MartinDorr 86 Posted December 3, 2015 Can anyone recommend a standard guitar model (tuned down by an octave) or a custome model to best emulate a bass guitar for jam track looping, i.e., some string use restrictions and obvious limitations are acceptable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cruisinon2 2,548 Posted December 4, 2015 Haven't tried to pull that particular rabbit out of the JTV's hat, but as much as I enjoy the guitar, I suspect the "buy a cheap bass" approach will be infinitely more satisfying than asking the guitar to impersonate one...but who knows? You might get lucky. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arislaf 849 Posted December 4, 2015 http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=11156.0 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MartinDorr 86 Posted December 8, 2015 Thanks, will check it out ;-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Punkyboy 43 Posted December 8, 2015 This is a good one you can adjust with the tone knob neck pickup required http://line6.com/customtone/tone/215527/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MartinDorr 86 Posted December 8, 2015 Thanks, will try that one too ;-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kilrahi 487 Posted February 9, 2019 On 12/4/2015 at 3:30 PM, arislaf said: http://www.vguitarforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=11156.0 Do you still have this patch? I was looking for something like this, but when I go to the original link it looks empty. Would it be possible to put it back up? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arislaf 849 Posted February 9, 2019 28 minutes ago, Kilrahi said: Do you still have this patch? I was looking for something like this, but when I go to the original link it looks empty. Would it be possible to put it back up? It is still there, need to register. Or you can search for the bass preset of helix. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kilrahi 487 Posted February 9, 2019 2 hours ago, arislaf said: It is still there, need to register. Or you can search for the bass preset of helix. Will do. Thanks for the tip! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cbrillow 32 Posted February 16, 2019 Have to agree that a cheap bass likely would provide a more satisfying experience. I've created tunings for bass on both my Variax 500 and JTV, and used them with the bass amp model pack in my old Pod XT Live. Yeah, they kinda work, especially when buried in the mix with other instruments. To me, it doesn't sound too realistic when it's the only instrument you hear. Fun to fiddle with when you're warming up and there's someone around who's not familiar with the capabilities of the Variax. Care needs to be taken with the way you attack the strings, too. That has a significant impact on the overall 'bass sound'... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kilrahi 487 Posted February 16, 2019 3 hours ago, cbrillow said: Have to agree that a cheap bass likely would provide a more satisfying experience. I've created tunings for bass on both my Variax 500 and JTV, and used them with the bass amp model pack in my old Pod XT Live. Yeah, they kinda work, especially when buried in the mix with other instruments. To me, it doesn't sound too realistic when it's the only instrument you hear. Fun to fiddle with when you're warming up and there's someone around who's not familiar with the capabilities of the Variax. Care needs to be taken with the way you attack the strings, too. That has a significant impact on the overall 'bass sound'... I do hope to buy a bass in the future but sometimes you just hit emergencies. Still, I have to say running through some bass presets on the HX Stomp it sounded pretty cool and I got some compliments. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites