Rick bass guitar effects

[rollingricker21]

Howdy all,

I'm looking to purchase a new effects stomp box/board. Currently I have a Digitech BP200, which is great, had heaps of effects, but does them all at a pretty average quality. A friend has left his Electro-Harmonix Big muff for a few months and is taking that back, so i'm looking at buying something to replace that.

I have been looking at an MXR Blowtorch, which gives fuzz and distortions to the middle EQs of the bass. I love how it is very customizable sound wise, say, compared to a Bigmuff. I used the big muff with my BP200, so I had distortion, and then used chorus, wah, and a few others to get some crazy sounds. But does anyone have a Blowtorch? Something similar? Or even better use it with a Ric?

If anyone has any type of effects that go well with a Ric bass I would love to hear what they are!

Thanks

[gray]

I run my Fulltone Bass Drive into my EH Russian-made Bassballs for kicks sometimes, and it's a pretty wicked sound. Never had the opportunity to use it in a song yet, but it sounds pretty cool.

[sloop_john_b]

I've heard great things about the ZVex Wooly Mammoth. Never tried it though.

[jwr2]

The Sans amp is cool as are many distortion pedals ... but for me it is my old trusty bass pod ... I use the old original version ...

[cheyenne]

The MXR M80 is a good little preamp/distortion/noise gate for bass. I liked it better than the Sansamp.

http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page ... pip&id=257

[woodyng]

i have an old mutron pedal,and an ART phatboy multi-efx that i really like. the art has a compressor which i hardly ever use,and a limiter which is on all the time,as well as chorus/flange/echo/etc. it has stereo outputs in case you have 2 amps,and a "growl" circuit,which seems to give a slight tube-drive sound that the cii hb-1's really like. i also have a digitech multi-efx/8 track recorder,which has about a million settings,and is really solid,but ultimately too much for my feeble mind to deal with,so it will probably go on the "bay.

[rob_u]

+1 on the MXR M80 Bass Preamp w/ distortion.

[jwr2]

The MXR M80 is a good little preamp/distortion/noise gate for bass. I liked it better than the Sansamp.

http://www.jimdunlop.com/index.php?page ... pip&id=257

I got one of them it is sorta like the sans amp with a noise gate incorporated ...

[aceonbass]

Ever since I sold all of my Mutron pedals in the early 80's, I've used BOSS effects. I now have a BOSS ME-50B which has loads of good distortion and other modeled effects.

[rollingricker21]

Thanks for the replies!

I have checked out the M80, and from looking at review sites such as harmony central, a lot more people have them, and rate them a fair bit better then the Blowtorch. Though i'm not sure what they really sounds like, and how they work with the pre-amp. Unfortunately both aren't in many shops here in Australia, so it will be hard deciding and trying to find where I can try them.

[cheyenne]

After having the Sansamp BDDI and the RBI, I preferred the MXR (sold it like a dummy), its an extremely well built box that has a tone I like. I think its easier to use, and doesnt seem to "scoop" the mids like the Sansamp products, although I havent tried the Sansamp RPM with variable mids.

I have a QSC RMX 1450 power amp and a nice Ampeg single 15 cab. Im thinking of getting another M80 and running it soley as my preamp.

Although I may try another bass pod xt. I had one of those also, but really didnt give it a chance....I think once you get onto the operation of the thing, they'd be great.

That is the nice thing about Ebay,,,you can buy something, try it a while and if you dont like it, you can flip it and try something else.

[aceonbass]

I was going to just use my BOSS ME-50's as pre-amps for both of my channels into my Ampeg SVP-1600, but found that they didn't have enough gain or basic tonal capabilities. For my full time pre-amps, I have a pair of Ampeg SVPCL's. They don't have a ton of knobs, so they're easy to get some great tones out of and are essentially the pre-amp section of a 70's SVT.

[cheyenne]

Hmmm.. I was wondering about the gain thing. Thanks Dane.

[frightnight]

I've got a Boss GT6B multieffect, and I love it. (It sounds exactly like the individual boss pedals, when used correctly.) It's also got amp modeling and a lot of stuff most bassists would consider too "weird"...

[berth]

If anyone has any type of effects that go well with a Ric bass I would love to hear what they are!

I just bought a second hand EHX POG and I love it. It can do anything between a very good Octavider, a church organ and an 8 string bass just playing through the neck pickup of an early '73 Rick.