The bass effects discussion thread.

octatonic

Winny_Pooh said:

@octatonic you seen this site I presume? Insanely thorough http://www.ovnilab.com/

I was just on it actually.

Kebabkid

Zoom B1xOn and in the past, the Zoom B3.

To be honest, all I need is a good octaver and compressor and I'm looking and hoping to try out both at the mo. The TC Spectracomp looks good but I need to try a Demeter. The Octaver one is proving more difficult.

EDIT: after trying several octavers (Aguilar, MXR, Keeley, Wampler, Laney) I settled on the original EBS Octaver and it does the 'Sledgehammer' and 'Sorrow' (Pink Floyd/Guy Pratt) thing really well. Generally, I found all octavers 'got the warble' and not-so-good tracking below a low A.

Next, the right compressor and the TC Spectracomp is looking good and when I first put up the post, I didn't get to try it as planned.

stickyfiddle

I wasn't a basser when this thread kicked off but good bump

Polytune mini
Origin Cali76 Bass (always on)
Boss OC5 (occasionally)
MXR Flanger (very occasionally)
Origin Bassrig SuperVintage (always on)

I'm very happy with that lot, either on a Nano or Nano+ depending on whether I need the octave & flange. Dead simple and sounds huge. 

Funkfingers

BOSS AW3, > tc electronic Spectra Comp > amp input > FX Send > BOSS CEB3 > FX Return.

ICBM

Since this thread started my bass pedalboard has contracted...

Behringer SF-300 Super Fuzz.

That's it. (And a TC clip-on tuner.)

The SF-300 replaced the FZ-2 because you can buy at least six replacement SF-300s for the price of one FZ-2, and they sound identical.

Bod

Joyo Scylla compressor into a Boss ODB3 with some mod or other into a Trace Elliot AHX400SMX.

I bought the ODB3 used and whatever mod was done has made it a bit all or nothing.  Not sure what a stock unit would sound like.

fretmeister

My current out of the house board.

UnclePsychosis

Distortion, Chorus, and a Bass Wah, but only one at a time. Lovely jubbly. 

Secret_Sam

Ibanez Weeping Demon wah (sometimes)

Seymour Duncan Double Back comp

Whammy Ricochet pitch

Boss OC2 octave

Fulltone OCD dist

Xotic BB preamp

Line 6 M9 delays, filters, modulation, tuner

TC Electronic Ditto X2 looper

Aphex Bass Xciter enhancer


If you want to make a Moog player scared, that will do it.

One of these days I might add a fuzz and a hi pass filter, but otherwise my bass pedal GAS is fully satiated. 

Funkfingers

Secret_Sam said:

If you want to make a Moog player scared, that will do it. 

Don't bore us.
Get to the Taurus.

Secret_Sam

Funkfingers said:

Secret_Sam said:

If you want to make a Moog player scared, that will do it. 

Don't bore us.
Get to the Taurus.

And do not 
Plug in a chorus 

digitalkettle

Secret_Sam said:

Funkfingers said:

Secret_Sam said:

If you want to make a Moog player scared, that will do it. 

Don't bore us.
Get to the Taurus.

And do not 
Plug in a chorus 

Is this just a phase you're going through?

Secret_Sam

No. Like I said, it's an M9. 

ChrisCox1994

Aguilar octave > mxr bass envelope > jam red muck bass > EBS multiband comp> tu2

Kurtis

Just compressor and od. 

LukeFRC

used to use a HX stomp... Now

Tuner > C4 synth > Broughton Omnicomp > Clone of Barbershop > clone of SS/BS Mini > Aion's Lab Series L4 Preamp > T21 Bass boost Chorus > Clone of shallow water > JHS colourbox v2   -> to the PA

Bod

For my DI rig, I recently went with running the Joyo Scylla compressor into a Tech 21 VT Bass Deluxe, which is phantom-powered from the mixer then into IEMs.

I'm tempted to spend Xmas pressie dosh and replace the VT with either the Ampeg SGT-DI or the Darkglass Microtubes Infinity.  Both sound amazing in demos, and the Darkglass leads with features but is more expensive.  Anybody here with experience of either?  Probably more of a question for Basschat I guess  

Bork

I don't use much effects for normal playing - an FEA Labs DBCL dual band compressor and an Arion SCH1 chorus - anything more than that tends to make it difficult to hear note pitch on stage.  When bass synth (Panda MIDI Future Impact) is involved then effects can include chorus, slapback delay, phaser and pitch shift c/- a Zoom B3.  The Effectrode PC2A is fabulous with bass as well as guitar and the Joyo JF14 can add a nice layer of grit.  I don't use fuzz but the Danelectro FAB tone is great with bass, no muddiness.  Prince used one.

monquixote

I used to use mostly EBS pedals when I gigged on bass.

The overdrive, chorus and compressor are all solid.

I also used to use: 

A bass big muff when I was doing muse covers (you need the clean blend)

The Tech 21 SVT pedal is great if you need that grindy sound

You can get away with regular guitar pedals depending on what you play but active basses or slap can easily overload some pedals.