What's the best Muff sound for bass? Blending it with the clean bass tone and Eq?

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Using a signal blender such as the Boss LS-2 and an equalizer pedal like the Boss GE-7B you will be the judge as to how we can get get the best Muff sound for bass.

In this video we are going to sound test 9 different ways to connect these three pedals together. Let's find out which signal chain sound the best!

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[analogfox]

i really liked the 7th option. most massive sound imo.
that means that making a muff with eq control for a blend might be an interesting idea.
what do you think?

[LachlanGB]

I liked that you displayed the chain visually!

[taylorhilyard]

These are the things that keep me up at night. Thanks for doing this. Fantastic.

[Ezra.G]

Awesome video! Thank you for showing how many different ways this can be used. I personally liked 7 solo’d the most but 6 sounded the most gnarly in a mix.

[d.s.]

OK excellent vid! Based on what I'm seeing here this is what I actually need:
1. Clean sound direct without the eq.
2. Distorted path begins at a high-pass filter, then into the Muff, then into a low-pass filter.
3. Mix them together.
I know this sounds insane but hear me out: I don't want anything really low (like 150 Hz and below) going into a distortion pedal. It just ruins and muddies everything. But I also don't want high stuff like 4 KHz and above really coming out of the distortion, which gives it that "buzzy" character that sounds really unpleasant coming out of modern speaker cabs. So I believe that you're doing everything right for my ideal taste in #9 except that the low cut and the high cut should come at opposite ends of the distortion pedal. This way you get a good clean low end from the clean path but that perfect midrange grind from the dirty path.

[RWieladek]

Very useful to get a basic sense with splitters. Thanks for this!

[hope_canyon]

Buying a line selector and using it for bass was an absolute revelation for me. I don't use it much these days as I've got a Wren & cuff with a blend control that does exactly this, but short of that, this is a great strategy

[yaripedone]

I prefer the 4, 8, 7 tones in order. Great test! Thanks!

[antoniojosevidelinares]

Grande!!! Aqui Antonio de Pedal Station, ya le estoy compartiendo el video a mis amigos bajistas jaja

[MrRawnch]

Like 7 and 9. I think those two can sit really well in a three-piece rock mix.

[ixqrify]

best showcasing of this pedal on youtube by far, but it would have been a hell of a lot better had you played a riff that included some usage of the e and maybe even the b string to really demonstrate how the pedal can blend that lowend as well. Afterall, most bassists who get a splitter do it more for the lowend instead of just the mids.

[alexskibicki]

This is quite informative. Even though I own a couple bass overdrive and distortion pedals, I would consider trying this with a metal distortion pedal. Also the demo sounds awesome. 😎 🎸

[lovecraftmusic]

I liked the clean-muff blend but with the eq before the muff...or even before the Ls2 (adding mids to both signals.
Thanks for your experiment!

[tipston]

Criminally low view count for such great content, keep it up!!

[mikaelhauk]

Running the eq in front seems like the best option. It made the clean and dirty signal sound more like one sound. Most times when you do parallel fuzz the fuzz sounds like it's lying on top of your clean sound.

[kelvinrodriguezjr]

If you're feelin dirty u can throw in a tube screamer variant before the muff and then boost with a clean booster after it can work in the right circumstances pretty well

[alessandromonteiro]

Teria outra opção melhor que esse pedal da Boss pra fazer isso?

[danielatherton]

Damn it. I was already set on getting an LS2 but now I've got GAS for a GE.

[aeakd]

Hi! I'm thinking of splitting my signal to have a better defined low end when using distortion. What I'm thinking is on one side my B7K dirt sound, and on the other side having like a geb7 as a lpf and a comp and then to sum up both to the final signal to end up with a dirt sound with a great defined and compressed low end .. do you think I can achieve this using ls2?

[khairunnaim]

Great informative video! and killer tones too!

Question: is it true that the LS2 internally hardwires any empty loops as a dry-through (meaning i can leave one loop open without any patch cables connected, to let the dry signal come through??