What's the coolest stomp box ever?

[Son of Magni]

I just bought a BassBalls. It's actually pretty cool. What have you guys run across that you though was really good?

[lemoley]

overdrive and wah used together - tastefully

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[Trevo]

We were hanging out at my old drummers house and realised his brother had a WHammy pedal. So we plugged it in, quite a bit of fun.

[Jody LeCompte]

Guitar: Digitech Slash Wah
Bass: MXR phaser with Rocktron distortion.

[Left Shoe]

http://www.evidentcrimescene.com/cata/evid2/Boxes.jpg

[Jody LeCompte]

Phil wins ITT.

Mods close kthx.

[Polyamarous]

Acoustic simulator!

Still have no idea if it works with bass or not.

[Weezer]

For bass, I love the Small Stone. My favorite guitar pedal is definitely the Blues Driver.

[Left Shoe]

digitech bass synth wah

[Akira]

For bass, I love the Small Stone. My favorite guitar pedal is definitely the Blues Driver.

I want a Blues Driver. I just got a guitar, and since I am playing it through my bass amp I have no distortion.

[Jody LeCompte]

I had a blues driver and I was seriously disappointed...

[Akira]

I had a blues driver and I was seriously disappointed...

I trust your taste in music, so what distortion unit do you like?

[Jody LeCompte]

For guitar or bass?

I managed to get a somewhat decent tone with the blues driver, but 60% of time you just sound like youve got too much lowend overpowering your speakers rather than the sound of an overdriven amp.

[Akira]

For guitar or bass?

I managed to get a somewhat decent tone with the blues driver, but 60% of time you just sound like youve got too much lowend overpowering your speakers rather than the sound of an overdriven amp.

Guitar. I want a nice bluesy overdrive. Something organic sounding, and not too harsh.
I might just buy a Valve Junior and overdrive it naturally.

[neatobassman]

Zvex's Ringtone, Tremorama, Lo Fi Loop Junkie, and ooh Wah

http://zvex.com/effects.html
http://media.zvex.com/ringtonedemo.mov

All of you have to check out this guy's pedals. Effing crazyness.

[Jody LeCompte]

Valve Juniors don't sound all that great by themselves. The main reason people buy them is because its an all tube amp for $130 dollars and modding them is becoming absurdly popular.

What kind of bluesy tone are you after? Kind of fuzzy Hendrix/SRV blues-rock, Id assume?

[Akira]

Yeah, kind of the SRV thing, or even just a nice grit. Nothing intense.

[Jody LeCompte]

You'd probably like the Big Muff, although my favorite dirt box is the EHX English Muff'n.

You won't be playing too much srs grim metal, but you can dial in pretty much any distortion from 80s hair metal to 60's rockabilly pretty easily if you twiddle around. Maybe even a respectable metallica-esque metal tone. Maybe....

[Jody LeCompte]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Pc8fB_tDU

Gibson Les Paul Custom --> English Muff'n --> Marshall JMC2000

[Akira]

You'd probably like the Big Muff, although my favorite dirt box is the EHX English Muff'n.

You won't be playing too much srs grim metal, but you can dial in pretty much any distortion from 80s hair metal to 60's rockabilly pretty easily if you twiddle around. Maybe even a respectable metallica-esque metal tone. Maybe....

That sounds good. I hate srs grim metal, but I love hair metal and rockabilly has cool tone.

Watched the other demo, sounds pretty hawt.

[Jody LeCompte]

I've jammed with a rockabilly guitarist quite a few times in the last few months.

Doing the upright slap thing on electric bass is so fun, srs.

[Akira]

The only problem with the Muff'n is that the price tag is brutal.

[Jody LeCompte]

It's a genuine tube distortion though.

You would get a similar tone with a standard big muff, but not quite as organic.

[Akira]

It would be really nice if I could try it through a bass amp. If it sounds that good through a bass amp, it would be cheaper than buying an amp and a distortion pedal.

[Jody LeCompte]

I bought a 450 some-odd dollar fender amp and the EQ ended up being worthless so I find that I just play through the eden. I just eq it a bit trebly by bass standards and it normally comes out alright because I use 13s anyway.

[Akira]

In my experience, my damn Fender Rumble is a better guitar amp then bass amp anyways. I will definitely think about this pedal.

[Jody LeCompte]

As long as you roll the lows down and kick up the treble you should be alright. It will take a bit of tweaking because your bass amp is going to want to favor the lower notes(which can be a bit of a problem with more open ended chords) but it's possible.

Queens of the Stone Age and Kyuss use bass amps for their guitars.

[Akira]

Yeah. They probably use good amps though.
But yeah, right now this is my favorite option.

Actually, if I use the effects loop in on my amp, won't that just bypass the amp's EQ anyways?

[Jody LeCompte]

I couldn't tell you.

Any pedal I've ever used I just set infront of my amp like a 12 year old in a Nirvana cover band.

[Akira]

:lol:

[Jody LeCompte]

I don't know much about amps at all, because my bass approach is so simple "Heres my special effect, it's a cable, it makes my bass loud when I plug it into that golden thing"

Its even worse with guitar because Im such a religious acoustic player, I just make stuff work in the way that makes sense to me and sounds decent.

[Akira]

Yeah. On bass I am pretty much bass-cable-amp. I have a chorus pedal that totally hums out on bass, so I play clean. Bass effects don't have that much appeal to me. Now guitar, that is different, but I am new to electric guitar.

[Jody LeCompte]

I'm pretty new to electric guitar as well.

I've only had my musicman since....January I think.

[DunCe180]

Ive heard of a voicebox for bass, forgot what site had it, be interesting to hear.

Zapp And Roger have a song called More Bounce To The Ounce, where the bass player uses a voicebox, (you can download the song on limwire I think). Kind of cheesy sounding, but still sorta neat.

[TheClap]

Boss ODB-3, Boss EQ, and soon to be http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Snarling-Dogs-Bootzilla-Bootsy-Collins-Signature-Bass-Wah-with-Fuzz-Pedal-?sku=150555&src=3SOSWXXA

[Weezer]

As far as the Blues Driver goes, I got mine to sound very similar to the guitar in Mary Jane's Last Dance, just as a reference.

[Brandon_S]

I don't like effects that much,on Guitar or Bass,I prefer clean,I don't mind the Jim Dunlop Manual Wah,but thats about it.

[Jaded]

I like my Boss RC20XL a lot. That and the sansamp bass driver DI are the only pedals I use, though I'd for sure use a mutron III and a badass bass synth pedal if I had the cash for them.

[British Kid]

Akira: definitely look into the English Muff'n, its a great pedal for what you're looking for. Unless you're planning on getting some kind of tube guitar amp with something like a tubescreamer or Bad Monkey, use your bass amp with the english Muff'n. i've tried it on a crappy SS guitar amp and it was good so it'll be awesome with a good bass amp.

as for the thread.... (both guitar and bass pedals mixed)

Digitech Bad Monkey, EHX Small Clone, EHX Big Muff, Dunlop 105Q Crybaby, EXH Q-Tron, Boss DD-6 (don't have one yet, but i've been wanting a good delay for a while now) and Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde OD (don't have it yet, but it's an awesome OD/Distortion box for guitar)

[WHoRRID]

Boss ODB-3, Boss EQ, and soon to be http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Snarling-Dogs-Bootzilla-Bootsy-Collins-Signature-Bass-Wah-with-Fuzz-Pedal-?sku=150555&src=3SOSWXXA

eeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww!!!! i thought that was THE WORST wah id ever heard and the fuzz just made it sound like u had dieing batteries... but hey if thats what ur goin for by all means go for it. id personally much rather use a dunlop and a muff.

im absolutely in love with the moogerfooger.... to bad its like $400+ but most synth wahs or envolope filter are cool with me. whether its for bass or guitar. but im a sucker for all things wah really. phasers too.... really anything trippy or funky sounding

[British Kid]

eeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww!!!! i thought that was THE WORST wah id ever heard and the fuzz just made it sound like u had dieing batteries... but hey if thats what ur goin for by all means go for it. id personally much rather use a dunlop and a muff.

im absolutely in love with the moogerfooger.... to bad its like $400+ but most synth wahs or envolope filter are cool with me. whether its for bass or guitar. but im a sucker for all things wah really. phasers too.... really anything trippy or funky sounding
ah that reminds me!

how could i forget my EXH Bass Micro Synth. such a cool little box, but i haven't found a practical use for it yet.

if it had true bypass, i'd force myself to use it more.

[Roo_bass]

I saw this thread title and thought "Bass Balls", shame I haven't found a use for it in a band situation...

[rh15951]

Modified big muff :)


And have you had a play with the trim pots inside the bass balls?

[Roo_bass]

Can't say that I have, what does it do?

[rh15951]

You can adjust the two filter cut off points

[Son of Magni]

You can adjust the two filter cut off points

Do you know what the range is, and the factory settings?

[TheClap]

eeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww!!!! i thought that was THE WORST wah id ever heard and the fuzz just made it sound like u had dieing batteries... but hey if thats what ur goin for by all means go for it. id personally much rather use a dunlop and a muff.

im absolutely in love with the moogerfooger.... to bad its like $400+ but most synth wahs or envolope filter are cool with me. whether its for bass or guitar. but im a sucker for all things wah really. phasers too.... really anything trippy or funky sounding

Are you kidding? Maybe it was a bad pedal or something? That is a better wah sound than the dunlop. Srsly?

[rh15951]

Do you know what the range is, and the factory settings?

No and no lol. When I opened it up, they were both set to the middle of the pot.

[Radiobass81]

So far, the MXR Phase 90. I've played some good wahs, too, but the MXR can be used in more situations.

[Radiobass81]

ah that reminds me!

how could i forget my EXH Bass Micro Synth. such a cool little box, but i haven't found a practical use for it yet.

if it had true bypass, i'd force myself to use it more.

Link? I really want a synth.

[Son of Magni]

Seems like what I'm hearing is that there are lots of cool boxes, but their practical use is pretty limited :p

Actually the only thing I've really used regularly is a flange/chorus. A little flange into a spring reverb really warms up the sound, at least in small venues.

[Akira]

Basically. I like overdrive, chorus, and reverb. That's about it.

[WHoRRID]

Are you kidding? Maybe it was a bad pedal or something? That is a better wah sound than the dunlop. Srsly?

no im not kidding at all.... ive played a few of them. thats what i thought the first time but when i played another i knew i hated it. sounded like **** every time. so maybe all of them were defective, in which case i wouldnt want one any way.

[TheClap]

no im not kidding at all.... ive played a few of them. thats what i thought the first time but when i played another i knew i hated it. sounded like **** every time. so maybe all of them were defective, in which case i wouldnt want one any way.

I don't know what to tell you.

[museic]

i like a couple of pedals like this.. amp> eq boost> bluesbreaker overdrive> octave> bass

the eq boost is a throback handmade pedal, it rocks, it makes the blues breaker whic hgives me a slight overdrive roar! makes it cut through and growl.. then octave makes it rattle.

i cant find an overdrive pedal that sounds good my itself

[British Kid]

Link? I really want a synth.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ElectroHarmonix-Bass-Micro-Synthesizer?sku=153309

[BenJammin]

I'm always using effects when I play. I've found my ME-50B to be invaluable, but I'm half-tempted to sell it off and buy individual pedals instead.

[Jimbobntnr]

I'm voting for the dunlop cry baby/bass.

[Drmckool]

the coolest fx pedal is called the Q-tron