DOD BASS 30

After 2-3 hours of buying Bass 30 i have nearly learned all the functions.It's really easy to use.

I'm using my custom 5 string bass with Bass 30. I was waiting more clean sounds. It somtimes sucks. Espacially in Fuzz,Bass Synth and Overdrive. The slap tone is good. Espacially in Rock tones. I really can't get the sound of any artist.(ex:Randy Coven,Stuart Hamm,...)This made me really angry. The delay and chorus effects can be better. And the was was is terrible.

So So

I have had a problem with the wah wah. I have sent it to my local dealer. (In Turkey/Ankara) They have solved the problem and give me back in 3 days. That was good.

I like progressive and some kind of funk. Also i am listening solo basists like victor,rand,hamm,...I have been using Bass 30 for about 7 months. But nowadays i'll sell it to buy a Digitech BP-8.The favourite feature about it is the fretless and rock tones. And the easy use. I hate wah wah. It sounds terrible. I wish no one could pay 350$ for Bass 30. In Turkey these gears are really expensive. The Digitech BP-8 is 650$!!!

The thing comes with some pretty cool patches already programmed. Editing the patches are not that hard. It came with a pocket card that pretty much walks you through setting it up.

I am playing a Fender Jazz with a Hartke 215 and 210 transport. (200 amps, one 15 and two 10's) The noise that this unit makes is unacceptable. You get a constant Hissing that cannot be programmed out. The expression Wah Wah pedal is practically useless. I could not hear much difference when it was programmed for more or less effects. Every sound that is programmed or pre-programmed sounds real muddy.

I play every weekend. I bought this unit and after the first 5 weeks the Expression Pedal quit working. The place I bought it from had a 30 day money back gaurantee. So that night I had to only use the patches where the expression pedal was not programmed to volume. So after five weeks, I had a worthless piece of electronics sitting on the stage. I am glad that I had a backup, Boss ME6B. Wish Boss still made a bass processor. DO NOT depend on this unit without a backup!!

Called support and got put on hold, I am still on hold!!! Never could get anyone to talk to me!! As far as getting it repaired, I am not in the habit of throwing Good money after Bad. Even if I did get it repaired, I would still end up with the hissing or high frequency noise.

I play Rock, Dance, Funk, County, R&B and anything else they throw at me. I have been playing going on 25 years now, in local bands. I bought the DOD because I thought it might sound better than my old Boss ME6B. Newer technology and all. Plus I wanted a wah wah pedal. I wish some one would steal this thing because I would never waste any more money on DOD products. If it breaks, you out of luck! So do not waste your money on the Bass30. I have not tried any other DOD products but I do not plan on it.

This thing takes about 5 minutes to figure out, I did it without a manual (Mine was didnt have one. Still cant figure out the Phrase Sampler, though I probally wont use it anyways. The challenge is coming up with a distortion that doesnt sound like fuzz and evil fuzz, but its posible. For the most part its very easy to use. Though figuring out what all the little sub-catagories were was fun. I dont give it higher is because of the fact that when you f*ck around with it, it doesnt tell you what every sound is, and it took me a while to come up with a distortion that wasnt too chaotic. I did download the manual off the site and it explains what the sounds are.

My set it is pretty simple, A yamaha BB N4II to the processor to the amp. I have some small peavy right now but I should be getting a new amp in a few months.

I dont care what anyone says. This is a very good multi-fx pedal. The whole thing is is that you really need to sit down with it and screw with it.

Distortions I can admit take a bit of time to tweek but once you do, You get some pretty cool ones. I got one that sounds alot like the distortion Flea uses in All Around The World. I allso get really cool synthy distrotions by tweaking it a bit. You really need to mess with the EQ on it, Model Gain and sometimes the second setting on Pitch Shift.

The Fretless Sim is cool. I use it sometimes. Most of the settings have a swell effect, or make it so you dont pick up practicly any fret noise when you slide.

Bass Synth is intresting to say the least. Tracking is pretty good, not great but hey, its a bass synth, they for the most part have crappy tracking. Good for intro's or weird parts. Not for everyone definatly. I love synth sounds, most people dont.

The amp models are good, I mess with them sometimes when I need a cleaner sound. They arent that spectacular but they help if you want to tweek a sound that doesnt used distrotion or Synth.

The Noise gate is fun to play with. I can mix that with fuzz and Detune to make whale sounds or weird screams you find in video games.

The FX are good for the most part, I dont use vibrato much, and I dont have any use for the envalope. I like the chorus and detune, I use detune alot(Which really only adds a weird fuller sound). I love the Flange and Phaser. I Mixed the phaser and delay for a weird space funk sound. The delays and reverbs are good and fun to mess with.

The expression pedal for the most part is like any expression pedal on a multi-fx board. It sucks. Its ok when I wanna screw around but most of the time its just eh. Get a wha. IT is good for a volume pedal though.

It seems reliable. Its part plastic part metal. I droped it a few times and it still works as if nothing ever happened to it. I'd gig without a back up(It seems reliable and I dont have anouther hundred and fifty for anouther one).

I heard people complaining about it being plastic. Well look at the botom of it. Its metal. Good. Metal means its study. The top is plastic. Hopefully you wont jump on the damn thing to switch sounds.

I've only had it for about a week so time will tell.

Hasnt craped out yet, lets give it some shows.

I'm in a band that is, for lack of a beter way to say it, Progressive New Metal. Me and the guitarist both use fx and we have a keyboardist, so sometimes I need something to fill in the parts when the guitar goes off with lead. That and I love fx. People say that truely hate it, and definatly, its not for everyone but its like any multi-fx processor. YOu have to sit with the thing and f*ck with it and spend the time to come up with sounds. And for only about 150-200 bucks, what did you expect? A bass pod?

Super easy to use. Take it out of the box and you'll be playing new sounds as soon as it hits the floor. Manual is clear, but not necessary.

I'm running this between my Fender Jazz Plus 5 and my GK/SWR rig. Sounds amazing live, but I've been in the studio recently and have had the sheer amount of noise become glaringly obvious. ("What's making all that noise? Is that you?")
HOWEVER, the Phaser is fantastic, and I really like the Overdrive and Fuzztone. Most of the time I play in the '30' bank of presets. It was nice to find a unit with actual presets that I like better than my custom sets.

I do depend on it, have gigged with it and use it all the time. As pointed out elsewhere, it is very light and plasticky, and the rocker pedal is uninspiring. The lightness of the unit also makes me feel like it's going to slide around if I try to use the rocker pedal too much. It did crash on me once.

No dealings yet. Haven't needed it

I play progressive/heavy/new-wave stuff. Think Deep Purple/Devo/early Metallica. We have one guitar and keys. All the sounds I use are with an ear toward thickening up the sound, especially when the guitarist is soloing. It also allows me to cut through, on demand.
Hey, for $150 I got a lot of FX I would never buy, and it's opened up new ideas. I never really knew how much I needed a Phaser before.

You have to be an idiot to not understand how this thing works. My guitarist showed me quickly a crash course on how to set it up, and I was running in less than 5 minutes.

Of the effects that i do use, the sound quality is fairly high. Im really into industrial rock/metal, so i rely on the chorus and distortions alot, along with the amp models to get good tone. However, I am slightly disappointed with the fuzz and overdrive because they dont produce a good sharp punch unless i change all my eq around, which in turn screws with my clean sound, so i cant switch back and forth between clean and dist. during live stuff, only effect to effect.

theres no reason to be slamming around your stuff on stage anyway, at least ive never seen someone smash an effects processor. id take it with me definitely, it saves space and time as opposed to those individual stomp boxes.

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this thing is great for industrial rock. you can get great techno sounds with it as well as some atmospheric/keyboard type effects. if you just want to have fun as a bass player, it can help to add a little punch to your lines, but its not a necessity. my main problems with the unit though concerns the distortions- (mentioned above) whose eq should automatically contour to the bass players initial settings, that way you can switch between clean and distortion and have them sound crisp-as well as the delay between effects. i noticed that unlike stomp boxes, the unit needs a fraction of a second to work through the circuit. this makes for a crappy transition between solos, etc. resulting in reduced tightness of sound. many effects could be eliminated (reducing price) or modified-bass synth and fretless-what the hell were you guys thinking when you put those on this machine?! they sound like ass and dont produce any type of listenable sound. envelope, amp model, fuzz, chorus and phaser kick though!

First of all out of the box it's expression pedal has to be calabarated, and if you dont read the manual you wont have a clue how to do it. The presets all suck, either too much of an effect or not enough, so you have to change them....this could take years if you wanted to change them all. Its seems that you have to press the save button everytime you want to change a small parameter. I give it a six because it isnt difficult it just takes alot of time.

I think it sounds horrible, the main reason is the effects just are way to harsh. The chourus is barely decent, but the distortion is soooooo WEAK!You shouldnt buy this for wah or pitch shift either, the pedal probaly moves an inch or so, and you dont get any range with that. It is very hissy, and I bought brand new cords with it. The flanger and phaser are the exact same thing. The fretless simulator is nothing more than a sweep of volume from quiet to no so quiet. The amp simulations sound nothing like the actual amps. The synthesizer has a "so-called" six differnt styles that just happen to soud all the same. The only reason this gets a two is because I think you could play some new innovative things with the delay and reverb.

I wouldnt depend on it if my life counted on it. The whole thing is plastic, how long could that last? If I ever gigged woth it, I would have to bring three or four just to reassure me that if the plastic broke I would have a few more to break.

Never dealt with DOD, I think their pedals are great, but this is a tragedy in the name of effects proccesors.

I bought this thinking, its 150 bucks what the hey, right? Pretty good price for and effects processor.Nope I was worng it just sucks bad! I play everything, Stu Hamm to Jaco Patorius, Flea to Cliff Burton, or Larry Grahm to Tommy Shannon. I have been playing about three months through a Crate BX 200 amp with a 4x10 cab. With a Fender Prescison bass. The reverb and dealy is cool but everything else sucks. If it got stolen I would find the theif and pay him 150 bucks for stealing it. My opinion is if you want the effects get the analog pedals they are the only way to go. If you buy this be prepared to be dissapointed, I was.

The settings are fairly easy to program; although it takes a while to calibrate and properly set the expression pedal. Most of the user pre-sets, in my opinion, really suck, so it makes for good practice for you to replace those with your own settings. The manual is also pretty thorough. However, I recommend starting with the Quick Refernce Card, look at the combinations available, play with the board, and THEN read the manual.

I am running this with a Fender Hot Rod P-Bass and two amps (a Carvin and an Ampeg). I have to bring the rating down a notch since the unit itself adds quite a bit of line noise - sure a gate can fix this, but you shouldn't have to compensate for its shortcomings. I also wish that it could produce more of an over-drive tone, but other than that, it's a pretty good unit.

So far, it has been pretty reliable. Right now I am using it to drive two amps and it has performed quite well. One thing that I don't like is that if the power is cut off, you will get nothing from your amps. At my last gig, I accidentally pulled the power cord which stopped the power to the Bass 30 (but not to my amps) and my amps went silent. At the very least, there should be a "pass-through" mode that let's me play even though there's no power to the board, just like with most other pedals.

I haven't had to deal with them yet. However, I still give them a 10 since DOD is nice enough to include a power cord with their board, something that A LOT of manufacturers do not do and I appreciate that extra touch.

I play in a band with diverse style so it helps to have a board that I can quickly punch in a certain tone. I also REALLY like the dual output - it let's me hook up two amps, which really improves my overall tone. I also like the fact that this board has just about any effect you could possibly want and its a very compact unit - it definitely beats the heck out of carrying a bunch of individual pedals around. In the very near future, I plan to upgrade to a rack system, but I will still hold on to my Bass 30 as my main effects processor.

I give it an 8 because editing patches takes a long time, but when you get it right, its worth it! Mostly setting the eqs, amp model, and modulator settings takes the longest to perfect. The manual is fine.

Until this unit came along, i was certain there were no bass multi-fx with good distortions and flanging. The overdrive is great. At first i had a problem with not getting enough gain, but then i discovered the "compressor gain" setting which allowed for MORE gain. The fuzz is ok but not my style. The chorus is thick and shimmering, i like it at high speeds. Flange, phase, vibrato, and pitch shift are cool.

When i first was messing w/ this unit i got a little pissed that it didn't have octave or envelope filtering, but this can be compensated for. The pitch shift has the "1d" setting which it pretty much just an octave effect, and the autowah has an enveloped sound to it.

Compressor is much better than my old zoom 506. The zoom didn't even let you set the ratio!! The Dod lets you set ratio, crossover(my favorite), threshold, and gain.

The unit its self has a little noise, but the noise gate fixes this.

The 3 types of delay and 3 types of reverb are all ok, but who uses reverb on bass? Phrase sampler is ok, but usless to me.

All 7 amp modes are ok, i just have no use for the synth one. Best fretless sim. to date!

its solid metal.

never dealt with then

I like it, and its a much better deal than the digitech bp8. If stolen, i'd beat the motherf*cker who took it into a bloody pulp.

Very easy to use. Editing is fairly simple after you edit one or two and get the hang of it.
The manual is pretty good. It will help you get started on setting up the patches

I am playing a P bass and a 5 sting Jazz thru a Ampeg SVT4.
I uses this pedal mainly for the chorus effect. I get a nice tone from my SVT so therefore, I deactivate any eq etc...setting on the pedal.
The chorus is very lush and it has ex parameters for all effects.

The synth sounds crappy but,I think all bass synths sound crappy so dont go by me.
I find the unit a bit noisy for my taste. It is good live but,I wouldnot record with it. It certainly blows the Zoom 505 out of the water when it comes to noise.

Well guess what, my first gig with I had a problem. It died at the very last song of the night. The LED lit up but,no sound came out of it. I did exchange it for another one. We shall see!!!!!!!

Well the store replaced right away. I only had it a week.

I play all typs of music. I freelance so I would not use this for a blues gig. It is good for a 3 piece rock band where you need a thick full choris to fill up the sound.
If it were stolen I would not replace it. By then they would have the new Bass30 super duper version(oh sure).
Compares to other models in this price range I would say it is the best. I tried Zoom and Korg. For 200 bucks not bad. Once again I would not record with it.

Any settings suggestions from fellow owners?

This box has 3 amp models, 2 types of distortion, fretless sim.,and
bass synth. I like the Classic model best for the type off music I
play. It has a very tube like sound. Editing is very easy, just press
the button under the group of FX you want to edit, the parameters you
can edit light up and you select them with a parameter button and dail
up or down with the data wheel. Lots of good sounds in the box that
show off some of the units abilities. The manual helps with assigning
different parameters to the pedal and tells you what the different
amp models are.

I use this running direct to P.A. and it sounds wonderful. There is
minumal noise for a box at this price, but 24 bit always sound pretty
good. FX are all strong and have level control, the compressor is very
nice with selectable crossover so you only compress the freq. and below that you want. The distortions really rock, there is overdrive
and fuzz, the bass synth sounds cool but I haven't found a place to use it, but I'm sure I will. I play a Warwick Corvette through this box to p.a. and it sounds great!!!!

I think I can depend on it, but only had it for awhile. I have been
using it live without a backup.

I play mostly METAL, but some prog rock and art rock, this unit works
well with all these styles. I have played guitar for 20+ years and
bass for about 3+ years. I have too much gear to spend the time putting it here, let's just say I use Roland, Digitech, Yamaha, BBE,
DBX, Soundcraft, Peavey, Johnson Amplification, AKG, Shure, Warwick,
Ibanez, Eden, DOD, Chandler, Alesis, Steinberg. If I lost it or it was
stolen I'd get another one.