Can ANY Guitar Pedal Work On Bass? 🤔
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Күн бұрынCan't find bass pedals you like? Maybe you should try guitar pedals! But BE WARNED, there are some things to watch out for when using pedals on bass, that's what this video is all about.
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Used in this video:
Tech21 programmable Sansamp: amzn.to/3Mu44Xs (Amazon)
Empress Compressor mkII: amzn.to/3u3rjRW (Amazon)
Ibanez TS10, JHS modded Digitech Bad Monkey, Visual Sound Comp 66, Electro-Harmonix Bass Soul Food, MIM Fender Jazz.
Focusrite Clarett 8 pre: amzn.to/46TOKeJ (Amazon)
Color LED Light - ULANZI VL120: amzn.to/3shu7do (Amazon)
Shure SM7b Microphone: amzn.to/3FJxopa (Amazon)
Cloudlifter CL-1: amzn.to/45StPYp (Amazon)
Sennheiser HD-280 PRO Headphones: amzn.to/3tZl2Xe (Amazon)
My Favorite Mic Stand: amzn.to/40kFRIQ (Amazon)
Softbox Lighting Kit: amzn.to/3shlXSm (Amazon)
Audio-Technica AT875R Shotgun Microphone: amzn.to/3MqWGfo (Amazon)
iPhone 14 pro, Ableton Live 10, Davinci Resolve 18.
0:00 Coming up...
0:17 In a world
0:41 The answer
1:00 Preamp pedals
3:13 Compression pedals
5:32 Dirt pedals w/two-band EQ
9:46 Dirt pedals w/clean blend
@rogertinker1813 Ай бұрын
I could not do without my favorite, and sometimes only bass pedal I use. The boss GEB-7 equalizer . Thanks for the informative video
@GettinBetterWithDave Ай бұрын
Nice! You use an GEB-7? Is it modded or factory? How do you use it?
@rogertinker1813 Ай бұрын
It is factory, I use it for a little boost sometimes, and if s room it to boomy, I have a sound dialed in and it is mostly a always on, l great pedal
@JMK-kb1yq 9 ай бұрын
I just found your channel today. I subbed immediately. Great content. Btw I use a $34 Caline Wine Cellar for my preamp with a $50 EHX Knockout pedal as sort of a Sonic maximizer. Sounds monstrous.
@GettinBetterWithDave 9 ай бұрын
That rad! I haven't tried either of those but I have to check them out. Thanks for your support! ☺
@WilDBeestMF 6 ай бұрын
The Bad Monkey honestly sounds and retains better than all of them. Damn it, Josh..
@GettinBetterWithDave 3 ай бұрын
That thing just works! I love my modded version.
@alexskibicki2262 2 ай бұрын
Awesome clip, Dave. I’ve tried some guitar effects on bass and they were fun to experiment with. I once tried a metal zone on bass and I think it sounds killer. Though not ideal for bass, but it is fun to play around with. Now I got a darkglass microtubes x7 and a source audio aftershock. Both phenomenal bass distortion pedals
@GettinBetterWithDave 2 ай бұрын
Oh nice! I don't own either but I seen videos and love the tone from both of those. When they dropped the Waza craft metal zone pedals I was curious what those would be like on bass, but I haven't tried one yet. one of these day. Thanks for the comment!
@alexskibicki2262 2 ай бұрын
@@GettinBetterWithDave sure thing…metal distortion pedals are fun to experiment with. if you haven’t tried this pedal yet, I would recommend the source audio aftershock bass distortion pedal. You can get a variety of drives for bass and best of all, they have an app where you can create any drive tones of your choosing without obliterating lows.
@GettinBetterWithDave 2 ай бұрын
@@alexskibicki2262 Dude, that's awesome! gotta try that!
@MrTheWimmer 3 ай бұрын
A boss LS-2 should be on every bass players board. Makes any and all pedals have a blend knob.
@GettinBetterWithDave 3 ай бұрын
Dude! I have never thought about that pedal as an option for bass blending. That's a great tip! perhaps I should get one and make a video using it and a few different pedals. Thanks for the comment!
@MrTheWimmer 3 ай бұрын
They can be found pretty cheap second hand if you're lucky :)
@GettinBetterWithDave 3 ай бұрын
@@MrTheWimmer I'll be watching for a deal to pop up!
@trunks828 9 ай бұрын
Tech 21 sans amp. Same one you have. It’s my svt rig in a box. Love mine so much I got a rbi rack into a power amp for my live and recording rig. Don’t use a amp no problem xlr out and good to go haha.
@GettinBetterWithDave 9 ай бұрын
Very cool! Yeah, that is one pedal I won't ever sell. It's just a work horse! Thanks for watching!
@landonweckerly 9 ай бұрын
Still grieving the bass amps
@GettinBetterWithDave 9 ай бұрын
I feel ya, Bro. What amp did you give up?
@zeusapollo8688 9 ай бұрын
I miss my sovtek mig 100. Ran bass and guitar thru it for many gigs
@GettinBetterWithDave 3 ай бұрын
I had a Mesa Boogie 400+ and it sat for so long, I had to let it go and I still miss it.
@entyzst 9 ай бұрын
Recently been using a Boss DS1 as ultra dist, it does cut lows but with eq around 3\4 o'clock you get them kinda back. But you need to push dirt up to 10 so it squashes pretty nicely for metal sound. OCD is great one too for dirting it up albeit not as bright.
@GettinBetterWithDave 9 ай бұрын
Yes, the DS-1 is cool, I used to it with a clean blend pedal so it was a little more flexible. And that OCD is fire. super underrated pedal.
@tristantalksmusic 9 ай бұрын
Hey Dave! I'm working my ass off on bass. I have a music degree and I'm doing well. What are your favorite bass education KZfaq channels?? Cheers 🎉
@GettinBetterWithDave 9 ай бұрын
Keep it up, bro! My two faves for bass are Scott's Bass Lessons and BuzzBass. Both are fantastic! Thanks for the comment!
@Durkhead 8 ай бұрын
The boss ceb-3 bass chorus works really good for high gain guitars
@GettinBetterWithDave 8 ай бұрын
Rad! I need to try that! Thanks of the comment!
@fuckgoogle8661 2 ай бұрын
I’m not picking a favorite but I will pimp out my friends pedal because I miss the guy and he was awesome as well as a real talent. Paul raven shortly before he died worked on a project with pro tone to design a pedal that is the raven dirty chorus. It was actually my first real bass pedal. I still have it. I’d rather have raven back, I miss the laughs and all, but it’s nice to have something he wanted to use in my chain.
@GettinBetterWithDave 2 ай бұрын
Sounds like a great guy and a heck of a pedal!
@Homie9000 9 ай бұрын
I picked up a demonfx darkglass clone and it's filled a spot between my vaderin kroaked and a joyo rat clone. Was trying to get a sound between Suffer Through by Movements, Grown Ups, and Im Okay (x3) by Swordfish. Lots of grunt and lots of tweaking 😆
@GettinBetterWithDave 9 ай бұрын
That's awesome! I haven't seen that darkglass clone. I'll have to check it out! Thanks
@Homie9000 9 ай бұрын
@@GettinBetterWithDave yeah the "DK7" $80 vs $400, would recommend to anyone wanting to try the BK7 but doesn't want to drop 400 on it
@GettinBetterWithDave 9 ай бұрын
@@Homie9000 Snap! That's great! Thanks of the tip
@fuckgoogle8661 2 ай бұрын
@@GettinBetterWithDavethey’ve got some other bass stuff as well. It’s on a list, I haven’t gotten around to it.
@user-qd9mm5mt4i 3 ай бұрын
*Rat 2* is a great basser also.
@GettinBetterWithDave 3 ай бұрын
I haven't trying the Rat 2 on bass but I used a Turbo Rat on bass for years. One of my faves. Thanks for the comment!
@declanturner8108 9 ай бұрын
What would be the signal chain when using a preamp direct? Would it be effects infront of the preamp and preamp into mixer? So basa, effects, preamp micer? Loved the video 😁
@GettinBetterWithDave 9 ай бұрын
I usually go Bass/tuner/comp/dirt/preamp/xlr out to mixer. I prefer the sound of dirt into a preamp, I haven't liked the sound of a dirt pedal on its own or after a pre. The later a pedal is in your chain the more of an effect it will have on your sound. (typically)
@GettinBetterWithDave 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@Azajndo 9 ай бұрын
Is that an epiphone ripper bass @1:19?
@GettinBetterWithDave 9 ай бұрын
It is indeed! Good eye! That thing is a sleeper of a bass.
@wesmitchem825 3 ай бұрын
I don't care what club or arena I play I'm not leaving my sound up to anyone but myself and will never go without my amp I've paid and experimented for way too long to just give it up
@GettinBetterWithDave 3 ай бұрын
What amp are you running, man?
@wesmitchem825 3 ай бұрын
@@GettinBetterWithDave for bass I'll either use a Peavey mark 8 or an ampeg b2 for smaller gigs with a combination of Peavey and ampeg 410 or 115 cabs and then I use a way huge swollen pickle fuzz and a music lady chorus pedal and for guitar I got a fender 65 twin reverb reissue that I pair with a fender frontman 212r or a sunn alpha lead combo with a mod box to go out to a Yamaha cab with various celestion speakers in it.also got a Peavey vintage 410 combo and a modded line 6 flextone turned into a head and a raven head with a behringer cab I got to sell to a friend who never picked it up.i got a bunch of different little amps that either work or need some work and I don't play shows very often so I kinda need to get rid of alot of redundant stuff I don't need.i mainly buy a ton of pedals to get different crazy sounds now a days and plan to start building em some day when I get my head outta my ass and just try it out I've learned a lot more than alot of people who build great stuff today before they started making killer products I have tons of cool ideas I just need to get off my ass and try to make it a reality
@GettinBetterWithDave 3 ай бұрын
@@wesmitchem825 Right on! Man, just go for it! You'll make some great stuff. Hit me up when you finish a build. You got this!
@zeusapollo8688 9 ай бұрын
I use the tube screamer as a bass pre direct to console
@zeusapollo8688 9 ай бұрын
Waay less treble
@GettinBetterWithDave 9 ай бұрын
Interesting! I need to try that! Do you have to boost lows at the console, in your experience?
@GettinBetterWithDave 9 ай бұрын
For sure
@zeusapollo8688 9 ай бұрын
@@GettinBetterWithDave active spector pre fixes all
@GettinBetterWithDave 9 ай бұрын
@@zeusapollo8688 Oh cool! Is it a 4 or 5 string?
@JakeStrange66 3 ай бұрын
Well, definitely not all pedals work for bass. I have a Vox tonelab st that is nearly impossible to get a good bass sound from. It's actually not even a great pedal for guitar IMO...not terrible, just not great. But for bass, don't even waste your time trying.
@GettinBetterWithDave 3 ай бұрын
Good to know! I will steer clear. Thanks for the comment!
@robertavila1863 9 ай бұрын
a question that has haunted me, since 2014
@GettinBetterWithDave 9 ай бұрын
Every pedal is worth trying on bass! But some are gonna be more work than others. Have you tried anything unusual on bass?
@robertavila1863 9 ай бұрын
@@GettinBetterWithDave that's the thing. lol I don't play bass, or even have a bass, but I occasionally imitate it, by using a sub~octave pedal. Very good point about sonic experimentation; often leads to a great outcome 80% of the time! I am more of a synth guy, who just hopes pedals can track the full~spectrum of frequency ranges
@GettinBetterWithDave 9 ай бұрын
Bro! That's awesome! I used to play bass in a synth pop-rock and I'd run a soft-synth keys rig through my bass amp and it was magical. The best advice I've taken from the JHS show, JUST TRY STUFF. lol But yes, all pedals have to be tried out to figure out how much you can put into the circuit before it craps out.
@robertavila1863 9 ай бұрын
@@GettinBetterWithDave soft-synths are what got me into music+sound design, from piano! Now; my absolute jam, is running vocals through pedals/amps via Radial's ReAmp~HP, that's the holy grail for hardware manipulation, in my book!
@GettinBetterWithDave 9 ай бұрын
@@robertavila1863 Man, I've been wanting to get into that. Vocals through pedals can be so cool and you get sounds that would be really hard to make in the box. I need to just order a ReAmp for the studio.
@richardstober2540 8 ай бұрын
Bass sounds better with an amp. People are just getting lazy.
@GettinBetterWithDave 8 ай бұрын
I do agree that bass sounds better through at least a preamp and if an actual amp makes sense for you great. But I sold my Mesa Boogie rig after playing venues for months with in-ear monitors and FOH just wanting a line out. The rig, as glorious as it was didn't make sense at the places I was playing. It was a sad day when it sold. haha
@JakeStrange66 3 ай бұрын
That's an understatement for sure. 😂 Everyone seems to use computers for everything now. I still don't use one at all except for burning CDs & uploading music online.
@fuckgoogle8661 2 ай бұрын
@@JakeStrange66computers are for email, copying my cd collection/backing it up/or burning one off and apparently as this shows information, you tube or otherwise. I’ve never even used any social media. I don’t get it.
@fuckgoogle8661 2 ай бұрын
Ah you said the thing I thought was obvious but you might not mention. If you’ve got a pedal you really like that does something cool but isn’t helping or even hurting the lows, eq pedals are great.
@GettinBetterWithDave 2 ай бұрын
For sure man, EQs can fix and improve so many pedals. Thanks for the comment!
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