Bassisists! Using EQ Pedals or "Bass" Pedals

[Holy Schnikes]

And Aardvarks! bass clips sound badass and what do you know, I have one in B/S/T right 'effin now! Arc Flash soon to follow, what timing huh? Used 'em both on guitar though so I can't accurately describe da bass tonez. I can attest that they both let the bass flow with guitar...

Sorry for the Spamage.

[Eric!]

[CaptainWampum]

crowther hot cake?

[theavondon]

Well, this is the solution to "best amp ever", Eric.

[CBA]

Well, this is the solution to "best amp ever", Eric.

You ghouls should expand/expound a bit on this ass. Seems like something I'd really dig... a tone shaping unit that can also be used as a stomp box on my board. That way I could keep it simple with my tuner, Triangle Muff or Algal Bloom, and then this bitch. In whatever order... not sure.

Looks like both of you, theavondon and Eric!, give high praise to the Rusty Box. I see that they aren't readily available... how many Gs does one of these cost for?


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[Eric!]

I got mine used for ~$120 (a trade with Sanford and Sonny). They pop up used once in a while..

The dudes at Tronographic took the preamp section of some very high-gain Traynor amp and shoved it into a pedal. It is by far the most touch-sensitive and dynamic overdrive I've ever played (theavondon and behndy use it as a preamp, running it directly into a power amp, where as I just use it like an overdrive/dirt pedal). It gets MEAN dirty, too.

Most of the time, I can keep a nice overdriven tone on the first footswitch, with the boost switch, it gets thick and gnarly (and I keep the input gain between noon and 2 o' clock, but I have a fairly high output bass). You can put it after any bass-cutting pedal and it'll bring back your boom, or a variety of other tone-shaping scenarios.

As behndy phrased it, it's really easy, no matter where you have the gain knob set, to go from a roaring growl to slightly biting simply by reducing your attack in your playing. It cleans up like an amp and then some (for obvious reasons). It's crazy dynamic and has such wonderful tone. I haven't been able to not use mine.

[Toonster]

I personally really like my Homebrew Electronics Hematoma Bass overdrive for my od tones..

[theavondon]

I got mine used for ~$120 (a trade with Sanford and Sonny). They pop up used once in a while..

The dudes at Tronographic took the preamp section of some very high-gain Traynor amp and shoved it into a pedal. It is by far the most touch-sensitive and dynamic overdrive I've ever played (theavondon and behndy use it as a preamp, running it directly into a power amp, where as I just use it like an overdrive/dirt pedal). It gets MEAN dirty, too.

Most of the time, I can keep a nice overdriven tone on the first footswitch, with the boost switch, it gets thick and gnarly (and I keep the input gain between noon and 2 o' clock, but I have a fairly high output bass). You can put it after any bass-cutting pedal and it'll bring back your boom, or a variety of other tone-shaping scenarios.

As behndy phrased it, it's really easy, no matter where you have the gain knob set, to go from a roaring growl to slightly biting simply by reducing your attack in your playing. It cleans up like an amp and then some (for obvious reasons). It's crazy dynamic and has such wonderful tone. I haven't been able to not use mine.

I paid $175 new for mine. What they did was take the preamp from the Traynor TS-50B and put it in a pedal. It's the bass tone from any Shellac recording, for a frame of reference. I could show you stuff I've used it on, but that's gay. I use it into my Crown and/or the effects loop of my Sunn bypassing the pre like Eric! mentioned for lots of success. It has an intense, aggressive, in your fucking face hard tone that I absolutely adore. Use it with 4 15"s and 8 10"s, and you've got something special.