If your bass sound needs a little more heat and lacks a bit of edge, and distortion or overdrive isn't doing for you, then you might get more joy out of the beefy buzz and fluff of a bass-focussed fuzz effect pedal.
The Best Fuzz Effect for Your Bass
Welcome bass-armed explorer! As you may have noticed already, we have one of the widest arrays of bass fuzz pedals going, so you can browse through every Muff-style variation you can think of as well as other fuzz boxes designed to coat your sound in a light fluffy edge, or fully immerse it in raw and tasty, unapologetic fuzz - perfect when your overdrive or distortion stompbox just isn't cutting it. You'll find all the big names in bass effects right here: from Electro-Harmonix to Maxon, and from Way Huge to MXR, as well as more boutique offering from the likes of JHS Pedals, Earthquaker Devices and Darkglass. And, to really polish off your pedalboard, you'll also be able to find all of thepower supplies, patch leads and bass distortion and overdrive pedals you need right here.
An Extra Octave, a Gate or Filters Effects on the Side
Bassists have been harnessing the force of fuzz since the sixties, and these days, they're offered more choice than ever. If you plug a bass into a fuzz pedal that's designed for an electric guitar then you'll immediately lose all of the low end when you need it most. To solve this, there are special fuzz stompboxes with a blend function, so your dry sound can be mixed with the fuzz, leaving those punching low frequencies where they should be and resulting in rich output. Gain even more depth by getting a fuzz pedal with an octaver, or clean up the edges while keeping your fuzz extreme with a gated fuzz pedal. If you want to get technical and target a specific frequency range with fuzz, then you can get fuzz pedals that come pre-loaded with extensive equalizer or filter section, and if you want to be certain of a clean sound when your fuzz is switched off, then make sure you pick out model that features true-bypass.
