You can also dial in some Jaco style chorus with the Flashback. Turn the style to Mod, time close to 0secs and the mix all the way up. It give a nice smooth chorus and doesn't suck out the bottom end.
Nice applications! I've been doing Moyo passive volume (amazingly simple and handmade in US) -> Boss OC-5 octaver (more options than OC-3) -> Darkglass Alpha Omega distortion -> MXR purple envelope filter (in case you need to Bootsy) -> MXR bass compressor -> MXR booster -> BeatBuddy -> RC-300 looper. Never heard of POG or Freeze so tyvm.
love how he says "thank you, gavin" at 1:48 and then gavin says thank you back (merci / merci beacoup) lol "de rien" means you're welcome but cool video! I've played bass for only 3 years and feel comfortable to start trying out pedals now! very informative
Tuner. Yes I don't like English accent too. This Leeds area English is some kind of German and London mix imo LOL... Anyway, I prefer standard American accent personally.
I'm only a few miles away from Leeds, so I am a little biased in preferring English accents. However I like the nicely spoken, well enunciated accents without the dropped letters or slang.
Back in the day, I used to plug straight in. The amps are made differently these days. Compression was often built into the amp and/or the bass guitar. I'm looking for a compressor now.
@@joycesanders4898 Behringer STEALS every single design they sell. They actually design nothing and build for slave wages in China. If there's one company that should be universally banned or blackballed in the music community, it should be them. But cheapness wins for people with no awareness, no morals, or no cash.
cannot believe how good that Octaver sounded with the Darkglass! so synthy! but better than any synth. so articulate and musical sounding. i was looking at an electro harmonix micro synth, and a darkglass combo... but damn- that sounded great. (of course, that was an 11,000 bass, not my no-name p-bass so...)
Hey Scott, it would be very useful if you could give us a few examples in combination with Rock-Songs. I guess nearly all of us playing in a band so its no use for us to buy any gear for soloing especially when we have no idea where to use it within songs.
I picked up a Source Audio Soundblox Pro Multiwave Bass distortion a few months ago; it basically combines the functions of several of these pedals. While I would love to be able to tweak individual settings, the simplicity of the thing makes it so useful. Plus... Hot Hand!
I wish that I picked up a basic guitar a long time ago but I just picked it up three months ago ! I am blind and I am picking this up like I was born for this ! Would’ve loved to been able to interior contest with any of this
I needed something with some fuzz that didn't lower my bass levels/get me lost in the mix, both with light fuzz and heavy fuzz. I picked up the Don't Shred on Me from Abominable Electronics and it's one of the best I've ever used. It's a more dial-inable version of The Rat. I use it for any and all styles. Rock, blues, heavy metal... damn, its a monster. It's a guitar pedal I believe, but I can't make a guitar sound good using it to save my life.
Have you tried ehx bass big muff? It has a knob to let your dry signal go through together woth the fuzz tone/ wet signal. Or if not, anything with EQ, or maybe just a preamp, that should save you from getting lost in the mix. Fuzz sounds best with high trebles also but for the bass to come UP the mix, the mids should be upped as well.
i would say for recording yes, for gigs, home practice, or band practice no. gotta develop that feel during practice and shows. but the recording engineer will appreciate a properly set compressor (they should already have one for you) especially if you're a sloppier player. and yes, if you're an experienced and practiced player, probably don't NEED one.
Awesome pedals and inspiration. Scott is without question, the best bass guitarist master teacher I have come to know. Love those pedals. Super cool signature bass and amp. Love to win it all. Here's hoping.
One of the troubles i've found with a distortion/overdrive is it...sorta removes the "WHOMP' factor, if you will. It flattens out response somehow, so that the bass doesn't 'punch' like it should; especially with distortion-heavy guitarists in the band and lots of crash-work from the drummer. Just my experience.
I really like the sound the vibe function on the Korg Nuvibe makes. Its a huge pedal with a also huge expression pedal. I had some problems with it because you need a hefty power supply for it which I didn't have at the time and the expression pedal needed some fixing and you can't just use any expression pedal. But now it works it is fantastic.
Nice to see, that you use EBS octabass, in lots of pedal reviews people use oc-2 or mxr, recently found one guy use 3leafaudio. I had mxr but EBS is so fat, really fat.) it was really strange for me that no one use it. So now I just relaxed.)) thank you, man.)
That's basically my pedalboard. Just different brands. Boss OC-2 as an octaver, Boss PS-5 for the octave up, Darkglass B7k for the Distortion, Strymon Timeline for the Delay and the freeze. Also got a Mooer radar on there, the Cabsim is nice to have if you pass a DI Signal to FOH if you have Distortion on your DI.
whysinpie- that blending great with metal guitars is exactly why i'm considering it as a first bass pedal. just can't decide between the B7k and the alpha omega!
Thanks for another great video, Scott. What pedal would you recommend if I just want to add a bit of growl to my bass? I'm not interested in anything too metal sounding, just a bit of overdrive, I guess. Thinking about the Boss Bass Driver, any opinions? Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions you, or your viewers can offer.
I've never been that into effects pedals (when playing in 2 pro bands in my youth) on the bass guitar except for the one which was my Boss Graphic Equaliser to boost certain sounds at certain times, but I always thought of how cool it would be to take my guitarists pedals & play them... I did this once & had a ball with the Wah Wah & Distortion (aka Fuzz) pedals along with the digital delay & the compression pedal.. It was one of those nights in the rehearsal studio & we had our set locked down tight & it was a case of go home early/play the Arcade Machines which the studio had or mess about with each other's instruments & what an interesting & hilarious night we had... Now i just play for myself & for the fun of it & once I've paid off my beautiful Pedulla Buzz Fretless Bass Guitar & take delivery of it I'm going to invest in quite a few pedals... I always had that innovative side to me but when your playing in a band that's signed up & their looking for hit singles, well that comes first & though I'd experiment in the studio I'd never overstep by bounds & push my overall bass parts above everyone else as we were all there to serve the music & not our egos... I'm looking forward to buying the pedals I've already mentioned & having a look at what else is out there as it was different 25 plus year's ago as you only had a certain amount of brands being sold in the UK but now there's plenty to choose from were as before it was predominately Boss along with a few other unknown brands... If I could give you any advice on effects pedals on the bass guitar it would be try anything & everything as you may stumble onto a new way of getting your bass lines across & last but my no means least " Have Fun " with it, or what's the point... .....
My choices are, in no particular order; 1- Compressor 2- Graphic EQ 3- Chorus 4- Overdrive 5- Fuzz I’m thinking about going with a rack mount compressor and EQ because I have them on all the time. Does anyone have a thoughts or experience with this? Cheers 👍🏻
Stick with high-end pedals unless you don't mind lugging a rack. I guess it depends on how busy you are. Personally, I like to stay as mobile as possible and keep all my pedals in a small laptop bag. I only pull out the ones I need for the gig but Compression - EQ and Tuner always come out of the bag the rest depends on the needs of the gig. Other pedals in my bag include Fuzz, Octave, Chorus, Reverb, Looper and Pitch Shifter. Once in a rare while I will also throw a Wah Pedal into the bag :)
I use the Boss compressor and Boss EQ. When I’m gigging I swap between active and passive basses, so this affects the comp and EQ settings. My thoughts were to get a 2 channel rack comp and a 2 channel EQ and switch the signal chain between the two. I often use a 410 cab, so using rack mount gear and putting my amp in the rack wouldn’t be too much more to lug about. But I’m still not sure. I currently use a homemade pedal board that fits into a rucksack, along with all my cables etc. I do like quick set up/pack down time and being mobile. Thanks for your thoughts on this 👍🏻
careful with that rack eq. i had the same idea for guitar but eq and noise gate. i haven't found a rack eq that didn't introduce all kinds of hiss in to my sound. tried a DOD 15 band, and a DBX 15 band. connected them every which way. up front, paralel loop, regular fx loop. no go. apparently you have to match them to your rig pretty precisely. what made noise for me, might not make noise on your rig, and vice versa. tried recording with them and got the same thing. didn't matter where i put them, hiss. and the dbx has a reputation for being quiet! maybe i was doing something wrong, but i tried everything i could think of and nothing on any forum or youtube video helped.
I guess a source audio programmable eq can help you, if you don't mind being digital. you can have 4 presets including eq and gain setting. so eq and a booster combined
i've found the Celestial Audio Aries Beast distortion pedal is awesome on bass. except it was made for guitar, so no blend control. but it does have two gain stages, volume, and low, mid, treble knobs. (Hmmm... wonder how hard it would be to mod it with a blend control?)
Nice drone practice recommendation. I have a Gamechanger Audio PLUS pedal with Wet switch. I’m still delving into it with my NS Design CR6-string Radius fretless electric bass guitar and electric cello after 2 years.👍
I know thi s is an old video, but I hope you see this... I have a question... I use a compression pedal, and was thinking about getting a pre-amp pedal as well... would that be redundant? if not, then where would the preamp go??? before or after the compression?... thank you Scott
Not one for all the techno pedals, but like Tech 21 Sans Amp DI box to round out my tone and has the advantage of an XLR balanced output to send to a mixing board. With a phantom powered mixing board there's no need for the "wall wart" or battery power supplies.
I play through an old Boss multi-effects pedalboard called an ME-X and it has a pitch shift section so you aren't limited to just an octave. A 4th or 5th down can be a whole lot of fun, especially if you are not really holding down the low end all the time, aka playing along with a synth bass etc. Of course, I'm dying at the lack of addition of a chorus but what do I know, I'm a post-punk bassist who uses multiple pedals and a pick, lol.
I guess that's too much for Scott though. He won't be utilizing the full potential of dist pedals because it's not really conventionally used in his style of music. But I do agree with you. Metal muff for bass is a bomb 👌
The DigiTech Whammy pedal, even though they make a bass version the guitar one is really good for bass. Next to distortion it's my main pedal in my set up, whatever genre band I'm in. Love playing Maj 7 chords on bass
Fuzz, wah, chorus, and (do I even have to say it?) a tuner. (Note that I play an Ashdown Amp, so I'm also a frequent user of the built-in "Sub-harmonic generator")
Not really my cup of tea. This seems very focused on effects to use while soloing, which I rarely do. I enjoy a distortion pedal (aguilar Agro is perfect for my needs), a chorus, a flanger, and eventually a compressor. Would like a reverb though from time to time, and maybe an octave pedal (i sold my aguilar octamizer though). And yeah, an eq pedal is also great to have every once in a while. 😊
Scott, as some others have said, where is the compressor? Playing live, to me a compressor is a must. I have the Boss BC 1X and find it a superb digital no- noise piece of kit. . .
Hi Scott. Wondering what you think of compression. Don't need it because your articulation is giving you what you want? Also, what about digital versus analog effects. What do you think? Thanks.
Compression, chorus, and tube crunch (Ampeg SVT tone if you’re not lugging around a big damn refrigerator). And a tuner if you don’t have something built in to your amp or rack. What else would you ever need?
Hey Scott, I know it’s not really your style of bass playing but please could you use some bass pedals and play some royal blood!!!!! They have some awesome riffs that are a lot of fun to play
I Am So Glad i quit trying to make my guitar sound like a synthesizer, ( the first attempts were expensive, and painful, enough ) i ended up just getting into soft-synths, keys, and eventually a Linnstrument 128 .... i don't need octave effects, i just need bass guitar to sound like bass guitar, and guitar to sound like guitar.
@@devinebass guitarist drummer synth, generally; i have had basses, and i made a really awesome custom bass that got stolen in Seattle ... i have a UA Apollo Twin, and just going with a plugin rig this time...Hi-Z ---> Gallien-Krueger 800RB, Fairchild 660, SPL Vitalizer MK2-T, Dytronics Tri-Stereo Chorus. i already have the 660 and SPL, and the chorus i have several reasons to get. so it's just an extra bass amp plugin.
I only saved enough for one peddle a Boss ODB-3 bought it about 25 years ago from the Bass centre in Wapping. Oh and a tuner... I should really expand my repertoire.
Hey Scott, could I ask what kind or where you get your gloves? I have a relative that needs those thin gloves. Thanks! Anyways, thanks always for the vids!
This inspires me to work more with my H.O.G.2, I feel like I can dial in a lot of those sounds. It works slightly differently but still has options. Great vid.
i thought the same thing. then i was like, "but who's gonna complain about a free 11,000 USD instrument with a chip in it?" and what kind of undeserving schmuck would they be?
The Freeze and Ovtave function can ne combined in the POGs nix brother the HOG. It also comes with a filter section which kicks makes your sound Go funky as bootsy
it sounded like the Pog was a nice jazz solo octave pedal, and the Octaver was a synth/edm style octave pedal. i get why you'd want both. they sound way different, and they influenced his playing to be completely different as well. for a session or fill in bassist, it makes sense to snag both. for someone playing one dedicated style of music, not so much. (except for silly fun practice/jam- which... fuck yeah).
I'm surprised you didn't have an envelope filter in the mix. Just for that classic "Chameleon on Headhunters" vibe. (For when you don't have a keyboardist.) Just add a pinch of overdrive and you're there! The Pog with the freeze would sound pretty awesome as well! Providing that the POG can track polyphonic parts without any issues.
I have a ZOOM MS-60B firmware v2 multstomp with more than 140 effects. I wish Scott would give us an evaluation of that pedal by saying the pros and cons. I've seen several reviews but Scott is necessary. It is possible?
hello there! thanks for the video, very illustrative, I got a cuestione, some folks recommend me buy a preamp as my first pedal, my opinion is a compressor as first pedal. I haven't a fedora! 🤣 what it the best option for a ibenez gio 5 stings?
You can also dial in some Jaco style chorus with the Flashback. Turn the style to Mod, time close to 0secs and the mix all the way up. It give a nice smooth chorus and doesn't suck out the bottom end.
Is the flashback made specifically for Bass?
No it’s a guitar delay pedal
Nice applications! I've been doing Moyo passive volume (amazingly simple and handmade in US) -> Boss OC-5 octaver (more options than OC-3) -> Darkglass Alpha Omega distortion -> MXR purple envelope filter (in case you need to Bootsy) -> MXR bass compressor -> MXR booster -> BeatBuddy -> RC-300 looper. Never heard of POG or Freeze so tyvm.
The Freeze has a mode switch; I think “latch” means you can take your foot off and it still sustains :-) Great Pedals
love how he says "thank you, gavin" at 1:48 and then gavin says thank you back (merci / merci beacoup) lol "de rien" means you're welcome but cool video! I've played bass for only 3 years and feel comfortable to start trying out pedals now! very informative
What about a tuna?
Tuner. Yes I don't like English accent too. This Leeds area English is some kind of German and London mix imo LOL... Anyway, I prefer standard American accent personally.
rahzark Here: 🐟
I'm only a few miles away from Leeds, so I am a little biased in preferring English accents. However I like the nicely spoken, well enunciated accents without the dropped letters or slang.
Nobody cares what accents you like dude
You can tuna piano but you can't tuna fish. Unless that fish is a bass.
Back in the day, I used to plug straight in. The amps are made differently these days. Compression was often built into the amp and/or the bass guitar. I'm looking for a compressor now.
Behringer makes one for around 25$,..it may not be a Darkglass but at that price...👍🤘💕🎶
@@joycesanders4898 Behringer STEALS every single design they sell. They actually design nothing and build for slave wages in China.
If there's one company that should be universally banned or blackballed in the music community, it should be them. But cheapness wins for people with no awareness, no morals, or no cash.
Keeley bassist is a great compressor
cannot believe how good that Octaver sounded with the Darkglass! so synthy! but better than any synth. so articulate and musical sounding. i was looking at an electro harmonix micro synth, and a darkglass combo... but damn- that sounded great. (of course, that was an 11,000 bass, not my no-name p-bass so...)
Hey Scott, it would be very useful if you could give us a few examples in combination with Rock-Songs. I guess nearly all of us playing in a band so its no use for us to buy any gear for soloing especially when we have no idea where to use it within songs.
Exactly - he barely played any low notes, may as well be showing off lead guitar pedals.
Distortion on bass would make perfect for making an 80s 16-bit arcade game soundtrack haha. This as an awesome video indeed friend!
I love bitcrushers for that effect.
I picked up a Source Audio Soundblox Pro Multiwave Bass distortion a few months ago; it basically combines the functions of several of these pedals. While I would love to be able to tweak individual settings, the simplicity of the thing makes it so useful. Plus... Hot Hand!
Great great pedal.
Those Fedora basses are expensive & ugly as sin. Sound great but I don't get the price. Thx Scott.
@Wray Gamma & His Gamma Rays good thing they're actually called Fodera
Yea they’re ugly
Because it's the tone man
I was thinking that same thing- sure they sound great but jesus thats ugly for 11k
Fender is the best bass and guitar brand , they last long, great sound, bang for the buck
8:34 that run melts my mind
The drone part was very beautiful.
I wish that I picked up a basic guitar a long time ago but I just picked it up three months ago ! I am blind and I am picking this up like I was born for this ! Would’ve loved to been able to interior contest with any of this
Yo The Blind Fury himself. Saw a video of early you spitting HARD yesterday. Slap that thang and freestyle over it!! Yes you can. Get on it.
I needed something with some fuzz that didn't lower my bass levels/get me lost in the mix, both with light fuzz and heavy fuzz. I picked up the Don't Shred on Me from Abominable Electronics and it's one of the best I've ever used. It's a more dial-inable version of The Rat. I use it for any and all styles. Rock, blues, heavy metal... damn, its a monster. It's a guitar pedal I believe, but I can't make a guitar sound good using it to save my life.
Have you tried ehx bass big muff? It has a knob to let your dry signal go through together woth the fuzz tone/ wet signal. Or if not, anything with EQ, or maybe just a preamp, that should save you from getting lost in the mix. Fuzz sounds best with high trebles also but for the bass to come UP the mix, the mids should be upped as well.
You forgot the most important pedal that is always on is a good compressor.
audioguru67 I imagine he runs through something more sophisticated than, say a dyna comp.
i'd say that if you can play, you don't need one..
I'd rather not. I fucking suck at playing the bass but I'll never learn how to play with a consistent touch if I'm using a compressor as a crutch
i would say for recording yes, for gigs, home practice, or band practice no. gotta develop that feel during practice and shows. but the recording engineer will appreciate a properly set compressor (they should already have one for you) especially if you're a sloppier player. and yes, if you're an experienced and practiced player, probably don't NEED one.
Its not necessarily an effects pedal
Awesome pedals and inspiration. Scott is without question, the best bass guitarist master teacher I have come to know. Love those pedals. Super cool signature bass and amp. Love to win it all. Here's hoping.
Scott! Got my strap last week. Great craftsman work and feels great. Thanks :)
I regret so much selling my MicroPOG. That + fuzz + chorus = monstrous Moog sound
One of the troubles i've found with a distortion/overdrive is it...sorta removes the "WHOMP' factor, if you will. It flattens out response somehow, so that the bass doesn't 'punch' like it should; especially with distortion-heavy guitarists in the band and lots of crash-work from the drummer. Just my experience.
Bass distortions tend to be designed to help retain punch with bass boosts or letting you blend in an unaffected sound with the distortion
Ooh I like the use of the sustainer to provide your own accompaniment. Very clever.
Number 1 for me is compression, then chorus, then reverb
was definitely expecting a dyna comp but ay I love these for new ideas.
Wow this is SUCH a cool video. I love listening to you play
I really like the sound the vibe function on the Korg Nuvibe makes. Its a huge pedal with a also huge expression pedal. I had some problems with it because you need a hefty power supply for it which I didn't have at the time and the expression pedal needed some fixing and you can't just use any expression pedal. But now it works it is fantastic.
Nice to see, that you use EBS octabass, in lots of pedal reviews people use oc-2 or mxr, recently found one guy use 3leafaudio.
I had mxr but EBS is so fat, really fat.) it was really strange for me that no one use it. So now I just relaxed.)) thank you, man.)
That's basically my pedalboard. Just different brands.
Boss OC-2 as an octaver, Boss PS-5 for the octave up, Darkglass B7k for the Distortion, Strymon Timeline for the Delay and the freeze. Also got a Mooer radar on there, the Cabsim is nice to have if you pass a DI Signal to FOH if you have Distortion on your DI.
WhySinPie i love the darkglass its just too damn mean for me
Joey Morris understandably. Mainly using it for my metal stuff. Might snag another drive/distortion for the more standard tasks.
WhySinPie even playing metal its too much for me. Then again, i don't use distortion at all. Big muff and a tubescreamer are my dirty sounds
Joey Morris mhh, I think it just blends insanely well with high gain guitars, that's what I like most about it.
whysinpie- that blending great with metal guitars is exactly why i'm considering it as a first bass pedal. just can't decide between the B7k and the alpha omega!
Too addicted to buying basses to afford pedals, but I love all these sounds!
Thanks for another great video, Scott. What pedal would you recommend if I just want to add a bit of growl to my bass? I'm not interested in anything too metal sounding, just a bit of overdrive, I guess. Thinking about the Boss Bass Driver, any opinions? Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions you, or your viewers can offer.
I've never been that into effects pedals (when playing in 2 pro bands in my youth) on the bass guitar except for the one which was my Boss Graphic Equaliser to boost certain sounds at certain times, but I always thought of how cool it would be to take my guitarists pedals & play them...
I did this once & had a ball with the Wah Wah & Distortion (aka Fuzz) pedals along with the digital delay & the compression pedal..
It was one of those nights in the rehearsal studio & we had our set locked down tight & it was a case of go home early/play the Arcade Machines which the studio had or mess about with each other's instruments & what an interesting & hilarious night we had...
Now i just play for myself & for the fun of it & once I've paid off my beautiful Pedulla Buzz Fretless Bass Guitar & take delivery of it I'm going to invest in quite a few pedals...
I always had that innovative side to me but when your playing in a band that's signed up & their looking for hit singles, well that comes first & though I'd experiment in the studio I'd never overstep by bounds & push my overall bass parts above everyone else as we were all there to serve the music & not our egos...
I'm looking forward to buying the pedals I've already mentioned & having a look at what else is out there as it was different 25 plus year's ago as you only had a certain amount of brands being sold in the UK but now there's plenty to choose from were as before it was predominately Boss along with a few other unknown brands...
If I could give you any advice on effects pedals on the bass guitar it would be try anything & everything as you may stumble onto a new way of getting your bass lines across & last but my no means least " Have Fun " with it, or what's the point...
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Awesome sounds Scott. Thanks for sharing.
Not sure about the bass styling... but I've a feeling I could live with it!
Very nice... haven't played in a few years. Got a studio 5 coming in and got my studio ready to go. Looking forward to it.
I prefer the sound of the Bass Octave Deluxe by MXR over just about any other octave pedal.
Tried the EBS octave?
My choices are, in no particular order;
1- Compressor
2- Graphic EQ
3- Chorus
4- Overdrive
5- Fuzz
I’m thinking about going with a rack mount compressor and EQ because I have them on all the time.
Does anyone have a thoughts or experience with this?
Cheers 👍🏻
Stick with high-end pedals unless you don't mind lugging a rack. I guess it depends on how busy you are. Personally, I like to stay as mobile as possible and keep all my pedals in a small laptop bag. I only pull out the ones I need for the gig but Compression - EQ and Tuner always come out of the bag the rest depends on the needs of the gig. Other pedals in my bag include Fuzz, Octave, Chorus, Reverb, Looper and Pitch Shifter. Once in a rare while I will also throw a Wah Pedal into the bag :)
I use the Boss compressor and Boss EQ. When I’m gigging I swap between active and passive basses, so this affects the comp and EQ settings. My thoughts were to get a 2 channel rack comp and a 2 channel EQ and switch the signal chain between the two. I often use a 410 cab, so using rack mount gear and putting my amp in the rack wouldn’t be too much more to lug about. But I’m still not sure.
I currently use a homemade pedal board that fits into a rucksack, along with all my cables etc. I do like quick set up/pack down time and being mobile.
Thanks for your thoughts on this 👍🏻
careful with that rack eq. i had the same idea for guitar but eq and noise gate. i haven't found a rack eq that didn't introduce all kinds of hiss in to my sound. tried a DOD 15 band, and a DBX 15 band. connected them every which way. up front, paralel loop, regular fx loop. no go. apparently you have to match them to your rig pretty precisely. what made noise for me, might not make noise on your rig, and vice versa. tried recording with them and got the same thing. didn't matter where i put them, hiss. and the dbx has a reputation for being quiet! maybe i was doing something wrong, but i tried everything i could think of and nothing on any forum or youtube video helped.
I guess a source audio programmable eq can help you, if you don't mind being digital. you can have 4 presets including eq and gain setting. so eq and a booster combined
You’re crazy good Scotty!🤙🏼
I picked up the 3 pedals in the middle. but I got the Flashback x4. Puts my versatility on another level
I do open mic's and never know what amp I will be plugging into so I always bring my SansAmp Bass Driver DI.
I use sansamp too
i've found the Celestial Audio Aries Beast distortion pedal is awesome on bass. except it was made for guitar, so no blend control. but it does have two gain stages, volume, and low, mid, treble knobs. (Hmmm... wonder how hard it would be to mod it with a blend control?)
that bass sounds so good that I am even starting to appreciate the look of it. but maybe it's just the way you play it.
whaleback Love💕🎶
id be kinda interested to see a breakdown of that run around 8:30
Instead of a Freeze, wouldn't a loop pedal be better? Love this video!
Slightly different thing but yes, a looper will work!
Good video Scott. I'm really liking the source audio aftershock pedal. Would recommend!
Nice drone practice recommendation. I have a Gamechanger Audio PLUS pedal with Wet switch. I’m still delving into it with my NS Design CR6-string Radius fretless electric bass guitar and electric cello after 2 years.👍
Enjoy David!!
Prayin for that fodera 🤙🏼
Bah! thanks for your video clarified a lot for me, congratulations!
I know thi s is an old video, but I hope you see this... I have a question... I use a compression pedal, and was thinking about getting a pre-amp pedal as well... would that be redundant? if not, then where would the preamp go??? before or after the compression?... thank you Scott
Wicked. Never heard of the “freeze “ before.
Go the Alpha Omicron recently. By far the best distortion pedal I've used!
I do like a good compressor. Love the Walrus Audio Deep Six and the DarkGlass Hyper Luminar.
What about a compressor and a chorus ???
Great video...and I watch all of yours.
Not one for all the techno pedals, but like Tech 21 Sans Amp DI box to round out my tone and has the advantage of an XLR balanced output to send to a mixing board. With a phantom powered mixing board there's no need for the "wall wart" or battery power supplies.
Nice one, can you do a rundown of bass synth pedals? Cheers
What about a compressor to keep your dynamics in check? I mean you can do a good job of that with your fingers but still
I play through an old Boss multi-effects pedalboard called an ME-X and it has a pitch shift section so you aren't limited to just an octave. A 4th or 5th down can be a whole lot of fun, especially if you are not really holding down the low end all the time, aka playing along with a synth bass etc. Of course, I'm dying at the lack of addition of a chorus but what do I know, I'm a post-punk bassist who uses multiple pedals and a pick, lol.
I just came across a ME-80 and I’m trying to figure out how to use it for bass
Sir advices me what the common effect pedal use ..
Have you tried micro metal muff? It's mainly for guitar but holy hell, it's hot on low boost with bass.
I guess that's too much for Scott though. He won't be utilizing the full potential of dist pedals because it's not really conventionally used in his style of music.
But I do agree with you. Metal muff for bass is a bomb 👌
With this set up, if you switch the Flashback delay to the 'MOD' setting and turn the delay down/off - viola! you have a great sounding Chorus...
Don’t think he’s playing a Viola.
Or you mean “Voila”. Or your comment was affected by auto-correct....
The DigiTech Whammy pedal, even though they make a bass version the guitar one is really good for bass. Next to distortion it's my main pedal in my set up, whatever genre band I'm in. Love playing Maj 7 chords on bass
Freeze is important in my band as we use a lot of drones
Agreed.
whammy is the worst idea ever for a pedal.
thumbthump Agreed.
thumbthump your mum's the worst idea for a pedal ever!
Just got the dUg Pinnick pedal from Tech 21...it's just awesome...tuner and compressor built in...
Scott, man.... u are playing like a beast! soooo jazzy.
Fuzz, wah, chorus, and (do I even have to say it?) a tuner.
(Note that I play an Ashdown Amp, so I'm also a frequent user of the built-in "Sub-harmonic generator")
I'm here for that Fodera.
Is that still on the table?
Not really my cup of tea. This seems very focused on effects to use while soloing, which I rarely do. I enjoy a distortion pedal (aguilar Agro is perfect for my needs), a chorus, a flanger, and eventually a compressor. Would like a reverb though from time to time, and maybe an octave pedal (i sold my aguilar octamizer though). And yeah, an eq pedal is also great to have every once in a while. 😊
Get good
Sad to see that I missed this, love your channel.
Scott, as some others have said, where is the compressor? Playing live, to me a compressor is a must. I have the Boss BC 1X and find it a superb digital no- noise piece of kit. . .
Hi Scott. Wondering what you think of compression. Don't need it because your articulation is giving you what you want? Also, what about digital versus analog effects. What do you think? Thanks.
Quality gear is nice but quality playing really satisfies! Inspiring review!
The octaver in the beginning slaps
Compression, chorus, and tube crunch (Ampeg SVT tone if you’re not lugging around a big damn refrigerator). And a tuner if you don’t have something built in to your amp or rack.
What else would you ever need?
you never need the compression. it's for weirdos.
Hey Scott, I know it’s not really your style of bass playing but please could you use some bass pedals and play some royal blood!!!!! They have some awesome riffs that are a lot of fun to play
I Am So Glad i quit trying to make my guitar sound like a synthesizer, ( the first attempts were expensive, and painful, enough )
i ended up just getting into soft-synths, keys, and eventually a Linnstrument 128 .... i don't need octave effects, i just need bass guitar to sound like bass guitar, and guitar to sound like guitar.
Absolutely, it's all about finding your own unique sound and what works best for you! 🎸🎶 Keep rockin' with that bass guitar authenticity! 🤘😊
@@devinebass guitarist drummer synth, generally; i have had basses, and i made a really awesome custom bass that got stolen in Seattle ... i have a UA Apollo Twin, and just going with a plugin rig this time...Hi-Z ---> Gallien-Krueger 800RB, Fairchild 660, SPL Vitalizer MK2-T, Dytronics Tri-Stereo Chorus.
i already have the 660 and SPL, and the chorus i have several reasons to get. so it's just an extra bass amp plugin.
@@devinebass i wonder if you could run a bass into and EXH HOG ??? that would be the most syth like thing i could think of, but for me, i have syths.
I only saved enough for one peddle a Boss ODB-3 bought it about 25 years ago from the Bass centre in Wapping. Oh and a tuner... I should really expand my repertoire.
Hey Scott, could I ask what kind or where you get your gloves? I have a relative that needs those thin gloves. Thanks! Anyways, thanks always for the vids!
I've just discovered this video and i ask myself : whh is he wearing a glove?
This inspires me to work more with my H.O.G.2, I feel like I can dial in a lot of those sounds. It works slightly differently but still has options. Great vid.
Great bro.... regards from Bolivia Santa Cruz.
What about a noise gate at the back end.
The POG tracks so well. Omg!
0:28 Hoy! Holding the $11K giveaway with one hand! And no glove!
Fim de Abril my thougts
i thought the same thing. then i was like, "but who's gonna complain about a free 11,000 USD instrument with a chip in it?" and what kind of undeserving schmuck would they be?
Hi -- great videos. Thanks. Question: Where do you get t hose tight fitting gloves?
Awesome vid ! Great playing
The Freeze and Ovtave function can ne combined in the POGs nix brother the HOG. It also comes with a filter section which kicks makes your sound Go funky as bootsy
I have a Electro-Harmonix BAss Soul Food and a Bass Big Muff. What would you suggest for a Compressor? I need to even out the sound.
What about a Wah or a Flanger? Also do you ever use guitar pedals?
Is there any pedal to emulate a modern clean bass sound
9:00 Isn't 1st and 4th are the same thing? Octaver and a POG? I would rather include a compressor on my pedalboard.
Mi Pe I’m like Scott. The octaver for low subby sounds & the pog for up shiny solo passages. Btw, Compressor is a must too.
it sounded like the Pog was a nice jazz solo octave pedal, and the Octaver was a synth/edm style octave pedal. i get why you'd want both. they sound way different, and they influenced his playing to be completely different as well. for a session or fill in bassist, it makes sense to snag both. for someone playing one dedicated style of music, not so much. (except for silly fun practice/jam- which... fuck yeah).
I'm surprised you didn't have an envelope filter in the mix. Just for that classic "Chameleon on Headhunters" vibe. (For when you don't have a keyboardist.) Just add a pinch of overdrive and you're there! The Pog with the freeze would sound pretty awesome as well! Providing that the POG can track polyphonic parts without any issues.
I would love to have and play with that bass :)
Finnaly i can see what you realy can do good job☺👍👋👋👋
I have a ZOOM MS-60B firmware v2 multstomp with more than 140 effects.
I wish Scott would give us an evaluation of that pedal by saying the pros and cons. I've seen several reviews but Scott is necessary. It is possible?
Man you're creating a huge excitement for me. If I don't win anything, I will be majorly dissappointed. Fingers crossed.
I have zero pedals, except a tuner pedal which i use for guitar too. Would like to win this haha.
It would be nice to have the Fodera, or the amp, or the pedals, but what I really want is one of them straps!
I can actually pass on the Fodera if I can get all the pedals for sure. That pedal combination is gold.
Nice pedals. Would love to win them and put a board together since I'm getting back to playing after 20 years.
me too....little advice, practice, practice, practice....we got a lot of catching up to do.👍🤘👨🎓🎸🎼
with the octave pedal can you turn off the normal signal and only have the high octave
hello there! thanks for the video, very illustrative, I got a cuestione, some folks recommend me buy a preamp as my first pedal, my opinion is a compressor as first pedal. I haven't a fedora! 🤣 what it the best option for a ibenez gio 5 stings?
That BASS THOUGH😍😍😍
Suzanna Sarkar ugly as hell
wish you had done more with the micro pod on its own.