Bass9 Bass Machine Pedal Review

Tracking, tracking, tracking . . . and did I mention tracking?

Unlike the POG2, which is pretty good overall, this pedal blows it away in terms of accuracy of tracking and tonality. Don't quite know how they did it, but EHX did. Has some bells and whistles that you'll likely never use, sure, but what else is new? Seems to be all the rage with current pedals. Ugh. Anyway, if you want fairly realistic bass sounds, particularly the Precision,… read more that can genuinely be integrated into your sound. this pedal delivers. Also quite a bit less expensive than the POG2.

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Electro-Harmonix Bass9 Bass Machine Pedal

I play in a small group and having the Electro-Harmonix Bass9 Bass Machine Pedal allows me to play back up rhythm guitar (alternating bass finger picking) through a regular amp while splitting out the bass notes, dropping them down an octave and playing them through a separate bass amp. This effectively allows me to play rhythm guitar and bass at the same time. There are of course… read more a great many other innovative and versatile possibilities for using the e-h Bass9 in a playing mix. The Bass9 is an incredible little piece of equipment. Well done e-h!

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Keeper

I buy them and I get rid of them till I found this one.. this is a good age to be alive.. this pedal does exactly what I need it for.. click it and your guitar is a bass and it's that simple.. I don't even own a bass anymore though I miss all of them.. I only have two single pedals now this one and the canyon one.. I went this route for space but if you want a pedal that transforms… read more your signal to bass, then you really don't need to look anywhere else.. you won't be disappointed.. in fact, you'll wish you'd have done it sooner.. good heavy duty materials.. lots of settings to find your pocket for which to get your groove on and fast or slow?; this baby will keep up with you as it tracks you like a jealous girlfriend.. comes with quality power supply but then this company EH?; they only do quality stuff so you can't go wrong and it's virtually a noise free unit which is another reason I use Electro-Harmonix .. also, there's no learning curve if any as you just turn it on play around till you find your sound and leave it there.. if this ever wears out, I will just get another one.. this unit is a keeper.. just do it and Sweetwater has your back all the way from the order to you using it so even don't worry bout it..

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9 Bass pedal

Pedal I have been waiting for in a long time, fit's my music to a tee ,don't have to change guitars, just hit a switch, thanks to James for professional service.

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Unbelievable

I rely heavily on pitch shifting effects. I already have the pitchfork from EHX, and it's an incredible shifter. With an expression pedal it blows the whammy pedal from digitech out of the water. Its only shortcoming is latency when the effect is fully engaged. The latency when shifting a full octave down with no dry signal mixed in is unworkable. Enter the Bass 9. While this pedal… read more is advertised as a bass modeler, it's really just a fancy octaver. The entire design is about shifting down an octave with zero latency, and it does this flawlessly. This is exactly what I needed and this pedal does that and much more. The 9 different models are all cool, although the P-bass model really shines. I put this pedal first in my signal chain, and it plays really nicely with my analogman mini compROSSor and my Keeley Neutrino envelop filter. With a comp and a filter in the chain, you can get all the classic bass sounds with this. Of course if you turn up the dry mix you get unparalleled octaver sounds that sound way better than, say, the POG. Combined with the pitchfork and Mission EP-1, I now have total control over pitch shifting. I love modern technology that has made things like the whammy bar obsolete. Pardon the messy pedalboard. I'm not using any velcro or zip ties until I'm 100% settled on the signal chain, and more adjustments will probably be made.

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