Experimental/"out there" bass effects

[Derelict78]

The pitchfactor can do what the GB24 can.
When I tried one my first thought was "Crystals!"

[rfurtkamp]

For happy, cheap, out there bass effects I'm still using a venerable Boss ME_6B - analog filters that you can play correctly or mistrack in glorious ways, and everything else good of that era of Boss stuff - high and low-pass modulation, a digidelay that sounds pleasant and goes into near infinite (read, it goes for 20+ minutes maxed) repeat.

I run one in a parallel chain so I have blend options the original doesn't quite have.

[goosekevin]

I really disliked the Goodbye 24. The layout confused the fucking shit out of me and it didn't sound that great IMO. I know. I'm the only one. Gotta be that one though!

i wasn't a big fan either

i have been wanting a rainbow machine for bass lately
i hate it on guitar, but chorussed bass can sound really cool

or, yeah, a filter, i have been wanting a freaker wah for a while now

[neonblack]

Bitquest

I think this may be the one.

If I cant get a Polytope anytime soon, that will be my next pedal.

I say that now, but I don't even know. Echo degrader looks pretty sweet.

And the Possessed is still pretty high up there.

I really need to start building my own stuff. I have some ideas. Not too nuts, but what seem like good ideas, if they'll work. Like a big fuzz with some kind of volume swell+reverb effect. And you can control the swell speed and the reverb length. I call it (in my mind) the Thunderhead. You guys just wait. In a year, everyone's board will have a Thunderhead.

/derail

[Joe Gress]

Polygrace was fucking fun. SO many useable tones and crazy sounds. I prefered the 4545 from Behndy more then the Polygrace since the tones I loved were a little easier to find. But the Polygrace into the gb24 was orgasmic and chaotic. I loved it.

As far as out there on bass though definitely get some sort of pitch manipulation. Melodies and such that usually had a one tone feeling kinda jump out, and creating new ones (especially when matched with a pitch shifting delay) are almost too easy.

[neonblack]

wait, is there a poly grace in his tourbox? Cause that will be here Monday.

[D.o.S.]

I really disliked the Goodbye 24. The layout confused the fucking shit out of me and it didn't sound that great IMO. I know. I'm the only one. Gotta be that one though!

Did you read/listen to the manual?



It is definitely lo-fi, though. Like, unalterably so.

[Joe Gress]

wait, is there a poly grace in his tourbox? Cause that will be here Monday.

If its all the same snazz then yup. 4545, Polygrace, GB24, Unpleasant Surprise, Bit Commander, and whole bunch of others.

[neonblack]

I didn't realize the goodbye 24 was in there too!

Gonna be a good week. TAFM coming earlyish, and then all this other stuff. My head might explode.

[ChetMagongalo]

Polygrace is seriously tits. I have a 4545 coming my way and I can't wait to try that!

[Jwar]

I really disliked the Goodbye 24. The layout confused the fucking shit out of me and it didn't sound that great IMO. I know. I'm the only one. Gotta be that one though!

Did you read/listen to the manual?



It is definitely lo-fi, though. Like, unalterably so.

I don't think there was a manual included in the tourbox? Maybe there was and I'm just retarded and I didn't even think to look it up. I mean it sounded good, but I didn't like the Rainbow Machine either. Pitchfactor makes almost all the same sounds and I gots me an H9.

I guess I'll throw out this one too. There's a new version of the Digitech Bass Whammy. That could be pretty fucking awesome.

[D.o.S.]

Yeah bass whammy is going to be rad.

I asked about the GB24 because, when I first got mine, I had a similar relationship to it -- I couldn't figure it out. So I went here:
http://mtlasm.blogspot.com/p/goodbye-24.html

and listened to this:

And then it made sense.

[neonblack]

I'm definitely getting a bass whammy. And the tourbox with the GB24 will be here Monday. Got a lot of fun stuff coming in this week (temp). Nimbus, GB24, Fuzzes aplenty. idiot box tourbox in a couple weeks. So I'll have a better idea of what I want soon.

Polytope is my must-have though. I need a bigger board first though. Mine is packed tight.

[Fuzz_Pi]

Really wanna try a polytope. I'm loving my Cosmichorus but...

You'll dig the nimbus tho dude, reverb plus huge fuzzes chords =

Just got a Randy's Revenge of my own today, gotta say I've been surprised at how (i cringe at the adjective) useable ring mod really is on bass

[neonblack]

I just watched bendhys demo with the nimbus and heavy machine again. Cant wait to run my current huge fuzz sound (diabolik+mini+starved SSStampede) into this.

I played with the minifooger ring mod at my local music store and it was fun, but I didn't really get to dive deep into it and sort of wrote it off. I'm gonna go back with my pedalboard if theyll let me. I feel like I shouldn't neglect ring mods because they're pretty much perfect for noisy weirdo tunes.

I'm also keeping an eye on the noise pop thread. Having a hard time finding a drummer. Might be looking at programming drums and getting a ditto.