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Keeley Bassist Limiting Amplifier Bass Compressor Pedal
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Studio-quality Control at Your FeetBring clarity and control into your bass tone with the Keeley Bassist Compressor guitar effects pedal. Designed specifically to handle big bass signals, the Bassist Compressor uses accurate VCA-style compression to give you the ultimate control over your sound. Sweetwater's bassists agree, this pedal is as versatile as they come. You can use it as a limiter to protect your amp and speakers from distortion when you dig in during a solo, as an effect for
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Discussed in The Praise and Worship Band Bassists Club in the TalkBass community
deepender
I'd suggest going more subtle. A transparent overdrive (only beginning to break up for all but the most hard rock tunes) and a good compressor. These are staples for a lot of bass players. There will probably be lots of suggestions as to which ones everybody suggests, so I'll just tell you up front that I use a VMT as an ... ... more
micahwc
something subtle. Like an octave fuzz. ... more
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