Pedals That Can Imitate A Bass Player

Duppy03

I have a Ricochet and had considered using that, but I liked the feature of the OC3's poly control, so that only the lower register gets 'octived'.

Doesn't sound like there's a solid solution for what I'm looking to do, so might just take the approach of feeding a lower octive into a bass amp to create a bigger sound. Could be pretty cool.

 I have a Plethora x5 too. I wonder if there's anything in there that'd work better than the Ricochet?

steamabacus

Duppy03 said:

 I have a Plethora x5 too. I wonder if there's anything in there that'd work better than the Ricochet?

The Sub'n'Up in poly mode has pretty stable tracking. Should be in the X5, I think?

pintspiller

Separate amps for guitar and bass is the way to go. Or alternatively play a bass with distortion as it can sound a bit like a distorted guitar with huge bottom.

fretmeister

Sporky said:

Has anyone done stoner rock on a Chapman Stick?

If they have I hope they have been incarcerated. 

Sporky

I'm not wearing my glasses and read that as "incinerated" first time. 

pt22

I think a fun option is to mod your guitar like the Bacci baritones that Matteo Mancuso use:

https://youtu.be/Wx1Btbo4BtM?feature=shared

Starts at 4 minutes in. 

Kittyfrisk

Sporky said:

Has anyone done stoner rock on a Chapman Stick?

Yeah, but I'm fucked if I can remember how...

Musicman20

Lots of options, but honestly, a good dirty tone o a p bass is so good for this kind of music. 

Never underestimate how much difference bass makes. The groove! 

jellybelly

Think Corin Tucker (Sleater Kinney) might have a baritone string instead of the low E on her guitar?? This is 'The Woods' era I'm thinking, so as heavy as a band without a bass guitar can get as far as I'm concerned. She had a huge Fender Showman and 6x12 if I remember correctly on that tour (it was 20 years ago tbf though! My memory might not be correct)

If anyone hasn't heard that album btw, do so now 

merlin

I read the thread title as 

Pedals That Can Intimidate A Bass Player

so any old pedal will probably do. 

fretmeister

Sporky said:

I'm not wearing my glasses and read that as "incinerated" first time. 

Your version is better.

Flanging_Fred

The Electro Harmonix Bass9 was created to do this job. I’ve not tried one so don’t know if it’s any good, but it’s probably worth investigating.

ICBM

You need a looper with the bass part stored in it. That way it will be steady, consistent and note perfect, like a bass player.

And also not notice when the other musicians do something different, either intentionally or not, like a bass player .