Introducing Pedals and Effects: Innovation
I am pretty excited to announce the launch of www.pedalsandeffects.com. Because of my 25+ year obsession for pedals/stompboxes/effects, I wanted to share my experience and knowledge in how I construct sounds and music utilizing these devices. I have spent many hours crafting sonic ideas and it’s with these concepts, I feel can inspire my fellow musicians to stretch their musicality and originality and help them create sounds that define them.
On any of the records I have been a part of, I can say I rarely just ran my bass direct into the console or bass amplifier. The majority of the time, I typically run anywhere from 1 to over 10 pedals. I do love hearing just the bass with nothing on it but maybe a little E.Q., yet that never gets me as excited as taking my bass signal and tweaking it to the particular piece of music I am to record onto. I like my instrument to provide the same function in the ensemble as if it had no effects on it but I always want my voice/sound to have some uniqueness to it. I love when anyone comments on my performance’s tone as innovative or creative. Though some musicians believe that it’s all been done before, I say sonic crafting is limitless. Pedals and effects have inspired me to be more innovative with sounds that lifted my instrument into the future unknown.
See the video:
- Juan Alderete
cheers
Great video! Hope to find more info soon. I’m really going all analog now!
Congrats. This is an amazing website. I was checking it out before it became this website. I really appreciate the time you are taking to make these videos. They are very educational. I am a recording arts student, a bassist, a guitar player, and on occasion a danza azteca drummer. Thanks for these videos. I was wondering if I can get the video explaining in depth the setup for the helicopter sound.
I think you sharing your knowledge is great. Keep it up. I can’t wait for the next video. Great work.
Thank you for your videos! It awesome to finally have a bass player explain pedals. Keep up the great work, can’t wait to see more videos.
I really like the video and the idea of this site. after watching i created a similar sound using my line 6 m9 and jammed for like an hour while developing my sound in the process. so thanks for the video, much appreciated , and I am looking forward to see you and the rest of TMV in Tel Aviv next week
fuck ya. loving the site.
Super jazzed to see this!!! This is something I never knew I always wanted/needed till I saw this!! The concept never occured to me. I am really looking forward to seeing new content!! I really hope it comes often. Thanks for your efforts and I will be watching from SW Florida!!
is that toggle just a on/off switch?
Got sent over here from Basschat.co.uk. You look like you’re having a lot of fun with your pedals, really encouraging to see for other bassists.
excited to see this develop and glad to be around for the beginning! cheers!
Great! Congrats to Juan
very cool video ! I really like the idea of focusing on combinations of pedals instead of just getting a rundown of your pedals (like chapter 1, the overdrive … and going throught 25+ various drive pedals etc).
Actually I also think it would be helpful to do this kind of videos too, maybe throught an angle of “my favorite drive/chorus/phaser/whatever” and comparison with other you also have, pro/cons of various models …
congrats from france anyway
love the “BOOOOOoooooooo” at the end! That config is one of my favorites from you, Juan. I personally to put the compressor before the wah to allow more dynamic range and crazy (often harsh but musical) eq shifts. (i find the comp after the wah cuts out too much but that’s just me).
Keep surprising us!
I love combining effects like that. This site is really great, I’m already getting some ideas for new sounds.
Hello, I’m really excited about this site, my favorite bass player doing stuff like this makes me really happy, there is only one thing that puts me down a bit, this page its not accessible in Mexico (at least in my city nobody that I shared the link its been able to access…), I’m using a US proxy to access the site and it looks great, but I wonder if this issue can be fixed.. or it may be the hype around the site…
Thanks for making this Great site!
Awesome. THANK YOU Juan!
These videos are amazing Juan! I’m sharing with all my bass loving friends. Thank you!
Juan: I’ve followed your career for years now, great playing and great gear. You have really inspired me to expand as a bass player into pedals, and now I can’t get enough! Thanks for your terrific insight, and for this website.