Rare and expensive bass effects

[NoirBass]

I would be interested to know what effects you'd like to try but haven't been able to, either due to their rarity or prohibitively high cost.

Here's mine:


BJFE Blueberry Bass Overdrive
D*A*M* Ezekiel 25:17 Bass OD / Distortion
Mu-Tron Phasor II
Mu-Tron Octave Divider
Original Ampeg Scramber
Original A/DA Flanger
Roland CE-1 Chorus
Maestro Brassmaster
Original Digitech Whammy
Lovetone Ring Stinger

Edited September 21, 2012 by NoirBass

[cheddatom]

All the Moog pedals, Human Gear Animato, Boomerang phrase looper pedal thingy... Can't think of anything else

[paul_5]

Animato, Lovetone Meatball and a Moog Murf. I've built a couple of clones (Noobie Hobbyist) but these are WAY out of my league.

[NoirBass]

Good call on the Animato, forgot about that one.

Also all the Moog stuff.

[ahpook]

an owens electronics bass bomb driver

[GazWills]

ODB-3



BJF 3BOD for me as well, though i am on their list so maybe in 12 months time!!

Also, an original version of the maestro (?) pedal MCA used on gratitude and sabotage, i forget what its called

[Bo0tsy]

For me it would be the original Musitronics Mu-Tron III and the Mu-tron III+ HAZ version - just to see if they are much different.

Also the Love Tone Meatball and the Akai Deep Impact.

All of them look/sound interesting and I'm definitely tempted to get a Mu-tron III (if at the right price), but I'm not sure if they are worth splashing out all that cash on.

[Mabrothrax]

+1 on the Love Tone Meatball

I'd love to get a Boss Slow Gear. I do have the Behringer clone, which works fine, but there's something about having a rare £200+ pedal that no one uses...

Oh, and there was a weird Boss synth pedal once, the Wave Generator IIRC - it was a twin pedal and used a thirteen pin roland style cable. Would love to have a go with that one.

[Doddy]

The only pedals that I'm really interested in trying out right now are the Moog MF-101 Low pass filter,
the Dod Meat Box and the Wampler Paisley Drive (possibly the Xotic BB Preamp). I just don't want to
spend the money if I don't have to.

[NoirBass]

[quote name='GazWills' timestamp='1348224568' post='1811025']
ODB-3



BJF 3BOD for me as well, though i am on their list so maybe in 12 months time!!

Also, an original version of the maestro (?) pedal MCA used on gratitude and sabotage, i forget what its called
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Think the pedal on Sabotage is a Univox U-1095 Super-Fuzz so we can add that to the list!


[quote name='Mabrothrax' timestamp='1348233228' post='1811197']
+1 on the Love Tone Meatball

I'd love to get a Boss Slow Gear. I do have the Behringer clone, which works fine, but there's something about having a rare £200+ pedal that no one uses...

Oh, and there was a weird Boss synth pedal once, the Wave Generator IIRC - it was a twin pedal and used a thirteen pin roland style cable. Would love to have a go with that one.
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Apparently you can mod a Boss NF-1 to work in reverse as it the exact same circuit! a much cheaper option.

The Boss Wave processor http://www.bossarea.com/other/wp20g.asp requires a Roland GK MIDI pickup to work as does the Poly Octave http://www.bossarea.com/other/oc20g.asp I'd like to try both too.

Thanks for all your replies, some pedals mentioned I'd not been aware of till now. I'll add them to the GAS pile.

[NoirBass]

[quote name='GazWills' timestamp='1348224568' post='1811025']

BJF 3BOD for me as well, though i am on their list so maybe in 12 months time!!

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where do you sign up for that? I'd like to get on the list too.

[lxxwj]

Akai Unibass/Deep Impact, Bass Whammy, Meatbox.

[GazWills]

[quote name='NoirBass' timestamp='1348296605' post='1811943']
where do you sign up for that? I'd like to get on the list too.
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[url="http://www.custom-sounds.com/BJF-BlueBerry-Bass-Overdrive"]http://www.custom-sounds.com/BJF-BlueBerry-Bass-Overdrive[/url]

[Thor]

+1 for the Akai Unibass and the Animato.

I've also got a bit of gas for the Strymon El Capistan and an Eventide Space - not particularly rare but fairly expensive to try on a whim.

[NoirBass]

Just Collating the results of this thread, still want to hear what gems you lot are dying to try.


Human Gear Animato
Lovetone Meatball
Owens Electronics Bass Bomb Driver
Akai Unibass
Akai Deep Impact
Boss Slow Gear
Dod Meat Box
Wampler Paisley Drive
Moog Bass Murf
Moog MF-101 Low pass filter
Univox U-1095 Super-Fuzz
Boss Wave processor
Boss Poly Octave
Strymon El Capistan
Eventide Space
BJFE Blueberry Bass Overdrive
D*A*M* Ezekiel 25:17 Bass OD / Distortion
Musitronics Mu-Tron III
Mu-Tron Phasor II
Mu-Tron Octave Divider
Original Ampeg Scramber
Original A/DA Flanger
Roland CE-1 Chorus
Maestro Brassmaster
Original Digitech Whammy
Digitech Bass Whammy
Lovetone Ring Stinger

[51m0n]

All of the Moog gear

[Toasted]

I've owned all of those in the current list.

/Shamless brag.

[NoirBass]

[quote name='Toasted' timestamp='1348851460' post='1819183']
I've owned all of those in the current list.

/Shamless brag.
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So my next question is which do you still own?

[51m0n]

[quote name='NoirBass' timestamp='1348858530' post='1819302']
So my next question is which do you still own?
[/quote]

Nothing - she divorced him

[clarket2]

Does a Looperlative LP1 count?

[NoirBass]

[quote name='clarket2' timestamp='1348942740' post='1820027']
Does a Looperlative LP1 count?
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Don't see why not. Looks very interesting and expensive, so I guess it qualifies.

[Sibob]

I've had a Boss Slow Gear previously, to be honest, not overly great. The effect has been bettered since, so if you have a Behringer/Guyatone/Multi-FX equivalent, then thats as good as you'll get.
Cool black pedal though .
I've got a Boss VB-2 which is pretty rare/expensive, and that is really cool!
Have a Meatbox to, although currently 'on the bench'

Si

[bakerster135]

For me it's the Eventide "Factor" pedals and the Strymon delays.

Just still can't find the courage to drop more than £150 on a delay pedal. I'm getting scarily close with the Strymon Brigadier though! :-s...

[Bolo]

Verellen meatsmoke preamp
Stupid GAS
:facepalm

Edited July 13, 2013 by Bolo

[Kev]

Despite all my pedal buying, i still havn't tried a Mutron III. Personally, i don't think there is anything vintage that i would prefer over the modern equivalent these days, so many excellent pedals about. In terms of expensive, i would also like to spend some time with an Octavious Squeezer, reckon i could tame it

Edited July 13, 2013 by Kev