Digitech “The Drop” on bass - tune your bass down in milliseconds?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2019
- Watch me, sharing my initial impressions of the Digitech „The Drop“ pedal with you.
How does it sound, track and feel with bass guitar? Is it the easy solution for the working musicians and metal heads, who have to play in different tunings? ;-)
Let’s find out! - เพลง
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I use this in my cover band. One guitarist and I, have the Drop, the other guitarist has a Whammy DT. We go back and forth between standard and 1/2 step down. I tried making the setlists tuner friendly, before we used the Drops, but our singers eventually wanted to create the setlists how they wanted...ignoring any tuning changes. Yes, as the player, the latency is noticeable, as a crowd person listening, there's no noticeable difference. It's a tremendous help. We play 1 or 2 songs that we'll drop a full step. The pedal still handles that well enough. I don't think I'd use for anything lower than that, other than having fun.
It does help to have tight string tension, so possibly using heavier strings can help. I do recommend the pedal for situations like mine. If you're looking for a more permanent detuned situation, set up another instrument. I have not tried any other drop type pedals, but if a better one comes along, I'm open to giving it a try.
I appreciate it. I have a 5 string where I tuned the B string down to A so that when I get this pedal I can finally play drop G. Or take my four to drop B
Did you end up getting the pedal? If so does the low G track well? I would be using it for the same thing but have heard some people say it can't track those low notes really well.
Such a thorough and thoughtful review thank you for sharing.
kennethyates Thx a lot for watching and commenting! Glad my video was of any help for you! Stay safe and keep it low! :-)
Thank You, I appreciate the demo, well done. You actually assured me to my get this unit from the delay like aspect.
Hi there! Thx a lot for watcjhing and commenting! Glad, my little review was of some use for you! All the best and stay safe!
Great and honest review. It really answered my question. Thank you!
Thx a lot for watching and commenting! Glad, my video helped you with your questions! ;-)
Konstantin Lazebnik so did you like the pedal or not ?
Helpful VDO for bassist who don't waste the money like me👍
Great review. These are all the things I've noticed with the pedal. I sure wish I would have seen this before dropping the $239 on the pedal.
Glad, my video was of some help for you. Take care and keep it low, bro. 😉👍🏻
Excelent comentary! I don't have dubts anymore... Thank you !
Thx a lot, Aroldo!
Finally I can play slipknot songs without tuning my bass
Jason Fung Yeah cool! Go for it! :-) Thx a lot for watching and commenting!
Hello ! I'm from Brazil and I have a question. My pedal after a year began to roll over when it was depressed, missing the clear notes on the bass. Do you know if it has any kind of calibration that can be done or any solution to my problem?
I dont think this pedal tracks at all... everyone mentions tracking... tracking is when the pedal figures out what note you are playing... what this does is pitchshifting: mathematical transposing that doesn’t require tracking, thus performs the same on high or low strings. Great review!
Thx a lot for watching and commenting. Please stay safe and healthy.
God… I need a pedal like that!
Great video. That’s a shame, was hoping this pedal would be great. I’m someone who can’t deal with even the slightest latency. Love your channel…just subscribed!
Then this pedal defintitely isn't for you. And I'm with you, when it comes to latency. Thx a lot for subscribing!
This pedal looks amazing! Im in a covers band, and we never play the original keys... so i have to learn the song normally then transpose it. Ive got to give this pedal a go now... looks like it could solve a lot of hassle?
Just give it a try. 😉👍🏻
Hello Michael, with this corona thing, I have the time for practice on my bass. I buyed the Drop Pedal and I really noticed this latency trouble, I have my bass tune on D and when I dropped hlaf or whole step the delay and latency it's anoying. I think for practice in home itks ok. Theres is a way to resolve the latency trouble, another pedal perhaps? (PD: sorry for my english)
I have the same problems, try to put a compressor before it. Helps but doesn't completely solve the problem.
Not that I know, bro. That's why I've sent my pedal back after the review. It just didn't work for me. All the best.
I'm looking for how to make a drop sound effect on my bass guitar something similar to a whammy bar detuning a guitar
i think that's the Whammy or Richochet (Whammy Jr) both digitech (RIP)
Have you tried EHX Pitchfork or Slammi? Those are very good pitchshifters.
Not yet! I have never thought about pitchshifting instead of tuning the bass down, until a colleague told me about the very good "The Drop". As of yet, I´m not sure if I´ll dig in more into this subject by trying out different options (pedals). If so, I´ll do similar review videos for sure! Thx a lot for watching and commenting! All the best! :-)
I know this is an old post, bit have you tried the others and which one would you recommend
@@liamjenkins82 I am still using the EHX Slammi for an one octave up without the dry signal of my Pbass. Sometimes one octave down, which creates a very fat low sound. It tracks very well. I try other pedals at guitar stores sometimes, but even much more expensive ones cannot satisfy me. I believe the Pitchfork has the same module. It also highly depends on what sound you are going for. Octave down, octave up, etc .. they all need different settings, combination with pedals and/or a certain touch when you play.. it's all trial and error. I also suggest checking out Reed Mathis and Janek Gwizdala. They produce amazing and very unusual sounds with their pedals.
@@wasimoto_7540 I'm not really going for any sound im just looking for an easy way to play in bead on my current 4 string bass to be honest. Which I run through a darkglass bk7 and a compressor. And thanks
@@wasimoto_7540 basically I'm struggling with the speed on a 5 string and was thinking if I could get away with it on a 4 without and physical changes, filing out the nut and the like
personally I prefer the pitchfork over the Drop
Thx for watching and leaving your recommendation! 😀👍🏻
Those are flatwounds ?
These are rounds.
For those of you with a life to live, the actual demo starts at 4:38. And I've heard this demoed on bass where it sounded great. Could be player error here. Noise in = noise out.
Thx for watching and commenting! Have a great and peaceful Xmas time!
@@MichaelSchmittEleven The same to you! Merry Christmas!
Could be the fact that this is a GUITAR pedal and not a BASS GUITAR pedal.
Not really. It's just a limitation in design.
It is HORRENDOUS for bass. Do not buy it. Wobbly bad sound, bad tracking.
That's my experience as well.
I bought it, sounded OK at first and then started to notice the tones got completely weird, like bad equalization. Unfortunately I will have to sell it.
skip the boring "unboxing" part...and then - delay? glitches? forget the pedal and tune down your bass :-) "would you hear it in the mix?" sure you would...
Otto Fürst Thx for watching and commenting! Not a scientific review here, just my opinion on a pedal I thought that could be of possible use for me. ;-) All the best!
Using this pedal saves you time on stage before playing the next song. Especially in low tuned bass guitars. Also constantly retuning especially in bad weather can be harmful