guitar to sound like bass

mel76

I was at a show this past year, and there was a fellow playing a jaguar through some pedals, and was playing bass for the band with the guitar. Sounded great. Anybody got any idea how he might have accomplished this? Didn't get a chance to see what pedals he used, or to talk to him. Thanks!

minifox13

mighta been some sub octave pedal like a boss octave or maybe a POG or micro synth or a whammy pedal

Doog

Or it was actually a Bass VI:

Mad-Mike

If it was'nt a Bass VI or a Jaguar Bass, then it was probably him using some sort of Whammy/pitch shift effect, or an Octave with the mix set to full effect with the normal guitar signal drained out. I use a pitch shifter to get a wacky bass sound sometimes.

Doog

Bear in mind, octave shifters never really sound that much like bass. It's passable if you run it into a fuzz/distortion, though.

dinosaur

it was either the bass vi and you didnt notice, or a baritone, or just an octave pedal

atomicgarden

Doog said: Bear in mind, octave shifters never really sound that much like bass. It's passable if you run it into a fuzz/distortion, though.

I think it really depends on your set up. My solid body, duel humbucker guitars never sound very good like that, but my semi-hollow with minibuckers makes a pretty good bass with an octave pedal.

Bob_the_godly_dude

You can get a reasonable sound, good enough to get away with, but there's no match for 4 big meaty strings.

robertoriginal

bob has spoken!!!!!

he was probly using the jag bass or a baritone.