Video: 5 Effects Pedals Every Bassist Needs

As a low-ender, pedalboards can be just as important as they are to a guitarist. Today, we're digging into the five types of effects pedals that are most essential for every bass player to have on their board.

While tuners, EQ, buffers, and other utility pedals are certainly important on any board, today we're just focusing on types of effects like compressors, dirt pedals (which include overdrive, distortion, and fuzz), octave, envelope filter, and chorus.

Pedals used in the video:

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