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 Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:45 am
Distortion and effects can add so much to one's personal sound. Inspired by Death From Above 1979; a local band called "the wild eyes" and others. I've been wanting to get some distortion for my bass.  Now I ain't got much cash, but I want to get myself some distortion. I was thinking of forking out like R800 for a basic effects processor, however if it works out way cheaper to build my own stomp box, I think this would be loads of fun. I figure I can perhaps hide my lack of skill with a wall of distortion xp Anyway I was wondering if anyone had some basic shematics or knew of any realitivly simple boxes I could build? Has anyone had some experience with this? And finally what effects do you use, and what do you suggest?
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:02 am
I'm also curious about effects on a bass..
What do certain things do? I see people saying they use a "Bass Overdrive" pedal a lot.. What does that do? Exactly what it says or what?
And distortion on a bass? I know people do it.. but how good is that for the bass amp?
I saw a instruction style video of Flea talking about this pedal he had.. It was sweet, it gave you this underwater, aquatic funk sound on your bass.
So yeah, what do the effects do and such?
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:59 am
I know Death From Above, they're awesome. Im not sure about distortion pedals, my friend has one and it's cool, but I don't know where to find one like that, all the ones i've seen at stores are just like a little box thing. xp
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:18 am
im poor, so i always used my guitar pedals on my bass razz
Buut...Tell me how this works out, im perplexed, i want to know how this worked, and if you figger it out, post it here. I would love to make own stuff razz
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:48 pm
Chrysanthus I'm also curious about effects on a bass.. What do certain things do? I see people saying they use a "Bass Overdrive" pedal a lot.. What does that do? Exactly what it says or what? And distortion on a bass? I know people do it.. but how good is that for the bass amp? I saw a instruction style video of Flea talking about this pedal he had.. It was sweet, it gave you this underwater, aquatic funk sound on your bass. So yeah, what do the effects do and such? Bass Overdrive pedal simulates Overdrive distortion, overdrive happens when you overdrive the vacuum tubes in your amp, its a distortion that sounds warmer, smoother, and fuzzier than regular distortion. The pedal Flea was using was an Envelope filter, probably with an auto-wah added onto it (most Envelope fliters have an auto-wah on the same pedal) for the watery effect. An Electro-Harmonix Bassballs is a good example of an envelope filter.
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:11 pm
Distortion is cool as long as its not overdone. I've listened to a lot of heavy metal bands where there's so much distortion(on everything) you can't hear the bass lines. It might sound good if the only thing distorted in a band was the bass. Summary: Too much distortion=crap music....And coupled with the growly screaming vocals of common modern metal bands, will make it sound more like noise than music...
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:49 am
Personally i dont think that bass effects sound that great. But there are times when some distortion sounds golden. But using effects all of the time just gets old.
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Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 12:05 pm
I really, really want a fuzz pedal so I can play some stoner rock, 'n' stuff.
Right now I'm using a Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal distortion pedal which works well, but the level knob is broken. crying
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:44 pm
I have a "Behringer OD-100" which a overdrive/distortion stomp box and i think it ******** rocks(and only cost 15 english pounds)!! I only really got it so i could play a song called "Hysteria" by a band called "Muse" (which you should check out if u wanna hear decent bass overdrive/distortion) and yeah its really good for the effect which is in this song!!
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:44 pm
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:08 pm
HailFyre http://www.vmsrecords.com/dissolute/pedals.html That page has a few schematics for Fuzz pedals, a vintage radio type thing, and some others. I'm hoping to build a Fuzz Bob for my Tech class whee If I knew what the hell that said, I'd build myself one straight away. I desire a fuzz pedal more than life itself. *Cutcutcut* emo
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Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:08 am
Ooo,
I want me some fuzz, but it might work out cheaper to just buy it. However Im still going to look into it for a hobby or something.
Thanks HailFyre that sight looks like just what I need 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:29 am
Actumen HailFyre http://www.vmsrecords.com/dissolute/pedals.html That page has a few schematics for Fuzz pedals, a vintage radio type thing, and some others. I'm hoping to build a Fuzz Bob for my Tech class whee If I knew what the hell that said, I'd build myself one straight away. I desire a fuzz pedal more than life itself. *Cutcutcut* emo Fuzz pedals are pretty simple compared to other kinds of pedals. As for the understanding issue, huzzah for basic circuitry in tech lessons! @Panda: No problem =]
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