Better Bass Effects with the Boss LS-2

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  • čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
  • A slight deviation from my 2 pedal 2 amp series - learn how to improve your bass effects by keeping the low end in your signal, using the boss LS-2 line splitter
    If anyone is interested in the 2 pedal and 2 amp setup that mention in the video, here is a link: • ABY Splitter Pedal wit...
    A lot of you have noticed that I'm just using Muse riffs for this demo. If you want an all out Muse bass experience, then check out my 33 Muse riff medley: • 33 Muse Riffs with Roy...
    #BassEffects
    #bass
    #effects
    #Boss
    #LS2
    0:00 Intro
    1:16 Pedal Overview
    2:18 Setup rundown
    3:11 Sound demo
    3:22 Stacking effects
    3:49 Add sub octave in clean loop
    4:15 Playing with auto wah
    4:32 Outro
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Komentáře • 188

  • @azenhar
    @azenhar Před 8 lety +49

    Been using this setup for a long time now. :) A tip: If you don't use FX on the clean channel, you don't have to plug a cable in the send/return sockets. The loop closes internally if you leave it unplugged.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety +9

      +azenhar haha thanks man that is an excellent tip! :)

    • @giacomorinaldi
      @giacomorinaldi Před 7 lety +1

      Alexander Wright i Also asked why a lot o peaple close the loop with out effect

    • @simaojoseph
      @simaojoseph Před 6 lety +1

      The send jack socket has a tip shunt wiring.

  • @GeoAl09
    @GeoAl09 Před 8 lety +2

    that is so ingenius, i never would've thought of that and it's such a great solution for tone/bass sucking pedals.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety

      it really is a great pedal for those effects that sound great but are unusable for live situations because of their loss of tone - that's why I immediately wanted to try guitar effects pedals to see how it sounded! Thanks for commenting :)

  • @andres.moore997
    @andres.moore997 Před 4 lety +10

    The only usefull LS2 review, thanks!

  • @stevekirkby6570
    @stevekirkby6570 Před 2 měsíci

    Nice explanation that is also applicable to guitarists and keyboard players too. Nice. Thanks :)

  • @SmokeyPanda123
    @SmokeyPanda123 Před 7 lety +2

    Super helpful, loving the slightly more obscure Muse songs as well.

  • @guiom77
    @guiom77 Před 4 lety +2

    great video !!we need more exemples like yours to really understand and know all the possibilities on videos!!! thanks a lot

  • @diodiachannel9866
    @diodiachannel9866 Před 3 lety +6

    When you put dynamic wah on i knew you will play "City of Delusion", im also big fan of Chris Wolstenholme and your way of using LS2 is exactly what im looking for

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 3 lety

      Haha city of delusion is the reason I bought the pedal if I'm honest! Glad you found the video useful :)

  • @yakplateado1923
    @yakplateado1923 Před 8 lety

    Thanks , man. This was really helpful and clearly explained.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety

      glad you found it useful man, thanks for commenting :)

  • @christopherjones4789
    @christopherjones4789 Před rokem

    Great explanation, nice one.

  • @legatenaarifin
    @legatenaarifin Před 7 lety +1

    Once again, you may well have solved a problem of mine! I have the Bass Big Muff too, and as much as the Dry blend feature is great, because it always sends the same amount of clean signal through, and just adds an amount of fuzz on top, I've found it difficult to balance levels with the pedal on/off. But the LS-2 seems brilliant for curing that, and also for being able to blend in an octave pedal in the other loop (my BBM doesn't enjoy having a lower octave sent into it). Thanks for reminding me that this pedal exists! :)

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 7 lety +1

      Ah yes I know what you mean about that dry blend feature - it's a good idea but my 2 complaints with it are that a) you can't control ho much dry is blended and b) if you want more effects in the the chain then you still have the same problem (if not more problems because you have to set up the following pedals to handle blended fuzz and clean bass). Glad I could help! :)

    • @legatenaarifin
      @legatenaarifin Před 7 lety +1

      Exactly! Trying to put an overdrive before the fuzz ends up being a nightmare in trying to balance levels. I prefer the blending methods that some other bass pedals use, but love the sound of the muff too much to replace it. But now I don't have to! Just snatched a LS-2 for £60 on eBay, very excited to try it out :)

  • @nathanhyatt
    @nathanhyatt Před 6 lety +1

    Thank you! Excellent advice! This "seems" obvious once you realize it, but it eluded me for a while.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 6 lety

      Thanks :) Yeah you're right - it took me 12 years to realise it, so I thought I'd better share ;)

  • @emmanuelmarinliera4738
    @emmanuelmarinliera4738 Před 3 lety +1

    Came for the pedal review, stayed for Muse, great video man!

  • @fabioisidori
    @fabioisidori Před 2 lety

    Thank you! Finally!

  • @ing.nicola1706
    @ing.nicola1706 Před 7 lety

    What about tone response ? kills it the tone ? cuts it some frequencies?

  • @TheAtheistworld
    @TheAtheistworld Před rokem

    Cool vid. So, these two loops can be mixed together, but they can’t be mixed with the raw input signal? It’s only loops or raw input? Right? Thnxx brother ❤

  • @mieszkodziegielewski4021
    @mieszkodziegielewski4021 Před 9 lety +1

    +1000 points for Muse demos. The Groove, Citizen Erased, City of Delusion, have I missed something?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety

      Mieszko Dzięgielewski thanks man, you got them all! How many points does a 33 Muse Riff medley get? ;) czcams.com/video/VqFa5pkfYWw/video.html

    • @mieszkodziegielewski4021
      @mieszkodziegielewski4021 Před 9 lety +1

      Alexander Wright Well, around... infinite? Chris is just so awesome bass player! Lots of guitar-like riffing, and still providing bottom end and groove.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety

      Mieszko Dzięgielewski lol awesome :D Completely agree with you there man - everything a bass player needs ;)

  • @martinszalite
    @martinszalite Před 7 lety +1

    Hey, thanks fr the video! I have one question... I have upright which has magnetic and piezo pickups, so I get two input signals which should be blended. Is it possible to do it with this pedal?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 7 lety

      Yes you can - one of my friends uses it for this very purpose. You simply have to connect the two outputs to the LS-2 returns for loop A and B, and then send the output to your other effects / amp :)

  • @wlawnsldj
    @wlawnsldj Před 5 lety +2

    Love Muse! Looking for using this pedal on my guitar rig

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 5 lety

      Sounds good! How are you planning on using it? To switch between sets of effects pedals?

  • @ciddax754
    @ciddax754 Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks a lot! That was really helpful. I knew what I wanted, but had no idea how the gear is called.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 5 lety +1

      Thanks for commenting Cid, glad you found it useful :)

  • @rdvgrd6
    @rdvgrd6 Před 9 lety +1

    Hi, i also use the ;ls2 to blend my clean sound with my distorted sound (empress Multidrive) However, you dont need a cable on loop B if you want a clean loop, if you leave it unplugged it will just take your input signal ;)
    And i have found that using a compressor in the clean loop or before the LS2 helps the overall tone: overdrive, distortions, fuzz etc compresses the sound a lot so it makes the sound more even when you also compress a bit the clean sound. without a comp, some notes will be sounding too much distorted and some notes too clean. i hope that helped!

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety

      SweBass thanks man, I didn't know that! That's a very cool feature :) the way I actually use it is by putting a boss tuner in loop B so I can switch the clean loop on and off, but I'm gonna have to try it out anyway!
      Ah yes, that's excellent advice - I generally use a compressor before synth but not overdrive/whatever. I was looking at the MXR bass compressor, and you've not helped me try to save my money! ;)

  • @33eyeeye
    @33eyeeye Před 9 lety +4

    I just have a question about you. Are you inspired of muse? Because you almost get exactly the same sound as Chris Wolstenhome!

  • @eliotmontesinopetren1764

    The groove

  • @canadianguitar-garrettont7368

    One Question With that pedal would i put my compression pedal before it so Compression LS2 Path A Distortion and Fuzz Path B Clean or Octave Synth. The both come back to the LS2 the out to a Sans Amp then from the Sans Amp to a Chorus Delay from there to front of a Mesa Boogie Subway D800+ everything at 12 o clock on the Mesa Boogie and DI out to House? Would that be the right way just trying to understand this its new to me. thank you for taking the time with the video.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 2 lety

      Hi Garrett! That sounds like the way I would do it but I would also consider how I want dynamics to be a part of my sound.
      By putting it before the LS2 you are sending a compressed signal to both channels, so your dirty and clean channels will be consistent with each other in that respect. Distortion and Fuzz pretty much compress the signal anyway but it depends on want to achieve for your sound. For what it's worth, what you propose is what I would do :)
      Hope that helps!

    • @canadianguitar-garrettont7368
      @canadianguitar-garrettont7368 Před 2 lety +1

      @@AlexanderWright yeah I think I get it cause compression is more for distortion and fuzz so I’d probably want to put it at the beginning of that loop and the natural loop leave uncompressed?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 2 lety

      @@canadianguitar-garrettont7368 yes exactly but it's all about preference - if you have it before the LS2 then your signals will be more consistent with each other but that doesn't leave much room for using dynamics in the clean bass channel. Having said that if you're using distortion in parallel, then it's probably going to end up loud either way! :)

  • @giacomorinaldi
    @giacomorinaldi Před 7 lety +1

    hello man i need to ask one tging, for your esperience the big muff is enought to have a Good muse bass sound or i need to buy the deluxe version

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 7 lety

      Hey man, to be honest, I've only used the regular bass muff and that works well. I'm not a massive fan of fuzz pedals (I prefer overdrive), but I would guess that the deluxe just gives you more control over the sound. It depends on what you want :)

    • @giacomorinaldi
      @giacomorinaldi Před 7 lety

      Alexander Wright i have the b3k as distortion

  • @kruzti
    @kruzti Před 6 lety +1

    Hi Alex! thanks to your video i've since bought the ls-2, but i think you don´t need the red cable on the B loop, in the first example

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 6 lety +1

      +kruzti thanks for the tip! You're absolutely right, and I've had several people point that out - it's very useful :)

  • @carlosmenzo
    @carlosmenzo Před 9 lety +1

    Hi dude! I have a question. Can I use a looper pedal or a switcher pedal with parallel circuit? In a loop just send and return (like your B) and in the others channels the distorsions and octaver? The clean sound will be on all the time and just active or desactive the effects on top? (SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH, IS A SH*****T)

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety

      +Carlos J. Barrios-Lubo Hey Carlos! Your English is great, so don't worry about that! :) Absolutely, if you make the A and B loops the same as I have done in the video, then the clean sound will be on all the time. You can switch the LS2 off to have only the clean sound, and switch it on to have both. You can add a Tuner or some kind of pedal that kills the sound in your B loop so you can have just your A loop (distortions and octaver). If you haven't seen it already, have a look at this video, explaining what I mean: czcams.com/video/ouaHxAF5TkU/video.html
      I hope that helps?

    • @carlosmenzo
      @carlosmenzo Před 9 lety +1

      +Alexander Wright thanks dude, greetings from Venezuela

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety

      de nada :) muchas gracias amigo!

  • @mx2itb
    @mx2itb Před 8 lety +1

    I feel as though I comment on all your videos qith questions, but it's only because you're always so helpful.
    I have the whole fake guitar double signal setup, and I also user a Pog 6 Harmonizer that I kick in to simulate chords somtimes. But whenever I use it, it's so messy due to my very fuzzy sound. I'm wondering if the LS-2 splitter would be useful to send a clean octave up signal to the same guitar amp so it would sound cleaner than 2 signals both with distortion. Or would that not fix it? I'm not entirely sure if this pedal would be the answer to that issue. Maybe not. But would love any input! Thanks!

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety +2

      +Field Cate haha! Well you're more than welcome to keep asking :) Presuming you mean the Boss PS6 Harmoniser, let me just clarify what I think you are suggesting:
      You currently go from your bass to either the SwitchBlade+/ ABY splitter pedal, or use the POG / another octave pedal to split your signal, one of which goes straight to your bass amp. The other gets the octave up treatment, then goes to the Boss Harmonizer, then onto your guitar amp, using the in built distortion?
      If you use a fuzz pedal before the guitar amp, that may be the culprit. Especially if you use distortion on the amp as well. If you do use a pedal without amp distortion, I personally wouldn't want a clean +1 signal coming out of the guitar amp, because I don't think it sounds very good.
      If you mean to send an undistorted +1 signal to the amp as well as an undistorted +1 harmonised signal, which are both distorted by the guitar amp, then the LS2 would work very well for that. However, sending in more signals will probably just add to the problem.
      There's lots of variables to consider really, but hopefully this should get you started :)

    • @mx2itb
      @mx2itb Před 8 lety +1

      I use a fuzz pedal but no distortion from my amp, so I guess that wouldn't solve much of the issue. Any other ideas to clean up the pog6 effect?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety

      I'd try it with the fuzz pedal switched off to see if it sounds clear enough - if not, then I'd look at your harmonizer settings. If it the notes sound audible then it will be your fuzz pedal settings I guess!
      You could use the LS2 to apply the fuzz only on the +1 octave, and then have an overdrive pedal on your harmonizer, so its not as messy, and more of a crunch? Not sure, this is more about guitar effects, which I'm definitely no expert on!

  • @devildaz87
    @devildaz87 Před 9 lety +2

    I never really had that problem with low end loss most proper due to my lil hidden gem of a Sansamp Bass Driver DI.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety

      Darrell Roue that is an awesome pedal! I agree that having the option to blend clean bass on an overdrive pedal can get around the issue, but it's not quite so flexible for chaining effects together and keeping that clear bass sound underneath.

  • @Triburner1
    @Triburner1 Před 9 lety +1

    Could this / How might this work with one or two stereo effects pedals?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety

      Triburner1 you mean instead of the LS2? I've tried using stereo chorus and stereo delay to split signals before but only to send to different amps, and of course, you only get one channel in each,so unless the amps are set the same (i.e. you're just splitting to pan the sound), then it can sound a little odd...

  • @cptdoobs3691
    @cptdoobs3691 Před 3 lety +1

    I'm a bit confused, is the red cable necessary for the blend to function?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 3 lety +1

      Haha no it's not - apparently the loop auto closes if you don't put a cable in. I didn't know this because I always have at least one pedal in both loops :)

  • @louie8604
    @louie8604 Před 4 lety

    Could you use two ls2 so you can have 2 stacked effects and a clean blend underneath all of that?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 4 lety

      You certainly can but I would be concerned that adding more layers would be difficult for one bass amp to keep the sound clarity. Technically you could keep adding more LS2s within other LS2 loops as many times as you want / can afford. At that point you might be best looking at monitor speakers and using a multiple channel PA system or multiple amps, or even some kind of rack effects that are built for blending multiple channels. Take my advice with a pinch of salt though because I've never done it myself :)

  • @edwardaleman5995
    @edwardaleman5995 Před 7 lety +1

    hello, i'm very confused. so you're plugging your bass into the ls then the ls to the amp. then the black cable into the disortion then ouput of dist to the return ls, and the red cable just into itself. i think i have that right. right? so the ls just plugs into the amp right? and when i wanna go clean i can just turn off the dist pedal right? i just leave the ls on all the time? keeping the low end with distortion is something i am VERY interested in and i would look for a used ls right now and buy it! . . . thanks.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 7 lety +1

      Hi Edward, yes you've pretty much got it. In this setup I plug the bass into the LS2 input, and the LS2 output goes to the amp. The pedal simply gives you the option to create two effects loops (A and B), and gives you different control over them, depending on what mode you have it in.
      In this setup I have the pedal set so that it blends the two effects loops together (mix the clean bass (loop B) with the distorted bass (loop A)). Lots of people have told me in these comments that you don't need the red cable to close the loop if you don't want any effects in it, which is really handy. I didn't realise this because I normally put other pedals in loop B (like a bass chorus and a sub octave).
      If you just want to bypass both your loops, then simply switch the LS2 off. You can switch your distortion / other effects on and off as you please to get the sound you want, but switching all the loops off by stomping on the LS2 is much more convenient.
      Hope that helps!

    • @edwardaleman5995
      @edwardaleman5995 Před 7 lety +1

      Alexander Wright thanks very much! i plan to put at least a chorus in there too so that answered a lot. thank you man i've never heard of doing this until your vid.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 7 lety

      Any time - glad I could help :) have fun with it!

  • @franqkbernard
    @franqkbernard Před 3 lety +1

    I take it that's how you split a bass in two amps. I've seen another video of yours where you use a guitar amp, for the second amp. Is there something to be mindful of when picking up a guitar amp to be played loud enough in a jam room with a bass?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 3 lety

      The LS2 can send to two amps yes, but in the follow on video to this I show how you can use it to create the two signals and mix down into one, so you can have the fake guitar and bass sound going to one amp. With regards to bass signal going to guitar amps, the main thing that causes damage is the low frequencies vibrating the guitar speaker cones too far in order to make the bass sound. However if you have the +1 octave pedal on, that's not an issue :)

  • @inFamous2489
    @inFamous2489 Před 9 lety +1

    Boss odb 3 and big muff + ls 2 VS without ls 2, different sound?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety +2

      rina syahlani should be! Both the ODB3 and Big Muff have the ability to mix in clean bass into the signal, but the more effects you have, the more distorted the sound becomes (in a bad, undefined way). The LS2 keeps the clean bass independent of the whole distortion/overdrive/fuzz chain, so it is clearer, punchier, and lower.

  • @baileyonbass6380
    @baileyonbass6380 Před 9 lety +1

    Just to be sure I've got it correct...if I want to have a pedal in chain A and no effects in chain B (by plugging the ends of the same cable into the send and return), then I can essentially blend the wet signal (chain A) with the clean signal (chain B) so I can make up for some lost tone caused by the effects pedal(s) in chain A? Does that make sense???

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety

      SF BassMan hey man, yes that is exactly right - and precisely the reason why I use it :)

    • @baileyonbass6380
      @baileyonbass6380 Před 9 lety +1

      Awesome! I did some more searching and it seems like it's not necessary to plug a cable into chain B to achieve the desired result. I imagine this pedal will end up on my board soon. Thanks for the review!

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety

      SF BassMan thanks for letting me know, man - thats's a really good feature! It's great that I also get advice back from fellow bassists on here :)

  • @ignacioantonioaedosepulved453

    I have a overdrive made for guitars, if I use this, do you believe that the tone of the bass ( all the bass power and tone) would improve, because when I activate the pedal, the bass loses kind of force, thanks beforehand

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 7 lety

      Yeh man, that's exactly what I use it for! The guitar pedals remove all the low end from your signal, so by having some clean bass in there, it keeps the signal nice and low :)

    • @ignacioantonioaedosepulved453
      @ignacioantonioaedosepulved453 Před 7 lety +1

      ok, thanks buddy!! I'll buy one!! :)

  • @giacomorinaldi
    @giacomorinaldi Před 7 lety +1

    where is possibile fiend the ds 1a gree n?

  • @roterfuchs8201
    @roterfuchs8201 Před 8 lety

    i use an old 1982 chopper bicycle pedal and i cant get any sound out of it, any help?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety

      +Nineteen Eighty have you tried pedalling backwards for a bit? That always resets mine ;)

    • @roterfuchs8201
      @roterfuchs8201 Před 8 lety +1

      Toppo advice Alex will try that out. Big HUGZ

  • @brettmartin4742
    @brettmartin4742 Před 6 lety +1

    Been using this trick for awhile myself. Thought you might want to know that you don’t have to jumper loop B if you aren’t running anything threw it.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 6 lety +1

      Thanks for the tip Brett - yes a few people have since told me about it. I tried to style it out by saying that it was deliberate so you could actually see the loops, but i wasn't fooling anyone!

  • @turkeytrailhoneybeefarmgeo6292

    Can that already be done with 2 amps with effects loops?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 6 lety

      Yes absolutely, and 2 amps would give you greater control over the two sounds (assuming both amps have EQs etc), however, it's not as affordable or portable :)

  • @inFamous2489
    @inFamous2489 Před 9 lety +1

    If i want use your ls-2 + big muff + odb 3 + octave, like ur setting, and then i want to add chromatic tunner, where should i put the tunner? thanks before

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety

      rina syahlani it depends what you want to use the tuner for - if you just want to use it as a tuner, I'd put it before the LS2. If you want to use it to cut the clean bass signal (like I do in my Royal Blood style videos), then I'd put it in Loop B. Hope that helps!

    • @inFamous2489
      @inFamous2489 Před 9 lety +1

      Alexander Wright I'll use it to cut the clean bass signal, so what about the octave? Where should I put it, I use micro pog

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety

      rina syahlani for that type of setup, I explain it all in this video: czcams.com/video/ouaHxAF5TkU/video.html :)

    • @inFamous2489
      @inFamous2489 Před 9 lety +1

      Alexander Wright so in loop A i put the pog before my odb3 and big muff, then in loop B i put the tunner. Is that right?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety

      Exactly :) have fun with it!

  • @giacomorinaldi
    @giacomorinaldi Před 7 lety +1

    have you ever try the ehx micro synth ?

  • @TheyCallMeNoName34
    @TheyCallMeNoName34 Před 9 lety

    And again nice demo!!! Keep them coming! I'm still trying to redu what I was trying to send you. I hate it didn't work the first time I sent it. So if and when your using the ls-2 does that mean you wouldn't need to use your switchblade+ to establish the 2 amp bass & guitar R.B sound?..

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety +1

      Thanks man, glad you approve :) if you use Dropbox, you could always try emailing me the link to the vid you've made? I guess you potentially could use the LS-2 in place of an ABY pedal like the SwitchBlade+, but because the LS-2 is more geared up to creating effects loops, rather than sending to different outputs, you wouldn't be able to control which amps are 'on' in the same way the ABY pedals do (and would need a kill switch pedal, like the tuner, again). I hope that makes sense!

    • @TheyCallMeNoName34
      @TheyCallMeNoName34 Před 9 lety +1

      Yea it does make sense. I still can't wait to see it all in your spot on great clear recordings. You have probabaly the best on spot on in depth videos,demo's and explanations on youtube even for the ones where the ones of whom made the pedals aren't even as good as your detailed videos! And I will try that video threw the dropbox and try that method then along with a few other methods I need to try. Thanks again!

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety

      SoseBass 11/2 thanks man, that means a lot, it really does :) got another one coming real soon, I'm just holding off for a bit so that this video gets the spotlight for a few days ;)

  • @ThePvtMarcel
    @ThePvtMarcel Před 5 lety +1

    eerie really eerie

  • @louie8604
    @louie8604 Před 4 lety +2

    Hey dude sorry I'm late but can you do the same thing with the switchblade+?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 4 lety +1

      Hey Louie! You can, but you would need some way of mixing the two signals back into one, if you want to send it to one amp. Have a look at this video where I use the Behringer MX400 :) czcams.com/video/EYRLzAO05q4/video.html

    • @louie8604
      @louie8604 Před 4 lety +2

      @@AlexanderWright so does that mean that if I turn off all my effects in one chain I would get a clean sound under my distorted one in the other chain?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 4 lety

      @@louie8604 yes it does :) and the mixer would let you have control over the volume of each chain. The downside is that since the mixer takes any signal it receives. This means that if your distortion pedals are noisy, the noise will still be mixed in, even when you've stopped bass signal going along that chain using the switchblade. A noise suppressor would help that though.

    • @louie8604
      @louie8604 Před 4 lety +1

      @@AlexanderWright very interesting! Thank you very much for the help

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 4 lety

      @@louie8604 any time :)

  • @inFamous2489
    @inFamous2489 Před 9 lety +2

    Have you ever tried boss hm 2 on bass?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety

      rina syahlani can't say I have, but if it was mixed with the LS-2 I can imagine it would sound monstrous!

  • @maibanez
    @maibanez Před 9 lety +3

    Question in the A or B option is the channel mixed with the Bypass channel?... I am a bass player and i want to put in one channel overdrive octave and other stuff and in the B channel delays and phasers....

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety +2

      Maibanez Ibanez no, the pedal only blends signals in the A+B mix setting. The only way you can blend a clean signal in is by not having anything in one of the loops (otherwise it would need more volume pots I guess).
      You can always put the delays and phasers in B and have them switched off until you need them? They are less likely to take low end out of your signal (unlike distortion)

    • @maibanez
      @maibanez Před 9 lety +1

      Alexander Wright THX :)

    • @soulbrother17
      @soulbrother17 Před 8 lety +1

      +Alexander Wright that's exactly what I wanted to know, thanks man.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety

      glad I could help :)

    • @soulbrother17
      @soulbrother17 Před 8 lety +1

      if you don't mind answering more.. lol would it be wiser to go bass>tuner>compresser>LS-2>EQ>amplifier? and THEN have the rest of the goodies in the loops, rather than putting the tuner and tone shapers within my mine field of effects? I suppose it all comes into play with experimenting.. I just have too many pedals it's starting to become exhausting to wrap my head around, haha

  • @AlexanderWright
    @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety +7

    +Simone Magnussen Hi Simone, yes absolutely - I love Muse and have been trying to get similar sounds to Chris ever since the album Absolution came out :)

    • @obiplays5270
      @obiplays5270 Před 8 lety +1

      +Alexander Wright But you totally played the Citizen Erased riff :P

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety +3

      BassNBeards haha! It doesn't mean that I wasn't trying to play the riffs from Showbiz / Origin before Absolution came out ;) I just didn't care about bass effects until I heard Time is Running Out and Hysteria :)

    • @obiplays5270
      @obiplays5270 Před 8 lety +1

      Alexander Wright its funny because once I heard that, I was manically clicking through my music player like "FAWWWK what Muse riff is that"

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety +1

      Haha! There's so many great Muse bass riffs - check out my 33 Muse riff video if you haven't already! It's got the names of them all :) czcams.com/video/VqFa5pkfYWw/video.html

  • @alheeley
    @alheeley Před 7 lety +1

    would have been useful to show difference blending in the dry with the wet signal to actually demonstrate the ls-2 working

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 7 lety

      Very true! I was so preoccupied with setting up the follow on video, I didn't think to show the blending in action - thanks for the suggestion! :)

  • @Loperfile
    @Loperfile Před 8 lety +1

    I don't know if this has been said, but when you use the distortion pedal, then go into the fuzz and overdrive, I think it would be better to stay with the distortion and add the overdrive so I have a basis of comparison rather than a completely different sound to go off of.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety

      Thanks for that man :) Yeh you're right, that would have been much better. To be honest I wasn't trying to demonstrate the Fuzz/OD combo - that's just how I liked it to sound at the time. This was to demo the clean bass signal being preserved despite the effects put in loop A.

    • @Loperfile
      @Loperfile Před 8 lety +1

      +Alexander Wright but can you mix a distortion and overdrive? I've actually been looking this up, but couldn't find anything,only od and fuzz.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety

      You can do whatever you want! In one of my vids I use an EHX Germanium4 big muff, which is a combo of distortion and OD. I wouldn't worry about what people say you should and shouldn't mix. Take it as advice rather than gospel so you can come up with your own unique sounds :)

    • @Loperfile
      @Loperfile Před 8 lety +1

      +Alexander Wright OK thanks. I was just wondering if it could work in the same fashion as the od and fuzz by boosting the sound and giving a more rounded tone.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety

      In my opinion it does - videos like this help for that sort of thing, but above a certain level, it's all down to preference. Best thing to do is try it out and see what you think before spending the cash

  • @Suspended777DusK
    @Suspended777DusK Před 4 lety +1

    Reminds me of Cliff Burton's sound on Kill em All.

  • @jazzad
    @jazzad Před 8 lety +4

    Not sure if a comment pointed it out before but the red jack in loop A is useless.
    Wen you plug nothing into one of the loops, the volume knob acts as a clean blend by itself.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety +2

      +Jazz Ad yeh there is a comment man, but it's good to get the feedback all the same! :) it's an incredibly handy feature for blending clean - I don't use it that way in practice (I stick a tuner in to optionally kill the clean signal) so didn't know. Thanks for sharing the knowledge!

  • @Triburner1
    @Triburner1 Před 9 lety +1

    Very aMUSEing.

  • @metalmyke1
    @metalmyke1 Před 9 lety +1

    Is there a less expensive version of this pedal?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety +1

      Excellent question! Not that I have found unfortunately. However, because we're basically using the LS2 as a kind of mini mixer, using an ABY pedal like the SwitchBlade+ to split the signal, and then combining using some cheaper form of mixer could be an option? Not tried that myself though...

    • @themodernguitarist
      @themodernguitarist Před 9 lety +1

      Ben Aldrich
      I was trying to figure out something as well, but there's rarely any pedals out there that let you have multiple effects in their own loops, let alone let you blend them together.

  • @TheActualCaveman
    @TheActualCaveman Před 7 lety +1

    could use the dry and effect outputs of the big muff to do pretty much the same thing as far as preserving low end is concerned.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 7 lety

      You certainly could! But you'd have to mix it back together or send the signals to 2 different amps. Also you'd need the Big Muff to be on all the time, because doesn't the clean/dry output go dead if you switch the effect off (and clean comes out of the effect output)? This is more for people who want a bit more freedom in which pedals go in which part of the signal path :)

  • @Christopherjazzcat
    @Christopherjazzcat Před 6 lety +2

    you don't need to plug anything in to loop b, not even a patch cable.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 6 lety +2

      Thanks Christopher, that's a very useful tip, that I didn't know at the time :)

  • @pnr8uk
    @pnr8uk Před 9 lety +1

    Hi Alex - love your videos, however one tiny point for a small minority (me) I am horribly colour blind so would it be possible to highlight the cables when you mention coloured cables etc., Keep up the great work - cheers

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety

      pnr8uk thanks very much for the great feedback! You know, it only occurred to me about a week ago that the colours of the cables won't help everyone! I originally intended the cables to match the colours on the LS2 knobs / LEDs on the SwitchBlade+, but I'll make sure to point them out in future :) I'm not too familiar with colourblindness, but does that mean you can still distinguish between blue and yellow? If so, I'll get some different coloured cables :)

    • @pnr8uk
      @pnr8uk Před 9 lety +1

      Blue and yellow is fine it's when someone says this is the green cable or the red cable I go like ulp! Your instructions are so precise though it's not a criticism in any way :D

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 9 lety

      pnr8uk yeh I can imagine! Well I'll get me some different coloured cables, but in my latest video I've made sure to point at the cables I'm talking about, so it should be a bit more colour-friendly :) thanks again for the feedback!

  • @plenovo
    @plenovo Před 4 lety +1

    Do you think that i can get a distorted cry baby bass tone by using this method?

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 4 lety

      To be honest man, I'm not sure what you mean? If you put the cry baby in one loop and distortion in the other, you could have a straight distortion tone running in parallel with a clean wah bass tone? Not sure if that's the sort of thing you're after?

    • @plenovo
      @plenovo Před 4 lety +1

      @@AlexanderWright in Audioslave's Cochise verse bass riff you can hear a massive Fuzzy/Wah wah bass tone i'm trying to emulate.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 4 lety

      @@plenovo Ah I get ya - I've not tried it myself, but I do run an envelope filter before the distortion pedal, all in channel A, which I guess would be similar. Keeping the clean bass tone might make the Cochise line sound a bit less aggressive though, so you could always try having the wah before the channel splitter - that way you get the bass wah effect on your clean and dirty channels at the same time?
      You'd have to try it and see if that's the sound you want, but having the option to split channels is never a bad thing :)
      Hope that helps

  • @Iggytommy
    @Iggytommy Před 8 lety

    or a simple blender pedal to mix between 'dry' and 'wet'

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety

      +Iggytommy absolutely, but you'd either need a splitter as well, or specific effects pedals that have wet and dry outputs (that would always have to come first in one of your chains). Out of all three methods and this is my preferred option :)

  • @two-facedbandit4543
    @two-facedbandit4543 Před 7 lety +13

    are you a fan of muse? lol

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 7 lety +7

      haha! Yeh it was Muse that got me into bass effects when I first started :)

  • @saragomez111
    @saragomez111 Před 6 lety +1

    YO THATS FUCKING MUSE!

    • @saragomez111
      @saragomez111 Před 6 lety +1

      FUCKING WICKED

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 6 lety +1

      Hell yeah! If you like Muse, check this vid out: czcams.com/video/VqFa5pkfYWw/video.html

  • @BernardoSardinhaPinto
    @BernardoSardinhaPinto Před 7 lety +1

    you don´t need the red cable to set like this.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 7 lety +1

      +Bernardo Sardinha yeh thanks man - that's a very handy tip!

  • @Dan-ms4oq
    @Dan-ms4oq Před 6 lety +2

    Did you censor the word balls?

  • @jf-iv9sj
    @jf-iv9sj Před 6 lety

    You need to roll the tone down on ur bass, its to chimney because of the tone

  • @user-yw4mc5zm4u
    @user-yw4mc5zm4u Před 7 lety

    focus??????

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 7 lety

      Yeh there's no AF on my DSLR and I had a pretty shallow depth of field because I went for a wide open aperture rather than a higher ISO.

  • @Dannyroo08
    @Dannyroo08 Před 5 lety

    oh god my ears

    • @SDRockman
      @SDRockman Před 4 lety +1

      Are your ears okay now?
      Would you like some chorus for your ears?

  • @sidfernandez7569
    @sidfernandez7569 Před 8 lety

    ?

  • @Murat1982turkey
    @Murat1982turkey Před 3 lety

    Please dont speak... Yes pratic

  • @MrJoeystockdale
    @MrJoeystockdale Před 6 lety

    When will European kids start getting braces?

  • @JorgeCrow261
    @JorgeCrow261 Před 8 lety

    the pedal its great, but the explain video is bad dude, bad sound and bad examples. sry

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety +1

      +Jorge Crow thanks for the honest opinions man - how would you improve it? D.I. the sound? Compare with and without the parallel loops? Less Muse riffs?

    • @JorgeCrow261
      @JorgeCrow261 Před 8 lety +1

      +Alexander Wright
      The D.I. is a good choice, the sound have more clarity and realistic for a review.
      i would tried a differents pedals loop A/B, another pedals.
      i look the video but i dont see good results.
      The bands riffs doesnt care dude.
      The pedal its great, works too to aplied in two amps or two basses
      I want to get one some day, to use A or B, to have less noise and tone loss.

    • @AlexanderWright
      @AlexanderWright  Před 8 lety

      OK thanks for the feedback man! I'm no expert, so it's good to know for future vids :) The LS2 is a great pedal, I recommend getting it if you want more control over your gear :)

  • @Th3feaR
    @Th3feaR Před rokem

    lol is it bad im still confused 😢 ??