Bass and pedal wankery 2

More ideas with my pedalboard.

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[TheYoutubies]

I have a feeling the board could really benefit from a Flanger Hoax and a EHX Cathedral. Just my educated opinion.

[mbro7614]

@TheYoutubies You just had to be that guy, didn't you Jeff...

[haggis325]

Youve earned a subscriber! :)

[mbro7614]

Cool, let me know when you have something I can listen to for sure!

[mbro7614]

Just keep messing around with it and see what you come up with, I'm sure you will find a part that needs the whammy to make it really shine. And very nice, do you have any recordings up anywheres?

[mbro7614]

Yeah. It's tough to find practical use for the whammy, it's a more guitar-friendly effect in my opinion. The octave up / octave down harmony setting is definitely the one I use the most. Then the basic octave down shift is fun to do at the end of a song or when you want to have a huge drop off somewhere in a song. What kind of music does your band play?

[mbro7614]

Yeah, since it does the shift electronically as opposed to physically (as on a real guitar whammy) it's got a very different response. It takes a while for the whammy pedal to really make sense and get it under control to the point where it sounds more natural so I'd say keep playing around with it and see if you can get something you like out of it. On the other hand, you could go the Les Claypool route and get a whammy bar installed on your bass but I can't imagine that'd be cheap.

[mbro7614]

Yeah, as soon as I get the Holier Grail and have time to play with it a bit to figure out what I'm doing I'll post a vid for it.

[mbro7614]

Also, the octave up octave down setting is good. You can play the D and G strings and have an octave lower so it's low and punchy but retain the treble click from the higher strings. Good for when you want to cut through a little better, especially with distortion.

[mbro7614]

That's a good deal, I had to pay $600 for mine. In retrospect, probably should have held out for a cheaper one. But oh well. And yeah, it's tough. the 5th up octave up / 5th up 6th up are pretty cool and simple to use (even if you just use them without the whammy to shift up). It just makes a basic chord so it adds a touch more flavor. Great for a 3 piece band to add depth.