Favorite bass guitar pedals?

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Ok so I'd like to get some pedals for my bass rig. Nothing too pro just fun bass pedals that you enjoy. Any recommendations?
 
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Tech21 Sansamp Bass Driver - great overdrive, backup DI if amp rig fails, and can use as a quick and dirty EQ control.

Eden WTDI - Pretty much same as the Sansamp, but beautiful rumbly growly Eden tone.

Chorus

Echo



Can get a good variety of sounds out of that. Anything more than that, personal preference. Or, you want a specific sound.
 
Eventide Pitch Factor does some wicked cool stuff with bass but they are fairly pricey.
 
I also suggest the Sans Amp Bass Driver - I never record without it.
 
The sansamp is great BUT expensive. The Behringer BDI21 is a clone of it & a very good clone indeed: sturdy case, cheap. cheap, cheap & emulates the Sansamp brilliantly. I use it as a 1st stop when recording &, when I have the time & opportunity use a splitter to send the signal to the BDI21 & to an amp for micing & blend the result for the BEST possible track.
 
Another vote for the Behringer BDI21

Can't say how closely it mimics the SansAmp, but I do like it as a relatively clean tube emulation if you're going direct. I can't vouch for it in front of an already good bass amp, though. I guess it depends on what you're looking for. Personally, I'd like to get a good stereo bass chorus, especially to use on fretless. But then again, I like some of that new-agey atmospheric stuff. Just remembered I also would like a good, quiet bass wah, too.
 
I disapprove of Behringer's reverse-engineering business practice. Good engineers went through a lot of hard work to make that SansAmp a great product. Behringer just rips off their design, AS THEY DO MOST OF THEIR PRODUCTS, and sells them for less, because they barely did any work and certainly no actual R&D to develop their products.

I'd rather put my honest money into an honest product, and support those who deserve it.
 
Bryan316 said:
I disapprove of Behringer's reverse-engineering business practice. Good engineers went through a lot of hard work to make that SansAmp a great product. Behringer just rips off their design, AS THEY DO MOST OF THEIR PRODUCTS, and sells them for less, because they barely did any work and certainly no actual R&D to develop their products.

I'd rather put my honest money into an honest product, and support those who deserve it.
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+1. Well said.
 
Behringer make it possible for people who don't have lots of cash to splash to do some things in this recording hobby of ours. I'm not really interested how. Every current product is a variation on someone else's design. I'm often fascinated and amused by the anti Behringer wing on the web.
Some of my best friends are Behringers. :D
 
And some of my worst enemies have been Behringers.



Think of it this way.


You write a song, with a great riff. Your friend hears you playing that riff. He didn't create it, but he watched you play it, and copied you. He goes and writes a song with that same riff, gets successful, gets rich from that riff. You didn't record, publish and claim rights to that song in time, so you have no legal stance, and your friend gets off scott free.

Legally, it can happen.

Morally, it shouldn't.



How would that make you feel? How would it feel if you busted ass as a musician, and someone ripped you off?

How would it feel if you busted ass as an electronics designer, and someone ripped you off?

How would it feel if you busted ass as an amplifier designer, and someone ripped you off?

How would it feel if you busted ass as a luthier, and someone ripped you off?
 
Tech 21 / Sansamp seems to be the standard here. It is also what I use. I have a 3 way programmable. Love the thing.
 
Bryan316 said:
And some of my worst enemies have been Behringers.



Think of it this way.


You write a song, with a great riff. Your friend hears you playing that riff. He didn't create it, but he watched you play it, and copied you. He goes and writes a song with that same riff, gets successful, gets rich from that riff. You didn't record, publish and claim rights to that song in time, so you have no legal stance, and your friend gets off scott free.

Legally, it can happen.

Morally, it shouldn't.



How would that make you feel? How would it feel if you busted ass as a musician, and someone ripped you off?

How would it feel if you busted ass as an electronics designer, and someone ripped you off?

How would it feel if you busted ass as an amplifier designer, and someone ripped you off?

How would it feel if you busted ass as a luthier, and someone ripped you off?
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Do you feel the same way about Strat and Les Paul copies?
 
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