Grateful Dead Music Forum

Hi,

are there any effects that make your guitar sound a bit like a bass? I mean knock it down an octave or something?

I had a bass lying around before but the strings are rather thick, I don't have any desire to play bass.

But phil's part in some of those upbeat franklin's sounds like fun!

so does kahn in some of those 80s simple twists.

So I was wondering if there was any way I could do that with a guitar. Any ideas?

I believe the effect "Bass Balls" does just that.

Any decent octave effect, such as a Boss OC-2 with Oct 1 turned up and Direct signal dialed all the way down, and with an amp and speaker that can handle bass sounds well.

You mean to play bass in a band using a guitar?

do you think it would be in a multi-effects pedal? I have some digitech one but I need to get another patch cord again to hook it up.

tigerstrat wrote:You mean to play bass in a band using a guitar?

no, just to monkey around. I have no intention ever to play guitar or anything in a band.

I also have a bass amp, do you think I should hook it up to that? (once I find the effects) They are different than regular amps, right?

tigerstrat wrote:Any decent octave effect, such as a Boss OC-2 with Oct 1 turned up and Direct signal dialed all the way down, and with an amp and speaker that can handle bass sounds well.

You have some good advice here. Just my two cents: I use a Boss Octave 1 and the tone is solid!