Re: Bass players - what's a good stomp pedal for FAT tone?

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:30 PM, ditch wrestler <ditchwrestler@yahoo.com> 
wrote:
>
> What do you mean by "fat tone", Per?  Can you give an example of 
>someone's tone that you're trying to emulate?

Jah Wobble's tone is a good example.

> Then there's the bass synth way - a nice square wave makes things good 
>'n' groovey.  And there's the Bill Laswell trick and run an envelope 
>filter but set threshold so the gate doesn't open which gives a very dub 
>sound.
>

Yep, I use that trick when mixing. Did it on this bassist as well in
the studio. Great trick! :-) Would be nice to find a stomp box that
does it for her live.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.boysen.se
www.perboysen.com