Upright bass or cello effect

[Five String]

Anyone know of a singal processor that makes your bass sound like a bowed (not plucked) upright bass or cello?

 

[iamjustin]

i heard theres a new pedal at guitar center called the golden cello by mad professor, but i havent tried it yet

 

[Slevage]

e bow

 

[birdman14]

e bow

+1 [/thread]

 

[alec]

Effects maestro from EHX doing it with a guitar:

 

[sillyfabe]

Here is what has worked for me:

Plus-EBOW set to harmonic mode, play by the end of the fretboard for more mellow sounds and close to over the pickup for some "heavy bowing" sounds.

Boss Slow gear or clone: set the sens so it makes your attack disappear. I've personally used the VFE Echo Ohce with great results.

EHX HOG: it's what I use because along with the bazillion other things it can do it does bowed sounds very well. It has an envelope/attack delay for EVERY interval on there so THIS will get you a cello sound no matter what!

 

[JonnyAngle]

EQD Organizer

 

[lucas vigor]

Effects maestro from EHX doing it with a guitar:

Yes!

This is the closest I have ever heard. It also helps that (like with any instrument simulation) the person was playing into the effect LIKE a cello, playing those types of lines.

 

[DiscoFreq]

i heard theres a new pedal at guitar center called the golden cello by mad professor, but i havent tried it yet

I have one on my desk here, I'll try it in a few minutes

Check FXDB tomorrow, not allowed to post anything yet

 

[iamjustin]

not allowed to post anything yet

funny enough, i was told the same thing

 

[mgalat]

I actually use a cello bow with some sticky rosin....

run it through a slight reverb/delay...sounds pretty sweet.

 

[pwsharp]

It's the cello sound that sent me in the pitch-to-midi direction. I get just what I want from the ViolinCello patch in my Roland XV-2020.

 

[WinstonNilesRum]

Doesn't Malekko do an omicron format attack delay?

 

[mtb777]

When can a review of the Golden Cello be expected? Interested in your thoughts for fretless applications.

 

[NaH]

I've heard it on YouTube - it will NOT make a cello sound. Its just the name of the pedal.

 

[Garrett151]

Pretty sure a golden cello just gives you overdrive and delay.

 

[falconspatriots]

I had a golden cello and returned it. Only reason I returned it was I felt it cut out a lil low end. That and I have a kick ass delay and fuzz/OD so I'm set. I will say one thing, I don't think I've ever had a OD/fuzz that had soooo much sustain. Maybe try it with a clean blend?

For cello sounds I've been experimenting with smooth fuzz into volume pedal into reverb. That and maybe a lil Pog2 action.

 

[Derek Balonek]

I've had good luck with a simple chain. First, run it through some light OD. Then run it into a reverb set to wet only. You may have to play around with the other settings a bit. I found that a medium roomsize and a small predelay help a bit.

The benefit with this over an envelope controlled effect like the slow gear is that it responds to each note individually. If you play a note and then another while the first is still decaying, the second will have the same bowed sound. With an envelope it might cut off the first note's decay or not slide in right on the second. I like it.

 

[levis76]

You can do it "manually" by using a volume pedal and a bit of vibrato on the fret hand. Swell the volume right after each note is plucked. The goal is to eliminate just the attack and to swell the volume quickly but smoothly. With practice it can sound just like a cello without any loss of tone from processors or emulators. I used to do this using the volume pot on my bass, hammer the notes with my left and work the volume with my right. Looks and sounds pretty cool when done correctly, especially after you build some hand strength and can really get the correct amount of vibrato going. I used this technique in an intro piece to a song back when I actually had time to play in a band.

 

[willbassyeah]

i use a zoom b3, using the pedal called slow attack, to get the sound here is my example, sorry for the solo, just trying to practice my soloing haha..(hey everyone need to start from somewhere), my setting on zoom b3 is, palmpit(whammy pedal simulation use it at +2 octave), hdreverb (to use together with octave +2 creating violin sound), and slow attack (which is like an automatic volume pedal).

here is the link