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It was Chris Squire and The Ox that did it first, then JPJ and Billy Sheehan. All with dual amp rigs.
Only took the pedal makers another 30 years to start adding it as normal!
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
It's the same problem as I have with solid-state overdrive for guitar - there's usually a distortion which sits on top of and separately from an underlying clean sound, and just sounds like something broken. Maybe I'm overly sensitive to this because I'm a repairer .
I *think* the reason I like the Rick stereo sound is that it doesn't sound like that, it sounds like two different instruments playing perfectly in unison, because the pickup signals are different.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Spend time with it and it doesn’t sound like a clean and dirty signal combined but just re-emphasises the punch and cut that the OP was saying was lacking. You can keep the great effects tone without losing any of the thump that cuts through.
Then again, I'm a guitarist so I don't actually want to hear the bass at all
It's a touchy subject , telling another musician to change his sound or tone , Basschat is full of threads complaining about guitarists tone/ volume.
Using two completely separate amps for the clean and dirty also sounds good - it's the forcing the two sounds back through the same amp that I can't quite get to work for me.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
Although theres always exceptions, a decent sound man will eq the bass at least reasonably well and I find a blended signal from a preamp will always cut through a lot better than a trad amp setup.
Whenever we recorded bass we sacked off amps and DI'd into the desk using an Art microphone amp
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I used to have substantial pedalboard when I played bass, but found I'd only use them either when the song dictated or every now and then to add to a part.
I did always have a dry, clean sound running at all times.
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To my ears, and playing the kind of music I play, bass just sounds better without (or very limited use of) fx pedals.
However, there is of course a time and a place for tasteful use of effects. I do quite like a bit of drive or an octaver.