5 Essential FX Pedals for Bass Players! #scottsbasslessons #sbl #basslesson #effects

I love my morley Fuzzy Wah, its just what i want in a bass pedal, one i get a chorus my bass set will be set

Awesome, how would you chain them to maximise the sound?

the effects you need are on your hands. fingers. thats all you need.

Compressor, compressor, compressor, compressor and preamp

Unfortunately, I think you forgot the two most important pedals on your pedalboard as a bass player. A tuner, and A compressor.

6 - Tuner 7 - compressor. 👍🏻

My board: compressor, octave, envelope filter, bit crusher.

All of them together make an incredible synth sound that I wish I had more use for

No compression pedal?!

Metal Zone> Metal Zone> Metal Zone

MXR chorus with flanger on + octave + light distortion + heavy compression allows me to sound like the bass synth I have that I hate dragging around.

You could buy a new bass or a better amp with all the money you’d spend on those pedals.

What about looper pedals? How does the SBL team feel about those?

Basstortion rules

Tuner, comp, preamp, fuzz, oct and boost/filter

Got myself a chorus just today! I'm trying to tell myself I don't need more pedals and this ain't helping... I especially don't need the octave... (if I keep telling myself that it'll become true)

Great video. Please do a video on order of pedal set up

To me, the most "must have" is a compressor. You can build everything else around it (except for velocity effects, put the velocity effects before the compressor).

Depending on what you do, but if I was a beginner I'd buy a boss katana go since it has everything you need in terms of pedals in something you could put in your pocket & use your headphones. I also have a boss katana bass amp with the same set of features. So no need for purchasing pedals at all unless you still like stomping on blocks of metal😂🎉

Me, in order:
• Empress Bass compressor (expensive but worth it!)
• Digitech Drop detuner pedal (due to high maintenance singer, but it does have an octaver too)
• Sans amp VT deluxe that's still kicking
• I'm all good with just those!

I heard about zvex back in like '05...

The only pedal I need is a compressor, and even saying "need" is overstating it.

Besides a Radial preamp and an Empress comp, I go MXR Bass Octave Deluxe, Devi Ever Hyperion, Guyatone Wah Rocker, SansAmp VT Bass and Eden Chorus.

Octave, compressor, chorus, tuner, fuzz that's all you need

Big Muff second version

Mmmm I need a cute new fuzz😍

Actually the only "essential" pedal you need is a tuner. And everyone saying "but my comp pedal" is the reason we live in what I call the Great Compression. If you want to compress your guitar or whatever, go ahead. But if you're using a compressor pedal on bass, just turn it off. If you're recording and MUST have your compression, just do it in the daw or with some high-quality analog effects. If you're playing live, please for the love of God leave the comp pedal at home. Compression should always be handled at foh when playing live. And 90% of sound engineers are gonna have no idea how to make good tone happen when you send them over-compressed bass signal anyways. Hell, most of them couldn't find good tone if it was slapping them in the face. I've heard some truly horrific mixes on the road, and a huge factor is the bass being weak, mid heavy, and compressed til there's no tone or soul remaining.

Line6 m 5 or zoom b1 can help you find your individual pedal.

And it’s all wayyy better if you split the signal with an ABY pedal, send one side through the OC5 to the bass amp and the other side through the rest of the pedals and through an HPF into a guitar amp.

I am sometimes amazed I still manage to get to the point I am now never having used a pedal live, but it puzzles me severely why number 1 isn't a compressor. Like seriously hahaha, those things clean up messy tone like a charm. I mean, the best way to remidy is to work on your technique, but it will work for so many players to get something representable on the stage. I recommend them to everyone, can't get something clean enough before the gig tomorrow? Bring a compressor, it may not be perfect but it will sound better. After the gig practice so you don't need it for the next one hahahaha

No compressor?

Hey I’m a bass player and I’m looking to buy my first pedal, would the boss geb7 equalizer be a good first pedal?

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Envelope filter

Saw this dude at today! Legend

As a gigging bassist, I can’t see any need for an octaver, envelope filter, chorus or fuzz. A slight overdrive can help (especially on a Pbass) and a compressor but most of the time I go straight into my amp or board.

Any danger of hearing them?

No1, a compressor 🤦‍♂️

I'd need a compressor and a fuzz pedal too. But these are all great choices. I have all of these pedal types on my pedal board besides the envelope filter. The chorus is an underrated pick.

You forgot a ring modulator for bass keys effects.

No, not the OC-5, or any other than the OC-2. THAT is THE ONE. Accept no substitutes. Also, the C-4, because C-4!! Next the H9max because Eventide. The fuzz and amp sim/DI, I'll leave y'all to fight over amongst yourselves.

All you need is a Zoom B1. Seriously. Most of us play in bands in pubs and don’t need a bass pedal board. But for the occasional time you do, the Zoom has it.

Ugh... And no compressor. The single most important bass pedal...

No compressor... he talking BS

Number zero: tuner

Is there such a thing as a CLEAN PEDAL ? Maybe it would be a thing that turns fuzz OFF. Am I weird for loving the sound of a CLEAR CLEAN BASS. Although you gotta love Geddy Lee…

EHX freeze should be in the top 10 for practice!

Love you guys. Just getting back into playing bass. These are some
Needful things. Thanks

Cool but they all cost like 250+ dollars so

Left out the •Tuner pedal 😂

Mine are tuner (duh!), drive, compressor, and preamp/DI