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Your best 5 pedals.
- Thread starter Driven Crane
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You can call it boring if you like even though you have no idea what I play, I prefer not to hide my playing behind a bunch of effects.Not all of us play boring music
You can call it boring if you like even though you have no idea what I play, I prefer not to hide my playing behind a bunch of effects.
If you are that insecure that you just HAVE to post on an effects forum about pedals only being needed for whiny guitar players, I'm not really interested in your music whatsoever
And that's coming from a blues bass player.
- Ampeg SCR-DI, with Scrambler
- EHX MicroSynth
- EHX Bass Clone
- TC Sub-N-Up
- Keeley Bassist Comp/Limiter
... I sound fine, whether they are on, or off.
Disclaimer: I'm way bigger than the pedals, so... kind of hard to hide behind them.
Older thread, but still valid.
These are my "go-to" pedals. The minimalist pedalboard would be as follows- I also would include any sort of tuner.
1. Keeley Bassist Limitng Amplifier
2. Tronographic Rusty Box
3. Ampeg SCR-DI
4. Boss OC-2 Octave
5. General Guitar Gadget P-45
These are my "go-to" pedals. The minimalist pedalboard would be as follows- I also would include any sort of tuner.
1. Keeley Bassist Limitng Amplifier
2. Tronographic Rusty Box
3. Ampeg SCR-DI
4. Boss OC-2 Octave
5. General Guitar Gadget P-45
1) MXR BOD (great octave pedal that outshines OC2 IMHO)
2) 3Leaf GR2 (fantastic filter, very wet and funky)
3) Tech21 Red Ripper (quite unusual and very versatile fuzz)
4) Darkglass VMT (subtle but very versatile OD)
5) SD Studio Bass Compressor (love the 'blend' knob and 3-way frequency switch)
2) 3Leaf GR2 (fantastic filter, very wet and funky)
3) Tech21 Red Ripper (quite unusual and very versatile fuzz)
4) Darkglass VMT (subtle but very versatile OD)
5) SD Studio Bass Compressor (love the 'blend' knob and 3-way frequency switch)
I only have a couple, but the only ones I use for bass are a Big Muff Pi and a Double Muff. Sometimes I use an EHX Pitchfork too for a more Royal Blood type sound.
Super Extreme Drive
Amalgamated Short Delay
Harmonic Tape Groove
Lite Crunch Saturator
Fat Tube Sparkler
Amalgamated Short Delay
Harmonic Tape Groove
Lite Crunch Saturator
Fat Tube Sparkler
Mini Board:
Keeley Bassist > Holy Grail NeoReverb > EBS Chorus > BBE Sonic Mini > Tuner > Morley Mini Volume Pedal
Church Gig Board:
Ampeg Optical Compressor > Chowny Bassmosphere Chorus > Holy Grail Neo > BBE Sonic > TC Tuner > Roland Volume Pedal > Eden Tera Nova Pedal Preamp
Studio Board:
Demeter BEQ Preamp Pedal > Whirlwind Compressor > Whirlwind Bass Graphic EQ > Holy Grail Neo > EBS Chorus > Toms Line Delay Pedal > BBE Sonic Maximizer DI100 > Morley Volume
Keeley Bassist > Holy Grail NeoReverb > EBS Chorus > BBE Sonic Mini > Tuner > Morley Mini Volume Pedal
Church Gig Board:
Ampeg Optical Compressor > Chowny Bassmosphere Chorus > Holy Grail Neo > BBE Sonic > TC Tuner > Roland Volume Pedal > Eden Tera Nova Pedal Preamp
Studio Board:
Demeter BEQ Preamp Pedal > Whirlwind Compressor > Whirlwind Bass Graphic EQ > Holy Grail Neo > EBS Chorus > Toms Line Delay Pedal > BBE Sonic Maximizer DI100 > Morley Volume
SD studio bass compressor
CogEffects T-47 2ch suboctave
Eventide H9 eq, pitchshifter, distortion, delay, tremolo, reverb and more. And it does it so good.
Strymon El’Capistan tape echo
Aguilar tonehammer preamp/di
CogEffects T-47 2ch suboctave
Eventide H9 eq, pitchshifter, distortion, delay, tremolo, reverb and more. And it does it so good.
Strymon El’Capistan tape echo
Aguilar tonehammer preamp/di
I am adjusting my list 2 years later.
Damnation MBD-1
SS/BS TAFM
SUF Civil War
Crowther Audio Prunes & Custard
DOD Rubberneck
Gonna adjust mine as well - been awhile.
1) Darkglass VMT - recently put it last in my chain and loving it
2) IE Polytope - the best chorus, hands down
3) IE Frantabit - never thought I could find so many musical uses for a bitcrusher
4) 3Leaf Doom - out of the 5 fuzzes on my board, this is the one I stomp the most often
5) 3Leaf Octabvre Mini - octave of choice at the moment, barely nudging out the Cog T-16
Honorable mention: Broughton PLL - there's one "space" improv section in our setlist and this thing is perfect
1) Darkglass VMT - recently put it last in my chain and loving it
2) IE Polytope - the best chorus, hands down
3) IE Frantabit - never thought I could find so many musical uses for a bitcrusher
4) 3Leaf Doom - out of the 5 fuzzes on my board, this is the one I stomp the most often
5) 3Leaf Octabvre Mini - octave of choice at the moment, barely nudging out the Cog T-16
Honorable mention: Broughton PLL - there's one "space" improv section in our setlist and this thing is perfect
The ones I use for bass:
DOD Carcosa Fuzz: What a versatile fuzz! It shines best at open-sounding mid-gain stuff. One of the few fuzzes that makes your bass sounds bigger rather than smaller. Without a blend control, no less.
Behringer Super Fuzz: One of the better Superfuzzes I've tried, at 1/8 the cost of most of the others. It's got a great range of strident, subby fuzz sounds
Ibanez Echo Shifter: A giant analog delay with tap tempo, a giant slider, oscillation and modulation. So much fun.
DOD 440 Envelope Filter: There are other envelope filters that are more sophisticated, and that let more low end through, but this one is so friendly and fun to use, and it cuts through without taking your ears off.
That's really all I've got that's "the best" for bass although honorable mention go to the MXR Bass Octave OG and the DOD Phasor 201, which are not the best, but I use them to get cool sounds from time to time.
DOD Carcosa Fuzz: What a versatile fuzz! It shines best at open-sounding mid-gain stuff. One of the few fuzzes that makes your bass sounds bigger rather than smaller. Without a blend control, no less.
Behringer Super Fuzz: One of the better Superfuzzes I've tried, at 1/8 the cost of most of the others. It's got a great range of strident, subby fuzz sounds
Ibanez Echo Shifter: A giant analog delay with tap tempo, a giant slider, oscillation and modulation. So much fun.
DOD 440 Envelope Filter: There are other envelope filters that are more sophisticated, and that let more low end through, but this one is so friendly and fun to use, and it cuts through without taking your ears off.
That's really all I've got that's "the best" for bass although honorable mention go to the MXR Bass Octave OG and the DOD Phasor 201, which are not the best, but I use them to get cool sounds from time to time.
Oh my.. I'm very out of this
In the last four years I've giving or selling pedals and now I've just a few of them..
1-Sansamp Bass Driver Deluxe : Main tone shaping tool, preamp, overdrive and DI
2-Zoom MS60B Multistomp : Tuner and Flanger
3-Joyo Ultimate Drive : I use it at home to get a little fit of dirt from my Roland Cube practice amp (I set it with the gain pretty low) IMO it's the best OD in a low budget out there.
4-Zoom B1on : I use it like a portable headphone amp and metronome . I use it to experiment with different fx just to my main pleasure..
5-Boss ME50B : I've always loved this multifx and , one year, my ex-wife bought me one for christmas. I use it at home from time to time just for sentimental reasons.. It has several limitations (modulation and reverb share a fx slot so you can set them sepparately , a bit of latency when you switch between presets, the tuner it's not accurate..) but if you need the most common fx (wha,chorus, flanger,Od,octaver)..here and there just for a moment in a partucular song..then thsi multifx does the job so well.
In the last four years I've giving or selling pedals and now I've just a few of them..
1-Sansamp Bass Driver Deluxe : Main tone shaping tool, preamp, overdrive and DI
2-Zoom MS60B Multistomp : Tuner and Flanger
3-Joyo Ultimate Drive : I use it at home to get a little fit of dirt from my Roland Cube practice amp (I set it with the gain pretty low) IMO it's the best OD in a low budget out there.
4-Zoom B1on : I use it like a portable headphone amp and metronome . I use it to experiment with different fx just to my main pleasure..
5-Boss ME50B : I've always loved this multifx and , one year, my ex-wife bought me one for christmas. I use it at home from time to time just for sentimental reasons.. It has several limitations (modulation and reverb share a fx slot so you can set them sepparately , a bit of latency when you switch between presets, the tuner it's not accurate..) but if you need the most common fx (wha,chorus, flanger,Od,octaver)..here and there just for a moment in a partucular song..then thsi multifx does the job so well.
I’m revising mine...
FEA DE-CL: I use it as a subtle tone enhancer, and I love the Warmth knob used conservatively around 10:00 or 11:00
Damnation MBD-1: Widely praised here and worthy of the praise. It can cover a lot of ground dirt wise, but I use it as a light overdrive / girth injection (similar to a hot beef... never mind)
Dunwich Olde Dirty Bass: After all the overdrives I have cycled through this is king for me. I use it @18V and with the MBD-1 to ramp up to a heavier overdrive sound. Love it’s clanky grind, closest thing I’ve found to get in the range of Ed’s (Thrice) tone, but still not there.
Spaceman Explorer: I’ve tried a lot of phasers and modulation sounds and this one is just hard to beat. Pricey but worth it. Many different options and about everything you can do with a phaser is available.
Source Audio Nemesis: I don’t, or haven’t yet, used this much with my band project but it’s just such a fun pedal to create with. It can be clean and pristine to wild and weird. Just a great fun pedal for getting creative.
FEA DE-CL: I use it as a subtle tone enhancer, and I love the Warmth knob used conservatively around 10:00 or 11:00
Damnation MBD-1: Widely praised here and worthy of the praise. It can cover a lot of ground dirt wise, but I use it as a light overdrive / girth injection (similar to a hot beef... never mind)
Dunwich Olde Dirty Bass: After all the overdrives I have cycled through this is king for me. I use it @18V and with the MBD-1 to ramp up to a heavier overdrive sound. Love it’s clanky grind, closest thing I’ve found to get in the range of Ed’s (Thrice) tone, but still not there.
Spaceman Explorer: I’ve tried a lot of phasers and modulation sounds and this one is just hard to beat. Pricey but worth it. Many different options and about everything you can do with a phaser is available.
Source Audio Nemesis: I don’t, or haven’t yet, used this much with my band project but it’s just such a fun pedal to create with. It can be clean and pristine to wild and weird. Just a great fun pedal for getting creative.
Thanks for that. Give me a new sense of perception. Not that I ever sough after something because someone else has it.
