What distortion/other effect is on this bass line?

[TeresaFR]

13 hours ago, Clarky said:

Well I got the gig (had to learn 11 original songs) and the guitarist told me that the effect in the OP was some sort of Big Muff

Awesome! I hope it works out for you.

[BigRedX]

See you at a gig soon?

[Downunderwonder]

9 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Boss LS-2 or similar that allows for blending any pedal with clean signal, might be a good idea going forward for the distorted parts.

Ls2 has no phase adjustment. Distortions and chorus commonly return 180° out. Bad juju blending.

[Baloney Balderdash]

59 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said:

Ls2 has no phase adjustment. Distortions and chorus commonly return 180° out. Bad juju blending.

Pretty far from commonly in my experience, I have tried this with several different drive pedals and never experienced any issues like this.

 

Yes, distortion pedals that inverse the phase absolutely does exist, but really rather an uncommon than common issue.

 

But just to be safe you could get the EHX Switchblade Pro Deluxe, EHX Tri Parallel Mixer, the One Control Mosquito Blender Trail, or the Old Blood Noise Endeavors Signal Blender, though these options are all a bit more expensive than the Boss LS-2, but unlike the LS-2 all with the option of inverting the phase of the effect loop(s) (though the phase inverter switch of the Switchblade Pro Deluxe is located inside the pedal, so one will have to open the pedal to switch it on).

 

The most compact of these, is all you need is adding a clean bend to a one distortion pedal, would be the One Control one.

 

Edited July 31, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash

[ahpook]

9 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Yes, distortion pedals that inverse phase does exist, but not really a common issue by any length, uncommonly would be more in line with actual reality.

 

 

I'd not say it was an uncommon problem.

 

Unless you can check out the schematic of the pedal you're trying to use it can be a bit of a crap shoot as to whether the phase is preserved or inverted.  I have an LPB-1 in my effects box which I've had to use a few times over the years to correct phase issues in my LS-2 loop with noise pedals.

 

Most recent one that springs to mind is the 'boutique' version of the Blueberry Bass Overdive which inverts phase.

 

YMMV, of course.

[cheddatom]

wouldn't it be very easy to just switch the wires on the output jack of any such problem pedal, rather than buy another pedal to invert the phase?

[ahpook]

Just now, cheddatom said:

wouldn't it be very easy to just switch the wires on the output jack of any such problem pedal, rather than buy another pedal to invert the phase?

 

Sadly, that's very likely to cause grounding issues.

[cheddatom]

4 minutes ago, ahpook said:

 

Sadly, that's very likely to cause grounding issues.

 

You're right, I was being far too simplistic!

[ahpook]

2 minutes ago, cheddatom said:

 

You're right, I was being far too simplistic!

 

Robert Robinson voice on/

 

"Would that it were, would that it were.."

 

 

 

[Downunderwonder]

10 hours ago, cheddatom said:

wouldn't it be very easy to just switch the wires on the output jack of any such problem pedal, rather than buy another pedal to invert the phase?

Aside from grounding messed up you have the problem that when the pedal is off it's inverted.

[Baloney Balderdash]

8 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

Aside from grounding messed up you have the problem that when the pedal is off it's inverted.

Not if it's sits in an effect loop that only gets switched on/is in the signal chain when the pedal is in use, which would be the case here (the whole reason why the reverse phase is an issue in the first place).

 

But, yes, still not a viable solution.

 

Edited August 1, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash