LIVE: How To Use Pedals For Bass Guitar (w/ Roy Mitchell-Cárdenas)

Today we have Roy Mitchell-Cárdenas former bassist of the band Mutemath in the shop! We're talking about bass pedals, a few surprisingly awesome effects, and as always playing some sick jams.

GIVEAWAY CLOSED
(Giveaway valid for the first 24 hours of this video being live)

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:26 Welcome To The Show!
2:16 Roy Intro
5:13 Skillshare #Ad
7:22 New Shirt!
8:13 How Roy Got Started
13:33 Mutemath
20:54 Bass Pedals Suck
28:52 History Lesson
34:25 Bass Balls
39:15 B Jam = Bass Balls
42:52 Big Muff/Colorsound Bass Fuzz
49:41 Bass Fuzz Jam
53:29 Amp Set Up
1:02:51 Ibanez DE7
1:07:58 DE7 Jam
1:14:01 Sample Fuzz Audio
1:21:20 Does Roy Use A Pick??
1:23:20 Mutemath Vinyl
1:24:25 Zoom 506
1:26:11 Zoom 506 Jam
1:32:20 Some Bass Pedals Don't Suck
1:33:14 Record Time
1:40:18 Q&A
1:48:11 Thanks For Watching!

Gear:
EHX Bass Balls
Colorsound Bass Fuzz
Ibanez DE7
Zoom 506
JHS Colour Box
Boss TU2
JHS Morning Glory
Boss GE7
Boss DD200
Boss OD200
Boss MD200
Ernie Ball VPJR Tuner
Bilt Relevator Guitar
JHS "Loud Is More Good Amp"

Record Time:
The Beatles - Yesterday and Today
The Cure - Disintegration
Sonic Youth - Goo [LP]

Josh's T-Shirt

#jhs #thejhsshowlive #basspedals

[EversonBernardes]

Now you have your solution Josh, just add a "bass" toggle to all pedals that gives a XdB boost to bass frequencies post-effect. Boom, all pedals are now bass pedals.

[stevefishner]

Josh! Thank you so much for a bass pedal episode ! As a bassist for 40 plus years I religiously watch your channel ! I very much appreciate what you do ! Thank you for having such a great personality and sense of humor !

[richieworrell]

Yoooo I see Roy, I click. SUCH an underrated bassist from such an underrated band.

[yuskew]

Thank you Josh my Zoom 506 sold in the middle of the show!!

[EshockT]

Old video came on my autoplay in the background, but I had to stop and comment on how great Nick’s drumming was with Roy demoing the Bass Balls. Bass player’s dream to play with a musical drummer like him.

[DeformedDevices]

Watching Josh get to play with a hero of his and watching that hero get a huge smile on his face is priceless. Love it.

[zynthio]

Mutemath had such a massive influence on me so having Roy on this show is freaking awesome
Edit: That entire Zoom pedal jam was INSANELY awesome. Every bass tone and riff absolutely killer

[mrmarkdyde]

Today’s jams were head and shoulders above any you’ve done before (and there have been some great ones in the past) also Roy is such a laidback delight to watch and listen to, excellent work guys.

[markjohnson]

Josh: Lets have a bass heavy jam!

Also Josh: Buries bass with voodoo-rific slide guitar solo

[marcblum]

On stompboxes for bass: post-FX bass adjustment is one thing. The other thing is just plain volume adjustment. Many fx just lead to a small increase/decrease of volume, which might be irrelevant if you're a guitar player and already blasting out in your solo and being upfront everybody else. But as a bass player I provide the basis, the cushion, the foundation for everything else. The density and the thump should not drop when I engage any pedal. So I need a sensitive volume knob to compensate for any volume change induced by the fx. Sometimes there are volume knobs, that cover a very wide range vom 0 to 200%. That's nonsense. A stompbox needs an adjustment knob for +/- 6db, unity at 12:00, that's enough.

[theoryofmine]

Just checked out the Mutemath record. 'Tis great!

[joshmgarner]

This conversation was everything I dreamed of! Well done. Roy has always been one of my all-time favorite bassists. We need more videos for us bass players!

[BrandonIveyATL]

I really enjoyed this episode, and i get your thesis that "all pedals are bass pedals". Roy is a treasure. At the same time, finally seeing a title like "How To Use Pedals For Bass Guitar" on the JHS podcast and seeing maybe one bass specific pedals is a little disappointing. I get that JHS had a bad experience trying to sell a bass pedals, but maybe we could get some nods to modern pedals designed with bass in mind.Things in the bass world have changed over the last few years.

[parsec]

I have been playing electric for just a few years and just started playing bass and this video has been such a huge inspiration! You have introduced me to so many bass sounds I never imagined. I just got the moonshine V2 for bass but now I need to try it on my morning glory! I love all the JHS videos... I have a bunch of your pedals and you have taught me SO much. Thank you! :)

[kiteflyer]

I made the biggest mistake of my life missing this live stream two years ago, but I've played this a bunch of times over for the jams, so I'm trying too make up for it! The Zoom 506 jam is so freaking great. Roy, Nick, and Josh are a powerhouse trio. If they released an album I would buy one for me and one for each and everyone I know and love. Thanks for this inspiration, y'all.

[TheElrondo]

This was the best live stream i watched in the last month!
After the stream i watched it again 😁
Thank you Josh, Roy and team

[januaryson]

I kinda wish we had more shots from the top during the jams so we could see setting of your pedal flow and settings and have the desktop more organized instead of the plethora of pedals not in the chain.

[pirhala]

Hey Josh, thanks for thinking of us bass players. There’s a ton of information to chew on here. This episode in particular made me really appreciate your guitar playing and approach. And don’t forget, Roger Waters used the bass balls for quite a few of his songs with Pink Floyd.

[calebtylershepherd]

Gear gives you more colors to paint with, but it doesn’t make you a better artist. I think that’s the moral of this episode. Love Mutemath btw! Such a phenomenal live band. First time I saw them live I was just in awe of how badass they were. It was an experience that definitely had such a significant effect on me.

[kevmac]

Some great jams. Also, I've played bass finger style forever, (I'm 65) and recently started to put the pick in my arsenal and I'm totally down with it.And it's bringing new things out in my playing.Never too old for learning some new things.