A Little Bit More Body...

[Graham56]

Not for me, I’ve got plenty… but for my bass sound.

 

I play in an Americana/blues/gospel band. Bass, drums, guitar, sax, singer with harmonica. There are a couple of songs we’re working up where the guitarist is playing trumpet. (No, not Ring of Fire!)

 

When he does, the body of the band sound tends to drop out. The sax can cover some, but I wonder if I could fill out a little more of the space.

 

I play a P-Bass with LaBella flats through Little Mark and Barefaced, and I don’t want to meddle with the basic sound. I currently use no pedals – I try to avoid any complexity and adding stuff that increases the chance of some kind of systems failure.

 

But is there a pedal than can ‘flesh the sound out a little’? Only a little mind you – I’ve tried a couple of fuzz pedals and hated them. But if there was something that gave a little more grit and body, that might be useful. Any thoughts from the collective? I know very little about pedals so be gentle with me…

 

Cheers, 

 

Graham

[Bolo]

A FX loop with octave and a little overdrive?

[chris_b]

I play in several trios and when the guitarist drops out the sound dips. . . . but that's supposed to happen. It's the dynamics of the performance. IMO filling all the gaps isn't the best way to arrange a song.

[Lozz196]

TC Electronic Spark Booster, or Ampeg Scrambler would both work, adding in just a tad of gain to the sound but not changing the tone.

Edited 25 minutes ago by Lozz196