what bass effects should i buy first?

[fugazi]

hey guys i need ur opinions on what bass effects i should buy first.please gimme ur recommendations n where i can find em. and any of u guys noe wat a bass limiter does?

 

[swenseng]

Buy a compressor/limiter! gives your bass the punch that it SO requires.. the most essential pedal for a bassist!

 

[RobTheMob]

I agree on what swenseng says! Get a comp!
I'm fan of EBS which does pedals for bass, only! But there are many.

Happy testing...
Cheers
RTM

 

[jackyboyboy]

I get a Bass Chrous 1st. As it very simple Basic pedal for Slapping play.

 

[jbarks]

compression is relative, but i have to agree that a good compressor can do wonders for your live sound. it's just that lately i've been leaning towards a more open sound, so it's either compressors with a variable blend or no compression at all for me.

i'd like to get something that warms up my tone first, though. sansamp, some sort of low-gain overdrive or a nice outboard preamp if i'm running a passive bass. some of the best tones i've gotten were from a passive p-bass run through an aguilar outboard preamp straight to board.

 

[killtheklown]

buy a hartke bass attack preamp pedal .
.. city music selling.. shld be arnd 115++
got almost everything u need..
u just have to try it..
welll its my opinion ...

 

[funkygeos]

GEt a Preamp or Comp. Cheers!

 

[e4t3n]

you can get an outboard preamp to enhance your tone. some pedals you can consider: sansamp bddi, mxr, aphex bass xciter, hartke bass attack and the list goes on..

good luck!

 

[funkygeos]

Sansamp bddi real good choice.

 

[jbarks]

also it'd be good if you could give us the price range you're working in. the hartke bass attack is good for the money, but if you've got a bit more to spend you should go for the sansamp.

 

[fugazi]

for price range

i am not worrying about price. planning to buy a boss bass limiter enhancer , you guys know any place that sells it?and the price too? and for the sansamp preamp where do they sell it? n for about how much does it go for? anb about buying the chorus hmmmmmmmm i dont know how to slap yet.lol
Once i do i will probably try and find a morley bass wah. ill prolly buy 2 pedals next month, one is the enhancer the other prolly the preamp.

sorry for the hordes of questions guys and i really appreciate the help so far

cheers,
fugazi

 

[jbarks]

brand new, you get get boss stuff from swee lee. the sansamp can be gotten from esden trading in sim lim square. check out http://soft.com.sg/forum/showthread.php?t=7949 for more shops.

 

[shinobi]

compression is relative, but i have to agree that a good compressor can do wonders for your live sound. it's just that lately i've been leaning towards a more open sound, so it's either compressors with a variable blend or no compression at all for me.

i'd like to get something that warms up my tone first, though. sansamp, some sort of low-gain overdrive or a nice outboard preamp if i'm running a passive bass. some of the best tones i've gotten were from a passive p-bass run through an aguilar outboard preamp straight to board.

i get a little bit of heartache when i hear about the aguilar. i think i pm-ed u about it before. it is so damn difficult to find in the US. but i ended up getting a SD SFX06 and it is fine.

i wouldnt use a compressor because i dont think it will go well with my fuzz and chorus, which i use alot. i used to have a mxr dynacomp but i sold it away because it was redundant.

i dont mind getting an autowah or synth. but that is extremely lavish

if you are not sure which effects u will use, maybe a multifx?

 

[jbarks]

i get a little bit of heartache when i hear about the aguilar. i think i pm-ed u about it before. it is so damn difficult to find in the US. but i ended up getting a SD SFX06 and it is fine.

buy it new! i think it's pretty worth it, especially with the current exchange rate. i got mine from basspartsresource at just over S$300 i think... now they can be had for about 280.

 

[shinobi]

if i offload the paranormal then maybe i would... but having gotten the paranormal i dun really wanna let it go lah :mrgreen:

anyway i dunno if this is OOT, but how would an xotic preamp compare to an aguilar?