Bass Effects

Crash Romeo hail from New Jersey and play what they unapologetically call "Pop-Punk." The band's bassist, Steve Matthews, tells Gearwire what he uses and why.  

Patrick Ogle journeys to the darkest, deepest trenches of Austin where only scant light reaches for very short periods of time to talk to Rob and Kate Houle of Before Dawn. Kate shows us the Zoom 506 II and one of Rob's creations -- a patch selecting footswitch he built for it.  

When I came into work today, Crosstalk's Henry Bianco showed me this short play he wrote about the Electro-Harmonix Steel Leather bass expander. Writing short plays is so emo.  

Entering Gearwire Studio to mythical riffery, Paul Kramer gives us a look inside Pandora's Box with the Korg PX5D. The new version of the Pandora has a wide range of features that make the term "multi-effects box" somewhat insulting.  

G-Sonique has announced their XBass4000 Bass Saturater and Enhancer should be available by May 2008. If you're interested in digital bass enhancement, you're not alone. Literally millions of basses around the world suffer from the same problem.  

Greg Coatez of The Bangkok Five talks about his bass, bass rig and his general distaste of digital recording.  

The rhythm section of Lincoln, Nebraksa-based, For Against, get their turn talking gear.  

Tech21's new product is non-union, rarely calls in sick, and always checks for sleeping children. No, wait, that's the Sansamp Bus Driver Deluxe. This is an amp modeler, distortion box and DI!  

Alright, quit yer whining, four-stringers. We all know you get he short-shrift when it comes to effects. Well BOSS seems to have a soft-spot for you bottom-dwellers: they've released a bass-tailored version of their new GT-10. HAPPY!?!?!?  

Laurie G-Force holds down the low end for Atlanta-based VieTNam. It's elementary why she chooses a Fender Jazz bass, but hear why she chose the Ibanez Tube Screamer over other pedals catered more towards bass.  

Matt Spatial talks about his Boss Chorus Pedal and how he uses it conservatively all the time. It's really helped to shape the sound of The Julia Dream.  

Bassist Matt Spatial from the Julia Dream talks about his equipment. He puts his bass through an Ampeg B2R, and even though it's a modestly priced Ampeg series, he loves the sound.  

Jason Donnelly, AKA DJ Puzzle, dives into the bass sequencer on the Quasimidi Rave-O-Lution 309. In some ways, it is similar to the previously walked through drum sequencer on the unit, and the good DJ breaks that down in this video.  

William Michael Stillwaters of Rush Holler on some of the Gear he uses -- including how he uses a bass pedal on his vocals.  

The Junkyard Birds, a blues rock act from in Samatan, France spoke with Gearwire about their Rickenbacker guitars and various effects. They told us their name came from how their style was a sort of update to The Yardbirds...  

On this installment of Home Studio Workshop, Drew plays us a sample track using the virtual bass from Spectrasonics Trilogy. The Trilogy engine not only sounds very lively and realistic, but it also allows for any bass...  

In this episode of Home Studio Workshop, Drew takes a look at the Spectrasonics Trilogy software synthesizer. Drew plays with some sharp sounding bass, proving that you can get the bass sounds you want without having...  

The Voodoo Jets recently added bassist Clint Amereno to their lineup. Amereno has played live with 12 Stones, touring extensively with the band. Voodoo Jets are unique in power pop in that they use no guitars, only keyboards....  

Pete Jones endured John Lydon's antisocial antics long enough to do Public Image Ltd's Commercial Zone album. He also performed on several Martin Atkins Brian Brain releases, but time hasn't been kind to those records, as...  

Bassist Glenn Hughes played in some of the seminal hard rock bands of the 60s and 70s, including Deep Purple and Trapeze. Hughes has also done session work with artists too numerous to list. His last several solo efforts...  

Guitar players and producers such as Brendon Small (Co-creator and one-man-band of Cartoon Network's Metalocalypse) have long sung the praises of the Line 6 POD. Now bass players can get in on the action too, with the announcement...  

Pro Tone Pedals, a boutique manufacturer of pedals for guitar and bass, started up in 2004 in Crossroads, Texas - a suburb just north of Dallas.

"I had been building and modifying pedals for years, so it was...  

Pro Tone Pedals, the brain-child of Dennis Mollan, manufactures pedals for guitar and bass. The company is based in Crossroads, Texas, just outside Dallas. In business since 2004, Pro Tone is quite proud of the new Paul...  

Whether speaking to long-time professional musicians or artists working on their first recordings, one piece of gear is brought up again and again--the POD series from Line 6. Everyone is singing the praises of the POD....  

Seymour Duncan's 2007 stompbox designs include the Lava Box for guitar and the Paranormal for bass players. The Lava Box gives a saturated rock distortion sound at the right settings, the Paranormal is a bass EQ box with...  

Paul Raven has been an integral part of some of the most influential bands in the high end of underground rock. From Killing Joke to Prong to Pigface and Ministry (and even a brief stint with Godflesh), Raven has provided...  

Kevin Bolembach, president of Godlyke Distribution (parent company for Guyatone), gives a thorough demoing of the company's brand new GST-UO5 Ultron Auto Wah. The Ultron, Kevin says, is basically a tricked-out tribute to...  

ummer NAMM 2006: Dig this: the Ashdown Superfly bass amp head puts out 500 watts of power and weighs only ten pounds. The Superfly also includes built-in seven-band graphic EQ, a compressor, 69 editable user programs, and...  

Check this out: Moog will be adding to its MoogerFooger line with this do-hickey. Of course, like all MoogerFoogers, it's got wooden side-panels, the mutton-chops of the synthesizer world. In fact, if you are playing a...