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11A wrote:Wonder how the nano pog would compare here?? I must admit I like both from the clip, amazing how far we've come with pedals recently.
chrisdermo wrote:Clearly I'm in a significant minority but the pitchfork sounded horrific to me, the phasey stuff going on up the top is yucky
like when someone records guitar with 2 mics and the phase is all wrong / some sort of whack chorus effect.
Not to say the Digitech sounded great but I'd go for that for sure. I tend to prefer my bass really bottom heavy and kinda dull anyway, and I'd never use it without at least an overdrive after anyway.
I'd be interested in a comparison shifting in the other direction as well.
whoismarykelly wrote:chrisdermo wrote:Clearly I'm in a significant minority but the pitchfork sounded horrific to me, the phasey stuff going on up the top is yucky
like when someone records guitar with 2 mics and the phase is all wrong / some sort of whack chorus effect.
Not to say the Digitech sounded great but I'd go for that for sure. I tend to prefer my bass really bottom heavy and kinda dull anyway, and I'd never use it without at least an overdrive after anyway.
I'd be interested in a comparison shifting in the other direction as well.
In my rig I'm running the Pitch Fork through a compressor and bass preamp into a full bass rig while a parallel chain going to a guitar rig is active almost all the time. The sound on the top end gives the bass side of the rig definition in practice while using the Drop was just a woofy sludge under the clear guitar. If you were really trying to just do bass by using a guitar and one of these pedals that would be very different and I might choose differently. Probably not though. Once you add compression and dirt to these pedals you see the benefit of what's happening on the top end.
the _Ryan wrote:whoismarykelly wrote:chrisdermo wrote:Clearly I'm in a significant minority but the pitchfork sounded horrific to me, the phasey stuff going on up the top is yucky
like when someone records guitar with 2 mics and the phase is all wrong / some sort of whack chorus effect.
Not to say the Digitech sounded great but I'd go for that for sure. I tend to prefer my bass really bottom heavy and kinda dull anyway, and I'd never use it without at least an overdrive after anyway.
I'd be interested in a comparison shifting in the other direction as well.
In my rig I'm running the Pitch Fork through a compressor and bass preamp into a full bass rig while a parallel chain going to a guitar rig is active almost all the time. The sound on the top end gives the bass side of the rig definition in practice while using the Drop was just a woofy sludge under the clear guitar. If you were really trying to just do bass by using a guitar and one of these pedals that would be very different and I might choose differently. Probably not though. Once you add compression and dirt to these pedals you see the benefit of what's happening on the top end.
Could you maybe post a clip of how you use the Pitchfork in your setup? Soloed I thought the Drop sounded more like a bass guitar than the Pitchfork, but it could sound better with how you use it.
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whoismarykelly wrote:Whelp the TC Sub'n'Up laid waste to the Pitch Fork for my purposes with its myriad adjustable EQs and other parameters in the Toneprint Editor. Was able to set up for separate EQ chains to make the bass guitar sound as realistic as possible.
1. Cut 25Hz on the input by 5db with a low shelf to improve tracking
2. Boost 1K on the input to add brightness and clarity from the source
3. Boost 3K after the pitch shift to emphasize pick attack and retain some of that bass guitar string noise sound
4. Boost 400Hz after the pitch shift to give the bass punch and fullness.
Then I was also able to change the Sub 2 control into a drive control for the low octave to give it a tubey warmth before it hits the compressor. Cant wait to hear much improved bass tone on tour next week!
Iommic Pope wrote:Nice!
Get some live footage when you guys are out and post it man!
Also, do you run a preamp pedal into the preamp of your bass amp, or straight into the power section?
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