Bass Distortion Pedal Demo: Soundblox 2 Multiwave Bass Distortion

Will Cady explores the possibilities of the Soundblox 2 Multiwave Bass Distortion. The Soundblox Multiwave Bass is used by a far reaching collection of musicians including Victor Wooten, Duff McKagan, Mike Gordon, Nathan Navarro, Steve Bailey, Tom Hamilton, Billy Sheehan, Ryan Stasik, Rick Savage, and Bryan Beller.

The Soundblox 2 Multiwave Bass Distortion includes all the low-end retaining distortion and fuzz tones of the original Soundblox Multiwave Bass Distortion, repackaged in a compact, cast-aluminum housing. The pedal features 23 traditional and non-traditional synth-like effects plus a Clean Boost mode, two user presets, three-band tone control, separate Clean and Distortion Mix knobs, Universal Bypass™ (selectable buffered or true bypass), a three-level noise gate, and a Multi-function input compatible with Hot Hand®, the Source Audio Dual Expression Pedal, or MIDI. Use the Hot Hand Motion Sensor Ring or the Source Audio Dual Expression Pedal for on-the-fly control over any of the six adjustable parameters or to seamlessly morph from one user preset to the other. Plug in a MIDI controller for external access to presets and parameters.

The Soundblox 2 Multiwave Bass Distortion features both multi band and single band processing. Multi band processing splits the input signal into ten distinct frequencies bands, distorts each one separately then recombines them for the final output signal. The effect is a crisp distortion with superior low-end preservation and note articulation. Single band processing employs a more conventional approach, applying a single distortion element to the entire signal. The processing categories are further broken down into three subcategories: "Normal", for a more traditional distortion curve, "Foldback", for an aggressive, synth-like fuzz and "Octave", for unique octave-up distortion effects.

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[Michael Sanders]

Is this the same as the regular guitar model

[sourceaudioeffects]

it is essentially the same, yes...but outfitted for bass

[deadbird99]

Excuse me sir, but is this Mesa stacks you use on this video? If yes, this sound kinda cheating to me, even the crappiest bass distortion would kick ass on one of those!

[sourceaudioeffects]

Nope the amps are just in the room and providing some nice background. The bass is direct into the mixer believe it or not! No DI box.

[SgtZaqq]

Gee, can you read? It's written in the video, it's called Hot Hand.

[1212MikeO]

What i want to know is... how much does it cost?

[Levi Miller]

WHAT THE HECK WAS THE THING ON HIS THUMB, WHEN HE WAS MAKING THE DUBSTEP SOUND. I NEED TO KNOW!!!!!

[guildb302a1]

For the Hot Hand side of the pedals I cant get the aggressive sweep... i do use coated strings would that be part of the problem?

[Eric Wildsmith]

Is that a Monarch 4 standard? Or did you have it custom built? because that pickup configuration doesn't look like the Standard... Or I may be wrong.

[Bakesale59]

Question, sir. Do you really go through the hassle of taking off and then re-applying your pieces of flair to your headstock every time you change strings?

[Zachary Koch]

It is more versatile than you may think. You have the ability to mix the drive and the wet/dry mix that gives you a sound as clean as a Rat pedal if you want.

[Art Bass Heaven]

I just have brought this pedal today and I am already in love with it!!!!