Bass run through guitar dist. pedal

[viedub]

Sorry for my ignorance, I just bought a bass today (usually play guitar) and I wanted to get an OD/dist to dirty things up a bit and get a volume boost. Is this do-able or do the difference in frequencies mess things up and would turn out sounding like poo?
Thanks :chug:

[Tryxx]

Depends on your opinion of a good distortion tone. Some bass players love it, others hate it. I think it can sound quite good, my primary distortion is a Boss Metal Zone, I love it. If I'm wanting something for bass I like that low-end fuzz, and not so much a distortion or overdrive. (Unless the overdrive is natural.)

[OzzChok]

I played my bass through a friends overdrive pedal once. Never worked the same with guitars since :(

[cAPS_lOCK]

Hey, Tryxx. Any luck of getting a NIN-like distortion? I'm completely in love with the bass tone in songs like "The Hand That Feeds", but I have no clue how to get it.

[FunkMetalBass]

I've never found a bass distortion I like, yet I seem to fall in love with almost every guitar's distortion.

It's completely doable, and it wont hurt anything to experiment around with the settings to see if you can get a tone you like.

[AcerbicCunnt77]

I have this ...
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Bass/Effects?sku=150827

and love it. except it eats up batteries in a day or so of playing!

[Linkinbassist]

I use a Boss DS-1, and i love it. I love pushing through a chorus for some great alternate rock tones...

[Tryxx]

Hey, Tryxx. Any luck of getting a NIN-like distortion? I'm completely in love with the bass tone in songs like "The Hand That Feeds", but I have no clue how to get it.

Yeah, fuzz and vibrato. Works kind of like a synth with more balls. I'll get a recording up in a bit.

[Jimbobntnr]

I play through a $40 guitar distortion pedal, and have for years. I personally don't like the bass overdrive sound that I have heard from $100 bass pedals.

[tim_commerfordism]

I use a Marshall Guvnor.

[Tryxx]

Here's some examples, doesn't sound as great with just a DI, but you get the idea. You just have to remember that your on board pre-amp can do a LOT of shapping.

I boost the mids and cut the bass on "The Hand that Feeds" and I leave my EQ flat on "Head Like a Hole" while I just crank the drive and use a fuzz and vibrato on "March of the Pigs."

http://tryxx.dmusic.com - NIN Example

[Dyslexic Magician]

My guitarist friend used this grunge pedal and he didn't like it and he gave it to me and I love it. It's the tone of.. Anesthesia by Metallica minus the wah. Every guitar pedal I use works perfect for me.

[Radiobass81]

All of my effects (besides the Boss EQ) are guitar pedals, and I'm fine.

However, I do want a Bass Synth...

[cAPS_lOCK]

Here's some examples, doesn't sound as great with just a DI, but you get the idea. You just have to remember that your on board pre-amp can do a LOT of shapping.

I boost the mids and cut the bass on "The Hand that Feeds" and I leave my EQ flat on "Head Like a Hole" while I just crank the drive and use a fuzz and vibrato on "March of the Pigs."

http://tryxx.dmusic.com - NIN Example

Sounds quite good. Is that just your pedal, no other effects?

[SüP]

I have this ...
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Bass/Effects?sku=150827

and love it. except it eats up batteries in a day or so of playing!

I just ordered one from my local guitar shop. Luckilly the Digitech guy was just in and they hadn't finalized their standard order yet.

I use a Boss DS-1, and i love it. I love pushing through a chorus for some great alternate rock tones...

That was my guitarists distortion pedal until he got the Digitech Grunge distortion. I tried the DS-1 on my bass...it sucked something fierce.

[fortyseven]

i play bass through a boss od-1 it sounds much better than bass overdrive imo. i have a big muff too but i dont really play through that anymore.

od > ds

all i need to do is try guitar wah with bass now.

[d-basser]

i use a DS-1 for small amounts of distortion, to much tone causes loss of low end an d to much disto gives a horrid hiss, i also use a Big Muff, the russian version particularly works really well on bass, i would like some kinda bass overdrive tho but i have heard bad things about the boss an digitech so hey ho

[Akira]

I have this ...
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Bass/Effects?sku=150827

and love it. except it eats up batteries in a day or so of playing!
Dude, they sell wall plugs for those for a reason.

[SüP]

The only problem with dist/OD pedals I have found is that I am WAYYY too picky about the tone I want. Everything has too much fuzz and sounds like ***. The Digitech XBD is the only one I found that grants me the tone I want.

[Tryxx]

Sounds quite good. Is that just your pedal, no other effects?

It's my GT-6B. But yeah, the first two distortions were the BOSS DS-1 with a high drive and mid level. The second was a fuzz pedal with a vibrato thing going on. Same thing there, low vibrato. But like I said before, a lot of the distortion sound is with your EQ. Changes it's presence and stuff.

[wicked_child]

i love guitar OD/distortion for bass.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=341980

used the built in overdrive of a dean markley guitar amp on the track raging star storm.

[Mr. Pickle]

i have a big muff too but i dont really play through that anymore.

looking to sell it? :)

[m-dirnt_fan101]

i found my dads old zoom 9002 in a box of random stuff, so far i like it:smoke:

[Sockpuppets]

right now with my bass i only have 1 bass pedal and all the rest are guitar..i giot a bass eq, boss super overdrive, big muff american, bug muff russian. small stone, chorus,cry baby wah and a digitech expression factory and it works great

[fortyseven]

looking to sell it? :)

how much would you pay? it seems to work fine...

[Mr. Pickle]

is it russian or nyc?

[fortyseven]

is it russian or nyc?

ruskie.

you uk?

[Mr. Pickle]

****. you're in uk?

[fortyseven]

****. you're in uk?

yeh, sorry mate!

macc lad, born and bred.

[Mr. Pickle]

bitch. alright, thanks anyways.