My dad's old boss pedals ( bass limiter enhancer, compression sustainer) an old ariol distortion pedal, Im really wanting a big muff right now. to bad I dont have one
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What was your first pedal?
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Boss TU-2.... but since it's not an effect pedal my then 2nd and 1st real pedal was a
Sansamp BDDI
Sansamp BDDI
First year playing I bought a BOSS GEB7 EQ. Had no idea how to use it and sold it a few days after.
Gonna date myself here: A brand-new Fuzzface, got it in my early teens. This would have been '68 or '69...
It sounded like crap with my semi-hollow Hagstrom bass, but it was awesome when we stopped for a break- if I tweaked it just right, we could pick up CHUM-AM.
What could be better than sitting on the couch, listening to top-40 radio through a '59 Bassman?
It sounded like crap with my semi-hollow Hagstrom bass, but it was awesome when we stopped for a break- if I tweaked it just right, we could pick up CHUM-AM.
What could be better than sitting on the couch, listening to top-40 radio through a '59 Bassman?
Black Russian Muff
A friend that was quiting bass gave it to me when I started playing. They said it was the best distortion pedal for bass. I hated it, and I still hate muffs to this day.
The first pedal I bought for myself:
Boss GEB7, to fix the sound of my crappy first amp pulled from the dust of my uncle's basement. It was a 'Heath' guitar amp with 2x10s (you ever heard of them before? no, nor have I. Thought they made chocolate bars, who knew).
Gave both of those pedals away when I moved. Then bought myself a clean sounding Carvin amp and was happy with a bass-into-amp setup for so long. Until the day came that I started craving a dirtier, high-gain, rock-n-roll sound. So I bought a HAO RustRide from eBay back in 2007.
Then I got involved in a band with two guitarist and the singer all using multi-fx boards. And I decided to go analog instead... now I spend most my time here in the Effects Asylum.
A friend that was quiting bass gave it to me when I started playing. They said it was the best distortion pedal for bass. I hated it, and I still hate muffs to this day.
The first pedal I bought for myself:
Boss GEB7, to fix the sound of my crappy first amp pulled from the dust of my uncle's basement. It was a 'Heath' guitar amp with 2x10s (you ever heard of them before? no, nor have I. Thought they made chocolate bars, who knew).
Gave both of those pedals away when I moved. Then bought myself a clean sounding Carvin amp and was happy with a bass-into-amp setup for so long. Until the day came that I started craving a dirtier, high-gain, rock-n-roll sound. So I bought a HAO RustRide from eBay back in 2007.
Then I got involved in a band with two guitarist and the singer all using multi-fx boards. And I decided to go analog instead... now I spend most my time here in the Effects Asylum.
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Digitech Bass Distortion. Was a defective one so I've been put off Digitech for life unfortunately. Crappy tones I thought as well.
Electroharmonix phase shifter from around 1978/79; I still have it but it no longer works. One of these days I 'll try and fix it to see what it would sound like 30+ years later!
