Joe P Guest

    Jul 15, 2004
    Milwaukee, WI
  3. Nov 17, 2005 #3
    Muzique Fann

    Muzique Fann Howzit brah

    Dec 8, 2003
    Kauai, HI
    interesting - I'm still holding out for a used Octron though.
     
  4. Nov 17, 2005 #4
    superbassman2000

    superbassman2000

    Dec 20, 2000
    Minnesota
    i bet you could do it with a whammy as well, mine has a wet out and dry out, and you could put a distortion on the wet output...
     
  5. Nov 17, 2005 #5
    thejohnkim

    thejohnkim

    Sep 30, 2003
    NYC
    the boss me-50b has a hi-band drive setting that can be combined with the octave up feature to simulate a distorted guitar line following your clean bass line. the demo video shows that also, should be worth a look.
     
  6. Nov 18, 2005 #6
    Toasted

    Toasted

    May 26, 2003
    Leeds, UK
    I'll fight you for it :)
     
  7. Nov 19, 2005 #7
    bassman314

    bassman314 I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process...

    Mar 13, 2005
    Bay Area, CA
    EHX POG....

    ok so it doesn't really do distortion.. and it really doesn't do a 4th or 5th... but hey...

    bass sound clip from EEHX

    actually, it's not too bad sounding... if they'd make a version with a wet and dry outputs, you could tack on a distortion or OD or somthing and have fun!
     
  8. Nov 19, 2005 #8
    Jazz Ad

    Jazz Ad Mi la ré sol

    Mar 16, 2002
    Langueux, Brittany, France
    I use a Guyatone fuzz. It adds a strong upper octave (2nd harmonic) to the signal. Then I push it into an Ibanez PD-7 to high-pass it around 100 Hz.
    The whole thing goes parallel with the rest of my bass signal and I get a very decent Unibass impression. It doesn't sound so much like a guitar but it's way punchier.