Re: Effects Pedals


<prestoncorn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Does anyone know of an effects pedal that can make an electric bass
sound more like an upright acoustic?

I play in a Bluegrass/Folk (or "Folkgrass") group and I would like to
get that thuddy upright sound out of my electric (Fender Precision
Bass). I've been able to get a fairly decent "upright-ish" tone by
palm muting the strings and plucking with my thumb, but I'd rather
play with my fingers, if possible.

If there is a pedal out there made specifically for this sound or if
anyone has stumbled onto this sound by tweaking on another type of
pedal, please let me know.

Thanks,
Rootsy Collins
I don't really have an answer for you, but I have the same problem. FWIW I
use a Fender Jazz with flatwounds (d'addario) into an Ampeg BA115 set on
Presence 1and I vary the mix between bridge and neck pickups hunting for
that sound. I've tried comps and have just bought a V-amp to experiment
with. I pick with the soft part of my fingers and find with a more or less
flat eq setting I get the best equivalent of what I want using just the
bridge pickup. Let me know how you fare with this project as I really don't
want to go the upright route.

Gerry


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