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Greatest ambient pedal ever made on bass?
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 3:23 am
by Tendollarcat
It's a small question and I'm sure there's a single answer
After a year or so of using it, I vote for the Endangered Audio AD4096. It's a delay and an echo pedal and it does infinite feedback and oscillation and it just seems to take any dirt pedal, lift it up and smash people over the head. So it's ambient and simple to use but it also has a huge range and plays well with dirt. That's the holy trail for me.
I've started dreaming of a second pedal that is as ambient and awesome as the 4096. Interested to hear what other ILFers dig.
Re: Greatest ambient pedal ever made on bass?
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:07 am
by Deltaphoenix
How about some reverb?
Maybe an IE Nimbus or Eventide Space so you can keep the low lows from getting muddy.
Re: Greatest ambient pedal ever made on bass?
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 12:03 pm
by Ghost Hip
For what its worth, I used the Hardwire Supernatural recently on a bass track for a recording and it worked really well.
Re: Greatest ambient pedal ever made on bass?
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 12:21 pm
by skullservant
TC Electronics Hall of Fame/Trinity/Really any of the verbs now because the tone print editor is where it's at. You can sculpt exactly as much of ANYTHING that you want into it. Along with 15-20 second decay times

Re: Greatest ambient pedal ever made on bass?
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 12:28 pm
by Jwar
For me it was the Pitchfactor and Modfactor. GOD I miss those pedals. Can get ambient as fuck with those.
Re: Greatest ambient pedal ever made on bass?
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:40 pm
by nad
Malekko 600 Dark for me, from what I've tried.
If something else sounds like that, I WANT ONE.
The self-oscillations are thick and bassy as fukk.
Re: Greatest ambient pedal ever made on bass?
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:41 pm
by Tendollarcat
Awesome stuff guys. Thanks for that.
I tried some verbs a couple of years ago (Nimbus and Neunaber) but I think my approach to playing with ambient type effects is different now. I learned a bit with the 4096 as a comfortable starting point.
Anyone tried the EHX Cathedral on bass? Curious about that for tweakability, possibly even the Memory Man series for modulation type stuff and also some of the EQ Devices stuff. Thoughts?
Re: Greatest ambient pedal ever made on bass?
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 4:44 pm
by kbit
I love using the Cathedral on my bass. If I were to go to a super simple board, I could just use that and a couple dirt pedals no problem. Lots of flexibility. Some settings can be just waaaay to much bass (like the room mode on super long decay), but a little bit of high pass filtering and you're all set.
Accu Spring, Hall, and Grail Flerb are all

Re: Greatest ambient pedal ever made on bass?
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 6:02 pm
by bugzaney
ehx superego.
Re: Greatest ambient pedal ever made on bass?
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 12:00 pm
by excane
Tendollarcat wrote:It's a small question and I'm sure there's a single answer
After a year or so of using it, I vote for the Endangered Audio AD4096. It's a delay and an echo pedal and it does infinite feedback and oscillation and it just seems to take any dirt pedal, lift it up and smash people over the head. So it's ambient and simple to use but it also has a huge range and plays well with dirt. That's the holy trail for me.
I've started dreaming of a second pedal that is as ambient and awesome as the 4096. Interested to hear what other ILFers dig.
You just reminded me to record a demo of this.... it's been sitting on my workbench since last July

Re: Greatest ambient pedal ever made on bass?
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 12:29 pm
by aen
EHX Cathedral gets me going.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBCxT6pQrI0[/youtube]
Re: Greatest ambient pedal ever made on bass?
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 2:13 pm
by GardenoftheDead
Guitar Rig 5 Ice Reverb
Re: Greatest ambient pedal ever made on bass?
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 4:13 am
by Tendollarcat
Thanks guys. Listening to a bunch of clips lately and I am worried that I'm turning into a analog delay freak because the only ambient thing that sounds as interesting as the AD4096 to my ears has been the Deluxe Memory Man. I've started dreaming of a 4096 at the start of the chain, a shitload of dirt and stuff in the middle, and then maybe a DMM at the end. Is that turning me into someone who should hang at the Gear Page instead of ILF?
What are your thoughts on analog delay and feedback and modulation and all of that good stuff? I mean its obviously cool but are there any analog options I should consider rather than the DMM? Delay at the start and end of a chain? Messing with dirt sounds and maybe vibe and reverb in between? I don't even use delay conventionally. I like ooooze and feedback and washy echoes in the background.
I think I want a cathedral too

Re: Greatest ambient pedal ever made on bass?
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 3:28 pm
by theavondon
Ghost Disaster gets AMBIENT AS FUCK
Though, also, I've always loved the Particle Verb setting on the Line 6 M series.
Re: Greatest ambient pedal ever made on bass?
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 5:02 pm
by Jwar
aen wrote:EHX Cathedral gets me going.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBCxT6pQrI0[/youtube]
I gotta say you've sold me on this pedal dude. The tone is amazing and this video rules!