effects pedals??

crzystng · 01-01-2005, 10:09 PM

I am courious if they have to be specific to a bass or will any pedal do? I currently have an ibanez pd7 and love it but would like to play with a effect board or something to that extent. again does it have to be specificaly for a bass guitar? and THX for any input!

neatobassman · 01-01-2005, 11:12 PM

regular guitar pedals do work, but Bass pedals sound a hell of a lot better, even though there are like 1/10 as many bass pedals as there are guitar pedals, which gets me mad. lol.

blazin_hater · 01-01-2005, 11:46 PM

But guitar pedals do work as well as bass pedals...in fact thinking about it, i have never actaully seen my music shop sell bass pedals........

Fernandes Power · 01-01-2005, 11:57 PM

No... bass pedals work much better with basses. Guitar pedals you can use if you want a particular tone that you know you will get from it... but it really wont sound too good at all.

crzystng · 01-02-2005, 01:24 AM

much appreciated guyz!!!!

Crapdragoon · 01-02-2005, 01:43 AM

For example, guitar wahs sound horrible with bass, you cant even hear the sweep! , but with a bass wah, OMGWTFPWN.

British Beef · 01-02-2005, 04:28 AM

im gettin my self a digitech BP80 soon how good is that?

peeted · 01-02-2005, 04:32 AM

the big muff is a guitar pedle

Bass_swede · 01-02-2005, 04:35 AM

Let's say it the otherway, anyone tried putting a guitar through a basspedal? Did it work out fine?

PaulR · 01-02-2005, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Bass_swede

Let's say it the otherway, anyone tried putting a guitar through a basspedal? Did it work out fine?

I put my guitar through my multi-fx pedal, and it didn't sound too hot.

It was really quiet, nothing to write home about.

Lucretia · 01-02-2005, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Bass_swede

Let's say it the otherway, anyone tried putting a guitar through a basspedal? Did it work out fine?

I put my Epi les Paul Custom through my Boss ODB-3 and it didn't sound to bad at all

Bass_swede · 01-02-2005, 04:48 AM

Hehe, sounds like there's different opinions about the basspedal>guitar thing

Or it may be the different pedals.. Im thinking about buing a Ibanez PD7 Overdrive so I was wondering if it would be possible to lend it to my guitarist when I don't use it...

albinoblacksheep · 01-02-2005, 04:52 AM

Im quite uneducated about pedals...can someone just give me quick straightforward functions for the following ones?

Chorus
Reverb
Envelope
Octave

And the thing that makes your tone sound...cosmic, like bubbly, underwater-esque

I hope you know what I mean

Thanks in advance!

Bass_swede · 01-02-2005, 04:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albinoblacksheep

Im quite uneducated about pedals...can someone just give me quick straightforward functions for the following ones?

Chorus
Reverb
Envelope
Octave

And the thing that makes your tone sound...cosmic, like bubbly, underwater-esque

I hope you know what I mean

Thanks in advance!

I wouldn't call myself a "pedal-pro" or anything :P but i can try to explain some of the functions (Its hard to describe what sounds sound like). Chorus is like a echo after every tone. Envelope Filter gives you a reallt hard to explain fonky tone. Octave changes your octave (seven nation army) usually on guitar. I do not know how to explain reverb

albinoblacksheep · 01-02-2005, 05:11 AM

Thanks

Bass_swede · 01-02-2005, 05:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albinoblacksheep

Thanks

No Problem mate!

YaNaSdEeP · 03-05-2005, 02:37 PM

Quote:

regular guitar pedals do work, but Bass pedals sound a hell of a lot better, even though there are like 1/10 as many bass pedals as there are guitar pedals, which gets me mad. lol.

theres also about 10 times as many guitarists as bassists...it sucks but its just how it is

YaNaSdEeP · 03-05-2005, 02:40 PM

Quote:

But guitar pedals do work as well as bass pedals...in fact thinking about it, i have never actaully seen my music shop sell bass pedals........

Not to be critical but music shops kinda suck to buy things from. Not only do they charge you more because of the delivery cost they must spend, but they dont carry a wide variety of product. Your better off to order things offline from places like musiciansfriend.com

tim_commerfordism · 03-05-2005, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by YaNaSdEeP

theres also about 10 times as many guitarists as bassists...it sucks but its just how it is

no that means that the few of us there are, get more places in bands etc, there are loads of guitarists to choose from!

shacklecrow · 03-07-2005, 03:41 PM

bass pedal has the word BASS in it
guitar pedal has the word GUITAR in it
that normaly means its meant for that instrument (b4 u get picky i know u can call a bass a 'bass guitar')
bass effects pedals sound a hell lot better than guitars effects pedals on a bass.
sum guitar effects simply wont work well on basses. better off buying bass effects pedals for ur bass. and leave guitar effects pedals for guitarists

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crzystng Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 84	effects pedals?? I am courious if they have to be specific to a bass or will any pedal do? I currently have an ibanez pd7 and love it but would like to play with a effect board or something to that extent. again does it have to be specificaly for a bass guitar? and THX for any input!

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01-01-2005, 11:12 PM	#2
neatobassman MX secret Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: 4 GP Slovah!! Posts: 5,150	regular guitar pedals do work, but Bass pedals sound a hell of a lot better, even though there are like 1/10 as many bass pedals as there are guitar pedals, which gets me mad. lol.

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blazin_hater Fallen Angel Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: England Posts: 241	But guitar pedals do work as well as bass pedals...in fact thinking about it, i have never actaully seen my music shop sell bass pedals........

01-01-2005, 11:57 PM	#4
Fernandes Power MX Wise Old Jedi Master Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cambridge, England. Posts: 4,706	No... bass pedals work much better with basses. Guitar pedals you can use if you want a particular tone that you know you will get from it... but it really wont sound too good at all.

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crzystng Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 84	much appreciated guyz!!!!

01-02-2005, 04:28 AM	#7
British Beef PASTRY IS COOL Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: noe where du live? Posts: 1,674	im gettin my self a digitech BP80 soon how good is that?

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peeted O.o Join Date: May 2004 Location: Leeds UK Posts: 5,389	the big muff is a guitar pedle

01-02-2005, 04:35 AM	#9
Bass_swede Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,666	Let's say it the otherway, anyone tried putting a guitar through a basspedal? Did it work out fine?

01-02-2005, 04:48 AM	#12
Bass_swede Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,666	Hehe, sounds like there's different opinions about the basspedal>guitar thing Or it may be the different pedals.. Im thinking about buing a Ibanez PD7 Overdrive so I was wondering if it would be possible to lend it to my guitarist when I don't use it...

01-02-2005, 04:52 AM	#13
albinoblacksheep Fan of German Basses Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 883	Im quite uneducated about pedals...can someone just give me quick straightforward functions for the following ones? Chorus Reverb Envelope Octave And the thing that makes your tone sound...cosmic, like bubbly, underwater-esque I hope you know what I mean Thanks in advance!

01-02-2005, 05:11 AM	#15
albinoblacksheep Fan of German Basses Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 883	Thanks

03-07-2005, 03:41 PM	#20
shacklecrow mmmmmmm marmite Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Wales (in the UK) Posts: 638	bass pedal has the word BASS in it guitar pedal has the word GUITAR in it that normaly means its meant for that instrument (b4 u get picky i know u can call a bass a 'bass guitar') bass effects pedals sound a hell lot better than guitars effects pedals on a bass. sum guitar effects simply wont work well on basses. better off buying bass effects pedals for ur bass. and leave guitar effects pedals for guitarists