A bass EQ pedal hands bassists more in-depth control over the sound and shape of their sound. These stompboxes can be used to split up, tweak and customise the frequency bands that make up your tone.
Picking Our Your Bass Equalizer or Tone Pedal
At Bax Music, we stock an extensive range of pedals that are designed to give bassists a firmer grip on the sound of their electric bass, their semi-acoustic bass or even their electro-acoustic bass. You can get parametric EQ pedals with control knobs per frequency band or detailed graphic equalizers with accurate faders for weakening or enhancing each frequency band. You can get really simple pedals with a single control pot or extensive stompboxes loaded with an army of faders - basically, whatever you need, you'll be able to find it. And, if you need a pedal power supply and patch leads, you'll find them here as well.
Shape Up Your Bass Sound
The most straightforward equalizer bass guitar pedals amplify or weaken a small number of frequency bands, so you can play with a control pot to turn up the trebles, mids, and bass or turn them down. If more pots and sliders are lined up on the control panel then that usually means more precision when it comes to moulding the tone of your bass sound to shape. And all of these pedals have been calibrated to match the frequency range of a bass guitar, so whether you go for a five-band EQ pedal or a ten-band EQ pedal, it will have been designed from the ground up for your instrument. If you want to be able to vary your sound and maybe save a number of custom tone presets so you can toggle through them later, there are EQ pedals with an internal memory that offer that service too.
Frequently Asked Questions About Bass Equalizer Pedals
How does a bass equalizer work?
A bass equalizer is able to bring out or push down specific frequencies that make up the sound of a bass guitar. These effects hand bassists deeper control over their tone since the volume of one or more frequency bands, like the treble, mids, and bass can be turned up or down to carve out a bespoke sound.
How do you set up an equalizer?
When setting up a bass equalizer, it's best to start with every control pot or fader set to zero. From there, by listening closely to your sound and figuring out what needs emphasising and what needs reducing you can adjust the respective control to tweak your sound and see what sounds best to your ears. Not sure? Simply set everything back to zero and try again.
