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mikeyway

mikeyway

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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 :D)...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 (:
 
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
 
mmm thank you! (: now im reassured that i can safely get a chorus without wasting money on a useless pedal. XD haha
 
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
 
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
 
yeap its a good idea to buy the new bass first...then get the pedal. thanks for the help :D 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.
 
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
 
sneakpick said:
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
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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 :D
 
oh it's simple man, when you hold the strings down, means your body is in contact with the metal, and you're like standing on the ground? this means you're actually grounding your bass. yup, YOU are the ground wire. and that's why the hissing stops when you're holding the strings.

for humbuckles they're different.. i'm not too sure of the mechanics, but i'm darn sure they don't hiss as bad.

as for the hissing in studios it's easily explainable.

your home amp is grounded, thus, no hiss.
the studio amp may be running on a 2 pin plug, and thus it may not be grounded, explaining the hiss. hiss comes and go and it follows you man. haha, if you are really particular, consider a noise gate or a volume pedal. just pump up the volume when you're band starts to play. this way no one will notice the hiss before any songs. you can actually use your volume knob too. careful with noise gates though, it may cancel out sounds that you may actually one. don't ask me about that, i'm not a fan of noise gates.haha
 
oh yeah, batteries are good by the way, cause it reduces one possible noise factor. but nonetheless, if you are getting an adapter, make sure it's of the suitable voltage (just add up the total voltages of your pedals, make sure they don't exceed the adapter) AND it would be good if your adapter has a 3 pin plug.. grounding again. if you are really concerned, couple of my friends recommended me the DC brick by MXR .. it's 200+ but it powers 10 pedals i think. if you're in for something smaller then consider the Fuel Tank Jr. by T-rex for only 130 i think, powering up 5 pedals.
 
sneakpick said:
oh it's simple man, when you hold the strings down, means your body is in contact with the metal, and you're like standing on the ground? this means you're actually grounding your bass. yup, YOU are the ground wire. and that's why the hissing stops when you're holding the strings.

for humbuckles they're different.. i'm not too sure of the mechanics, but i'm darn sure they don't hiss as bad.

as for the hissing in studios it's easily explainable.

your home amp is grounded, thus, no hiss.
the studio amp may be running on a 2 pin plug, and thus it may not be grounded, explaining the hiss. hiss comes and go and it follows you man. haha, if you are really particular, consider a noise gate or a volume pedal. just pump up the volume when you're band starts to play. this way no one will notice the hiss before any songs. you can actually use your volume knob too. careful with noise gates though, it may cancel out sounds that you may actually one. don't ask me about that, i'm not a fan of noise gates.haha
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hahahahahha im the grounded wire! XD dam! it makes sense :D thanks man :D haha yeah I'll check the studio amp to see if the plugs are 2 or 3 pin.

mmm volume pedals...I'll research on that (: thanks for all the info dude. I've learnt something :D
 
the beta alvin noise gate is a cheap and good pedal to cut off noise.
i use an overdrive and fuzz together to get my distortion tone, and it hisses and hums pretty bad since im on single coils. and the beta alvin pretty much kills the noise. all for $70. woohoo!

i got mine for $45 second hand so its a really great deal.
 
thank you! :D i watched the reviews and demos on youtube. they do great in cancelling the noise. and well, they claim that it doesnt take away your tone. so yeah. i'll check this pedal out :D
 
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