Could somebody recommend a good bass pedal for a first time buyer

hi im in a band and want to attempt some new sounds so want to buy a pedal i play a epiphany thunderbird sadly not a gibson but wondered if anybody could give me some advice thank you.

Hey and welcome to Equipboard! 👊

I assume you don't already have any pedals. In that case, with bass players it is generally recommended that your first pedal be a compressor pedal. A compressor isn't so much something that you can hear (like a delay or distortion effect), but you can feel it - it kind of evens out your dynamics so it sounds like you're playing every note at a much more even volume (I'm probably not explaining it super well haha). Basically it "compresses" notes you play louder to make them sound nice and even with the softer ones.

The MXR M87 Bass Compressor Bass Effects Pedal is a good one!

If you want something more, um, exciting than that, then talk more about what and how you play - who are your favorite artists? Do you try and emulate anyone's sound? Are you open to multi-effects pedals, or prefer a single purpose one?

i play a lot of kings of leon and alternative rock songs but i done really want to spend anything over £100 because its my first pedal but i still want something to make my music sound better.

Ah ok cool! I assume you're a Jared Followill fan then. 😄

If you want his same reverb pedal you can try the TC Electronic Hall Of Fame Reverb.

A delay pedal would make an interesting first pedal too, the one he uses is the TC Electronic Flashback Delay.

These are both around your price range. I still think a compressor is a good first buy for a bass pedal, and have heard the MXR M-132 Super Comp Compressor Pedal works very well for bass.

thank you and yes I'm a huge jared follow ill fan he's the one who got me into playing bass

Do you know how to link up the pedal to the amp or guitar?

Sure, yeah! I'm assuming, in addition to your Epiphone Thunderbird bass guitar, that you also have a bass amp. If you don't, you might want to look into getting a bass amp 😁

Basically, whichever pedal you get would typically go in between your guitar and amp. Use an instrument cable to hook the bass guitar up to the INPUT of your pedal, and use another instrument cable to hook the OUTPUT of the pedal to your amp. Here is what your setup is going to look like:

http://images.equipboard.com/bass-pedal-amp-flow.png

thank you for all of your help i think i know what I'm getting for christmas know :)