The Bassist's Effects Line Up

[AvonRellets]

unfortunately it sounds like like a fork clanging on a tin can and extremely noisy on the od/dist settings.

I think marcowee is referring to the EHX Nano muff overdrive. It has no drive setting cos the drive is preset already. it is not a clean booster.

 

[marcoweeo]

ok.. thks alot for ur time guys! really appreciate it :wink: needed a clean boost coz normally when i play with my band, i dun crank up my vol too much... but when the solos kick in, i wanna hit it nice,loud n strong! :lol:

 

[tim_1002]

as in you doing a solo or you covering the sonic hole left when ur guit solos? for the former you could consider getting a volume pedal instead of a clean boost gives you more control over your volume and you can do crazy slow gear effects too. for the latter a good od which doesn't suck lows would be better.

 

[marcoweeo]

oh, for the vol peds, there no such thing as bass vol peds ya?

 

[audie]

You can just use any normal volume pedal bro...I dont think there's specifically a BASS volume pedal.

 

[Colarndo]

Why don''t you lower your volume output on your bass to say 3/4?
When you come in for your solo, just turn the volume to max?
And turn down after that? Perhaps you can use a small piece of masking tape to place a marking on your bass vol knob?

 

[visa]

sometimes the volume knob on your bass can affect your tone alot, especially if it's passive

 

[Musicana77]

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Yeah man, i use a passive bass and without maxing the vol knob effects such as overdrive will be very mild.

 

[marcoweeo]

i'm using an active.... yea.... dat's a gd idea tho... the turn down, turn up one... will giv it a shot! thx lots!

 

[e4t3n]

hey guys, i need some advice on setting up my chain..

anyway, i have a:-
1) aphex bass xciter
2) dod bass compressor
3) eh micro qtron
4) boss chorus ceb3
5) ebs octabass

how should i go about doing it? comments are greatly appreciated. thanks!

 

[AvonRellets]

ooooo

bass
1) compressor
2) exciter
3) eh micro qtron
4) octabass
5) chorus
amp

weeeee

 

[e4t3n]

hmm..

i was thinking of having the compressor after the qtron, since the qtron causes a surge in volume..

and shouldnt the xciter be the last in the chain? since its some form of a di box?

 

[yourgrandpa]

hmm, yeah, if it were me, I would put it the same way as bro AvonRellets, except that I would move the q-tron to first in the chain, before the compressor...cos I find that putting a comp before a filter kinda kills the dynamics that make it fun...

 

[AvonRellets]

oh yes yes compressor should be placed after a filter. used to put my Bass Compactor after my FM4.

another thing, i found that the qtron doesn't work all that great for bass. have you tried the ehx bassballs? its lovely! buy from edder, he's selling them brand new and for cheap!

 

[yourgrandpa]

yup; agreed about the Q-Tron. I've stopped using mine...

 

[e4t3n]

wah serious.. personally i kinda like the sound. just that it creates a vol surge and when i tried putting a compressor to subdue it, i cant seem to get a good sound. have yet to find a solution zzz..

 

[AvonRellets]

haven't posted mine in a long while .... some new additions, hence the mess :?

here's the signal chain:

Sansamp BBDI
A/B Box (for tuning)
Goosonique Pan-Pan
[effects loop start]
Boss Volume pedal
Zoom 509 Modulation pedal (set for +1 octave pitch shifting)
Digitech Bad Monkey
Superillegal fudgemaker (fab flanger + modded fab echo)
[effect loop end]
Fab Overdrive
Boss bass equalizer
Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus 18v
some random phaser
Ibanez de7


Sigh ... waaay too many! ... but too much fun too!

 

[litford]

do you use all of that?

 

[Musicana77]

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haha yeah he does ! seen and heard him use it. real out of this world tones. but pretty damn cool stuff man.

 

[yourgrandpa]

here's what mine looks like right now:

been changing things around and am pretty satisfied with this...bass > DT-10 > DynaComp > Big Muff > GEB-7 > Small Stone > OC-2 > amp