I 2nd the MS60b. It's one of those pedals I think every bass player should have in their Arsenal. It's tiny, so many useable live tones, and funky ones too. Plus it's a great little back up to have if your preamp goes down.
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What are your Funk Pedals?
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So, my setup is actually quite simple.
1. My main "funk" bass is a NYC Sadowsky Will Lee 4 string jazz.
2. This connects using a Shure GLXD16 wireless unit with built in tuner, cause, hey, it's funk, I gotta move
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3. Next is a Radial Bassbone that is my FOH DI for most gigs (unless the backline is already mic'ed, etc.). I also have a Dave Smith MoPho analog synth running into the Bassbone that I occasionally switch to.
4. There is a MXR M82 Envelope pedal in the FX loop.
That is my setup, nice and simple. My "monitor" amp on stage is a Markbass LMII into a Bergantino HS410 cabinet (from the output of the Bassbone).
Mucho compliments on my tone from observers and sound people.
I play about 90% fingerstyle, maybe 10% slap n pop.
Here is a pic of my setup (pic is from a year ago so the pedalboard is a bit out of date).
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Rob
1. My main "funk" bass is a NYC Sadowsky Will Lee 4 string jazz.
2. This connects using a Shure GLXD16 wireless unit with built in tuner, cause, hey, it's funk, I gotta move
.3. Next is a Radial Bassbone that is my FOH DI for most gigs (unless the backline is already mic'ed, etc.). I also have a Dave Smith MoPho analog synth running into the Bassbone that I occasionally switch to.
4. There is a MXR M82 Envelope pedal in the FX loop.
That is my setup, nice and simple. My "monitor" amp on stage is a Markbass LMII into a Bergantino HS410 cabinet (from the output of the Bassbone).
Mucho compliments on my tone from observers and sound people.
I play about 90% fingerstyle, maybe 10% slap n pop.
Here is a pic of my setup (pic is from a year ago so the pedalboard is a bit out of date).
Later
Rob
Lots of envelope filters. My favourites are Mu Tron, Emma Discumbobulator and Chunk Octavius Squeezer/Agent 00Funk, (the names of filter pedals even sound funky!) with perhaps a touch of overdrive (an EHX Bass Soul Food sounds filthy in front of a filter) and sometimes an Octave pedal (Boss OC 2 does the trick). Lastly, my Spacebass also helps me get that little bit extra funky....
I've got a Digitech FX25B Envelope Filter and Boss Flanger as far as bass pedals go for the funk.
Since I have been on a serious ZAPP/Roger Troutman fixation lately, I use a Venom synth to play those synth bass lines. It has some decent bass patches that can be tweaked to an approximation of Mini moog bass sounds. Only cost me $200 used.
Since I have been on a serious ZAPP/Roger Troutman fixation lately, I use a Venom synth to play those synth bass lines. It has some decent bass patches that can be tweaked to an approximation of Mini moog bass sounds. Only cost me $200 used.
I'm mostly a fan of that 70s instrumental Meters sound so nothing but a P-bass with heavy high tension flats for me.
I did pick up a couple Moogerfoogers (Envelope Filter & Phaser) for the more "P-funk" kind of sound but realized I like that more old school vibe.
I did pick up a couple Moogerfoogers (Envelope Filter & Phaser) for the more "P-funk" kind of sound but realized I like that more old school vibe.
Envelope filter, and actually more than one, so you can get different sounds without having to tweak, and running one up, one down sweep is way funky. The Aguilar is cool b/c that's exactly what it has, two identical filters, one sweeping up and the other sweeping down.
I'd say next is fuzz, just because of Larry Graham's work with Sly & The Family Stone has some seminal funk fuzz bass on it.
Then comes synth emulation, where a fat analog octaver (OC2) and some tight OD (Bass Soul Food, Sparkle Drive, Barbershop) fed into a filter sounds killer. Stick a detune only chorus, like the Tech21 or my favorite, a Polytope after the drive and before the filter for some detune action and it's Moog city.
The new Meatbox sub-synth from DOD is great for more modern super-deep funk and electronica bass tones.
I'd say next is fuzz, just because of Larry Graham's work with Sly & The Family Stone has some seminal funk fuzz bass on it.
Then comes synth emulation, where a fat analog octaver (OC2) and some tight OD (Bass Soul Food, Sparkle Drive, Barbershop) fed into a filter sounds killer. Stick a detune only chorus, like the Tech21 or my favorite, a Polytope after the drive and before the filter for some detune action and it's Moog city.
The new Meatbox sub-synth from DOD is great for more modern super-deep funk and electronica bass tones.
I run my Rickenbacker 4003 into a Pigtronix Philosopher Bass compressor -> Way Huge Swollen Pickle Fuzz -> MXR Bass Envelope Filter. Though the pickle fuzz and the MXR are probably headed out the door. The compressor has a little grit switch on it that really handles the OD/Fuzz sound i'm into right now and the MXR is a little unruly through my setup. Eyeballing the Aguilar twin for the filter.
When I think of funk, an envelope filter is the first effect that comes to mind.
Here's what's on my funk board:
Here's what's on my funk board:
Aguilar octave > ehx bass blogger > phase 90 > old qtron +. Octave and qtron together sound great for synth tones.
Prunes'n'Custards for Larry style quacks, EHX Microsynth for heavy r'n'b lines, wah from the Zoom B3 for obnoxious slap.
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Exact. If you listen to the roots of funk, like James Brown or the Meters or Booker T. & the MG's, it's just a matter of sound: deep, dark, fat, compressed.
If you want to go more Seventies-Style, then go to modulation pedals, starting from an envelope filter, to mimic bass synths.
BTW, this si my setup: Vox wahwah -> Mooer Sweeper -> T-Rex Sensewah -> TC Mojo Mojo (light od) -> Boutique HotCake clone (heavy od) -> Boss LMB3
I 3rd the MS-60b. The Z-Synth setting is very funky. I can get close to the synth tone on Boogie On Reggae Woman with it.
I love the Microbass Synth. It was the 2nd thing I bought after my pedal board was stolen. The first was the EHX BassBalls. Love that thing! Especially when it follows after the Microsynth. I love the two together.
I had the original, and the Russian big black box one. Those broke, but the Nano stayed strong. My all time favorite pedal.
One last thing,
If you can't be funky with a clean dry tone, and you need to lean on a pedal, then you shouldn't be playing funk.
"More old school?" Um, I hate to break it to you, but "P-funk" isn't really a hip new band full of young talent.
SirMjac28
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I love the Microbass Synth. It was the 2nd thing I bought after my pedal board was stolen. The first was the EHX BassBalls. Love that thing! Especially when it follows after the Microsynth. I love the two together.
I had the original, and the Russian big black box one. Those broke, but the Nano stayed strong. My all time favorite pedal.
One last thing,
If you can't be funky with a clean dry tone, and you need to lean on a pedal, then you shouldn't be playing funk.
Yeah, I'm kinda regretting selling off the microsynth now!! For that particular downsweep synth tone I don't really want much touch response, and the EH did that for me, the Manta is responsive on that setting but not so much on the more traditional up sweep setting (where I actually want it), so right now I run my compressor before it, which doesn't help with the flea tone in trying to get...the funny thing is the SA BEF did that same FX25 tone perfect for me, but wouldn't do the down sweep "funktown" sound to my liking..
I only tried the bassballs twice, but I wasn't too impressed either time...maybe id think differently now??!! I'm curious to hear how it'd sound through my current setup!! I really also dug the older huge assed Qtron, bit I sold it about 10 years ago, I've heard so much bad about the newer ones though...
I love the Microbass Synth. It was the 2nd thing I bought after my pedal board was stolen. The first was the EHX BassBalls. Love that thing! Especially when it follows after the Microsynth. I love the two together.
I had the original, and the Russian big black box one. Those broke, but the Nano stayed strong. My all time favorite pedal.
One last thing,
If you can't be funky with a clean dry tone, and you need to lean on a pedal, then you shouldn't be playing funk.
To your last paragraph, I've heard guys play funky on upright too!! To me its all about the feel, but I don't want the keyboardist doubling my lines so that's why *I* use FX....
I planned on getting a Compressor. What compressor are you currently using/do you recommend? I'm a big MXR fan so I was thinking about checking out their Compressor.
