Electro-Harmonix BASS9 Bass Machine (EHX Pedal Demo by Bill Ruppert)

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  • čas přidán 13. 07. 2024
  • The polyphonic Electro-Harmonix BASS9 Bass Machine transforms a guitar into nine different basses and requires no special pickups, MIDI or instrument modifications. It relies on the same technology powering all EHX 9 Series pedals, like the award winning MEL9® Tape Replay Machine, but features a new algorithm maximized for transposing one to two octaves down with superior dynamics and tracking.
    Learn more about the EHX Bass9 Bass Machine pedal: www.ehx.com/bass9
    A rotary switch allows the user to select the sound of their choice, as follows:
    • PRECISION: Pays homage to the iconic Fender P Bass®
    • LONGHORN: Emulates the Danelectro® 6-string bass, ideal for baritone type tones
    • FRETLESS: Features both electric and standup fretless basses.
    • SYNTH: A tribute to the classic Taurus® Synthesizer
    • VIRTUAL: Lets the user adjust the bass’s body density and neck length for a variety of bass sounds
    • BOWED: Classic bowed bass
    • SPLIT BASS: Makes it possible for the guitarist to play bass on the lower strings (all notes below F#3) and chords or melody with the higher strings.
    • 3:03: A polyphonic salute to the sought after Roland TB-303® vintage bass synth
    • FLIP-FLOP: Inspired by EHX’s Octave Multiplexer, it provides a ’70s style logic driven sub-octave generator that tracks without glitches.
    The pedal is equipped with independent Effect and Dry volume controls so guitarists can precisely tune their mix at the Effects output jack, plus an always-active Dry output jack that outputs the input signal at unity gain.
    Controls 1 and 2 have been designed to adjust specific parameters for each of the nine programs. For example, in PRECISION, CTRL 1 controls the sub-octaves while CTRL 2 imitates the original instrument’s tone control.
    The BASS9 comes equipped with a standard EHX 9.6DC200mA power supply.
    EHX pedal demo by Bill Ruppert
    00:20 - Meet the Electro-Harmonix BASS9 Bass Machine
    00:53 - Precision
    02:02 - Precision with Distortion
    02:48 - Precision Sub Octave
    03:10 - Longhorn
    04:16 - Longhorn Detuned Metal
    04:51 - Synth Bass
    05:35 - Synth Up One Octave
    06:10 - Fretless Bass
    07:06 - Jaco-Style Fretless with chorus effect
    08:10 - Virtual Bass
    09:12 - Bowed Effect
    10:06 - Split Bass Effect
    11:41 - 3;03 Filter Bass Effect
    12:24 - Flip-Flop Octave Multiplexer emulator
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Komentáře • 648

  • @chuckiemiguelbacolod8558
    @chuckiemiguelbacolod8558 Před 3 lety +276

    Our bassist hasn't talked to me since i bought this pedal

  • @Wells306
    @Wells306 Před 5 lety +28

    EHX needs an all-in-one box for these 9 series pedals

    • @babarishka
      @babarishka Před 5 lety

      The only thing missing, IMO, is portamento for the synth sounds. Maybe it's not possible for guitar without MIDI. But yeah, an all-in-one box would be epic.

  • @TheNevadaProject
    @TheNevadaProject Před 5 lety +24

    Bill Ruppert’s video demos are the best!

  • @corbindallas18
    @corbindallas18 Před 4 lety +22

    The gentleman that does these demos is truly a great musician.

    • @spectre5560
      @spectre5560 Před 4 lety +2

      Corbin Dallas Bill Rupert is a legendary session player

    • @alessandrorossini8704
      @alessandrorossini8704 Před 4 lety +1

      @@spectre5560 Didn't know him before these EHX demos but it's not difficult at all to believe in what you say, he's a killer, holy shit...

  • @iann8733
    @iann8733 Před 5 lety +6

    Dudes, you have no idea how much I need this. My bands bass player just randomly up and quit last week and I found this video a week later? This is fate

  • @alvarhanso6310
    @alvarhanso6310 Před 5 lety +15

    Bill Ruppert is better at playing bass on a guitar than I am at playing bass on a bass. Tip of the hat.

  • @dougefunk7005
    @dougefunk7005 Před 4 lety +14

    I had to comment just so say how awesome this guy is at all of the product demos he does for you guys.

  • @rakusin
    @rakusin Před 5 lety +8

    Imagine splitting your signal through A+B and sending the Bass9 to a bass amp and the other line to regular guitar pedalboard and amp for enhanced and powerful riffs and solos 🤘🤘🤘

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic Před 5 lety +41

    What's next? Drums? Pretty soon you're going to see a stage full of just guitarists.

  • @leftpastsaturn67
    @leftpastsaturn67 Před 5 lety +7

    Hats off to both EHX for another gem of a pedal, and to Bill for well... just being Bill.

  • @REM1956
    @REM1956 Před 4 lety +8

    Bill always does such a fine job of showing what these pedals are capable of. Using examples from familiar tunes just shows how usable the sounds could be on gigs and his clear grasp of all the control features shows the possibilities built into the pedal. This isn't wasting my time watching some hack goofing for 20 minutes. I, for one, really appreciate that.

  • @nobodyhome3753
    @nobodyhome3753 Před 4 lety +8

    Selling all my basses now... Man this is a dream pedal for me.

  • @mathuwhycough6591
    @mathuwhycough6591 Před 4 lety +7

    Not many guitar players are able to play like a bass player. Kudos to this guitarists musicianship.

  • @defacres
    @defacres Před 2 lety +7

    I love Bill Ruppert playing. I could watch all his videos all day on repeat just playing crazy stuff through all EHX pedals….

  • @christophersoren1768
    @christophersoren1768 Před 4 lety +10

    Ehx...you need to make more fx boxes so the legendary Bill Ruppert can demo them. I've watched many guitarists demo products, Bill always catches the essence of a pedal by knowing what genres to apply.
    ❤Bill&EHX❤
    Oh, by the way, the bass9 is in the mail!😎

  • @jayt947
    @jayt947 Před 4 lety +6

    This is one of those pedals you have been looking for your whole life. Trust me.

  • @GabrielVelasco
    @GabrielVelasco Před 5 lety +13

    I think one thing that this pedal could use is an octave off (!) switch to use with bass. So that your bass can emulate all of those other basses without playing an octave down.

    • @frankdijkman4021
      @frankdijkman4021 Před 5 lety +4

      As a six string bass player i totally agree with this great idea. EHX please make this happen. Probably will increase sales among bass players a lot!

  • @luismacara8467
    @luismacara8467 Před 2 lety +20

    You need to do a guitar9 pedal for every bassist that got rid of their guitarist

  • @Jacob-Laeby
    @Jacob-Laeby Před 3 lety +12

    Sounds awesome. Now you just need to make a GUITAR9 to make a bass sound like a guitar. I know I would buy such a pedal without thinking twice.

  • @philipatoz
    @philipatoz Před 4 lety +8

    Wow - this simply is not your grandfather or father's Electro-Harmonix company! As what the evil geniuses over there are now doing is pure alchemy! Such well-thought-out and useful effects. Especially for guitarists multitracking their own compositions, this pedal has a really nice range of exceptionally useful and unique sounds!

  • @michael_caz_nyc
    @michael_caz_nyc Před 4 lety +6

    I will watch Anything by: Bill Ruppert. I still Loose my mind, over his rendition of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter. EHX is so innovative and Bill is just amazing.

  • @MarcAllredVideos
    @MarcAllredVideos Před 4 lety +5

    I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG!!!!! You have no idea how madly I've needed this!!! I'm a live looper and have never felt like I could get the bass tone right. Bought a B9 tonight!

  • @zchannel2134
    @zchannel2134 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Jaco and “Stuff like that” almost brought tears to my eyes. I’ve listened to 100s of gear videos and you’re so much better than anything I’ve seen before!

  • @sidhree
    @sidhree Před 3 lety +6

    Here I am, a year and a day after I got sold by this video... One of the most interesting pedals I've owned!

    • @EHX
      @EHX  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks for dropping by again Wallace!

  • @marsmediapro
    @marsmediapro Před 3 měsíci +3

    I am seeking a mod pedal for my bass, but with this pedal, I can simply use one of my guitars. Thanks, Bill Rupert; you are indeed, the pedal demo King!

  • @nikolaki
    @nikolaki Před 4 lety +8

    Ridiculously good playing there Bill.

  • @Cmay7
    @Cmay7 Před 4 lety +16

    I have a lot off basses so I am waiting for a "bass to guitar" pedal. Can't wait to have a Telecaster, Stratocaster and a Les Paul sound from my Jazz bass...

    • @bathroom681
      @bathroom681 Před 4 lety +10

      thats illegal

    • @aarnialeksis
      @aarnialeksis Před 4 lety

      @@bathroom681 And so is this Bass9 pedal

    • @mikeroadblock
      @mikeroadblock Před 4 lety

      Fuck yeah.

    • @Hoaxster54
      @Hoaxster54 Před 4 lety +4

      Just put the bass into the pedal out and the pedal in to the amp!
      Guitar in bass out ... just reverse it!

    • @satyanpatel6403
      @satyanpatel6403 Před 4 lety

      What about a EQ pedal? Or maybe EHX knockout?

  • @heatnationwpb
    @heatnationwpb Před 2 lety +2

    Man, I just stopped here randomly and ended up watching the entire video twice - once for the pedal demo, and again for the playing! 💯

  • @jameswest66613
    @jameswest66613 Před rokem +4

    I can't believe this has been out for three years.

  • @PinProductionsNYC
    @PinProductionsNYC Před 4 lety +4

    This is a very good pedal. I've been waiting for this for a long time. Bill Rupert makes the best video samples in the pedal market.

  • @phillseagram
    @phillseagram Před 3 lety +3

    Just got mine yesterday, and I'm really pleased. I bought it for a standard bass sound, but I played for hours last night on the Bowed, Split, and Longhorn settings. Tons of fun.

  • @JinderSongs
    @JinderSongs Před 4 lety +4

    I need this...stunning playing by the way Bill, one of the best demo videos I've ever seen!

  • @victorkolis3438
    @victorkolis3438 Před 3 lety +4

    The best reviews on the net ever. Thank you Bill!

  • @jmacc9876
    @jmacc9876 Před 4 lety +10

    Great playing to showcase the versatility of what this pedal can do.... But I can't believe I didn't hear a Seinfeld scene intro.

  • @ChrisBuonoGuitar
    @ChrisBuonoGuitar Před 5 lety +4

    Another kick ASS demo, Bill!

  • @jobelewis6416
    @jobelewis6416 Před 4 lety +13

    I wish their was a bass input that doesn’t drop it an octave. Turning your electric into an upright for a song sounds useful

    • @EvilSean62
      @EvilSean62 Před 4 lety

      you mean a cello but tuned to 4ths?

    • @stevepethel6843
      @stevepethel6843 Před 3 lety

      A couple ways to reach this goal.Use a pitch fork up 1 octave first then go into this pedal.
      Hey maybe get a 4 string guitar ..you could remove the 2 unwanted high strings.Any cheap lightweight electric guitar would work.
      If you wanted to really spend more effort you could modify a 6 string electric with a wider nut to fit 4 strings like a baritone up a and change the bridge....Wait try a electric. Baritone uke and voila the is pedal works giving you all the bass sounds plus the uke baritone if wanted for extra or by pass the uke baritone and have only these bass sounds.
      Maybe these crazy ideas will help you come up with what you want.God bless you bass player...

  • @satyanpatel6403
    @satyanpatel6403 Před 3 lety +16

    Just ordered this. Figured I ain't died from Covid yet, and don't want to risk trying out / touching a bunch of bass guitars at Guitar Center. EHX should develop an acoustic 9 pedal. The guitars should be hollow body, semi hollow, banjo, mandolin, ukelele, dreadnought, parlor, resonator, 12 sting, and others I can't think of. For tuning it should have a knob to instantly change tuning too, right on the pedal. Like a click knob. I like the Line 6 Variax models which "model" so many models, but I don't want another axe, I love the ones I have, just another pedal please.

    • @Rob_B_93
      @Rob_B_93 Před 3 lety +1

      An Acoustic9 sounds like a fantastic idea! A Sitar or erhu could also be cool, since they already made a sitar pedal.

    • @professorhamamoto
      @professorhamamoto Před 3 lety

      @@Rob_B_93 Would like a "sanshin" from Okinawa.

  • @bigpoppasmurf
    @bigpoppasmurf Před 2 lety +2

    Always love your demos! This pedal though , as a guitarist and bassist, this blows my mind ! The sound is amazing

  • @BunchOfCrazyStuff
    @BunchOfCrazyStuff Před 2 lety +4

    That slit bass setting is aweseom!

  • @NickGranville
    @NickGranville Před 4 lety +1

    Bill nailed the demo, again. Epic work sir.

  • @uberbeast113
    @uberbeast113 Před 4 lety +6

    At 11:25 you kick in with The Dance Of Maya :)

  • @familiardave6540
    @familiardave6540 Před 4 lety +2

    You had me at "1. Precision"
    another amazing pedal from Electro-Harmonix.... INCONCEIVABLE!

  • @JohnKitterman
    @JohnKitterman Před 5 lety +47

    Dammit, stop making new pedals every two minutes .. my wife is going to divorce me!
    p.s. Looks like I'll be getting another pedal

    • @Hoaxster54
      @Hoaxster54 Před 4 lety +1

      Yup ... I can relate.
      Last time I counted, it was over 50 ... picked up a few since then.

    • @trackerbuckmann1627
      @trackerbuckmann1627 Před 3 lety

      The pedal won't leave you unless she takes it.

  • @GaveMeGrace1
    @GaveMeGrace1 Před 2 lety +3

    Thank you-so cool, like all your products I’ve seen so far.

  • @Millstudios-Ally
    @Millstudios-Ally Před 4 lety +4

    Another top demo from Bill

  • @BobBachtold
    @BobBachtold Před 2 lety +4

    Great Demo, wonderful pedal, long overdue... Especially enjoyed the unexpected Birdland and Dance of Maya excerpts...

  • @dennisp3314
    @dennisp3314 Před rokem +2

    I have one -it works well. Mr. Ruppert, you are one fine fine player !

  • @omarbell4579
    @omarbell4579 Před 5 lety +10

    EHX releases a new 9 series pedal.
    My wallet: *NEIN!*

  • @uhohjonah
    @uhohjonah Před 3 lety +1

    Some of these settings I'd probably never use but I think I'm gonna get this just for the split bass setting and for "downtuned" metal riffs. Also gotta say this video has some of the best playing I've ever seen in a pedal demo. Bravo.

  • @mrnokia90
    @mrnokia90 Před 5 lety +3

    The synth and cello part sounded amazing! Another ehx pedal I really want, have only been able to afford one so far

  • @asecretturning
    @asecretturning Před rokem +6

    I'm so happy with mine, worth it just for the split bass in a three piece band with keys and synth 😈

  • @amslu
    @amslu Před rokem +5

    I’m a simple man. I hear Bill Ruppert, I press like 👍

  • @AllanGildea
    @AllanGildea Před 5 lety +3

    Superb, Bill! Thanks. Amazing pedal, wonderful playing.

    • @EHX
      @EHX  Před 5 lety

      Thank you Allan!

  • @GabrielVelasco
    @GabrielVelasco Před 5 lety +1

    Fantastic! I swear I've been submitting this as a new product idea on EHX' site and during product registration for quite a while.

  • @wreckoningday
    @wreckoningday Před 4 lety

    Bill Ruppert always does a great job. I'm waiting for a pedal for bass players!

  • @ChrisDeJuanMusic
    @ChrisDeJuanMusic Před 2 lety

    Really good demo... tasteful playing and great choice of songs to demonstrate the capabilities of this amazing pedal! I've put it on my wish list!! One man band here I come! :)

  • @ArthurSadowsky
    @ArthurSadowsky Před 2 lety +2

    Wow, thanks for the fantastic Jaco-like playing! Great samples and performances 🤟

  • @RosalvoParadella
    @RosalvoParadella Před 5 lety +1

    Incrível essa demonstração, Bill, vc é o cara !!

  • @nickjimenez6138
    @nickjimenez6138 Před 4 lety +6

    EH!!!!!! I LOVE THE 9 SERIES!!!!!!!! For home recording I've got all the keyboards and bass I need in my 🎸. No need to explain, nope like this, instead I can commit all the way I want it to sound. There will be NO END to my megolomania! I AM EVERYTHING!!!!!!!

  • @futock0
    @futock0 Před 5 lety +5

    Brilliant.... Bill you sell it well.

  • @triplebacon1
    @triplebacon1 Před 3 lety +1

    Bill makes this pedal sound really coool!!

  • @chriscuthbertson
    @chriscuthbertson Před 4 lety +21

    What about a Guitar 9, that turns a bass into a guitar?

    • @obislaw
      @obislaw Před 3 lety

      I am waiting for Awesome9 pedal which will turn my crappy playing into something awesome

  • @RosalvoParadella
    @RosalvoParadella Před 4 lety

    Bass 9 e Mel 9, vão ser a combinação perfeita pra mim. Grandes pedais !!

  • @DEDZU786
    @DEDZU786 Před 3 lety +1

    Fantastic Bill Ruppert !

  • @ententchen
    @ententchen Před 2 lety

    Awesome! I love playing bass on guitar. Just ordered this pedal and eagerly waiting for it to arrive :D btw: awesome playing of Bill too !

  • @harshtree
    @harshtree Před 5 lety +5

    I'm waiting for a video with Bass9 Bass Machine on actual bass ;)

  • @davidj.steiger3178
    @davidj.steiger3178 Před 2 lety

    Bill, we’ll done, LOVED the Weather Report riffs..!!

  • @brucerawsthorne8936
    @brucerawsthorne8936 Před 3 lety

    I have one of these for my looping and it’s brilliant

  • @scooter5005
    @scooter5005 Před 5 lety +1

    Wow! I could hear this at Church for the upbeat songs we play and a couple of funky styles added for punch (Jump blues, Swing, little Latin too)

  • @reallyordinary
    @reallyordinary Před 5 lety

    Spectacular. Gonna purchase ASAP.

  • @micahflanders6789
    @micahflanders6789 Před 2 lety +10

    Imagine if we got a pedal with all of the 9 series pedals together.

    • @markchristopher420
      @markchristopher420 Před rokem

      🤔 EHX Tri-Parallel Mixer can blend them in
      parallel instead of series... amazing pedal!

  • @erikavery9982
    @erikavery9982 Před 4 lety

    I thought I wouldn’t like this pedal...now I want it!!!

  • @Corporations8MyBaby
    @Corporations8MyBaby Před 3 lety +1

    That "Wichita Lineman" quote made me so happy. That was a great moment in 6 string bass/pop music history.

  • @chrismcloughlin163
    @chrismcloughlin163 Před 5 lety +3

    Great salesman this guy... such good technique too. Super knowledgeable on styles. Worth watching just to pinch ideas.

    • @EHX
      @EHX  Před 5 lety

      Thank you Chris!

  • @zoktoberfest
    @zoktoberfest Před 2 lety +1

    Back in the day, I experimented with one of my 5 string basses: removing the B and E strings from the bottom end and adding a C and F string to the top of a 34" scale bass neck. I loved it for what is was: a tenor 5 string bass. At times, however, I missed not having the original low end, but I didn't want to negotiate the massive width of a 6 or 7 string bass. I tried the available octave dividers, but...they were glitchy and synthetic sounding...great for certain applications (Pino Paladino) ...but not so good for most. Man....I could have used something like this then. What could have been. Great product, and if I ever get the band back together, so to speak, this would be my first purchase.

  • @hotchameanshotcha
    @hotchameanshotcha Před 2 lety +2

    coming from marketplace, checked this out. thx for your work.

  • @resharpsharpening3024
    @resharpsharpening3024 Před 5 lety +1

    Love the 9 series peddles ! And I’m a violinist ! This one is next for the board !!

  • @AntwhaleNearfar
    @AntwhaleNearfar Před 4 lety +7

    “Halfway through I’ll turn up the sub control to bring down the mudflaps”. 😆 #SpinalTap

  • @onewiththings
    @onewiththings Před 5 lety +1

    Best product videos ever

  • @MrJackrockerman
    @MrJackrockerman Před 4 lety +4

    So.. the bassist "you know what's going on here..?"
    You are fired !! 😂

  • @saltspringdesign
    @saltspringdesign Před 3 lety

    Cool Pedal, seems very useful. Love the bowed bass sound. I can think of lots of uses for this. I actually play bass quite a bit as well as guitar but this would be super handy during solo gigs i'm sure. Bravo!

  • @bassboy8910
    @bassboy8910 Před 2 lety +3

    Great playing!

  • @elsantoproductora
    @elsantoproductora Před 12 dny

    This pedal sounds amazing

  • @patrickmchenry5525
    @patrickmchenry5525 Před 4 lety +1

    FINALLY!!! I've been waiting for this for 20 years and only got close a few times. I almost bought the TC Electronics Voice Live 3 for this feature only.....glad I waited! Great demo all around!

  • @JoshuaPatrickGarrett
    @JoshuaPatrickGarrett Před 3 lety

    That helps, especially since I bought an RG-550PN at the start of the year. :). Thanks

  • @julien2143
    @julien2143 Před rokem +8

    finaly a good sounding guitair

  • @buckycore
    @buckycore Před 5 lety +2

    This thing is magical AF! take my money!!!

  • @jfgamuz
    @jfgamuz Před 4 lety

    89 k visitas y solo yo coloco un me gusta...!!!!!!!!!
    Pedal impresionante. Excelente...!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @mk1st
    @mk1st Před 4 lety

    That last jam....oh my!

  • @FrankJamesMusic
    @FrankJamesMusic Před 2 lety

    Wow! I've been looking for a pedal like this for years. I was gonna buy a Baritone guitar, but not now. Thanks.

  • @giostefani
    @giostefani Před 4 lety +1

    sounds HUGE!

  • @reithchase7784
    @reithchase7784 Před 5 měsíci

    Ughh i can finally get rid of the octave pedal, didnt know this was out there! Stoked

  • @KingGrio
    @KingGrio Před 2 lety +8

    After carefully watching this review, I've decided to hire the guitarist.

  • @brianhake5037
    @brianhake5037 Před 5 lety +1

    Love this

  • @RickNPhx
    @RickNPhx Před 10 měsíci +1

    That is VERRRY COOOOL

  • @sstavrin
    @sstavrin Před 4 lety +2

    This is a great pedal !!!

  • @JokerLokison
    @JokerLokison Před 5 lety +1

    Amazing. SOLD!!

  • @DThompson55
    @DThompson55 Před 3 lety

    OMG I NEED THIS!!!

  • @geemac7267
    @geemac7267 Před 5 lety +2

    "bring down the mud flaps" lol, I like that.

  • @walikoniozaur
    @walikoniozaur Před 3 lety +2

    i was sold with that mahavishnu riff, superb demo as usual!