All of these clips were recorded through the following equipment: Carvin B5 custom blueburst bass -> the pedal I am demoing -> Proco Turbo Rat (only when noted) -> Boss LMB-3 Bass Limiter -> Behringer BDI21 (set to a clean tone with very little drive or blend) -> Peavey Mark VI bass head -> GK Backline 2x10.
These were all recorded through a relatively cheap mike, directly into my sound card. Thus, the sound quality may not be great, but it will give you an idea of what the pedals sound like. A lot of these are commonly available, major-compyany pedals. However, I think they are all good pedals, usable in certain situations, and I am using this space to show the sounds I primarily use them for. These demos were recorded quick and dirty, so may not be note-perfect to the real songs. All knob settings are stated like the face of a clock
I think this is a pretty good overdrive pedal, I actually prefer this one to the Tube-screamer-types. This clip is me playing a bit of "Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine. The first time through is with gain down at about 9:00, tone straight at midnight. The second half, both are cranked to max, so this is as wild as this pedal gets.
I've made three clips for this pedal, to summarize the three ways I have used this pedal so far. There are many other uses for this pedal, I just want to show what I have found so far that I liked.
Clip 1 - The first and main use I found for this pedal is to simulate a rhythm guitar playing along with my bass. This is extremely useful for people (like myself) that play in a band with only one guitar. My guitarist likes to play solos, as well as higher melodies during songs, but the thickness of our sound completely drops away when he does this. The way I accomplish this sound is to split my bass signal into two channels, and in the second channel is the POG and my Turbo Rat. I play a part from Velvet Revolver's "Slither" without this setup, and then with it. This allows my guitarist to play the higher melody during the choruses, and also the solo, while our sound remains thick.
Clip 2 - This clip uses the POG and a phaser, set to a shallow and fast 4-stage phaser, to simulate a 70's style organ, which usually was played through some sort of rotating speaker. Not exact, but you get the idea. This is just me doodling so you can hear how it sounds.
Clip 3 - Here I am using the POG to simulate a church pipe organ. Sorry, I can never resist playing Toccata and Fugue when I'm in this mode :)
This is my first try with an envelope filter, and also my first real attempt at funk, so I'm sorry about the horrid playing. Just because I didn't know what to play, this is some of "Alright" by Jamiroquai. In Low-Pass mode, Drive is about 9:00, Q at 2:00
Awesome synth pedal; I've had it a couple months now and I am in love with this thing. Here is a clip that I threw together very quickly, just playing random notes while tweaking the sliders. At the very end of the clip (about 1:30), I turn on my Turbo Rat, so you can hear what it sounds like with distortion after it. Very sloppy, messy, random playing. This clip is more about hearing the different sounds you can get out of the pedal.
Here is a clip of a song that we've written in my new electronic project. The lead synth line is my bass through the BMS.
This is my favorite "normal" flanger of all time. I say that because I now have an Electro Harmonix Stereo Electric Mistress (clips coming soon) which is more of a weird, metallic flanger, which I consider a totally different animal than most flangers. To me the DOD sounds very organic and natural, and less digital than the Boss flangers. For all of these clips, I have the delay knob set to 2:00, speed at 10:00, width at max, and regen at 3:00.
(0:00) I begin playing various parts from "Forty-Six & 2".
(0:46) Playing the end riff of "H." (Yes, I am a Tool fanboy. I need help)
(1:06) Middle bridge riff from Lateralus.
(1:29) Playing the pre-chorus and then the bridge from "Nice to Know You) by Incubus. Yes, I know that the bassist does not have flanger on during this section, but this is how I play it, and I think it sounds awesome.
I chose the CEB-3 because of the Low-Filter. This knob removes the chorus effect from the lower notes only. I always keep this either all the way on or all the way off. When at max, the chorus effect is removed completely from your low E, diminished on the A, and completely on for the D and G. I feel this pedal has gotten a bad rap, and I feel it is undeserved. It is a bit more subtle than some other chorus pedals, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
(0:00) Several riffs from "H." The low-filter is set to maximum on this song (keep in mind I have my bass rig set clean and trebly to begin with, so don't confuse that with a subtle chorus on the low D).
(1:06) Selected riffs from "Hemorrhage" by Fuel. Now the low-filter is off, so the chorus is affecting all notes.
The primary reason I acquired this pedal was for several Tool songs that my band was covering. Thus, this demo is primarily Tool songs. However, the pedal is capable of much more, and I have only begun to discover its uses.
(0:00) The clip begins with me playing the whammy part at the end of "Lateralus", in Octave up whammy mode, first clean, and then with a Turbo Rat on for distortion (0:26).
(0:50) I then play a D chord with distortion, rock it forward and back several times, similar to what Justin plays on the live version of "Third Eye". You can see here that this pedal tracks chords VERY well.
(1:07) Next is the middle section of "Schism", also Octave-up whammy mode with distortion. I do not have a delay pedal hooked up, so it will not sound perfect, but you get the idea.
(1:23) The next section is me playing a low A (clean) and bending it up an octave, and then an open A string and down an octave. The main reason for this is to show how good the whammy is at tracking very low notes, which I have posted about before on Talkbass.
(1:48) Now I have switched to Octave-down/octave-up harmony mode, I strike an open A toe-down, rock it back, then back up
(2:07) In 5th-up/6th-up harmony mode, I play the intro to "Right in Two", although I do not have a tremolo pedal.
(2:31) Still in 5th-up/6th-up harmony, I play the very beginning of "Eulogy" (the album version is hard to hear, try a live clip)
(2:54) In 5th-up/octave-up harmony, I play a smidge of "Disposition".
(3:30) Now I turn the Rat on, and this is just me jamming around in 5th-up/Octave-up harmony mode. This is by far my favorite mode on this pedal, it is very harmonic and musical, especially when you are soloing.
(4:07) Same mode, toe-up so I am in octave-up harmony, I play the intro to "Vicarious". (Note: I know this is not how Justin plays it, and I am playing some of Adam's notes too. Sorry)