Getting Started with Bass Pedals

Sweetwater Sales Engineer Kevin Spunde gives an overview of effects pedals for bass, and shares some ideas about how to set up your pedal rig.

0:00 - Intro
0:33 - Preamp Pedals
0:48 - Tech 21 NYC SansAmp
1:36 - Aguilar Tone Hammer
2:14 - Darkglass B7K Ultra
3:06 - Overdrive, Distortion, & Fuzz
3:15 - Electro-Harmonix Bass Big Muff
3:54 - Darkglass Duality Fuzz
4:55 - Agular Agro
5:45 - BOSS Bass Overdrive
6:50 - Chorus Pedals
7:08 - BOSS Bass Chorus
7:30 - Walrus Audio Julia Chorus
7:50 - TC Electronic Corona Chorus
8:56 - Keeley Dyno My Roto
10:05 - Wah Pedals And Filters
11:02 - Dunlop MXR Bass Envelope Filter
11:25 - Aguilar Filter
11:50 - EarthQuaker Spatial Delivery
12:42 - Pedal Boards
13:50 - Power Supplies
14:48 - Cable Management
15:35 - Velcro & Tuner
16:00 - Thanks For Watching

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[sweetwater]

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[rodrigovazquez]

In my experience, first important pedal to buy... Tuner

[marioprifti]

Clever bastard went straight for muse when testing the big muff. Phenomenal examples and demonstrations throughout the video. You've earned my sub.

[Lithuania]

Compression is easily the most important. Also preamp.

[rev.jeremyhall]

how amazing to have a bass demo where the bass is playing something that a real bassist might play at a

[ulfdanielsen]

..." we´ll go over some of the BASSics.."

I see what you did there!

[christophercheney]

The Big Muff Deluxe Big Muff Pi is the one I keep coming back to. It has a secret weapon in the crossover feature. The high and low pass filters are great for dialing things in depending upon the room. The EQD "Plumes" is pretty badass on bass as well. And on the envelope filter tip, the Mr. Black "Fwonkbeta" is an absolute beast!

[regimiro]

This guy could be anywhere between 22 and 45 and it’s honestly driving me mad

[Lofturs]

A bit late to the party but the Big Muff is a nifty little pedal. It has a three-way switch on it, "Bass Boost", "Normal" and "Dry" plus "Volume" "Tone" and "Sustain" knobs. On either Bass Boost or Normal the Volume knob is, well, a volume knob. But on Dry the Volume knob turns into Blend so it blends the fuzz with your clean signal. That works wonderfully for making your sound dirtier without worrying about level and it keeps better low end in my opinion.

[IPvFreely]

I purchased the Julia after hearing it in this video. As soon as I heard it all I could think is "THAT'S the sound I'm looking for!" Thank you for this video!

[Theladrion]

The downwards setting on the Big Muff with the 3-way switch (as the one in the video) turns the level knob into a blend knob. My go-to setting.

[KlockoFett]

The SansAmp Bass Driver can also get you a pretty good distortion/OD if you crank the gain. Granted, it's not separate from the rest of the pedal. I've used it as such though, and if you don't need it as an actual preamp, it does a really nice job. Both of mine are older models from around 2001 without those extra switches, so YMMV.

[BradfordGuy]

@4:54 your reactionary smile is almost enough by itself to make a sale! Hey, Kevin likes it! 😃 I love Sweetwater, all of its employees, and the sales engineers; especially Simon Whitehouse! *_Anything Sweetwater is awesome!_*

[modnarnam]

Gotta love this guy. He just educated me and saved me a bunch of money at the same time.

[dougp]

Sweetwater is the place to find and buy everything you need.
SWEETWATER ROCKS!!!

[rome]

I admit I don't see the need for a preamp. You've got plenty of EQ options on your bass and amp. And as for a DI box, audio interfaces pretty much replace those for home recording. And live, any venue with front of house support is also going to have their DI boxes.

I think a compressor is more useful. And maybe a high pass filter to cut the mud out of the bottom of your tone.

[ironxmike]

Using the looper for sound sample! Genius! You can make adjustments and not have to stop playing

[leocubiasmusiclifestyle]

I love that this videos are getting more in depth little by little but don’t hold on it guys we want you to throw this info at us like an avalanche we’re ready for it 😊

[melzredrum]

I had the 1st version of that Sansamp. Perfect stuff. Carry it with me for any gigs and studio works. Dont even need a rack. But still its depends on ur preference kinda tone you want.

[johnnydeformed]

The bass Muff has a "dry" setting, has nothing to do with the dry output, but it turns the volume knob into a blend knob.