What guitar pedals are you using on your bass?

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Just recently got a bass and want to build a bass board. I have a bunch of stuff here and have found that my Walrus Audio Kangra sounds gnarly with my bass.

What guitar pedals are you using on your bass rig?
 
japetus said:
Sansamp Bass Driver DI, it's a must.
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Yep, bass driver is a must.

a bassballs, I would say as well

MXR M87, great comp

and the most important bass pedal: a simple blender like the boss LS2 or something

The only reliable way to not lose low end is to blend clean and dirty with bass
 
A plug for Griffin Analog, but any of his pedals that have that guitar/Bass switch on them have been killer on bass. The Chiron Deluxe brings the thunder, and the CE-MOD might be the best chorus I have run on bass.

I love the Bassballs, and I'm super stoked to get his take on that circuit. I can't comment until I get it, but I have had a Bassballs on every pedalboard I've had, even if it is the form of the Mooer Bass Sweeper.

As for Guitar specific pedals for bass, I love the Earthquaker Devices Transmisser. It just shines for spacey soundscape stuff.

I always prefer digital delays for bass over analog stuff because analog delays tend to turn into mud on bass real quick. I like the Avalanche Run on bass.

The only other one besides a tuner that isn't bass specific (like the MXR Bass Compressor, Sansamp, or Darkglass stuff) that I use is a Phase 90. Love it on bass.
 
The new Beez Nuttz ( Heavily modified Bassballs circuit ) that I did is crazy good and a shit ton of fun ....

Can't go wrong with the Chiron Deluxe or the CE-MOD either

I'm going to do a compressor soon . .. that's next. ..
 
japetus said:
Sansamp Bass Driver DI, it's a must.
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Not if you have an SVT. And I don’t mean a 7 or any of the fake ass fuckers. 300 watt all tube.


My question for the OP is what is the purpose ? Screwing around at home, maybe recording? Pick some. It don’t matter. Gigging ? What type of band ? I had a 3 piece band doing alternative and hard rock, 90s and newer. Lots of AIC, Deftones, Tool, Chevelle, Offspring, Everclear, Sublime, Nirvana, STP, etc. I had a buncha shit on there early on. Brutal fuzz, envelope filter, compressor, boost, Flanger. Of course a TU-2. After I started using the SVT II non pro I ended up just using the TAFM, the TU-2 and the Ibanez purple Flanger.

These days I play for myself and I go straight to my amp. Though very soon I will be going through Wayne’s new Bezo Balls pedal.
 
Floyd Eye said:
Not if you have an SVT. And I don’t mean a 7 or any of the fake ass fuckers. 300 watt all tube.


My question for the OP is what is the purpose ? Screwing around at home, maybe recording? Pick some. It don’t matter. Gigging ? What type of band ? I had a 3 piece band doing alternative and hard rock, 90s and newer. Lots of AIC, Deftones, Tool, Chevelle, Offspring, Everclear, Sublime, Nirvana, STP, etc. I had a buncha shit on there early on. Brutal fuzz, envelope filter, compressor, boost, Flanger. Of course a TU-2. After I started using the SVT II non pro I ended up just using the TAFM, the TU-2 and the Ibanez purple Flanger.

These days I play for myself and I go straight to my amp. Though very soon I will be going through Wayne’s new Bezo Balls pedal.
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Still a must. Even with a SWR SM900 and 2 goliath 4x10's. It's just a tone shaping device.
 
Floyd Eye said:
When I needed one, the Purple 1.14.

And yes you need to be able to play with a pick for some shit.
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I know and a lot of good bassists in the 60's used picks but somehow it became a sort of dumb stigma so I threw it in there, lol
 
VonBonfire said:
I know and a lot of good bassists in the 60's used picks but somehow it became a sort of dumb stigma so I threw it in there, lol
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It is something bass players tease each other about. Usually you can tell someone who is a guitar player, playing bass because he’s using a pick. And following the guitar. I’d say if you can’t play finger style and your eyes glaze over into a vacant state when someone tells you to follow the kick drum, you ain’t a bass player.
 
japetus said:
I prefer to view myself as a jack off all trades
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I had a BDDI. After I started using real SVTs ( which they sound nothing like by the way) the only use I had for it was a DI. Once I got the REDDI and a great bass cab mic I never used it again.

I like to run a DI and a mic, but most sound guys suck. Using a REDDI can get you very close to classic SVT territory.
 
Floyd Eye said:
I had a BDDI. After I started using real SVTs ( which they sound nothing like by the way) the only use I had for it was a DI. Once I got the REDDI and a great bass cab mic I never used it again.

I like to run a DI and a mic, but most sound guys suck. Using a REDDI can get you very close to classic SVT territory.
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I just run it in front as a EQ and OD.
 
EHX Pitchfork and Guyatone Stevie Salas Wah Rocker are the two I mainly use with bass

Sobbat Drivebreaker 1 occasionally for bass distortion parts
 
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