this would be the perfect pedal if it had 4 preset channels and a digital display so you can save your settings. thumbs up if you want Electro-Harmonix to see this!
just bought the microsynth, i never use it to produce sounds like shown in this vid, i like to turn start freq, stop freq, rate and resonance all the way up, then put the attack delay all the way down, then put the trigger on half, the lower and upper octave on quarter and the suare wave ALL THE FUCKIN WAY UP! this makes an awesome distorted synth effect which works great wit the active eq of my musicman stingray :D im not using any distortion pedals anymore since i have this babe :D
i think the problem is that people think a bass is a low tuned guitar with four strings and dont appreciate the fact that a bass is meant to be something entirely different.
comparing these two instruments would be like for example comparing a contrabass to a violin.
@BonkeyMucket true! all the others were playing that dumb funk shit, he is playing other riffs and he explains more. ill also have to review the blogger^^
@sjohnsjakie Agree, it could be tricky to find groove on 220 bpm :)But, still it lives inside, it's just Wootan has so quick perception, that he can feel this.
But he also mentioned, that he is kinda upset a bit, that nobody takes him as a "bass player" but rather that guy, who is just a shredder on a bass.
This is so fuckin awesome. Why dont any metal bassists make their bass sound like that? With an outstanding device like that, u could make a bass solo at the same time the guitar plays in a song.
Wow! estoy buscando mi set de pedales para bajo....y este es uno de los que usa paul tuner bajista de jamiroquai...y wow !!!! es el numero uno en mi lista que locura!!!
contributing to this argument on wether or not bass is easier than guitar...just like any instrument, it depends on what you're playing. yes, the bass part from some Joe Satriani song is probably going to be easier than the guitar part, but compare the guitar from a Green Day song to the bass from an Iron Maiden song.
@wilky1189 I think that everyone has a valid point. My first comment was made in fun and not to be taken so seriously that we should flame the board. I apologize and hope to see more positive and informative comments like this.
Bass is easier and It was built for guitar players anyway. Back in the day there was a big shortage of bassist because upright was so hard to play and amplification for upright bass was like Sh$t Squared. So a Shortage if bass players & too many guitar player = Fender Precision for broke out of work Guitar Players. Don't hate, appreciate. Oh yeah, I play bass, guitar was too hard! lol
@sammcl16890 sammcskit16890, you are an ignorant fool...... I bet your under 25 young and dumb. Look up the history of the bass you jack wig.. Also extended range basses have been around for 400 years. Italian Bass Violones had up to 8 strings, and at one point down to 3 strings and then back up to 4. I know basses and my comment was in fun. bass will be harder for some and guitar will be harder for some. Larry Graham was a guitar player sitting in on bass temporally and look at the revolution
@sammcl16890 No contradiction (context), but it's a fact some instruments are considered harder to play than others, and some individuals find some instruments easier to play than others; for instance other than super sax you don't see many bari-sax players playing Parker. My opinion bass is easier to play than guitar and more guitar players double on bass than the other way around (fact). That's my experience and there's no need to flame each other. cs1595 makes a very valid point as well.
come on guys, victor wooten, stu hamm, ect. all try to play fast and impress people with their virtuosity-ego, (like a guitar player would do). but to me they sound thin (low string action) and non exciting.
but bass is not about playing fast, it's about groove, a fat sound, harmonic sense, melody, to serve the band. when will guitar players finally understand this??
of course you can play freakinfast on a bass and still sound great (like flea, richard bona) but i prever the grooving anyway.
@sjohnsjakie Music is expression - mastery of one's instrument gives you a wider range of expression - as in speech, command of vocabulary gives you greater options in how effectively you can communicate - technical ability translates into dynamics, intensity, etc. of the content you're trying to communicate - all are tools of expression/communication but all are useless if you don't have anything to say.
that's correct. i tried to walk that path as well. practically, more options are great, IF you know where you go. (like analog/digital 200tr. recording)
compare it to 50 tv channels that will give you more options than 2. the danger is to keep zapping and get addicted and bored.
i believe in the power of limitation, because there's an urge for a solution and there is creativity. those sparks have the greatest power, they're simple. honest and pure. to me they mean the most.
@sjohnsjakie If by "power of limitation" you mean consciously choosing to work within limited parameters - yes, that can be very powerful and definitely spark creative solutions. But if "power of limitation" implies "strength in ignorance" - not sure I would subscribe to that point of view in that the corrolary "urge for a solution" could easily turn into a "reinventing the wheel" scenario.
superficially power of limitations could lead to a reinv. the wheel scenario. in a way they'll all sound the same.
but when i hear someone touching the essence, like eg the such-and-such singer/songwriter, or rapper or whatever, i forget about my troubles, my past, position. it makes contact to the mystery of life, my essence. at that moment, i don't compare, so there's no wheel.
on more thing. 1 of the most valuable things (the most?) as a musician is individual character, to distinct from the rest. the vast majority never will, because they sound like someone else. (they'd rather be the 36.871th jaco p.)
how do you obtain ind. character? go to your essence. that's the starting point, options will follow later. do likewise my brother as i will do my part.
@sjohnsjakie How about this - "control gives you freedom". Seemingly paradoxical, but intended to imply that mastery of your craft gives you options in means of expression, be it simple understated elegance or grandiose bombast. But it doesn't imply substance or content - technique or lack thereof won'f help if you don't have anything to express in the first place.
Ok, enough of my psuedophilosophical babbling taking up real estate on a bass-synth page.
you're right about control. you got to have a certain amount of tech. abil. to form/shape the 'essence' of what is in you. that is education and that's a great thing.
options don't mean anything if they don't relate to 'essence'. if i have only 1 option to express my essence that's just perfect. other options would distract me. but when it happens i don't notice, sadly.but i learn.
@moristar1101 you're correct. i used to have a victor wooten tape where he explains his style, double thumb triplets. when he plays it slow i thought 'wow, cool', but when he speeds up it just doesn't make sense to me,
@sjohnsjakie I totally agree (to your now archaic comment). It's sad how many probably excellent, professoinal bass players are pushed to sound like they're just repeatedly hitting their pick-ups with some metal implement, losing all tonality by just spewing a series of clickity-clacks. This is fine for Las Vegas, playing for people who have no idea what music is, but who are easily amused and too drunk to leave the hotel lounge.
@sjohnsjakie Spoken like someone who's never heard a note played by Victor Wooten. The grooviest player you mentioned by far. And check out Stu Hamm holding it down for Joe Satriani - he knows how to lay back and play bass when he's not releasing a solo record.
I don't disagree with your basic premise at all for 99% of music - just horrible examples of what not to do, since those guys really don't do that - unless Stu Hamm releases a bass solo album - in that case, lead bass makes sense.
i used to have a book/tape with a contribution of victor wooten where he explains his slapping style. i like it when he plays slowly. but i don't find him very dynamic. i know the solo records of stu hamm. didn't excite me either.
you should check beat it by stanley clarke, marcus miller and victor wooten. more than 700k views! that's a lot for a gimmick.
@her0indragon it's a gear demo, smart guy. i for one am just researching synth pedals, and for that this is excellent. i'm sure you can find some youtube vids that live up to your high creative standards elsewhere, and if not you can make some yourself and become an internet sensation.
i get alot of distortion when i turn the octave up. i have the square wave off but still get a distortion crunch. the manual said it adds a "slight": amount of harmonic distortion but it is as loud as the square wave when i turn the octave up. Is this normal? i think i might have gotten a defective one.
@jokersmile32 Hmm. You might have gotten a defective unit. I've never had any issue with a dirty octave up. Are you sure the issue is with the pedal and not with cables/ amps?
Ok, each to their own.I don't like too many effects myself as they squash to sound into a mush to easily. I use the Big Muff Pi with my Ricky 4003 through huge amps and cabs. Ha-haaaar!!
Man, i'd love to have this pedals... They barely arrive here in my country... :( you gotta buy them form ebay but my country has so much taxes for imported stuff... dah..
i have a bass-multieffect-pedal and i am using it also for my acoustic guitar. there are no disadvantages, so theorethical it should work with a regular guitar
to add to his comment; being a poor guitar player who mainly plays bass--I've used bass effects for my guitar since I started; They work. Just like a guitar can go threw a bass amp fine.
Some people hate the different sound--SOME people like the strange tones you can get from either.
So you CAN use any pedle ment for bass on guitar--just might not sound EXACTLY like it does for bass, haha.
Come on stop the discussion. I play both too and i think they're equally easy. Both have their hard and easy parts. For example it's easier to improvise on a guitar while some songs are really easy on bass.
I play guitar, bass guitar and drums, so i can say that bass and guitar are the same considering difficulty of playing, the only diference is that on the bass you dont play as many chordes as on guitar
basses are generaly more sensitive as instruments due to the more wood quantity, plus it is more difficult to develop ur technique to a higher level than for a guitar is...I play both as well, and for the bass i didn't really need a teacher,for the guitar though i needed guidance...
Fucking kidding? are you talking about electric guitar? With loads of disortion u have to mute everything, tapping and that sort of techniques are alot harder on guitar.
Because normally, bassists are really boring and afraid to do anything new. If you want to listen to any cool bassists, check out the bassist from Minus the Bear, Stu Hamm is great too, the bassist who played with Allan Holdsworth. There are many awesome bassists like these guys.
Agreed the only good bass player ive seen is viktor wooten, and i hate reggea. Lamb of god bassist is fucking shredding every song, sad cou bareley can hear him over the guitar.
this is the attitude i hate about guitar players, because they compare apples with oranges. first of all bass is more a rhythm instrument than anything, a bit like rhythm guitar, and the function is to glue the drums to the harmony instr. generally guitarists don't know shit about micro-timing.
you say bass sounds bad because you prob. like a distort./reverb/delay sound, which doesn't sound good at low frequencies (gets muddy).
if i compare a guitar to a ferrari a bass would be a tank.
bass is longer scale and uses heavier gauge strings. everything that can be done on a guitar is much more difficult on the bass. thats why many good guitarists are shit on bass
a wierd flip side 2 that is i'm the only guitarist i know that plays guitar/bass like 60/40. even though guitar is harder, like no guitarists play bass anymore
I play guitar too... but i wouldn't say bass is "easier". I mean yeah sure if all you are playing is the root notes of the chords its easy. But actually PLAYING bass (look up victor wooten or waymen tisdale) takes a ridiculous amount of talent.
exactly. the basics are way easier but it can be argued that advanced bass is harder than advanced guitar. I know from experience that a slayer solo is way easier than one of those extreme wooten slap bass solos, although i wouldnt consider slayer the guitar equivilant of wooten, you get the idea.
@cs1595 agreed, people tend to think bass is just a walking line but soloing on bass and playing good melodies on bass are naturally hard because of its low range
@cracksnake What does that mean? I play both Bass and Guitar. If the bass player is a good bass player you'll always notice them. A band with out a bass player sucks, unless you are The White Stripes. Don't be prejudice.
@cs1595 To that end I would agree and say that great musicianship shines through regardless of the instrument, but the main difference is that bass and guitar play very different roles. Holding down a groove and being in the pocket is not something your average lead guitarist even considers. It's a much different skill set. I've seen guitarists shred it up on a bass, like that's supposed to be impressive. That doesn't make them a bassist. Bass players who embrace that role always have a gig.
It depends on what the bass is playing and what the music style is. Most rock and metal is mixed as a wall of sound and the bass is just playing the root of the guitar chords so there's nothing special to hear. If the bassist is being creative, then we get to be heard ;)
i like his math-core glasses
BlackMaidenTallica 3 weeks ago 3
HO
1218199 1 month ago
Mine just don't sound like this
TheWizardofGore 1 month ago
Nice. This thing is hard to figure out.
TheWizardofGore 1 month ago
I love this freakin guy always great videos can the rest of you fother muckers do it this way
mjac28 1 month ago
Stevie Wonder in-a-box! *_*
d4rko666 2 months ago
this would be the perfect pedal if it had 4 preset channels and a digital display so you can save your settings. thumbs up if you want Electro-Harmonix to see this!
WannabeBarnaby 2 months ago 13
@WannabeBarnaby Check out the HOG (Electro-Harmonix Harmonic Octave Generator) you can do 6 pre-sets
DJFNB 2 months ago
is this better than Akai Deep Impact?
pufifa 2 months ago
@pufifa The deep impact is THE mother of all synth pedals, best one ever made hands down. Just they cost huge amounts now as demand is so high!
AttitudeCastle 1 month ago
he just made bass gay
ZED305 4 months ago
I'm getting one soon
TheWizardofGore 6 months ago
hey ed what will you prefer the best the mark bass super synth or electro harmonix micro synth
batuvan 6 months ago
Is this pedal worth the 200 dollar price tag? I need advice.
saxabass 6 months ago
@saxabass 200? i got mine for 75
TBlover666 4 months ago
@TBlover666 Lucky
saxabass 4 months ago
@saxabass go on musicians friend, they are pretty cheap there
TBlover666 4 months ago
@saxabass wait are you referring to the blogger or the micro synth
TBlover666 4 months ago
@TBlover666 Hes talking about the synth, obviously ;)
fedyaTFS 4 months ago
i like the bass Big Muff Pi better than the blogger!
theGuyYouHate01 7 months ago
Cool pedals
AlterEgoEffectors 7 months ago
what Lakland bass is that?
afzoomie67 7 months ago
The attack delay makes the bass sound like it's being played in reverse!
Desmaad 7 months ago
why does everyone play guitar? because it's easy to sound decent on guitar
why play many people bass? because they think it's easy to sound decent
actionfleet 8 months ago
Well, I pretty much absolutely have to buy this now so that I can do covers of Toejam and Earl.
BradTheProducer 8 months ago
just bought the microsynth, i never use it to produce sounds like shown in this vid, i like to turn start freq, stop freq, rate and resonance all the way up, then put the attack delay all the way down, then put the trigger on half, the lower and upper octave on quarter and the suare wave ALL THE FUCKIN WAY UP! this makes an awesome distorted synth effect which works great wit the active eq of my musicman stingray :D im not using any distortion pedals anymore since i have this babe :D
elefantkaputt 9 months ago
Question:
can you turn off the filter section, eg. by turning the trigger down, but stilll play through the attack delay and the octave sections.
it would be really useful as a kind of multi-effect if you could.
jorgepeterbarton 9 months ago
6:00 THE RYTHM IS GETTING STROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONGER
TheStrangerInTheRye 9 months ago
Este tío es un crack!!!
Good job!
ElPayasete 9 months ago
Chameleon at 3:29 :-)
haduroboros 10 months ago
why people push the dislike button?I truly respect this man!! the videos are great :)
NoPussyBlues86 10 months ago
Can you use this for regular guitar?
zaker144 10 months ago
I like Ed Friedland's reviews. Very explanatory and not a show-off. Good to have him on youtube.
sirdrakho 11 months ago 2
i think the problem is that people think a bass is a low tuned guitar with four strings and dont appreciate the fact that a bass is meant to be something entirely different.
comparing these two instruments would be like for example comparing a contrabass to a violin.
elefantkaputt 11 months ago
@elefantkaputt Or an organ to a clavinet.
DORKYBA55ATTACK 9 months ago
Anyone knows what s the riff played on 6:50???
Aidipsos 1 year ago
@Aidipsos Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix
SmakitNicely 1 year ago
@SmakitNicely
Thanx a lot of beer!!
Aidipsos 1 year ago
This video makes the Blogger sound better than what I've heard in other videos for that pedal. I will have to take another look at the Blogger.
BonkeyMucket 1 year ago
@BonkeyMucket true! all the others were playing that dumb funk shit, he is playing other riffs and he explains more. ill also have to review the blogger^^
elefantkaputt 11 months ago
@sjohnsjakie Agree, it could be tricky to find groove on 220 bpm :)But, still it lives inside, it's just Wootan has so quick perception, that he can feel this.
But he also mentioned, that he is kinda upset a bit, that nobody takes him as a "bass player" but rather that guy, who is just a shredder on a bass.
moristar1101 1 year ago
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MetalKidDanny 1 year ago
This is so fuckin awesome. Why dont any metal bassists make their bass sound like that? With an outstanding device like that, u could make a bass solo at the same time the guitar plays in a song.
SilentAssassin187 1 year ago
Wow! estoy buscando mi set de pedales para bajo....y este es uno de los que usa paul tuner bajista de jamiroquai...y wow !!!! es el numero uno en mi lista que locura!!!
arodsinger77 1 year ago
contributing to this argument on wether or not bass is easier than guitar...just like any instrument, it depends on what you're playing. yes, the bass part from some Joe Satriani song is probably going to be easier than the guitar part, but compare the guitar from a Green Day song to the bass from an Iron Maiden song.
wilky1189 1 year ago
@wilky1189 I think that everyone has a valid point. My first comment was made in fun and not to be taken so seriously that we should flame the board. I apologize and hope to see more positive and informative comments like this.
Konklin7 1 year ago
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Konklin7 1 year ago
Bass is easier and It was built for guitar players anyway. Back in the day there was a big shortage of bassist because upright was so hard to play and amplification for upright bass was like Sh$t Squared. So a Shortage if bass players & too many guitar player = Fender Precision for broke out of work Guitar Players. Don't hate, appreciate. Oh yeah, I play bass, guitar was too hard! lol
Konklin7 1 year ago
@Konklin7 You're an idiot.
sammcl16890 1 year ago
@sammcl16890 sammcskit16890, you are an ignorant fool...... I bet your under 25 young and dumb. Look up the history of the bass you jack wig.. Also extended range basses have been around for 400 years. Italian Bass Violones had up to 8 strings, and at one point down to 3 strings and then back up to 4. I know basses and my comment was in fun. bass will be harder for some and guitar will be harder for some. Larry Graham was a guitar player sitting in on bass temporally and look at the revolution
Konklin7 1 year ago
@Konklin7 You've contradicted yourself. I stand by what I said, you should never say one instrument is more difficult than another.
sammcl16890 1 year ago
@sammcl16890 No contradiction (context), but it's a fact some instruments are considered harder to play than others, and some individuals find some instruments easier to play than others; for instance other than super sax you don't see many bari-sax players playing Parker. My opinion bass is easier to play than guitar and more guitar players double on bass than the other way around (fact). That's my experience and there's no need to flame each other. cs1595 makes a very valid point as well.
Konklin7 1 year ago
@Konklin7 which one is easier depends on many things including, hang size, which you started first and personal feel
Bassmastasnake33 1 year ago
You can make a guitar sound beautiful with just a couple of chords, but for bass, it's not that simple.
Tergski 1 year ago
THAT IS A COOL BASS YOU HAVE, SIR!
MELONMOVIES 1 year ago
Ive got the Bass Micro Synth pedal for sale on ebay, 3 days left! : o
BrianKe3 1 year ago
yeahh! chameleon at 3:29 :D
KylleSmyle 1 year ago
chameleon! :)
anim8orjoey 1 year ago
Is the first bassline in the video from a stevie wonder's tune?
funkey81 1 year ago
@funkey81 Yes!! Boogie on Reggae woman
chuckyboy12001 1 year ago
What riff does he play at 3.30 ? I've heard it before, but I can't recall the name of the song. Please :)
FolleDK 1 year ago
@FolleDK it sounds alot like around the world by the red hot chili peppers
MrMrkane 1 year ago
@FolleDK it's arouind the world by the red hot chili peppers :)
MrMrkane 1 year ago
@MrMrkane no its not
hidingthetreeline 1 year ago
@FolleDK The riff at 3:30 is "Chameleon" by Herbie Hancock from the 1973 Head Hunters album - which I'm sure was one of the many influences on RHCP.
socksandpistols 1 year ago
come on guys, victor wooten, stu hamm, ect. all try to play fast and impress people with their virtuosity-ego, (like a guitar player would do). but to me they sound thin (low string action) and non exciting.
but bass is not about playing fast, it's about groove, a fat sound, harmonic sense, melody, to serve the band. when will guitar players finally understand this??
of course you can play freakinfast on a bass and still sound great (like flea, richard bona) but i prever the grooving anyway.
sjohnsjakie 1 year ago 36
@sjohnsjakie Music is expression - mastery of one's instrument gives you a wider range of expression - as in speech, command of vocabulary gives you greater options in how effectively you can communicate - technical ability translates into dynamics, intensity, etc. of the content you're trying to communicate - all are tools of expression/communication but all are useless if you don't have anything to say.
socksandpistols 1 year ago
@socksandpistols
that's correct. i tried to walk that path as well. practically, more options are great, IF you know where you go. (like analog/digital 200tr. recording)
compare it to 50 tv channels that will give you more options than 2. the danger is to keep zapping and get addicted and bored.
i believe in the power of limitation, because there's an urge for a solution and there is creativity. those sparks have the greatest power, they're simple. honest and pure. to me they mean the most.
sjohnsjakie 1 year ago
@sjohnsjakie If by "power of limitation" you mean consciously choosing to work within limited parameters - yes, that can be very powerful and definitely spark creative solutions. But if "power of limitation" implies "strength in ignorance" - not sure I would subscribe to that point of view in that the corrolary "urge for a solution" could easily turn into a "reinventing the wheel" scenario.
socksandpistols 1 year ago
@socksandpistols
superficially power of limitations could lead to a reinv. the wheel scenario. in a way they'll all sound the same.
but when i hear someone touching the essence, like eg the such-and-such singer/songwriter, or rapper or whatever, i forget about my troubles, my past, position. it makes contact to the mystery of life, my essence. at that moment, i don't compare, so there's no wheel.
sjohnsjakie 1 year ago
@socksandpistols
on more thing. 1 of the most valuable things (the most?) as a musician is individual character, to distinct from the rest. the vast majority never will, because they sound like someone else. (they'd rather be the 36.871th jaco p.)
how do you obtain ind. character? go to your essence. that's the starting point, options will follow later. do likewise my brother as i will do my part.
sjohnsjakie 1 year ago
@sjohnsjakie How about this - "control gives you freedom". Seemingly paradoxical, but intended to imply that mastery of your craft gives you options in means of expression, be it simple understated elegance or grandiose bombast. But it doesn't imply substance or content - technique or lack thereof won'f help if you don't have anything to express in the first place.
Ok, enough of my psuedophilosophical babbling taking up real estate on a bass-synth page.
socksandpistols 1 year ago
@socksandpistols
you're right about control. you got to have a certain amount of tech. abil. to form/shape the 'essence' of what is in you. that is education and that's a great thing.
options don't mean anything if they don't relate to 'essence'. if i have only 1 option to express my essence that's just perfect. other options would distract me. but when it happens i don't notice, sadly.but i learn.
sjohnsjakie 1 year ago
@sjohnsjakie If you'll take a look on Wootan's bass groove workshop school - you'll understand, that groove is what he cares the most.
moristar1101 1 year ago 2
@moristar1101 you're correct. i used to have a victor wooten tape where he explains his style, double thumb triplets. when he plays it slow i thought 'wow, cool', but when he speeds up it just doesn't make sense to me,
sjohnsjakie 1 year ago
@sjohnsjakie I totally agree (to your now archaic comment). It's sad how many probably excellent, professoinal bass players are pushed to sound like they're just repeatedly hitting their pick-ups with some metal implement, losing all tonality by just spewing a series of clickity-clacks. This is fine for Las Vegas, playing for people who have no idea what music is, but who are easily amused and too drunk to leave the hotel lounge.
Let's bring the note and music back to the bass!
tobiasaurusrex 10 months ago
@sjohnsjakie no sense in rushing a good thing ;) playing bass is like making love
iHateCensorship99999 9 months ago
@sjohnsjakie Spoken like someone who's never heard a note played by Victor Wooten. The grooviest player you mentioned by far. And check out Stu Hamm holding it down for Joe Satriani - he knows how to lay back and play bass when he's not releasing a solo record.
I don't disagree with your basic premise at all for 99% of music - just horrible examples of what not to do, since those guys really don't do that - unless Stu Hamm releases a bass solo album - in that case, lead bass makes sense.
zzmook 8 months ago
@zzmook
i used to have a book/tape with a contribution of victor wooten where he explains his slapping style. i like it when he plays slowly. but i don't find him very dynamic. i know the solo records of stu hamm. didn't excite me either.
you should check beat it by stanley clarke, marcus miller and victor wooten. more than 700k views! that's a lot for a gimmick.
sjohnsjakie 7 months ago
@sjohnsjakie I would suggest that VW grooves harder than just about anybody else; sure he does show off a lot, but he is king of groove :)
zakhansonfan 7 months ago
@sjohnsjakie Since when does Victor Wooten have a virtuosity-ego? He has 0 ego. Stu Hamm on the other hand...
squiresuzuki 7 months ago
@sjohnsjakie
Shure!
One name for that u say.
Jaco.
slidkag 6 months ago
@sjohnsjakie like Nathan East!
msallehuddinsoeb 4 months ago
Awesome chops!
ponchred 1 year ago
I had an old Qtron and the signal must be compressed...This pedal needs a compressor? Thank you!! Sorry my english...
baiocchiv8 1 year ago
for me playing bass is harder than guitar
wtspeterson 1 year ago 66
Very nice demos.. Thank you for that......Dr. Phils balder brother?
SerberusT 1 year ago
Man... I never knew Terry Pratchett played bass too!!!! :P
skylandmountain 1 year ago
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they are both challenging. there are more ways to play bass, but there more notes and chords on guitar...
yeah, no. The Bass in and of itself but there are no where near as many ways to play bass as there is on the guitar
giddeo 1 year ago
good demo thanks. do you mind telling me how this was recorded?
bettycrocker678 1 year ago
I bet this guy likes deep purple
Colliernator1000 1 year ago
this guy plays the same pentatonic shit. give it some artistic effect douche
her0indragon 1 year ago
@her0indragon "same pentatonic shit"
Thanks genius.
you just described 95% of all the greatest basslines ever recorded,played.
craigdamage 1 year ago
@her0indragon it's a gear demo, smart guy. i for one am just researching synth pedals, and for that this is excellent. i'm sure you can find some youtube vids that live up to your high creative standards elsewhere, and if not you can make some yourself and become an internet sensation.
steamr0ll 1 year ago
Fuck Now 33
thestick169 1 year ago
if you can't afford it ,the digitech synth bass is awesome too!
but this pedal it's totally kickass
FortySixAndTwo86 2 years ago
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p0ndu5 2 years ago
Everything he plays is created by him. How much more original can you get? What would you rather have him play?
Thatguy301 2 years ago
@Thatguy301 Actually, a lot of his stuff in this video is Jimi Hendrix Basslines, at least for the Blogger pedal
SEEN88 1 year ago
cool
globus314 2 years ago
how would you compare this synth to the BOSS SYB-5?
bestbassplayer102 2 years ago
i get alot of distortion when i turn the octave up. i have the square wave off but still get a distortion crunch. the manual said it adds a "slight": amount of harmonic distortion but it is as loud as the square wave when i turn the octave up. Is this normal? i think i might have gotten a defective one.
jokersmile32 2 years ago
Generally, distortion will square your wave out a bit.
Rhythmicons 2 years ago
@jokersmile32 Hmm. You might have gotten a defective unit. I've never had any issue with a dirty octave up. Are you sure the issue is with the pedal and not with cables/ amps?
BENTXYZ 2 years ago
I've got no use for the bass synth. Just sounds naff to me. I do use a Bass Big Muff all the time. Nice drive.
Alembic25 2 years ago
yes i agree.big muff and a mxr bass octaver is an awesome combination too
FortySixAndTwo86 2 years ago
Ok, each to their own.I don't like too many effects myself as they squash to sound into a mush to easily. I use the Big Muff Pi with my Ricky 4003 through huge amps and cabs. Ha-haaaar!!
Alembic25 2 years ago
Man, i'd love to have this pedals... They barely arrive here in my country... :( you gotta buy them form ebay but my country has so much taxes for imported stuff... dah..
japas 2 years ago
At 06:18 Is this some random riff or is this a song?
nicklassayshi 2 years ago
Anyone know if there are any advantages or disadvantages to using a bass micro synth on regular guitar?
ASTROAVERY 2 years ago
i have a bass-multieffect-pedal and i am using it also for my acoustic guitar. there are no disadvantages, so theorethical it should work with a regular guitar
JonasGerman 2 years ago
Not really. Bass gear usually translates fine to guitar while vice versa is usually bad.
Steve128967 2 years ago
very interesting! i think i will buy the bass blogger ^^
JonasGerman 2 years ago
I sell mine 75 euros belgium.
zarigunn 2 years ago
lol i already ordered it for 66 euros
JonasGerman 2 years ago
anyone has experience with ur drummer/band commenting that bass fuzz/distortion just sounds wrong? how do we experiment then??
chunkymunkyy 2 years ago
I know the synth is meant for a bass but is there ANY way it would work for guitar?
5hopebellj 2 years ago
Theres a micro synth made for guitar.
magicmike323 2 years ago 2
to add to his comment; being a poor guitar player who mainly plays bass--I've used bass effects for my guitar since I started; They work. Just like a guitar can go threw a bass amp fine.
Some people hate the different sound--SOME people like the strange tones you can get from either.
So you CAN use any pedle ment for bass on guitar--just might not sound EXACTLY like it does for bass, haha.
PhatLarkin 2 years ago 2
Come on stop the discussion. I play both too and i think they're equally easy. Both have their hard and easy parts. For example it's easier to improvise on a guitar while some songs are really easy on bass.
Lagspike99 2 years ago
I would yous add that bass should bee more respected and music without bass is lame but without guitar could pass.
p.s. ignore gramatics ;)
funkynotayunkie 2 years ago
I play guitar, bass guitar and drums, so i can say that bass and guitar are the same considering difficulty of playing, the only diference is that on the bass you dont play as many chordes as on guitar
funkynotayunkie 2 years ago
basses are generaly more sensitive as instruments due to the more wood quantity, plus it is more difficult to develop ur technique to a higher level than for a guitar is...I play both as well, and for the bass i didn't really need a teacher,for the guitar though i needed guidance...
yosakas 2 years ago 2
Fucking kidding? are you talking about electric guitar? With loads of disortion u have to mute everything, tapping and that sort of techniques are alot harder on guitar.
Kadadj 2 years ago
I don't think you understand. Are you the one kidding, with the lack of knowledge?
SnrFloyd 2 years ago
Tapping on bass is like 300% harder than guitar, you're fucking stupid Kadadj.
TravuhsWree 2 years ago 2
Maybe, but normally all the songs of a rock band the bass lines are much easyer, and guitar is much better sounding.
Kadadj 2 years ago
Because normally, bassists are really boring and afraid to do anything new. If you want to listen to any cool bassists, check out the bassist from Minus the Bear, Stu Hamm is great too, the bassist who played with Allan Holdsworth. There are many awesome bassists like these guys.
TravuhsWree 2 years ago
Agreed the only good bass player ive seen is viktor wooten, and i hate reggea. Lamb of god bassist is fucking shredding every song, sad cou bareley can hear him over the guitar.
Kadadj 2 years ago
Are you really comparing a real musical instrument to a cheap piece of plastic designed for kids?
SnrFloyd 2 years ago
No, drum machines and computer created melodies.
Kadadj 2 years ago
@Kadadj
this is the attitude i hate about guitar players, because they compare apples with oranges. first of all bass is more a rhythm instrument than anything, a bit like rhythm guitar, and the function is to glue the drums to the harmony instr. generally guitarists don't know shit about micro-timing.
you say bass sounds bad because you prob. like a distort./reverb/delay sound, which doesn't sound good at low frequencies (gets muddy).
if i compare a guitar to a ferrari a bass would be a tank.
sjohnsjakie 1 year ago
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Tapping would sound gay on bass anyway:)
Kadadj 2 years ago
Wow, you're a faggot.
TravuhsWree 2 years ago
Sounds 10x better on bass bro. Of course, the matter is subjective.
Also, I'm a guitarist.
ramsay777 2 years ago
Its also physically more strainning to play bass because of the size of everything etc, I play both and can agree with you there.
mikeyFear0n 2 years ago
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Bass is easyer, u dont have to mute so much, its only four strings, and you can barely hear it.
Kadadj 2 years ago
you dont have to barely hear it, bass can be a very prominent instrument in a bad, look up primus for example
360xl 2 years ago
Yeah in some bands, like otep and eyes set to kill, but mostly its not that obious.
Kadadj 2 years ago
that;s because alot of big bands have shit bassists. it's not a limitation of the instrument
anfield22 2 years ago
bass is longer scale and uses heavier gauge strings. everything that can be done on a guitar is much more difficult on the bass. thats why many good guitarists are shit on bass
anfield22 2 years ago
Guitar is much more awesome, and harder too, the frets are fucking huge too.
Kadadj 2 years ago
You're an idiot.
SnrFloyd 2 years ago 2
that is true... i love playing both of them and play basses whenever i go to music stores... i'm thinking of buying one because they're so cool
ruffles272 2 years ago
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yosakas 2 years ago
haha the style of bass I play, u only need 2 settings- clean, and distorted as hell.
tubefiteen1 2 years ago
isn't this like a wheelchair to a wheelchair?
therarmann 2 years ago
hell yeah! Chameleon 3:29
the300 2 years ago
I don't really play bass, i'm more of a guitar player - but I watched this whole video. Cool stuff.
Nothin like a real funky bass player.
joshlawler7 2 years ago 2
bass is the coolest instrument ever, it's to bad no1 cares about them in a band:/
Livetokill123456 2 years ago
Mainly because most bassplayers only play bass coz they can't play guitar lol.
Though there's quite a few amazing bassplayers, my music teacher is a studio bassist and he's fucking amazing.
UltimateDud 2 years ago
How bout Wooten? ;)
Livetokill123456 2 years ago
cliff burton is a god, his solos sound like guitar haha
Mo7Vsta 2 years ago
a wierd flip side 2 that is i'm the only guitarist i know that plays guitar/bass like 60/40. even though guitar is harder, like no guitarists play bass anymore
tubefiteen1 2 years ago
Oh so bass is easy? Bullshit.
spazgrinder 2 years ago
I play guitar too... but i wouldn't say bass is "easier". I mean yeah sure if all you are playing is the root notes of the chords its easy. But actually PLAYING bass (look up victor wooten or waymen tisdale) takes a ridiculous amount of talent.
cs1595 2 years ago 52
exactly. the basics are way easier but it can be argued that advanced bass is harder than advanced guitar. I know from experience that a slayer solo is way easier than one of those extreme wooten slap bass solos, although i wouldnt consider slayer the guitar equivilant of wooten, you get the idea.
tubefiteen1 2 years ago
@cs1595 agreed, people tend to think bass is just a walking line but soloing on bass and playing good melodies on bass are naturally hard because of its low range
LondonsBurning5 1 year ago
@cs1595 they are both challenging. there are more ways to play bass, but there more notes and chords on guitar.
tristin183 1 year ago
@cs1595 something like playing solo, it's way harder on the bass. it's easy on the guitar to just play chords and do an whole song with it.
Still, any intrument is as hard as you make it to be. It all depends on what you play.
Darknives 1 year ago
@cs1595 sure, with bass you need to have a very good notion of space and rhythm. You can't throw away bass notes like you can with the guitar.
dorgasvideos 1 year ago
@cs1595 yeah but how many bass players actually PLAY bass? How often does the bass player even PLAY in the band?
cracksnake 1 year ago
@cracksnake What does that mean? I play both Bass and Guitar. If the bass player is a good bass player you'll always notice them. A band with out a bass player sucks, unless you are The White Stripes. Don't be prejudice.
ReDhAvEn1993 1 year ago
@cs1595 To that end I would agree and say that great musicianship shines through regardless of the instrument, but the main difference is that bass and guitar play very different roles. Holding down a groove and being in the pocket is not something your average lead guitarist even considers. It's a much different skill set. I've seen guitarists shred it up on a bass, like that's supposed to be impressive. That doesn't make them a bassist. Bass players who embrace that role always have a gig.
jonQuest82 1 year ago
i care :D ! yeah its not fair for the bass players. i can hardly hear the bass in most songs cos the guitar and everything else just covers it up ;(
shannenxmacdougall 2 years ago
It depends on what the bass is playing and what the music style is. Most rock and metal is mixed as a wall of sound and the bass is just playing the root of the guitar chords so there's nothing special to hear. If the bassist is being creative, then we get to be heard ;)
draqza 2 years ago
i want both!
peavyt15 2 years ago
I like the basses
Cosmicalex13 2 years ago
at 5:20 it looks like the bass from seinfeld
HardyBoyz99 2 years ago
you mean sounds like it?
bondkor 2 years ago 6
yeah thats it
HardyBoyz99 2 years ago