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Well, I've been asked to play bass for a band.

They sound kinda indie/alt-rock-y, if you know what I mean..
nothing incredibly innovative here is what I'm saying.

Now, if you hang out in Effects you'll know that I'm a huge fan
of bass effects and more interesting bass playing.. any ideas
on how to get them to let me have more freedom? Hopefully they'll
be open-minded about such things..
I fully intend to blow their minds with some pedalwork!

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they seem to have got it right with the Les Paul Axcess, but then ruined it by putting on a Floyd Rose trem.
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The Floyd is the best part!

On a *slightly* unrelated note, does anyone know when Polytunes
will get drop D software? The Mini's have it already apparently..

Pretty sure those are guitar amps, wouldn't work well on a bass.

amptweaker tight metal?

I've gotta try this sometime!
No wasted money on amps, just ~$500 or so on various clean boosts..

Well I was thinking.. if the amplifier just makes the signal
stronger, then couldn't you plug through say a boost or something and go
directly into the speaker cab without an amp? Just a thought.

Actually that's a reissue of the original Sovtek. And this would probably go on this forum:
http://basschat.co.uk/forum/69-for-sale-effects/
Looks nice though!

I recommend the Markbass Super Synth as well the the EHX Bass Micro Synth. Both are quite
versatile.
For more synthy/weird fuzzes I recommend the Subdecay Noisebox as well as the Copilot FX Orbit.
Not sure about the differences between the OC-2 and OC-3, but apparently the OC-3 is less synth-sounding,
but you'd have to compare.

So many different DOD chorus pedals. It's like they came out with an original and made small
changes to it and re-released it every 6 months..

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I've got to say, the Zoom B3 is sounding more and more tempting by the day...
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Yeah, at this point I'm trying to find reasons NOT to buy it..

Now, FX64 or FX65, that is the question. 64 has a panther recommendation though,
and in my book that flies. Ebay time!

Thing with the B3K that I've noticed in demos though is it seems like just the bass
with an extra "layer" of distortion.. maybe if I put the blend all the way up it would sound more integrated.

Remi got back to me: he recommended the Sansamp RBI and BDDI. I think I'll
order a BDDI when I have the money, see how it works out etc.

mmm, 25 pounds..
prose, you can have it if you want it!

Let's just say I have a thing with Boss.
Every effect I've heard by them is just bad in some way.. especially
overdrive/distortions.
The analogman one is pretty cool, bit flanger-like in a way.
But if you guys approve of the Boss chorus, then why not?!
It IS cheap, so I won't regret buying it *much* if I really do hate
it.

Since my fuzz thread was so popular..
What do you guys use for chorus? I've always wanted to find
the perfect chorus: analog and very versatile/controllable. The EHX
Small Clone just doesn't cut it, it's too subtle and simple for me. So
do you have any good analog & moderately controllable chorus pedals?

I think I might have to resort to... *shudder* a Boss pedal! Anything but that!

Go with the 3Leaf. Sounds awesome.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LpZ0czQOPc&feature=related[/media]
^This might help. I really hate the MXR one, that kinda buzzy thing if you sustain a note
too long annoys me.

According to one article that I've read, he has the Turbo Rat and A GEB-7 midrange EQ boost on at all times,
and adds other things as needed.

However, he does have seperate clean(er) and dirty channels that run parallel at all times.

Maybe I should just ask remi, seems like his sound is very close.

Pretty sure Boss makes one.. or maybe that was something else. Damn, I swear I saw one somewhere..

Anyone have a good one-pedal solution
for the tone in "Schism"? I'm thinking the Aguilar Agro would work
well at a low saturation level.

Anything below D sounds terrible on my bass and practice amp. Maybe when I get a 5 string and an Aguilar, but no sooner than that.

That's like.. one of my favorite Zep songs. Hating it is like hating Bob Marley. And NO ONE hates Bob
Marley.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1328646080' post='1530684']
Well I'm using a PSK SDS-2 that I got back in the 80's for nowt.
Mate of mine took up guitar & bought an acoustic (non electro) & wanted to know how to use this pedal on it!
Well he is a drummer.
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Silly drummers.

No Hohner lefties that I can find. If they don't have any readily available, I'm not
putting any time into searching for 'em. Serves 'em right for not making lefty models!

On the strings: I've heard from a few sources that double ball (guitar) strings
are terrible... might work better on a bass, who knows?

Edit: And I'm pretty sure Hohner's and Steinberger's are pretty much the same anyway,
they use the same hardware according to the Hohner site..

Edit 2: Ah, found a 'lefty' 5-string on Amazon. Picture's a righty though. Doesn't
make me feel very secure about it.. o_O
It's quite more expensive (250$ish) more than the XT-25L, so if you're
going by price alone it's higher quality..

Edit 3: Also has an active preamp. Hmm.. but also says it has humbuckers. Which
it obviously doesn't. Yeah, I don't trust this thing at all.