What Effects or Techniques Produce the Worst Bass Sounds?

[hakim]

The questions is actually spelled out in the title.

I really want to know which effects in type or actual equipment actually produce the worst bass sounds?

 

[kbabcock155]

First Act bass guitars?

 

[Deepak]

Without a doubt a high pass filter.

Other than that IMHO most distortions, and lots of fuzzes.

 

[MIJ-VI]

Talk-boxes.

 

[BassyBill]

You might get responses that are more useful to you if you took the trouble to explain why you are asking such a strange question.

 

[kuys]

You might get responses that are more useful to you if you took the trouble to explain why you are asking such a strange question.

He's forming his own COMPLETE tribute band. So he has to make sure he can get the absolute worst sounds out his bass so he can do them justice.

 

[DerHoggz]

Playing it with a broom?

I just went and watched that Complete interview and show again... wow.

 

[Marton]

Effects in general ?

 

[timbledum]

Plucking with only the little finger.

 

[Jumbotron]

Somebody has to say it: What's Fieldy's setup again?

 

[kuys]

Somebody has to say it: What's Fieldy's setup again?

A bass built out of a lucky charms box and a broom handle with used and braided condoms as strings.

All ran through a 2.1 home stereo system with a 3.55mm to 1/4 adapter.

 

[jplunara]

Emulate Robert Tru-Fag-O's exact rig and playing style and you will be a grade A disaster

 

[seamonkey]

Ring modulator
Intermodulation distortion
Rectification

 

[MNAirHead]

Anything effects that isn't limited to the high end of a cross over.

 

[the_man_dan]

dimed EQ's
dimed gains
picks close to the bridge
superr low action
some fuzzboxes not run in a blender to add low end back in


for examples, see exhibit A of bad musician techniques, "Guitar Center"