Hartke Bass Attack
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i have the hartke bass attack too and its a good pedal.. and jbarks is right, once u get ur first pedal, you'll start reading up on other pedals then u will want to buy more and more and more!
5stringwonder
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famous last words eh...before you know it you are going to have huge pedalboard with like 20 pedals on it. 
welcome to the world of effects. once you get in there's no turning back..ha ha...
welcome to the world of effects. once you get in there's no turning back..ha ha...
Come, let me intro you my thread "I am GAS-free on pedals, what do you think?" here:
http://soft.com.sg/forum/gear-bass/68872-i-am-gas-free-pedals-what-do-you-think.html
hope you can achieve like me, entered a state of no more requiring any pedals at all... good luck!
http://soft.com.sg/forum/gear-bass/68872-i-am-gas-free-pedals-what-do-you-think.html
hope you can achieve like me, entered a state of no more requiring any pedals at all... good luck!
ihavebluestrings
New member
save save pedals are worth saving for. i made the mistake of rushing into my boss bass equalizer pedal, it's really good la but i would like to switch to a hartke. lucky for me, its almost brand new, wont make too much of a loss. if you're into heavier music, maybe you'd like a muff (muse bassist uses that so you have an idea of what it sounds like) or an overdrive from boss or smth. If you're more into tone, save up for a d.i. box if you plan to gig live regularly oh and i love the korg dt10 tuner, you can check that out too.
just my humble opinions!
pedals are worth saving for. i made the mistake of rushing into my boss bass equalizer pedal, it's really good la but i would like to switch to a hartke. lucky for me, its almost brand new, wont make too much of a loss. if you're into heavier music, maybe you'd like a muff (muse bassist uses that so you have an idea of what it sounds like) or an overdrive from boss or smth. If you're more into tone, save up for a d.i. box if you plan to gig live regularly oh and i love the korg dt10 tuner, you can check that out too. just my humble opinions!
it's a tone shaper tool. you can use it to change and adjust the sound that comes out.
you hav ethe standard EQ for adjustment. - bass, treble, brite.
you also have "harmonics" knob to add some complexity into the sound.
you have the "shape" knob to do notch filter for a different way of EQ control
all these are to use to tweak until you get a sound you like from your bass.
shinobi
New member
it's an outboard or pedal preamp, which is basically the preamp you find on active basses, except in a pedal. the one you find in your bass is called an onboard preamp.
and what a preamp does is give you the tone shaping options you would normally find on an amp. note that a combo amp consists of a preamp, a power amp, and a speaker. preamp shapes the tone, power amp blasts it to XXX watts, and the speaker is self explanatory. each of these things contribute to the tone. when you use different amps, you will get different kinds of tone. at least if you use your own preamp, the variance won't be that much from amp to amp. plus, you would be more familiar with tweaking your own preamp than having to mess around with a different amp every time.
the additional benefit most outboard preamps have is the DI function. when your bass is connected directly to the house, there isn't even an amp, your tone is at the mercy of the soundman. that's where the preamp gives you control.
and what a preamp does is give you the tone shaping options you would normally find on an amp. note that a combo amp consists of a preamp, a power amp, and a speaker. preamp shapes the tone, power amp blasts it to XXX watts, and the speaker is self explanatory. each of these things contribute to the tone. when you use different amps, you will get different kinds of tone. at least if you use your own preamp, the variance won't be that much from amp to amp. plus, you would be more familiar with tweaking your own preamp than having to mess around with a different amp every time.
the additional benefit most outboard preamps have is the DI function. when your bass is connected directly to the house, there isn't even an amp, your tone is at the mercy of the soundman. that's where the preamp gives you control.
Had used the Bass Attack before (however it was in 2005)
The build quality wasn't that good. Hopefully it had improved thru the years.
it will be good for you to test out the preamp stage of the Bass Attack by plugging it into an Amp with effects return so that you by-pass the amp's preamp and use the Bass Attack to shape your tone.
The build quality wasn't that good. Hopefully it had improved thru the years.
it will be good for you to test out the preamp stage of the Bass Attack by plugging it into an Amp with effects return so that you by-pass the amp's preamp and use the Bass Attack to shape your tone.