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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2015 20:14:21 GMT
Let me ask all of you lovely bass-heads What are your own basic bass pedal FX that you almost always use. Also mention what kind of music do you play with those pedals? Thanks!
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Post by blablas on Oct 3, 2015 21:15:36 GMT
Joyo JF-10 Dynamic Compressor, always on. Sometimes a HB Classic Chorus and/or a HB Digital Delay (which in reality is a analog delay, nothing digital about it). I've also got a Joyo JF-01 Vintage Overdrive but almost never use it, it's there for 'just in case'. They are all powered by HB Powerplant Junior. The HB stompboxes are re-branded Joyo's.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2015 22:12:54 GMT
Ok, so it seems compressor is a MUST HAVE (does it fatten the sound) ? Does Chorus give more of a "fretless" sound? Do you use Delay as a cheaper solution for Reverb or is there more to it?
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Post by blablas on Oct 3, 2015 23:05:08 GMT
No a compressor doesn't really fatten the sound, it subtly levels the volume between a hard and a soft touch of the strings. A 'must-have' is a big word, but I wouldn't like to play without one anymore.
The delay is indeed set up to more or less sound as a reverb, I like the fact it's analog and it dirties the sound a little bit, no clean sheer endless delay.
The chorus is just a plain simple chorus. Some people use a chorus to try to emulate a fretless sound (fail!!), it's at its best when used in a very subtle way together with a fretless but most of the time it spoils more than it adds.
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Post by JAC on Oct 3, 2015 23:50:29 GMT
I really only use a Zoom B3, which let's you put up to 3 effects in a row. To be truthful, I only use the B3 effects when rehearsing or live (so not much lately ). There isnt really an effect that I always have in the chain, although the compressor is there a lot of the time. Another thing I use a lot is ableton, I have a foot controller to use it, and can run my bass through it live. The thing I like about ableton is that I can play with effects to "inspire" me (as you mentioned in another thread) but at the same time I only record the raw bass and can fine tune the effects later.
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Post by GKon on Oct 6, 2015 1:27:20 GMT
When playing live I used a Big Muff pedal, on all the time. I used a tiny bit of compression that was built in to my amp. And, a tuner in pedal form.
That's it for me!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 6:56:53 GMT
When playing live I used a Big Muff pedal, on all the time. Did you use the Muff full on or just a bit for the flavor? I guess that depends on the music you are playing, and judging from your avatar I dare to assume the Muff was full on By the way don't you lads find that compressor creates some extra Noise in form of a hiss?
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Post by blablas on Oct 6, 2015 10:46:30 GMT
No, not really.
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Post by GKon on Oct 6, 2015 13:08:54 GMT
When playing live I used a Big Muff pedal, on all the time. Did you use the Muff full on or just a bit for the flavor? I guess that depends on the music you are playing, and judging from your avatar I dare to assume the Muff was full on By the way don't you lads find that compressor creates some extra Noise in form of a hiss? I used the muff just a little bit for flavor Just enough to give some color to my sound, but not so much as to have it be a noisy mess. It actually has a setting that plays a clean signal at the same time as the dirty signal. I'd usually use that setting. I never heard any hiss using my amp mounted compressor, but I only used a tiny bit. In my band, I used fingers as well as using a pick. It would switch from song to song, so I used a little compression to even it all out.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 13:17:01 GMT
Ok, thanks lads. In that case it must be something wrong with the Compressor in my multifx pedal Digitech RP70. As soon I use the comp the hissing starts so I need to add noise gate to it, and noise gate in return kills tone, hence me not really using comp nor the noise gate. But all this might only be issue with the multi fx pedal and not with separate pedals or if comp is part of the amp as in your case. Good to know.
My bass guitar most definitely has a shielding issue because as soon i lift my hands/fingers away from the metal parts it starts to hiss. But if I turn the tone pot all the way down the hiss stops even if I take my hands away from metal parts. Of course I cant play with the tone pot totally off because that tone is not my tone, too dull.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 13:17:50 GMT
GKon , by the way I would like that dry and wet fuzz signal played together, must sound killer!
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Post by GKon on Oct 6, 2015 14:37:47 GMT
GKon , by the way I would like that dry and wet fuzz signal played together, must sound killer! It was my favorite of the settings. One was a bass boost setting which was just TOO boomy for me, my bass, my cabinet and the songs we were playing. It all sounded muddy. The other setting was "normal/effect" I guess you'd say. No bass boost, but only the effected (I like that word!) signal. And the third was the "clean/effect" as mentioned. I liked it because you'd get a nice, strong clean sound coupled with the fuzz. Regarding your hissing issues, perhaps also a bad ground?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2015 15:25:43 GMT
Ground issue is when its hissing while the hand is on the metal parts. If its hissing when the hand is removed its a shielding issue (at least that is what I have read on the net) My bass is almost totally quiet when I play and have contact with the metal parts, must be a shielding issue
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Post by JAC on Oct 6, 2015 16:26:21 GMT
It's quite easy to shield the bass if you want a simple DIY project Che. It won't completely remove it (you will still get the single coil hum) but it will remove the grounding hiss.
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