What is most used effect on bass?

Overdrive/ thread

 

Yep overdrive

 

Preamp (just to say diferent from OD...).

 

Apart from the obvious amp and cab, all I use is a tuner, compressor, overdrive.

 

Overdrive.

 

Basically, this. And I'm afraid there's not even room for discussion... Well, it's the internet, so it will obviously be discussion But you get the point

 

Is that like Bachman-Turner Overdrive, now with just effects only in the name?

In my opinion, I would have to say overdrive as well. Whether from a pedal (which I realize is what the OP asked) or from slamming the input of a tube head or preamp, with a boost, hot pickups, and/or playing technique.

 

Synth/autowah

 

Fuzz. Octave. Envelope. Chorus/flange/phase.

The answer is OD, but I feel we’ve covered that already.

 

Compression.

 

Love it... CTO one letter better.

 

I feel pretty inadequate, I seldom use overdrive... but it's been a few years since I've played Heavy Polka.

 

OD hands down.

 

If you were to say just recorded bass tones, you’d be amazed to hear how many have OD slapped onto them in the studio. Even “clean” tones. In my eyes, OD is probably used as often as compression. If not a close second, it would def be a distant second to comp.

 

I use the OD the most when using pedals. But if i could only bring one pedal it would be an OC-2. I can go back to clean only. But i would miss the octave.

 

Just alittle dirt