What's your favourite examples of: Wah, Envelope Filter and Synth pedal sounds on Bass?

[Dood]

As the title asks, post your favourite recorded examples of these effects. Youtube videos are always welcome  *

 

 

*I'll mention the most popular examples in BGM! 

[Beer of the Bass]

For wah I'd say Michael Henderson on Miles Davis' On the Corner. I thought this was some sort of envelope filter at first, but apparently it's a wah with very good foot technique!

For envelope filter, Parliament's Chocolate City is a big favourite, and I think it's because of this that I won't even consider filter pedals without a reverse sweep mode.

 

Thinking about it further, I really can't come up with a favourite example of synth pedals on bass. There are keyboard synth or sequenced basslines that I love, but I feel like synth pedals are mostly a convenient means for a bass guitarist to imitate those live.

Edited February 10, 2020 by Beer of the Bass

[paul_5]

Flea’s line on ‘sir psycho sexy’ is a tone to chase:

and also an honorary mention to the wah solo on ‘Coffee Shop’:

and I’ve always been partial to Sleeper’s ‘Sale of the century’

 

Edited February 10, 2020 by paul_5

[Dood]

Awww you just know I'm also going to turn this in to a playlist.. beautiful sounds!! Keep them coming!!

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

Love a bit of bass balls (or mooer bass sweeper these days)

 

 

[Crawford13]

Michael Leagues solo here @ 6:12.

 

[Leonard Smalls]

Bootsy is Mr Envelope Filter!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sh9cezHNec&list=RD2Sh9cezHNec&index=1

(unfortunately embedding not allowed...)

 

 

[Old Man Riva]

From 1974, Alphonso Johnson has a bit of a wah noodle on this (excellent) track from around 2:20... If you can listen to this without tapping a foot and/or nodding along then there really is something amiss!

 

[gt4ever]

2 hours ago, paul_5 said:

Flea’s line on ‘sir psycho sexy’ is a tone to chase:

 

 

I believe he got his tone through a DOD FX25b envelope filter.

[ped]

18 minutes ago, gt4ever said:

I believe he got his tone through a DOD FX25b envelope filter.

Think it was just the fx25 not the later 25b. I’ve had loads of fx25s and some of them sounded bang on but they vary a lot!

[Cosmo Valdemar]

John Wetton was an absolute wah monster.

And a little obvious, but a classic.

 

 

[gt4ever]

5 minutes ago, ped said:

Think it was just the fx25 not the later 25b. I’ve had loads of fx25s and some of them sounded bang on but they vary a lot!

Yeah I got a regular fx25 and can’t seem to get great sounds from it.  Tried for ages and gave up.

 

[ped]

7 minutes ago, gt4ever said:

Yeah I got a regular fx25 and can’t seem to get great sounds from it.  Tried for ages and gave up.

 

The best I found was the dark green sparkle version. With a limiter afterwards to stop it going too deep - and preferably in a loop with some clean blend. Oh and a volume boost too! But the FX25 has a unique squelch when the input overdrives the pedal which I love. Nearly everything else I’ve tried produces a nasty ‘whistle’ rather than a squelchy fart. 
 

I also found it sounded ace with one bass and terrible with others. Best with single pickup basses, and funnily enough works great with a stingray!

[gt4ever]

1 hour ago, ped said:

The best I found was the dark green sparkle version. With a limiter afterwards to stop it going too deep - and preferably in a loop with some clean blend. Oh and a volume boost too! But the FX25 has a unique squelch when the input overdrives the pedal which I love. Nearly everything else I’ve tried produces a nasty ‘whistle’ rather than a squelchy fart. 
 

I also found it sounded ace with one bass and terrible with others. Best with single pickup basses, and funnily enough works great with a stingray!

Yeah the limiter makes sense, I found it went off the cliff and and just drowned in noise before I got the tone.  Might dig it out again and try that method. 👍🏻

thanks man 

Edited February 10, 2020 by gt4ever

[Maude]

I don't even know exactly what it is but Tim Commerford has an absolutely filthy line going on in RATM's 'Calm Like A Bomb'. 

 

[Maude]

Geezer Butler has to get a mention for the intro to N.I.B.

 

[Maude]

1 hour ago, ped said:

Think it was just the fx25 not the later 25b. I’ve had loads of fx25s and some of them sounded bang on but they vary a lot!

I think this is his fx25. 

Mmmm squelchy! 

 

[paul_5]

Then of course there’s this understated downward filter from Stuart Zender on ‘Blow your mind’ from the first Jamiroquai album. 
really tasteful, subtle filter use.

 

[acidbass]

The verse of RATM's Township Rebellion is awesome:

 

 

[acidbass]

Also there's definitely an envelope filter going on in Plug In Baby isn't there?

 

 

[KevB]

How about that wah/mutron combo Squire got for On The Silent Wings of Freedom.

 

 

Edited February 11, 2020 by KevB

[Dood]

Maaaaaaaaaan I want to list all of these!! 

[SpondonBassed]

I'm finding it educational.

[Crawford13]

Also this:

 

[Woodinblack]

5 hours ago, acidbass said:

Also there's definitely an envelope filter going on in Plug In Baby isn't there?

Probably the deep impact, or one of:

• Human Gear Animato Distortion
• Boss OC-2 Octave
• Electro-Harmonix Black Russian Big Muff
• Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
• Akai Deep Impact Synthesiser
• Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler