Bass Pedals

New Pedal: Fowl Sounds Backstabber 2.0 Distortion

The Fowl Sounds Backstabber 2.0 is a RAT-style distortion pedal designed for bass but that also works well with drop-tuned and baritone guitars. It employs a more modern circuit to deliver tighter and more responsive tones and a series of filters to improve the low-end. This is basically a two-channel…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Fowl Sounds Backstabber 2.0 Distortion

New Pedals: Fuzzrocious Electric Ocean Fuzz+Phaser

Intended as a love letter to the bulky yet legendary Roland AP-7, the Fuzzrocious | Electric Ocean is a fuzz+phaser built in collaboration with Dunwich Amplification that offers some of the most popular features of that venerable unit, with a modern angle. Here's a photo of the controls, slightly hidden…Click on the title for more

New Pedals: Fuzzrocious Electric Ocean Fuzz+Phaser

Best Bass Pedals in 2021: Compressor, EQ, Fuzz, Chorus + more

While it's true that most of the stompbox-related fun is enjoyed by electric guitarists, there's still plenty of room for pedals specifically made for bass - although technically, most if not all guitar pedals also work well with bass. Problem is, the instrument's role in rock music (and pretty much…Click on the title for more

Best Bass Pedals in 2021: Compressor, EQ, Fuzz, Chorus + more

Mastro Valvola Area Multi Reverb

It turns out Italian "tube master" Mastro Valvola (that's what the company's name means) excels also at designs lacking tubes, like the Area Reverb, a digital reverb featuring 4 mono reverb flavors: Reverb (Room, Plate, or Hall), Mod (chorus with reverb), Shimmer 8th (2 octaves higher) and Shimmer 8th/5th (higher…Click on the title for more

Mastro Valvola Area Multi Reverb

Tech 21 SansAmp YYZ (Geddy Lee signature)

The Tech 21 SansAmp YYZ is a two channel (clean - overdriven) stompbox voiced after bassist Geddy Lee's rackmount. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkvudJkkKR8 All analog SansAmp technology enables you to record directly and enhance previously recorded tracks. For live performances, the YYZ can drive a power amp and speakers, augment your existing amplifier…Click on the title for more

Tech 21 SansAmp YYZ (Geddy Lee signature)

New at NAMM 2019: EBS The Ultimate v3 B. Sheehan Signature Overdrive

Combining some of the most necessary elements of a bass rig in a single stompbox, the 3rd edition of the EBS Ultimate Billy Sheehan Signature Drive includes overdrive, compression, tone-shaping, and boost. The signal is split via two parallel audio paths, one clean and one dirty – so it’s like…Click on the title for more

New at NAMM 2019: EBS The Ultimate v3 B. Sheehan Signature Overdrive

Electro-Harmonix unveils Sovtek Deluxe Big Muff, Flatiron Fuzz, and Nano Battalion.

Just when we were about to wind down for the upcoming weekend, our pristine email inbox lit up with a new press release from Electro-Harmonix, from the city that never sleeps nor takes shorter days on Friday (that is, NY, NY!). As if that wasn't enough, the message promoted the…Click on the title for more

Electro-Harmonix unveils Sovtek Deluxe Big Muff, Flatiron Fuzz, and Nano Battalion.

Zorg Effects Small Basstar

Originally built as a smaller/simpler version of this beast of a pedal, the (French) Zorg Effects Small Basstar is a peculiar overdrive obviously intended for bass but also intriguing-sounding on guitar. The circuit also gained its own quirks during the designing process. The controls are pretty self explanatory, the toggle switch in the…Click on the title for more

Zorg Effects Small Basstar

Electro-Faustus Super Disruptor for Bass

If subtlety in tone is NOT AT ALL your kind of thing, you'll have to check out the stompboxes by crazy New Yorkers Electro-Faustus! The Super Disruptor is actually one of their relatively "normaly" pedfal, an Overdrive/Octave/Oscillation Pedal for bass (guitarists out there don't fret, the "non-super" version of the Disruptor is…Click on the title for more

Electro-Faustus Super Disruptor for Bass

OnkartGromt Grompressor (for bass)

OnkartGromt is a Norwegian bass pedal maker - the name means "Something Good" in that country's language. The company has currently 5 bass pedals designs under their belt, and The Living Room Gear Demos, in the following video, focused on their compressor, called Grompressor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFfexalTbok The Grompressor is an advanced compressor. Very useful for…Click on the title for more

OnkartGromt Grompressor (for bass)

First demo of the Tech 21 DP-3X dUg Pinnick Signature Pedal

Wouldn't it be nice to have the entire rig of a bass legends at your "toe-tips" in a package that only weighs a few pounds? Well, that's what Tech 21 is giving you with the DP-3X dUg Pinnick Signature Pedal. We shot this video a few hours ago at our…Click on the title for more

First demo of the Tech 21 DP-3X dUg Pinnick Signature Pedal

Daredevil Almighty Bass Fuzz

Daredevil Pedals, the company of Chicago based guitarist Johnny Wator, is approaching NAMM 2018 with a new pedal for bass. The Daredevil Almighty Bass Fuzz is an original design circuit, not a variation of some other pedal. The gain is biting and thick, with enough tonal options to cover a…Click on the title for more

Daredevil Almighty Bass Fuzz