bass pedals!

[Negative Creep]

Hey guys, my friend was thinking on getting a bass pedal. It's either an overdrive, or a synthesizer.

For those of you who have experience, tell me what you recommend, and what brand.

And also, maybe a good site with sound clips.

[Mr. Pickle]

for a synth, get the digitech bass synth wah or the ibanez sb7. for overdrive, odb-3. there are quite a few more but what kind of music does your 'friend' play?

[Negative Creep]

he plays all types of metal.

[muthafunkabass]

for a synth, get the digitech bass synth wah or the ibanez sb7. for overdrive, odb-3. there are quite a few more but what kind of music does your 'friend' play?
id go with the digitech synth wah too, its really a great pedal, i was going to get it for the holidays but im getting a crybaby wah instead.:D

[MasterofBass]

i'd say go for the ODB-3 for an overdrive. I can set mine to get almost any kind of overdrive I want. If you want plain distortion, I'd give the MXR M-80 a try. :thumb:

[Mr. Pickle]

for real 'hardcore' distortion/overdrive, go for the ibanez pd7

[HaVIC5]

Distortion. It's way more useful than synths, they can sound pretty dry.

[muthafunkabass]

you think so? hmmm.... i didnt think the digitech synth wah was dry at all, and especially not the roland synth. never had a chance to try out the boss one, really want to tho.

[eriatarka]

Apparently the boss synth isnt all that great.I find the digitech to be better sounding.

I think the distortion pedal would be of more use.The synth sounds cool,but it can be hard to into music.I would go for the ODB-3 for distortion.

[Naveed Afzal]

I use Both the Boss ODB-3 Overdrive and a Electro Harmonix Russian Big Muff Pi Distortion/Sustainer. I Use both, I use the Muff more, its Crunchier and it morks great when you use alot of Mids.

If i played metal i'd use the ODB-3, but i dont play metal, so i sue the Muff, but he may be able to get a tone he likes out of the muff, its versatile in my eyes.

[lbanks]

Another plug for the Digitech. I use it and an Akai Deep Impact. Similar effects, but quite different sounds.

[Low_End_Communications]

American Big Muff
Zvex Wooly Mammoth
Guyatone 'The Fuzz'

Those would be my three choice if you want insane fuzz.

For overdrive, the Boss would be fine, or a Digitech Bad Monkey.

[lemoley]

Boss Odb-3