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shoegaze bassboard
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:36 pm
by bobloblah
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
Re: shoegaze bassboard
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:43 pm
by jrmy
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.
Re: shoegaze bassboard
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:14 pm
by phantasmagorovich
Yes, reverb has to go a shoegaze board. And phase or chorus. Ever checked out the Mind Warp?
Re: shoegaze bassboard
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:30 pm
by Teej212
chorus!
Re: shoegaze bassboard
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:51 pm
by nightraven
reverb on bass -- meh
chorus definitely
compression definitely
suboctave pedal definitely
envelope filter also great
Re: shoegaze bassboard
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:03 pm
by Blurillaz
Shoegaze bass?
Use no modulation whatsoever dude.
Re: shoegaze bassboard
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:20 pm
by blicero
leave the gazing to the guitarists, while you and the drummer hold down the fort with some simple pounding basslines
Re: shoegaze bassboard
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:00 pm
by spacelordmother
Blurillaz wrote:Shoegaze bass?
Use no modulation whatsoever dude.
Shoegaze bass?
Use no bass frequencies whatsoever dude.
Re: shoegaze bassboard
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:19 pm
by Teej212
shoegaze has to have bass! it cant be a trebly mess, need wall of sound guitars!
Re: shoegaze bassboard
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 9:43 pm
by bdunlap
Vehellen Big Spider. Definitely.
Re: shoegaze bassboard
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:12 pm
by spacelordmother
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.
Re: shoegaze bassboard
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 2:20 am
by Wizard
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.
Re: shoegaze bassboard
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:29 am
by Gilmourish
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.
Re: shoegaze bassboard
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 11:56 am
by bobloblah
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
Re: shoegaze bassboard
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:16 pm
by ze monsta
Dean Garcia would say bass is the most important thing in shoegaze
