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Re: Bass Player: Pedals?
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:51 pm
by Mudfuzz
greeny23 wrote:Looking to start making bass pedals, curious to hear from bassists about what you would want in a fuzz pedal?
Features, sounds etc.

MASSIVE LOWS! Not in oh yeah my muffiant is heavy as fuck but like godzilla stepping on your chest and bouncing up and down, like it WILL hurt speakers, like two boom cars crashing into each other and 90mph, THAT with roaring nasty fuzz screaming over the top! Burn the world in a box if you will

Re: Bass Player: Pedals?
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:54 pm
by bigchiefbc
Officer Bukowski wrote:Have you tried a TAFM? The clean blending on that kinda made me reconsider..
It's pretty interesting. You get the effect of having the clean signal blended in without really hearing a distinct clean signal (at least that's how it seems to my ears).. I dunno how to explain it. It's pretty sweet sounding.
Yes, I've played a TAFM, and it definitely did not change my opinion on clean blend. Good fuzz sound to it, though.
I'll readily admit that I'm in the minority on this one. Part of my dislike of it is that I like my clean tone high-mid-clanky and bright. Which sounds terrible mixed with fuzz.
Re: Bass Player: Pedals?
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:56 pm
by Officer Bukowski
Ahh. To be honest I didn't tweak it much or know what I was doing I probably just didn't mix much clean in.
Re: Bass Player: Pedals?
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:57 pm
by Jero
Officer Bukowski wrote:Have you tried a TAFM? The clean blending on that kinda made me reconsider..
It's pretty interesting. You get the effect of having the clean signal blended in without really hearing a distinct clean signal (at least that's how it seems to my ears).. I dunno how to explain it. It's pretty sweet sounding.
and germanium!
Re: Bass Player: Pedals?
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:25 pm
by behndy
yahp. i love me some clean blend too.
if you can make weird shit that actually tracks really low and WORKS with bass? great! i love the idea of the Wolf CPU, but i couldna get it to do anything. conversely, the Unpleasant Surprise and Year2525 sound GREAT on bass.
murrrrrrrrrrrrr?
Re: Bass Player: Pedals?
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:19 am
by GardenoftheDead
Mid-range hump and a high-pass filter.
Re: Bass Player: Pedals?
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:53 am
by mauerkraut
Pharaoh.
Re: Bass Player: Pedals?
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:01 am
by jrmy
Heaviosity, without loss of overall toanz, be they low, low-mid, high-mid or high. Mid-bumps in general are welcome in my book. The ability to be cutting when need be. Some general craziness in the overall sound. Give it some fookin' CHUTZPAH and character.
Re: Bass Player: Pedals?
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:26 am
by sev
How about a clean blend with its own separate tone control (lo pass filter type)?
Re: Bass Player: Pedals?
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:29 am
by D.o.S.
Clean Blend
Re: Bass Player: Pedals?
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:34 am
by D.o.S.
And what I want in a fuzz pedal is a dark-voiced Muff variant with flat mids.
Because no one has ever made one of those.
Also, gates are for keeping armies away from a castle, not for music.
Re: Bass Player: Pedals?
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:38 am
by Achtane
D.o.S. wrote:Clean Blend
DEAL WITH IT
Re: Bass Player: Pedals?
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:45 am
by Bassboar
And the gentleman wins a cigar.
Re: Bass Player: Pedals?
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:57 am
by behndy
WAHHHH?!??

clean blends....... good. does not....... compute. i mean, not EVERYTHING needs one....... but shits good to have.
clean blend =
Re: Bass Player: Pedals?
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:12 am
by SmallEQ
D.o.S. wrote:And what I want in a fuzz pedal is a dark-voiced Muff variant with flat mids.
Because no one has ever made one of those.
Also, gates are for keeping armies away from a castle, not for music.
You're weird, gates are awesome. Now I don't want a gate for my fuzz all the time, but a gated fuzz through an envelope filter is about as much fun as one should be allowed to have while clothed.