Effects pedals???

alpha 3 67 · Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject: Effects pedals???

My brother and I are into Metal and anything that rocks. I play guitar and have a pedal made especially for my style, but my brother wants a pedal that will give him the Rob Zombie or Disturbed guitar sound, but for the bass. Does anyone know of a pedal for the bass that offers this sound? I'd really appreciate any feedback; I know next to nothing about this stuff. I would also like to mention that, if there are no pedals made exclusively for the bass, I am not aware of this.

Chrishas · Ferret Joined: 03 Sep 2004 Posts: 113 Location: Cyprus

From what I know Disturbed's guitarist uses digitech pedals, i'm not aware what the bassist uses, but most popular brands IMO are Korg, Boss, Digitech, Zoom. Most bass pedals offer effects similar to those of guitar pedals but generally they're not used extensively by most bassists

Fleaman-06 · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:30 pm Post subject:

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Meker · Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject: pedal effects for bass

the Boss Bass Chorus is a very good pedal for bass---tweakable for just that right effect you want.
Believe it or not, I personally find the guitar Boss Blues Driver, BD-2, excellent for a bass as a super overdrive tone that can even go into a crunch and does not lose the lows. I'd probably never have bought one but got offered one for only $30 (US) and I have it on now a lot. I've had the Moog Moogerfooger 105B for Bass but sold it--lots of minuses for very few pluses IMHO.
I AM interested in the Boss ME-20B, 50B or GT-6B. Anyone have some experience on these---I am looking for the best one compared to the price---I mean, is the GT model worth the other large amount of money over the 20B for a bunch of effects I would not use?
Whew--sorry for the long wind.

Mkuk0 · Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:51 am Post subject:

HA nice call, been thinking about the ME20B myself since I read a decent review in Bass guitar magazine, awaiting stocks hereabouts!
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jimhickeymusic · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject:

I'm thinking of picking up a tube guitar rig and doing a "blend" of both sounds...but hauling that stuff around for gigs would be a pain. Anybody doing that?

Meker · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject: Gtr and Bas amp together

Hey JHM----Pardon the length coming but let me explain:
As a matter of fact, I do often use BOTH a bass amp and a guitar amp together. Specifically, I run my chain up to my Laney MXd120 guitar head and include its modeling effects in my chain and then all into my Laney RB9 (300 watt) amp. Luckily my floor pedals all run silent as well. Let me say I first contacted the techs at Laney and asked. They said it was just fine as long as I was not cranking the guitar head. So I use it mainly for the reverb/delay and crunch overdrive function (levels for those particular effects are set med to high) yet keep the gain only at about 2 - 2 1/2. Then I can get that signal as loud as I want from my bass amp volume with no distortion of the desired effect. I've yet to find a better reverb/delay than what the gtr amp is giving me (plus about 10 other effects I WISH Laney would replicate in floor pedals!).
Why do I do it?--cuz its fun and I can get some fun tones going. Stacking the preamps seems to have no undesired effect either. I cannot speak to what would happen using other amp models--I just know the Laneys work great together. And hassle....not much hassle---just one extra head to carry.

jimhickeymusic · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:54 pm Post subject:

Sounds cool! Laney's aren't that abundant out here but it's definately food for thought...I feel GAS coming on... Idea

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Meker · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:30 pm Post subject: yep

Well, Laney's can be found on eBay dealers or a couple dealers here in the USA. Check their site also. Considered as a mid-priced brand, the stuff is just plain rock solid and I'll go with a Laney any day. Not saying they are the best in the world ---just that they are VERY VERY good for the bucks IMHO--much better than most in the same price range I've tried. Sure if I could afford the top Crown power amp and the best parametric EQ and then all thru a Bassoon bottom--I'd do that. But, since I cannot---I'll stay with my Laneys!

Mkuk0 · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject:

Woohoo its turning into a 'I Love Laney' thread! I have an R3 combo and a 4x10 cab which gives about 360W, useful for the pub gigs!

Great gear, solid as.....and British too! yay!
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Meker · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject: R3

which one is the R3? I only know the RB3 65 watter.

jimhickeymusic · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject: Effects...

oh yeah...The Boss Bass Overdrive pedal has a ton of "guitarish" qualities.

Laney...I'll keep my eyes open...Anybody seen what Kroger from Nickleback is doing? it's insane...but he has cash and endorsements. It's about midway down this article.

http://www.musicplayer.com/article/mike-kroeger-with/mar-05/4130
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Mkuk0 · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject: Re: R3

Meker · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject: Nice!

Gotta love it---and don't you dig the way Laney gets out a good manual on their gear! Nice rig---I tell ya, never get rid of it.
Well back to the effects portion of this thing, heres a coupla bass songs I did in the gtr/bass amp combo set-up I described.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=778644&content=music

Mkuk0 · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:11 am Post subject:

Just listened to your soundclips dude, that 1st one is the mutts!!! very evocative, loved it. Not really into distortion much, it masks what you're playing on the 2nd one too much for my taste, buts its obvious you know your stuff!

Gratz bud, very good work!
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