DIY Bass Pedals

[cwsquared]

I may have built too many octave pedals.

There is no such thing as "too many octave pedals". Anyone who tells you that is a liar! I think the correct amount of octave pedals is at least [number currently possessed] + 1.

 

[jimilee]

You can use bass with any of the filter pedals, or any pedal really. The only ones I’ve ever heard a difference on is dirt pedals.

 

[Passinwind]

I am intrigued by your HPF/PEQ circuit, though. I have about ten too many irons in the fire right now but once I finish a couple of things up I will probably reach out. I've seen your work for years over at TB and would really dig building something you designed.

I just ordered the first set of boards. Once I get one built up I'll start trying it with various other modules I have kicking around and see what it wants to be. Maybe something functionally similar to this but in pedal form, for instance:



That one has Aux In and FET drive sections on the back, and a pretty badass Jensen output transformer.

 

[cwsquared]

You can use bass with any of the filter pedals, or any pedal really. The only ones I’ve ever heard a difference on is dirt pedals.

I think this is why you just build a blender pedal with your dirt pedals in the loop so you get clean low end and away you go.

I started at the beginning of the "Any DIY pedal builders on TB? Strut your stuff! " thread, after seeing @Passinwind link there. I went down a rabbit hole on this post by @Feral Feline: Post #132

 

[jimilee]

I think this is why you just build a blender pedal with your dirt pedals in the loop so you get clean low end and away you go.

I started at the beginning of the "Any DIY pedal builders on TB? Strut your stuff! " thread, after seeing @Passinwind link there. I went down a rabbit hole on this post by @Feral Feline: Post #132

I was looking for a compressor about 11 years ago, and couldn’t find a good one for a decent price. I found I could build one and have been building ever since. I once tried to get out but was sucked back in.

 

[irvmuller]

Has anyone used any of the FV-1 projects like the Arachnid with bass? I'm about to build a pedal for a friend as a birthday present and thought that might be fun but have no idea how it'll be with a bass and don't own one to test it out before I give it to him.

I've built many using FV-1 for bass. Chorus and Phaser are probably my favorite. The fact that you can mix in clean is HUGE!

 

[bhcarpenter]

Has anyone used any of the FV-1 projects like the Arachnid with bass? I'm about to build a pedal for a friend as a birthday present and thought that might be fun but have no idea how it'll be with a bass and don't own one to test it out before I give it to him.

I’m a big fan of the PPCB Unison on bass.

 

[cwsquared]

I was looking for a compressor about 11 years ago, and couldn’t find a good one for a decent price. I found I could build one and have been building ever since. I once tried to get out but was sucked back in.

I'm just worried about when I move into amps. Until then, "I can quit anytime I want to. You'll see."

 

[SillyOctpuss]

I built the Leprechaun for a buddy of mine a while back and it worked really well with bass from what I remember.

I've built many using FV-1 for bass. Chorus and Phaser are probably my favorite. The fact that you can mix in clean is HUGE!

I’m a big fan of the PPCB Unison on bass.

Thanks gents I'll order an arachnid once the FV-1s are in and added to the store.

 

[Passinwind]

I'm just worried about when I move into amps. Until then, "I can quit anytime I want to. You'll see."

 

[cwsquared]

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Probably.

 

[irvmuller]

Thanks gents I'll order an arachnid once the FV-1s are in and added to the store.

FV-1s may not be added for quite a while due to chip shortages. They are in stock at Amplified Parts. If you've never done SMD I would look up some vids and practice a little first.

 

[cwsquared]

FV-1s may not be added for quite a while due to chip shortages. They are in stock at Amplified Parts. If you've never done SMD I would look up some vids and practice a little first.

@PedalPCB has a bunch, like 377 of them (don't quote me on that). They just aren't available for us to get pre-soldered yet.

 

[Robert]

They just aren't available for us to get pre-soldered yet.

They should be in a few days.

 

[benny_profane]

They should be in a few days.

FV-1 is dead. Long live Daisy.

 

[jimilee]

I'm just worried about when I move into amps. Until then, "I can quit anytime I want to. You'll see."

Yeah, I have too many of those I don’t play, too.

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

I have the Underminer as well. I didn't find it too useful on bass but it's super fun with an analog synth! Your recommendations are always worthwhile for bass, though, so I may have to play with it on bass some more and find what I was missing.

I didn't find the glitch setting as useful but I'd consider the normal setting similar/ a contender with the synthy parasit stuff. I did the mod board on my arcadiator so it's the one I prefer but if I need to make space on my board, the underminer is smaller so it may see some play in the future. Some further honesty, if I wanted an even smaller pedalboard, I'd skip it entirely and just rock the ocelot into my dirts.

 

[Passinwind]

FV-1 is dead. Long live Daisy.

Those two appliances were mainly what pointed me at this forum, FWIW. I have quite a few other things that need finishing up before I dive in, but it's coming.

 

[cwsquared]

Yeah, I have too many of those I don’t play, too.

There are worse problems to have. And worst case, you sell a couple.

 

[jimilee]

There are worse problems to have. And worst case, you sell a couple.

But how do you decide, it’s harder than trying to decide which kid to sell.