Timeline for How do bass effects differ from guitar effects?
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| Jul 25, 2016 at 7:53 | vote | accept | teodozjan | ||
| Jul 23, 2016 at 7:32 | comment | added | Tim | Let us continue this discussion in chat. | |
| Jul 23, 2016 at 7:23 | comment | added | Tim | Yes, the EP (Rhodes in particular) has a nice overdrive, dependent on how hard one plays. | |
| Jul 23, 2016 at 7:18 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | @Tim I've heard (and played) quite a lot of distorted EPs, synths, B3s, and clavs. The Minimoog Model D filters were accidentally designed overdriven and that's part of the sound. The new Prophet 6 and the Nord Electro line of modeling keyboards both include dedicated always-available analog distortion controls. | |
| Jul 23, 2016 at 7:09 | comment | added | Tim | True - I think a lot of the distortion type effects are designed to be easily overloaded, which isn't what most keys players want, apart from that overdriven Hammond sound. | |
| Jul 23, 2016 at 7:04 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | It depends on the effect (marketed for guitar doesn't mean limited in dynamic range - vintage and boutique effects are more likely to be broadly useful), and it depends on what you want to do. Not all keyboard players want a big low end, so it doesn't always matter if it's spoiled by an effect. If one wants to preserve the wide frequency response and dynamic range of a keyboard instrument, bass or "studio" effects are a better bet than guitar effects. | |
| Jul 23, 2016 at 6:54 | comment | added | Tim | I use several with my keys - one made, I believe, for guitar specifically - Univibe. Or was it made for keys and knicked by guitarists? Haven't tried it with bass - yet! | |
| Jul 23, 2016 at 6:52 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | @Tim No implications intended, only explications. Specifically, if an effect works on bass it probably works on keyboards and vice versa. Guitar effects would not be as likely to work for keyboards. Note that low notes are only part of the similarities. High frequencies and dynamic range are also similar. | |
| Jul 23, 2016 at 6:46 | comment | added | Tim | 'The needs of a bass guitar...' I don't understand the implications here. Yes, they both can produce low notes, but? | |
| Jul 22, 2016 at 21:22 | history | edited | Todd Wilcox | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 22, 2016 at 21:11 | history | answered | Todd Wilcox | CC BY-SA 3.0 |