thumbo Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 One for those Basschat folks who are starting to peruse this fresh off the block forum... With bass I'm a heavy pedal user and consider my preamp and gain pedals as more important than what my bass amp can offer tonally, but with guitar I'm completely the opposite. Gibson SG Standard into a Tiny Terror and I'm good to go! I sometimes stick a delay or reverb pedal in line, but enjoy the simplicity of guitar straight into amp. Totally not the same with bass though, I run 11 pedals at the moment. Does anyone else find this, or vice versa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 For bass, just the odd effect here and there when jamming for fun. For guitar, I’m totally torn between psychedelic textual pedal fun v’s simple guitar into amp and some Creedence riffs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 For me it is different. Playing bass it is nice to have the occasional effect. Playing guitar couldn't imagine going without any effects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Bass: tuner pedal Guitar: 3 different pedal boards, plus a drawer full of 'spare' fx pedals! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinball Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 I play mainly cleanish electric or acoustics with pedals and have a similar approach to the way I my bass pedals. I go for quality and just a few. I use trem and delay and sometimes a bit of dirt the most on guitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 The only effects I ever really use on bass are envelope filter or a bit of compression. I generally run my guitars through a multi fx pedal and it's very rare that I'll be using a completely clean tone, if nothing else I'll have the reverb on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gs_triumph Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 I have a TC Nova system for six string many for reverb, delay and tremolo. I tend to use my Cog bass drive pedals for dirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 I used to be a bit of an analogue purist, my pickups were hand wound, my pedals were analogue (apart from the tuner), and the amp was all valve. Since coming back to bass, I've revised my opinion, and I'm now using an all digital setup for both bass & guitar. A Line6 HD500X. Might not be quite as touch sensitive as the analogue setup, but it's good enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 It doesn't count if the amp has a built-in reverb, right? I tend to be pretty minimalist in both cases: as long as the guitar and amp can produce a decent tone between them, I can treat effects like a spice rack. Though whilst I'm happy to be pedal-free on bass, I'd be more likely to make sure I had an OD to hand (to foot?) when on guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kebabkid Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Not really and I just use compression and octaver. I get those from my Roland amp although I sometimes use a Zoom B3 (I sometimes add an exciter, some reverb or an amp model, too) but I've recently purchased an EBS Octabass to replace the octave effect in the Zoom as I think it's weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rOB Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 I'm pretty new to guitar and I'm far off gigging or even jamming with others but I'm already gassing over dirt pedals. Think I'll try to keep it simplish though. Couple of dirts and a reverb maybe. Already ordered a big muff... On bass I've tried a few effects over the years but am currently going straight to amp, no effects. However I've just seen the Nano Operation Overlord (drive, blend and a 3 band eq)... hmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Club Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 (edited) I use a few affects with my bass guitars and Wah pedal for fun. With my electric guitars I have a large affects board with wah and volume pedals. It’s not been getting much use over the last month since I bought a Boss Katana 100 Mk2 amplifier because it has so many affects built into it and a shed load more if you connect it to a computer and access its tone studio. Edited June 23, 2020 by Jazz Club 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 I have completely different approach as I''m going for different things. The bass signal chain is set up around dry, effects/bass synth and arpeggiated bass synth. The guitar signal chain is set up around sparkling cleans, crunchy overdrive and midrange meltdown, with or without chorus, delay, reverb and wah. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardMarlowe Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) I don't much care for effects with bass.... too prog for me! I'm not quite as minimalist with guitar - I like the option of reverb (if it's not in the amp already) or echo (*echo*, not "wanky eighties delay"), and a trem pedal for occasional use. Otherwise, it's two or three boost / drive pedals, as for whatever reason I've realised I prefer to use a saingle channel amp set either ot claqn or edge of breakup, and add dirt to taste with one of two or three pedals over a multi-channel amp. I have flange and wah, but unless or until I decide to do a regular cover of voodoo chile slight return, I don't really use the latter, and the former is for the ocasional raygun noises. As a rule, I tend to prefer pedals(other than drive/ boost) to be much more subtle than "Oh, what's the effect they're using there?". I'll use flange or phase about as often as Steve Jones did on Never Mind the Bollocks (once, from memory, in Liar). Edited July 12, 2020 by EdwardMarlowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Club Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) Bought one of these Boss GA-FC 6 way foot controls for my Boss Katana 100 Mk2. Edited July 30, 2020 by Jazz Club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Club Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 I splashed out on six new effects pedals earlier today. Will give us something to do . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Bass..? Pretty much 'clean', with oodles of headroom. Guitar..? Sparingly (I'm not very good, so...). 'Stock' sound would be Boss compressor, into Boss Fender Deluxe for a spot of reverb, into Akai Headrush. I've recently bought a 'wah' pedal, but not dared to plug it in yet. Soon, maybe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
