10 Legendary Pedals You NEED to Check Out on Bass

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10 Legendary Pedals You NEED to Check Out on Bass

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Күн бұрын

These 10 pedals have definitely earned their place in history providing some of the most legendary and influential tones of all time. And you might be surprised at how good they sound on bass.
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Featured gear:
Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer Reissue Overdrive Pedal:
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Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9 Overdrive Pedal:
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Boss CE-2w Waza Craft Chorus Pedal:
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Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi Distortion Pedal:
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MXR M101 Phase 90 Pedal:
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Pro Co RAT2 Distortion Pedal:
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JHS PackRat Distortion Pedal:
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Electro-Harmonix Nano Deluxe Memory Man Analog Delay Pedal:
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Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal:
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Dunlop GCB95 Original Cry Baby Wah Pedal:
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Wampler Tumnus Classic Overdrive Mini Pedal:
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0:00 Intro
1:19 Tube Screamer (TS 808 & TS9)
4:35 CE-2 Chorus (CE-2w)
6:32 Big Muff Pi
8:30 Phase 90 (block)
10:53 RAT (RAT2 & JHS Packrat)
14:08 Deluxe Memory Man (Nano)
16:10 DS-1 Distortion
18:43 Cry Baby (GCB95)
20:30 Klon Centaur (Wampler Tumnus)
23:14 SansAmp (BDDI v2)
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@patrickhunter 2 жыл бұрын

Wait...there's no Metal Zone??? YOU PHONIES!

@jeebsa4m3 2 жыл бұрын

That was an awesome video. Thanks for the tip on the metal zone

@davedixon2167 2 жыл бұрын

We could certainly try to add it to a second list - it's definitely legendary as well. LOL thanks Patrick.

@oaklandish-metalboy1194 2 жыл бұрын

You can sound like Audie Pitre of ACID BATH if you get the Heavy Metal one!

@JM.COSMIC 2 жыл бұрын

There's no point, it sounds like a bunch of bees lol

@abnerhassenbelleicherene6750 2 жыл бұрын

Metal zone is a efect tone to play anesthesia puling teeth

@SteveV74 Жыл бұрын

You guys are Bass Nerds, I love it! Gotta say there is a bunch of gear i own because of you guys, I like how u guys try pedals and gear that are not exactly made for bass but work awesome anyway…AND, most importantly you try different basses through them,keep em comin…..BTW, Im a Bass Nerd too.

@chrischilton8455 2 жыл бұрын

The Sansamp is the go to for me. I've had or still own a bunch of the others on your list but the Sansamp is my portable gig rig. Love it.

@ladyjulia4038 2 жыл бұрын

I love the phase 90 on bass. Sounds great with some distortion in front of it too!

@Abos_Studio 6 ай бұрын

Yeah that sounded cool and the cry baby

@OMARA.OFFICIAL 2 жыл бұрын

Yes the “JacksinBacker” is back can’t get over that bass had to get one for the studio myself. 🤘🤘

@NathanielValdivia 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for going straight to the point! This is awesome

@merciless2032 2 жыл бұрын

Proco Rat is THE PEDAL for me :D Thank you for including it!

@tekkau2 2 жыл бұрын

OMG man, I never thought of the rat and tube screamer could sound that great on bass . Thanks for this awesome video :)

@robmyers9702 2 жыл бұрын

The Turbo Rat sounds even better than the standard version on bass .

@tekkau2 2 жыл бұрын

@@robmyers9702 wow. Thanks man . I will give it a try :)

@harryh5620 2 жыл бұрын

Marcus Miller has been touring with an OCD on his board for years.

@tekkau2 Жыл бұрын

@@harryh5620 WOW ,thanks for sharing this ,man !

@Bagusys 11 ай бұрын

Like 90% of Justin Chancellor of Tool’s tone is The Rat and Sansamp

@IYF_Productions_SL 2 жыл бұрын

The Boss DS-1 is a good distortion pedal and Josh just made it great by adding the his own distortion to the mix. Rock on Bro!!! \m/

@ileutur6863 2 жыл бұрын

Although you're completely right that people make a big deal out of pedals that cut low end, bass in some genres really can't afford that loss. I've played in bands where a driven Tube Screamer tone would be ideal, but in my current prog band it would make me disappear

@unclemick-synths 2 жыл бұрын

That's where my Trace Elliot is handy having an effects loop so I can blend. I once had a recording engineer checking all his gear trying to find what was distorting the bass!

@howler9171 2 жыл бұрын

@@unclemick-synths My ampeg portaflex has a clean blend for the effects loop too, it sounds killer with my DS-1 in there. The problem is though, if you want to use a tube screamer to boost the front of your amp, you can't have it in the effects loop after the preamp

@hewiebecker6165 2 жыл бұрын

Have a look at a Boss Line Selector as well. You can blend in what would be your attack tone with an empty loop which would be your fundamental tone.

@JohnnyArtPavlou 2 жыл бұрын

Now THAT’S true bypass.🤪

@JohnnyArtPavlou 2 жыл бұрын

Or….bybass…

@LikeTheBirb 2 жыл бұрын

The Sansamp bass driver is the only one of these I own, and the only one that sticks out to me. I love its sounds so much, so flexible for funky or heavy styles

@rorschach1 2 жыл бұрын

I used the bass driver forever until I finally switched over to the ParaDriver

@trfmusic902 Жыл бұрын

Sansamp bass driver is my “always on” pedal. I use it as my boost (equalizer pedal, with some drive) and then i have my odb-3 bass overdrive for my main drive and thats always on too.

@craigmoran893 Жыл бұрын

@@rorschach1 i have both, they both sound awesome - but the paradriver does some cool stuff too.

@andresmartinezgomez3629 2 жыл бұрын

Nice, love that Kiss bass line!! Beautiful sounds ;D

@alexskibicki2262 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome demo 😎🤘🏻🎸 I’ve always liked using pedals on bass. My personal favorite effects has always been distortion, chorus, and flanger. Other than that here’s my top favorite pedals on this clip. 1. Ibanez tube screamer 2. Boss ce-2 chorus 3. Electro-harmonix big muff pi 4. Boss ds-1 distortion 5. Sansamp bass driver Not an easy choice especially since there’s a lot of good pedals on this demo, but these pedals are my top 5 favorites. And f.y.I: Peter Steele from type o negative uses a boss ds-1 for his killer distorted bass tone along with other boss pedals.

@flatgroundtv7097 Жыл бұрын

"He has the box" The Bass Channel, you guys are awesome. ✊🏽

@HondoFelder 2 жыл бұрын

Was literally about to make a video almost EXACTLY like this 🤬. I hate you guys LOL. Great job! 🤘🏽Made me fall back in love with these pedals.

@paulbeharrell 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you gentlemen for this great video! I was looking at the Tumnus as a “works on guitar and bass” drive pedal and there aren’t many good bass demos out there. Cheers 🍻

@prestachuck2867 2 жыл бұрын

“If you want to sound like The Edge, U-2 should get this pedal.” 😂

@Messerjocke90 2 жыл бұрын

My personal favorite pedal (specifically for bass) is the ebs micro bass 3 that i stumbled across by accident when I was looking for darkglass and other preamps, because I wanted some dirt in my tone, without loosing the low end. Haven't regret the purchase at all and that's basically all you'd want in a pedal like that.

@liozeon643 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video about different pedals for bass. And JHS channel has very educational and informative videos all the time.

@Vigilante_Typewriter Жыл бұрын

Great vid guys 👍, just wondering why you didn't use the bass versions of some of the pedals, eg. Big Muff and Ibanez.

@AceFurley 2 жыл бұрын

my brush with greatness was borrowing kurt's ds-1 from my bandmate mighty joe preston (of melvins/thrones/etc) to do some 4 tracking! The weird thing is that i looked at the concert pic used in this video, and that's ME (with the beatles hairdo and a can of something I was most likely to young to be drinking!) in front of kurt right up front!!! I spent the whole set not touching the floor, I was crunched up against the stage using my knees to keep from being crushed from behind!!! I had no idea this pic existed, yet here I am, over (oh lord help me!) 35? years ago!!!

@hardcore302 Ай бұрын

Far out!

@CesarAnthony001 2 жыл бұрын

A good alternative for the tube screamer is the Earthquaker Devices Plumes, has a slightly better low end, 3 modes and is 100$. You can also use an EQ pedal to bring in the lows if your drive sucks them out

@skrillah6259 11 ай бұрын

I think a splitter pedal is a must have for bassists, you can use any pedal and still get good low end, great for the ts9 for example

@CesarAnthony001 11 ай бұрын

@@skrillah6259 do you have any suggestions I should look out for?

@elverdaderojavier 4 ай бұрын

@@skrillah6259Or you can just turn up the bass EQ on your amp or at the desk. It's that simple.

@skrillah6259 4 ай бұрын

@@elverdaderojavierif you like your tone to sound like mud sure

@SUNNofODIN 4 ай бұрын

@@skrillah6259can you explain how that works? I’d like to try it. Is it a different outcome from something like how the Rat Juggernaut has a “Mix” knob?

@eladshani 18 күн бұрын

Nice edit!

@ks23770 2 жыл бұрын

A good alternative to the Tube Screamer is the Westminster Effects 1689. On top of multiple clipping options, it also has a blend.

@Otenphotography Жыл бұрын

Ibanez ts808 Tube Screamer 🫶🏻🌟🎸 Great great video 🎉

@Owen-ne6pe 2 жыл бұрын

We need a few more parts of this with other legendary pedals like the fuzz face and mxr distortion too

@davedixon2167 2 жыл бұрын

We definitely started thinking that when we were trying to settle on only 10 for this one!

@JamrockVybzTV Жыл бұрын

Good stuff. Thank you fam

@t.j.meechan682 2 жыл бұрын

I got the Tosin Abasi pedal for guitar primarily, but as a distortion pedal for bass it is perfect. Similar to Darkglass, but not exactly. Worth checking out if you're on the market for a distortion pedal.

@JVMC_ZR1 2 жыл бұрын

That's good to know. I got the Revv G3 for guitar too... and it turns out it's also great on bass.

@kalidesu 2 жыл бұрын

That makes perfect sense how Tosin slaps his down tune 8 string guitars.

@Durkhead 2 жыл бұрын

Going the other war around the best chorus pedal for guitar with distortion is boss bass chorus ceb-3 you can apply chorus to only the high end and makes awesome lead tones

@JunacCRO 2 жыл бұрын

I have the v1 of the bddi sansamp and i have had it for about 8 years now. AMAZING and useful pedal as a D.I or as a coloring tool....Hail the presence knob.

@matthewbeckwith663 6 ай бұрын

In terms of the tube screamer sound, I really dig using the Way Huge Green Rhino.

@chaosclg 2 жыл бұрын

Sansamp bass di is amazing, toured with one for years you can get a behringer copy that is exactly the same but the case is plastic and it costs like 20 quid. I've got both side by side there is no difference

@1thess523 2 жыл бұрын

I use a Berhinger Vintage Tube Overdrive T0800 on my bass and it adds a nice touch, I tried my boss SD-1 but that was a little too trebly for me

@ElricX Жыл бұрын

Sansamp bass driver is my favorite bass pedal. It's always in my signal chain.

@robertotakahashi9950 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I’d like to see things like Fuzz War, 4Wheeler, Diamond Bass Comp, Black Sheep, Barber Shop…

@davidlewis8814 9 ай бұрын

Hoo-wee, I love that G-3 - sounds good on every take!

@axelleaxl.5315 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for this vid :) in this vid, is this the pedals sounds alone or did you blend dry bass signal with it ? see ya !

@Bigscott4130 2 жыл бұрын

All the signature Tech 21 DI boxes should make a "Modern Legends" list (dUg Pinnick, Steve Harris, and of course Geddy Lee). Darkglass' Alpha/Omega series would make it as well. Maybe the EHX Micro POG?

@mintdragon9548 3 ай бұрын

Bought a Laney pedal for a pre-amp, then open to anything after that. I like the SansAmp sounds, currently preferring the BassPod pedal to pull out sounds for my live gigs. Normally just trying to match live gig covers. For originals, run the Laney for passive basses through my Mesa amp, then DI to record for originals. Live is a pedal board with Laney-BassPod-Sansamp and stomping when needed, but only using each when needed, nothing is ever 'always on'.

@raymcgirr7143 3 ай бұрын

Used to run a sansamp with my darkglass pedals and it sounded massive. Really might pick up another sansamp for old times sake

@Gubbins_McBumbersnoot 2 жыл бұрын

Tube screamers have always been mandatory on any rig of mine. Bass or guitar.

@MusicLand53 3 ай бұрын

I love MXR pedals. So, I might include, off the top of my head, MXR Distortion Plus, MXR Blue Box, MXR M134 Stereo Chorus and MXR Dyna Comp. They aren't all for bass guitar. But, they are legendary.

@jean-philippemorin1176 2 жыл бұрын

Sansamp rocks, bddi or gt2 is nice. The rat is pretty neat too. And at home I always play with a delay on my board

@Kai-Peter.Schellhase 2 жыл бұрын

The Tumnus was my definite favourite. I thought it sounded good on bass even without the clean blend.👍 Might just have try one out for myself.

@TheBassChannel 2 жыл бұрын

I was also pleasantly surprised by the Tumnus

@Bobby-wn5yr Жыл бұрын

Tumnus works, another klonish that works well surprisingly is the Sick As by Bondi. I bought it for my guitar, but it now lives on my bass board 🤷‍♂️ Of course, EHX make a bass version of a soul food too which is worth mentioning.

@almostliterally593 Жыл бұрын

@@Bobby-wn5yr my unpopular opinion, klons are better for bass

@bradwolfe1999 3 ай бұрын

I own a tech 21 Geddy Lee YYZ and it is my favourite pedal.

@gnippuz Жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for this great pedal list ! Is there any way to know which pedal is used in "Suffocate" by The Honest Heart Collective ? Is it the pro co rat or TS9 ? or... what else ? Thanks in advance.

@BassRacerx 2 жыл бұрын

digging the Tumnus sound!

@andrewpappas9311 2 жыл бұрын

Some of my favourite pedals to use on my bass are my EHX Big Muff, Boss OD-1X, DS-1 and Cry Baby and are great for emulating some of the most iconic bassists in rock history (and the ones I love playing), including: - Cliff Burton (Tube Screamer/Big Muff + Cry Baby: Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth), For Whom the Bell Tolls, Call of Kthulu, Orion) - Krist Novoselic (Rat: Breed) - Peter Hook (CE-2W: Love Will Tear Us Apart) - Roger Waters (Phase 90: Have A Cigar, Sheep)

@Farewelltokingz Жыл бұрын

Cliff burton was tube screamer and Morley power wah boost. Although I’m sure that combo sounds pretty good too.

@andrewpappas9311 Жыл бұрын

@@Farewelltokingz Yeah, but if you listen to Anesthesia that’s definitely a Big Muff Pi

@Farewelltokingz Жыл бұрын

@@andrewpappas9311 Yeah, definitely, I just corrected it because way too many people still think he used the big muff on bells

@andrewpappas9311 Жыл бұрын

@@Farewelltokingz I will admit that I thought that as well but it was his Morley

@jr76480 8 ай бұрын

Key pedal in Cliff’s arsenal.., Morley whah… just whah-ing

@F3502000 2 жыл бұрын

Sansamp is a must get!! 😀👍

@pclindholm 2 жыл бұрын

I think the tube screamer sounds just fantastic on bass, probably better than ODs developed specifically for bass.

@kalidesu 2 жыл бұрын

It makes sence , the Billy Sheehan pedals are a tube screamers are tuned for bass with dual in/out and mix blending.

@thewetterbass 2 жыл бұрын

Nice that you added the Tummus! Still, though Klones are a joy to play with, don’t you wish there were more lows at highest gain setting? Also, after hearing it in your video, I gotta give the DS-1 another chance… nasty!

@kalidesu 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah they need a Klon tuned for bass., I'm sure someone makes one or has modded one.

@thewetterbass Жыл бұрын

@@kalidesu even modded the nature of a klon at high gain is to react like a boosted mid forward distorting guitar amp… two ways, for example, to solve this is by adding some parallel dry low end or adding eq lows post klon.

@jshaft37 10 ай бұрын

@@kalidesubass soul food

@kameronwraithd.k.5363 2 жыл бұрын

But for bass wouldn´t it be better to get a Boss CEB 3? I´m kinda new to pedals so I´d like to know please.

@nunoharris 2 жыл бұрын

Hi do you like more the TS 808 or the TS 9 ? Thanks

@MaggieKeizai 10 ай бұрын

Wow, didn't expect to hear "Sure know something" right out the gate.

@ericalba5756 2 ай бұрын

My fave in this demo is the Tumnus

@domboy666 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, do you have any videos on how to set up a rig with a dry/effect blend feature?

@johnmacneil99 2 жыл бұрын

Check out the Damnation Audio True Bypass Loop Blender! Amazing box. If it’s too pricey, Saturnworks makes a loop blender that’s easier on the wallet.

@nunoharris 2 жыл бұрын

Hi did Cliff Burton used only the TS 9 or also the TS 808 ? Thanks

@lylaznboi01 6 ай бұрын

I'm surprised how well the overdrive and distortion pedals work with just a plain bass DI. That's something I gotta test out in a mix.

@astrokratov_official 2 жыл бұрын

Another tip for the next video: The Boss OC-2 octaver. Especially Japan made one, that spelled "octavER" instead of 'Octave' on it's front. The pedal is said to be THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE OCTAVE SOUND, thanks to "THE CHIP" and "right" analog circuit. Legend says the right pedal blessed by Japanese factory gods can outplay even Quad Cortex. And drives the audiophiles in awe.

@TheBassChannel 2 жыл бұрын

The OC-2 was definitely a heavy consideration. Looks like a Part 2 is imminent.

@astrokratov_official 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBassChannel call me for a collab on OC-2))))))

@corontsurara3862 7 ай бұрын

How about some kind of Talk Box with a bass? How would that sound?

@design1of470 9 ай бұрын

I have the RAT pedal and it's fantastic. I have the DS-1 also b/c it's so cheap, why not

@seandalejackson2525 Жыл бұрын

Hey Brotha, can I get all this out of the ZOOM B6 processor for the same effect and save trips to the store and space on the floor?! Thanks, HUUUUGE FAN GUYS!!

@catmalogen23 6 ай бұрын

If you’re a few years back into bass (after a 30 year lay off = life happens), could anyone recommend 3 pedals from the cohort listed you consider the more intriguing and possibly indispensable?

@SthoomUnoffical-vn4hd 4 ай бұрын

I am using a tube screamer clone for slapp bass parts 🤓 works the way we want

@Soonerbldr 5 ай бұрын

Holy cow I went down a rabbit hole looking for that Kiss song. I knew it, I had heard it a million times but my old man brain wouldn't click - Sure Know Something. Killer Video BTW. I have a Malekko B:ASSMASTER that is pretty groovy. You should check that out if you haven't.

@TheBassChannel 5 ай бұрын

Dave's a big fan of the B:Assmaster and has had 2 or 3 of them over the years. We'll try to get one to demo!

@innercityuprising8353 9 ай бұрын

I’ve used DS-1 on my bass for the last 10 years. Still to this day I have other bass players come up to me after gigs telling me how good I sounded and ask what I’m using. You’d be surprised how many turn their noses up at me once they find out.

@mark6302 Жыл бұрын

god damn I had so much crap when I was a kid I forgot about a lot of it I had a handful of those Ibanez soundtanks they were decent for the price. Still got my boss ds1 that thing has to be over 25 now

@sazalamel4749 4 ай бұрын

In the case of the Big Muff it would specifically be the russian green Big Muff for bass.

@markbass354 2 жыл бұрын

VERY NICE

@mr.president1874 Жыл бұрын

What is the name of the song he’s playing? 15:25

@shanebroekman9399 4 ай бұрын

I love the undetaker 😂 Just straight out no nonsense id oida killledl him 😂

@Serg_dabass Жыл бұрын

I noticed y’all used a Jackson series X bass can you tell me what he has the eq on the bass on 4:34

@TheBassChannel Жыл бұрын

I don’t remember but my rule of thumb with onboard EQ is to generally leave it flat. In the Jackson’s case, it sounds good with a ~50% boost in the bass, ~50% cut in the mid, and ~60% boost in the treble so there’s a chance it was dialed like that but I’m not entirely sure since this was shot last year.

@floetch9278 Жыл бұрын

Just try this : MXR custom badass modified OD, that's crazy !!

@marijanbarac1216 2 жыл бұрын

Tube screamer was cliff burtons overdrive of choice

@Motorhead1977 2 жыл бұрын

No Morley Power Fuzz Wah?

@MB57 2 жыл бұрын

Boring I know, but Sansamp GT2 sounds great on bass in the Tweed section.

@marciosouza8656 2 жыл бұрын

SansAmp, always SansAmp !!

@EversonBernardes 2 жыл бұрын

Tom Misch, nice.

@babyyoda1758 Жыл бұрын

I'm new to the bass does it matter if the pedals are made for bass or are these pedals for both bass and guitar?

@elpeluca7780 Жыл бұрын

In distortion/overdrive/fuzz non-bass specific pedals you might lose low end. Don't know about the others

@Kraz3e987 2 жыл бұрын

What bass is that at 14:19? Looks rad!

@davedixon2167 2 жыл бұрын

Hey man! that is my custom Steampunk shortscale that I built during the big pandemic lockdown. We made a video about it - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o9CceKVj1JvFcWw.html

@TheFruitMugger 2 жыл бұрын

That Johnny DeMarco clip threw me WAY back

@nachobassman 2 жыл бұрын

Wait, did you missed playing Thin Lizzy's "Dancing In The Moonlight" bass line with the Phase 90?? C'mon! :) Nice video anyway, I'm a SansAmp BDDI abuser since 2001. Cheers!

@joedent3323 2 жыл бұрын

you made my dim inkling concrete: I thought I knew the sound - and you knew the exact riff :) Cheers "LiL'JpD."

@somegingerdude8110 2 жыл бұрын

Are you going into an amp or is it just the di?

@TheCrusader1099 2 жыл бұрын

idk...those are all guitar pedals instead of the Sansamp...personally i prefer pure bass pedals on my board for more low end...

@JohnLockeNesss Жыл бұрын

Dude, was that -human on the big muff?!

@oinkooink Жыл бұрын

On my last world tour I used the Sansamp.

@MrAlecksTv 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like too many people make a big deal out of the low end being sucked out when adding distortion... add a EQ pedal to boost it up and youre good.

@elpeluca7780 Жыл бұрын

Could boosting the bass on the amp make it work?

@MrAlecksTv Жыл бұрын

@@elpeluca7780 depends on the amp but I use a cheap Boss Bass EQ pedal that you could prob get for $40 on Ebay. after the overdrive I use it to cut/boost some eq and problem solved