Thunderpaws Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 From experience. What effects do you all have that seem to work just as well on guitar as on bass guitar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elephantgrey Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Delay, reverb, bitcrusher, tremolo, compressor (ones designed for bass generally have better controls), noise gate, tuner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callumjord Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 My favourite guitar pedal that I use in my setup is my danelectro transparent overdrive. Works perfectly and sounds much better than most of the bass overdrives out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratman Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 TC Mojomojo overdrive (this rocks on guitar & bass), 3 Leaf Groove Regulator 2 filter, TC Corona chorus, Bearfoot Blueberry overdrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinArto Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I think only really gain-related pedals have to be specifically designed to work well for a bass guitar signal. So dirt pedals and compressors. Everything else should work fine on both. Obviously you have to watch what kind of filters your using if you use filters but that should be obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Most of my gear is guitar effects but there are a few in there bass only things in there. My Cali 76 bass compact and my cog custom but all the rest are guitar based fuzzes delays and chorus stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Badderer Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 The Darkglass VMT Deluxe has a beautiful tone on Guitar as well as bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazWills Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 (edited) there are always exceptions, but generally, anything will work on both guitar and bass just fine. Depending on how you use them in your setup, etc, there may be problems using some 'guitar' pedals on bass with low end loss (dirt pedals, in particular), and you may not like some modulation pedals effecting the lower register notes. But if you bi-amp, or use blenders, loops, etc, you can pretty much use any combination of pedals you want. Nothing will simply 'not work' for bass because it isn't made specifically for bass. all about experimenting Edited February 16, 2016 by GazWills Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosi Y'Anarchy Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) Funnily enough, my current board happens to be dual purpose in most instances. I'm still adding to it but the mini version consists of: Tuner -> boss multi overtone -> tc electronic mojo mojo -> sleeping dogs low end theory (sounds brilliant on guitar too) -> tech 21 leeds. Honestly I'm loving it equally on guitar and bass. More pedals in the collection (sovtek muff, line 6 m9) are equally dual purpose and a few on the way (wren n cuff supa phat phuck, malekko bassmaster) coincidentally also should be great on both bass and guitar. I'm doing alot of home recording and having one board makes my life so easy Edited February 17, 2016 by Dosi Y'Anarchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderpaws Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 Hi Dosy. Same reason here. I am not that good at guitar so home recording is where it's at for me at the mo. It has to be the same board for my bass gear. I have a Boss ODB3 which I have done the Monte Allums mod to. Sounds immense with guitar. Next for me is a delay pedal. Don't have lots of cash so need something works well for both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosi Y'Anarchy Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Personally (and not always) I like delay pedals on bass that have some sort of tone control on the repeats that allows me to cut the low end on the repeats whilst adding delay/atmosphere to my tone without muddying my bassline up, depends on your application though. Having said that, I just straight up loved the mxr carbon copy regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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