Mexicola Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I was wondering if there is a pedal that 'dirties up' your tone a bit by adding upper harmonics. Not necessarily a gain pedal but a pedal that specifically adds extra harmonics and overtones to your sound? Does such a pedal exist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 would you not just use a pitch shifter/harmoniser like a whammy or EHX POG? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 What you're describing sounds like the Aphex Exciter or BBE Sonic Maximizer. There are pedal versions of each; I haven't tried them but both are designed to generate extra upper harmonics to liven up your signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Might be worth getting in touch with DHA (Dave Hall Amps) as his pedals seem to add some nice harmonics on the lower gain settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 You're sure you mean "harmonics"? The Fishman Fission allows you to add an octave up, a 5th above that, and a further octave. Also to "dirty it up" with some distortion. It's not harmonics though ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Jamin Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) Here's a explanation of overtones and harmonics [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtone"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtone[/url] Like BotB said BBE and Aphex make good exciter pedals. Another good bass-specific one is the Basswitch Sonic Spark [url="http://lehle.com/EN/RMI-Basswitch-Sonic-Spark"]http://lehle.com/EN/...tch-Sonic-Spark[/url] Edit: found a good demo! [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2kp_GHj2lw"]https://www.youtube....h?v=k2kp_GHj2lw[/url] Edited October 29, 2014 by Ben Jamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 i used to have a darkglass harmonics booster, pretty much did exactly what your saying you need, added no dirt to the signal but added a bit of a bite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMflmQIrFe8 andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Ben Jamin' timestamp='1414593597' post='2591081'] [url="http://lehle.com/EN/RMI-Basswitch-Sonic-Spark"]http://lehle.com/EN/...tch-Sonic-Spark[/url] Edit: found a good demo! [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2kp_GHj2lw"]https://www.youtube....h?v=k2kp_GHj2lw[/url] [/quote] [quote name='0175westwood29' timestamp='1414614076' post='2591447'] i used to have a darkglass harmonics booster, pretty much did exactly what your saying you need, added no dirt to the signal but added a bit of a bite [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMflmQIrFe8"]https://www.youtube....h?v=hMflmQIrFe8[/url] andy [/quote] [quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1414585846' post='2590945'] What you're describing sounds like the Aphex Exciter or BBE Sonic Maximizer. There are pedal versions of each; I haven't tried them but both are designed to generate extra upper harmonics to liven up your signal. [/quote] Cheers guys. These are exactly what I was looking for. They aren't quite there tone wise but the idea behind them is what I had in mind. Andy, how much did you end up selling the Harmonic Booster on for? [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1414586227' post='2590951'] Might be worth getting in touch with DHA (Dave Hall Amps) as his pedals seem to add some nice harmonics on the lower gain settings. [/quote] Funny you mention that man. I was looking at the Dave Hall stuff a few days ago wondering if the 'Q mid' controls do something along the lines of what Im looking for to tweak my tone slightly. Edited October 29, 2014 by Mexicola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 [quote name='Mexicola' timestamp='1414616153' post='2591499'] Cheers guys. These are exactly what I was looking for. They aren't quite there tone wise but the idea behind them is what I had in mind. Andy, how much did you end up selling the Harmonic Booster on for? Funny you mention that man. I was looking at the Dave Hall stuff a few days ago wondering if the 'Q mid' controls do something along the lines of what Im looking for to tweak my tone slightly. [/quote] ill be honest i cant really rem andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I have an Aphex Xciter. It's good for making dead strings sound like new! I don't really use it much though, so could be tempted to sell it if you wanted to try one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Thanks Danny, I think I prefer the idea of it to how it actually sounds in application. I would be tempted if it caught me off guard one day in the 'for sale' forum though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Mexicola' timestamp='1414584709' post='2590921'] I was wondering if there is a pedal that 'dirties up' your tone a bit by adding upper harmonics. Not necessarily a gain pedal but a pedal that specifically adds extra harmonics and overtones to your sound? Does such a pedal exist? [/quote] Ibanez PD-7 Phat Hed. It is an overdrive and distortion pedal... but forget the OD and Dist modes... if you use it in Clean mode, the drive won't have any effect, but you will be able to use the 2-band EQ *and* the Attack switch. The Attack switch adds this kind of dirty overtones and it's really cool. Try it! Pretty cheap pedals too. Edited October 29, 2014 by mcnach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexicola Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 Sounds cool. I've seen those pedals going for cheap before without giving them a second look as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) I see, I'd misunderstood what you were after. I wonder if some fairly heavy compression on a high pass filter would be what you need? It'd bring out all the natural harmonics from your bass. Then just blend this with the clean signal. That's how I do it in the studio anyway Edited October 30, 2014 by cheddatom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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