{"id":12035,"date":"2018-02-26T10:12:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T15:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=12035"},"modified":"2018-02-26T10:22:32","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T15:22:32","slug":"what-is-the-ultimate-bass-delay-tone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/article\/what-is-the-ultimate-bass-delay-tone.html","title":{"rendered":"What is the ultimate bass delay tone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many bass players find the delay effect to not be all that useful only because they haven&#8217;t been shown an example of where it can not only be used but used well.<\/p>\n<p>For one of the best examples of bass with delay added in that worked phenomenally well, we have to go all the way back to 1971 with Pink Floyd&#8217;s release of the song <em>One of These Days<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B2c2gdUYFNM?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The bass line is purposely kept simple so the return of the delay effect can be heard loud and clear. Given the year the song was recorded, obviously this is a 100% analog effect.<\/p>\n<p>At about the 1:30 mark, the delay is cut out for about 1 minute and replaced with tremolo (most likely via a Fender guitar amplifier of the era,) then back to delay for the rest of the song.<\/p>\n<h3>Is using bass with delay effect difficult when playing live?<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s not difficult for the bass player but rather the drummer because roles have been swapped. Instead of the drummer being the timekeeper, the bassist is.<\/p>\n<p>In-ear monitors help greatly to keep the band in time for situations like that.<\/p>\n<h3>This is what good bass delay sounds like<\/h3>\n<p>For the question &#8220;What is a good example of bass with delay supposed to sound like?&#8221;, the go-to answer is <i>One of These Days<\/i> by Pink Floyd.<\/p>\n<h3>What are other more modern examples of bass delay?<\/h3>\n<p><i>Disposition<\/i> by Tool:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uiTtWnx_rjY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>No Shelter<\/i> by Rage Against The Machine:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6NEoesmnYU4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>What are the best delay pedals for bass?<\/h3>\n<p>You might want to go nostalgic and use analog, but said honestly, digital delay is much easier to work with. With analog, the delay return may &#8220;mud out&#8221; a bit too much to be usable. With digital however, the return is a near-exact copy and very little dynamics are lost. <\/p>\n<p>Vintage style analog delay like the BOSS DM-2 usually has a maximum return time of about 330ms. With digital you get well beyond that, usually up to at least 1500ms (not that you need a delay that long but it&#8217;s nice to have.)<\/p>\n<p>Analog delay has tonal differences from brand to brand, but digital typically doesn&#8217;t. Whether you use MXR or BOSS or something else, you&#8217;ll more or less get the same sound every time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many bass players find the delay effect to not be all that useful only because they haven&#8217;t been shown an example of where it can not only be used but used well. For one of the best examples of bass with delay added in that worked phenomenally well, we have to go all the way &#8230; <a title=\"What is the ultimate bass delay tone?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/article\/what-is-the-ultimate-bass-delay-tone.html\" aria-label=\"More on What is the ultimate bass delay tone?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":12036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}