Bass

250 readers

1 users here now

Bass guitar, double bass, and the general low end of sound

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

Does anyone else get in this loop of wanting to add a bunch of cool effects to your bass, then eventually realizing it would be cooler to play a clean bass underneath those effects instead? (self.bass)

submitted 10 months ago by weastie to c/[email protected]

3 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Every now and then, I love playing around with tremolo, flange, envelope filter, fuzz, creating really cool synthy and ambient tones.

And then I get to a sound I think is so cool, but then it just feels like... if I could have a second clean bass playing underneath those tones, it would sound awesome.

Like realistically, 99% of the time, it just sounds better when all the fun synthy sound effects are coming from a keyboard or an electric guitar, and then you have a mostly clean bass playing underneath it all.

And then I enter a loop of going back to clean bass, then I add just a smidge of effects, then I think those effects sound cool and increase them... you get the point.

Does anyone else fall into this madness?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't use a lot of effects for the same kind of reason. Songs really feel thin and empty without a solid bass line as a foundation. There's nothing wrong in recording a cleaner line underneath some more melodic crazyness though. I think it's a must for any arrangement, you cannot just play melodies/chords/ambience. The rhythm section is essential and that's why bass teachers really insist on mastering the basics.