pedals

[mikeyway]

hey guys..just to intro myself XD...i've been playing bass for 2years and I own a TGM precision bass(i'm planning to get an Ibanez ATK300 soon when i get my pay )...an IBZ10B amp. i also play through a DigiTech Bass Squeeze Compressor pedal and a DOD Bass Grunge.

I'm wondering if getting a Chorus pedal can get me a thick fat tone. I like heavy bass tones fyi XD so yeah i appreciate any help (:

[predz23]

I play guitar and cannot play without the chorus pedal, it makes it chunky and fat wide. without it its dry and thin


so yeah go for it, I can only imagine it doing the same to the bass

[mikeyway]

mmm thank you! (: now im reassured that i can safely get a chorus without wasting money on a useless pedal. XD haha

[shinobi]

yeah chorus is a very useful pedal. can make things thick and wide. but maybe u can also consider delay and reverb, probably not a common as chorus on bass but IMO sound awesome

[funkygeos]

I would recommend a octave pedal than a chorus pedal.

[mikeyway]

Originally Posted by funkygeos

I would recommend a octave pedal than a chorus pedal.

mm okay. do you mind explaining what an octave pedal does? cuz i dont really understand what the other websites tell me. :S

[jbarker]

If you're playing a high D, it will generate a low D one octave below the note.

I'd wait for the new bass before buying any other pedals. See how it sounds first

[mikeyway]

yeap its a good idea to buy the new bass first...then get the pedal. thanks for the help and btw...sometimes when i practice with my pedals...i get a soft hissing sound. but on other times...i dont get that hissing sound. its very weird lol. anyone knows whats the problem?

i've tried reconnecting the cables but to no avail.

[sneakpick]

are you running your pedals on an adapter? if you are, it may be a grounding issue, and your bass or amp may not be well grounded. (especially if your amp do not have the "earth" pin, a.k.a 3-pin plug).

have the electronics of your bass grounded if you can, but i'm sure your new bass would be grounded, can check with mike from SV.

it may also be that your pedals are not true bypass, so it gives a soft hiss.

I run on single coils, and they hiss loads unless i hold the strings down. what i do is that i flick the pickup switch up on only when the whole band plays to drown my hiss (i run on a fender jaguar so its easy to switch off the pick ups).

there's alot that goes into hissing, need to isolate the problems. do u get hiss w/o pedals? is ur amp grounded? there's a million that goes into noise man. i gave up caring.haha

[mikeyway]

Originally Posted by sneakpick

are you running your pedals on an adapter? if you are, it may be a grounding issue, and your bass or amp may not be well grounded. (especially if your amp do not have the "earth" pin, a.k.a 3-pin plug).

have the electronics of your bass grounded if you can, but i'm sure your new bass would be grounded, can check with mike from SV.

it may also be that your pedals are not true bypass, so it gives a soft hiss.

I run on single coils, and they hiss loads unless i hold the strings down. what i do is that i flick the pickup switch up on only when the whole band plays to drown my hiss (i run on a fender jaguar so its easy to switch off the pick ups).

there's alot that goes into hissing, need to isolate the problems. do u get hiss w/o pedals? is ur amp grounded? there's a million that goes into noise man. i gave up caring.haha

I'm running my peadals my 9v batteries. I'm planning to get adapters soon though cuz the batts are troublesome XD haha anyways, all my gear are grounded-they all have the 3-pin plugs.

About the single coil pickups...my bass also runs on single coils. And they hiss too O: they don't hiss when i hold the strings down though. hmmm...its really confusing. They only hiss when i'm jamming. When i practice at home, then don't hiss. S: weird.

So yeah...what you said is true....there's a million that goes into noise. haha
thanks for the help