shoegaze bassboard

bobloblah · Post by **bobloblah** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:36 pm

so i got invited to play bass in a shoegaze band and i want to build a little board. nothing to complicated. i'm already for sure going to get the ECT on there. what kind of modulation would be good? i was thinking a 404 or a bassballs? any other ideas are welcome.
TL;DR
I WANT SOMETHING BITCHIN' AND SIMPLE

jrmy · Post by **jrmy** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:43 pm

WHETSTONE FTW!!!!!

Or a Grand Orbiter. Or a Stereo PolyPhase.

Gotta have a little phase... but I loves me some phaser.

Also, maybe some reverb? I love me some bass reverb.

phantasmagorovich · Post by **phantasmagorovich** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:14 pm

Yes, reverb has to go a shoegaze board. And phase or chorus. Ever checked out the Mind Warp?

Teej212 · Post by **Teej212** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:30 pm

chorus!

nightraven · Post by **nightraven** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:51 pm

reverb on bass -- meh
chorus definitely
compression definitely
suboctave pedal definitely
envelope filter also great

Blurillaz · Post by **Blurillaz** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:03 pm

Shoegaze bass?
Use no modulation whatsoever dude.

blicero · Post by **blicero** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:20 pm

leave the gazing to the guitarists, while you and the drummer hold down the fort with some simple pounding basslines

spacelordmother · Post by **spacelordmother** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:00 pm

Blurillaz wrote:Shoegaze bass?
Use no modulation whatsoever dude.

Shoegaze bass?
Use no bass frequencies whatsoever dude.

Teej212 · Post by **Teej212** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:19 pm

shoegaze has to have bass! it cant be a trebly mess, need wall of sound guitars!

bdunlap · Post by **bdunlap** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 9:43 pm

Vehellen Big Spider. Definitely.

spacelordmother · Post by **spacelordmother** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:12 pm

Teej212 wrote:shoegaze has to have bass! it cant be a trebly mess, need wall of sound guitars!

Tell that to the venerable Mr. Shields. :idk:

Wizard · Post by **Wizard** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 2:20 am

Russian Muff and you're set. Seriously, in most of the shoegaze i play or listen to there's little to no effects, most of it being fuzz.

Gilmourish · Post by **Gilmourish** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:29 am

spacelordmother wrote:
Teej212 wrote:shoegaze has to have bass! it cant be a trebly mess, need wall of sound guitars!

Tell that to the venerable Mr. Shields.

Bass is what keeps the actually song going, if you listen to bands like My Bloody Valentine, turn it up and you can hear the bass incredible clearly. Shields played all the bass on loveless and without it it would just be a mess. The bass keeps the song going while allowing for the epic wall of sound.

Personally, I think Fuzz/Dist/od on bass can be quite shoegaze in more louder/faster bits and in the clean sections of shoegazing win.

bobloblah · Post by **bobloblah** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:56 am

alright
i tried some stuff out last night and here's what i'm going to with for now
mustang bass>ECT>404 filter>sunn 200s>2x15
the 404 sounds goofy but goddamn it i don't give a shit. at the very least it will be good for pissing people off.
might pick up a whetstone for teh lulz
it's not like i wont use it for other things to

ze monsta · Post by **ze monsta** » Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:16 pm

Dean Garcia would say bass is the most important thing in shoegaze :lol:

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