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[quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1438567311' post='2835492'] Yeah it should work fine, just turn the attack to 7'oclock instead of 1'oclock like you would for a punchy bass sound. [/quote] I found after further messing around that the note fading in and out happens even when the pog is off, and only when I have high fuzz or overdrive settings going. Or even just the dirty setting on my amp with the drive maxed. My amp is only a couple months old, hope it wouldn't be problem with that...

[quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1438562037' post='2835486'] Id check out [url="http://www.ovnilab.com/"]Ovnilab[/url] as a good site for compressor reviews. it depends on your budget really. I use a markbass compressore, which is great. I dont know much about OD pedals, less so about guitar ones, but a few guitarists ive played with have blackstar valve OD pedals which sounded great. Maybe try the guitarchat subforum below the marketplace for suggestions. Theyll probably be able to help you get the sound you want better. [/quote] Having the Markbass Compressore, do you think it would work well with my guitar tone as opposed to a bass sound?

[quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1438493391' post='2834851'] Okay its probably the POG. a compressor before/a sound gate after would help. Also, make sure on your bass you have the bridge Pup turned up, and your eq to treble. [/quote] Any compression pedals you might recommend? I also think I may get an overdrive pedal instead of just using my b2 with an overdrive setting. (Not sure which though)

[quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1438491817' post='2834845'] It sounds like tracking issues with the octave effects. How are you using the POG and PS6 (like POG as +12, PS6 as +7)? Try moving the PS6 before the mastotron, and if that dosent work adding a compressor(and/or EQ) to the start of your chain might help. EDIT: also, playing cleanly is important. i use a sonuus b2m to trigger the synth in my drum machine and it works fine as long as i send it a nice clean compressed signal. You can improve the last example you gave by starting to play a riff slowly, and speeding up seeing how fast you can get before it starts glitching. [/quote] I actually didn't use the ps6 at all in that sound clip. I have it set to play power chords and have it off most of the time. But yeah, POG is octave up maxed and dry and sub octave all the way off.

Hey, I have a few problems with my fake guitar pedalboard setup, and easier then me writing them all, I recorded them and explained them in a little clip on Soundcloud. https://soundcloud.com/field-cate/help-with-pedalboard/s-LrtMc Would love if anybody could help me fix some of these. If you have any questions about my setup, just ask!

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1435311795' post='2807472'] How are you getting your fake guitar sound? Are you simply trying to make your bass sound like a guitar, or are you splitting off a signal an octave or two up for processing separately? I sometimes do the latter (using a Fishman Fission pedal) and I then feed the 'guitar' signal through a bog-standard Boss DS-1 and into either a guitar combo or direct to the PA. Works for me. [/quote] I play through a pog an octave higher. But yes, I'm simply making my bass sound like a guitar. No actual bass sound involved.

I'm playing using a fake guitar sound and have my bass going through a zvez mastotron fuzz pedal and a b2 zoom using an overdrive setting. It gives me a thick sound and I do like using both, but sometimes I notice that multiple notes together sounding not great and when I hold a single note it fades in and out very quickly. Also, I touching my strings makes a very loud screechy sound and I cannot mute my strings without a very loud noise. Please help. Should I get a different drive pedal? Or do the 2 just not work together

Just picked this pedal up. Wondering what setting I need to put it on to simulate like I'm playing power chords. Somebody said set it to play the 5th but I'm not sure whichsetting that is

[quote name='tonyquipment' timestamp='1433851271' post='2794510'] I would just split the signal into two. One for your bass+ whatever effects to bass amp. And the other through the drive and octave up through a guitar amp. [/quote] I'm not playing any bass though.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1433843926' post='2794417'] OK, if you turn up to a gig with a bass, and ask if you can borrow a guitar rig, 99% of guitarists will refuse. You don't want to take your own amp, so your only option is to use an amp modeller (like your zoom). The amp modeller will have some speaker modelling too. All of this affects the sound. If you plug your amp models into a guitar amp, the guitar amp will be further changing the sound. When you get to a gig, and you DI your amp model straight into the PA, the sound coming from the PA speakers will be totally different to the sound you had at rehearsal through your guitar amp I really would just take the guitar amp to gigs [/quote] Yeah, that's what I'll probably do. In that case, any other ideas on how I can create more of the sound? Somebody had mentioned a boss p-6 but I'm not sure what that does.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1433843040' post='2794403'] but you don't want to take it to gigs with you, so are you hoping to use other bands' guitar rigs? Or are you going to DI? If you're going to DI, you need to make some good amp model sounds, which the zoom should be capable of. When you're monitoring this though, it needs to be through a PA rig, not a guitar amp. [/quote] Oh man. It's probably not good that I understood like none of what you just said. What's DI? And why would it be better through a PA rig?

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1433842738' post='2794395'] I don't see the problem with using your zoom pedal. There should be lots of overdrive/distortion options which you can tweak. At the very least you'll find out which models you like and then you could buy the real thing, but you should definitely be able to get an acceptable dirt sound out of it. If you're after a guitar sound, you probably want a guitar amp. You could use the amp models on the zoom, but then if you plug that into a bass amp you're not going to hear what it'll be like DI'd. If I was going to do what you're doing, and it does appeal to me, I would have the pog running into a guitar combo and carry this to gigs with me. On the subject of the mastotron... Have you tried the mastotron before the zoom, in order? So plug your bass into the mastotron, then the mastotron into the zoom? And are you using a clean patch on the zoom when you use the mastotron? [/quote] I should have specified. My orange combo is a guitar amp. And I have been trying a few things with the zoom and the mastotron together. But if I take my zoom off the current setting the mastotron isn't enough to like sound like a good overdrive setting? Or atleast the thickness of the sound that I'd like. And I know the Mastotron can easily do that, I just must be doing something wrong.

Okay So what I'm trying to do is similar to Royal Blood, though I haven no interest in playing both guitar and bass. Just the fake guitar as my band has another bassist. (I am more comfortable playing on a bass and like the limitations it presents songwriting wise) The main problem though, is I'm VERY new to pedals and do not know much about them or how to accomplish my goal. I want a nasty fat and thick guitar sound. Currently what I have been using is a Micro Pog with octave up and a B2 bass multipedal. I also own a ZVEX Mastotron, but I cannot figure out how to pair it with my other pedals without it sounding bad. I use the B2 on an overdrive setting that I've screwed with to sound nice but clearly, I'd like to not rely on a multipedal. I play through an Orange combo guitar amp and use a Steinberger headless Spirit. As of right now, I am forcing myself to play through the "dirty" effect from my Orange combo amp to get the sound I want, but I'd prefer to not use any effects from the amp and play through the clean setting and still get the sound I am looking for. Whenever I pair my ZVEX with my B2 Multipedal it always sounds like garbage and I cannot figure out a way to fix it. Where should I go from here? What should I use to create a more real "fake" guitar sound, similar to royal blood? I clearly need a new overdrive pedal of some sort, but I really know almost nothing about pedals and what I need. Please help.