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Source Audio Introduces OFD Bass microModeler
Pedals & Effects

Source Audio Introduces OFD Bass microModeler

Source Audio has unveiled the SoundBlox 2 OFD Bass microModeler, a combination Overdrive/Fuzz/Distortion pedal with 12 distortions modeled after bass specific gear. The tones include models of Marshall Amplifiers, Mesa Boogie Amplifiers, Ibanez Tube Screamer, EHX Bass Big Muff, Pro Co Rat, Tone Bender, Fuzz Face, and Octavia as well as three original tones from Source Audio: Metal, Gated Fuzz...

Creation Audio Labs Introduces The Funkulator Bass Pedal
Pedals & Effects

Creation Audio Labs Introduces The Funkulator Bass Pedal

Creation Audio Labs has introduced the Funkulator Bass Pedal, an EQ tone shaper designed with old school funk in mind. The pedal is built for simplicity with a single EQ knob that controls a variable upper mid frequency scoop with a gentle hi and low boost. Turning the control up enhances the EQ curve, while the footswitch allows for quickly...

Pigtronix Introduces Three New Bass Effects Pedals
Pedals & Effects

Pigtronix Introduces Three New Bass Effects Pedals

Pigtronix debuted three new bass-centric effects pedals at NAMM this year: the Bass Fat Drive, the Philosopher Bass Compressor, and the Bass Envelope Phaser. Each is a tweaked version of one their existing products that have been fine-tuned for bassists. Bass Fat Drive The Bass Fat Drive features Pigtronix’s CMOS clipping concept and responds by breaking up based on how...

T-Rex Effects to Debut Sweeper 2 Bass Chorus at 2013 NAMM Show
Pedals & Effects

T-Rex Effects to Debut Sweeper 2 Bass Chorus at 2013 NAMM Show

T-Rex Effects has updated their Sweeper 2 bass chorus pedal with easier-to-read graphics and a new algorithm that the company says gives a warmer and more vintage sounding effect no matter what depth or rate the pedal is set at. The Sweeper 2 is designed to be intuitive with Depth, Volume, and Rate controls. Though it can be used in...

Mission Engineering Introduces Expressionator Pedal
Pedals & Effects

Mission Engineering Introduces Expressionator Pedal

Mission Engineering has announced the availability of the Expressionator, a multi-expression controller originally designed in part by extended range bassist Jean Baudin. The new pedal allows for users to connect one expression pedal to control three expression enabled effects, each of which can be controlled individually or simultaneously. Its three outputs are toggled via the stomp switch and have separate...

Vox Introduces Two New Multi-Effects Bass Pedals
Pedals & Effects

Vox Introduces Two New Multi-Effects Bass Pedals

Vox has announced the StompLab series of multi-effects pedals, including the StompLab IB and IIB pedals for bass. The respective stompboxes offer 60 and 61 types of modeling including amp, cabinet, and effects with 100 preset programs. All the effects were created from Vox’s VT+ series of modeling amps as well as the Tonelab series of multi-effect units. Dressed in...

Fuzzrocious Pedals Introduces Heliotropic Stompbox
Pedals & Effects

Fuzzrocious Pedals Introduces Heliotropic Stompbox

Fuzzrocious has just introduced the Heliotropic, a new pedal that combines a modified big muff circuit and preamp. The new stompbox was inspired by a song of the same name by the band Failure. “Failure coaxed some amazing and unique sounds out of their instruments,” Fuzzrocious builder Ryan Ratajski stated. “I have been chasing those tones ever since I started...

Copilot FX Releases New Octave Pedal for Bass
Pedals & Effects

Copilot FX Releases New Octave Pedal for Bass

Copilot FX has a new octave pedal designed specifically for bass. The Cubic is a versatile pedal with a switch for two different voices – one with pure octave and the other with mixed octave, while the switch on the front of the pedal toggles between providing one or two octaves down. In addition to Volume and Blend controls, the...

Zoom Debuts New B3 Bass Effects and Amp Simulator Pedal at NAMM
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Zoom Debuts New B3 Bass Effects and Amp Simulator Pedal at NAMM

Zoom announced their B3 Bass Effects and Amp Simulator at NAMM last month, a pedal that combines three stompboxes into one to create a wide array of effects and amp models, plus a whole lot more in this feature-packed device. The B3’s three large displays, each with their own dedicated footswitch, combine to offer a graphical interface to access up...

Daring Audio Introduces New HD Bass Pedal
Pedals & Effects

Daring Audio Introduces New HD Bass Pedal

Daring Audio has expanded their line of bass pedals with the announcement of the all-new high definition pedal, the Edge Activator HD. The pedal is 100% analog circuitry with a high-headroom preamp as well as constant volume for wet/dry blend between two internal channels. The predecessor to the HD version is a popular pedal for bassists, used to accentuate slapping,...

Empress Effects Introduces Compressor Pedal
Bass Gear

Empress Effects Introduces Compressor Pedal

Empress Effects has released a new analog compressor pedal, which brings the stompbox closer to studio gear status through the addition of more controls. Designed for both bass and guitar, the Empress Compressor also strays from 3-knob compressors by being “truly transparent.” The pedal’s controls include those found on a pro compressor: Attack, Release and Ratio, which is a switch...