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Electro-Harmonix Bassballs

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Not one, but two narrow filters sweep your tones under control of the envelope, generating very unique vocal-like sounds. A distortion switch enriches the harmonics. The response control varies the sweep range determined by your attack. Not only d...

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Jack White

The Electro-Harmonix Nano Bassballs is used in Jack White's Raconteur and the Dead Weather pedalboards. This envelope filter effect is prominent in the Raconteurs song "Salute Your Solution".
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Flea

The Electro-Harmonix Bassballs pedal is seen in this picture from 2013 of an Atoms For Peace rehearsal. via [thekingofgear.com](http://thekingofgear.com/flea#effects)
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Richard Parry

Richard uses an older version of this pedal. Photo of 2012.
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Cliff Burton

Here is Cliff's pedalboard
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Mick Thomson

Mick talking about his setup. Bassballs seen at 02:26-02:34.
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G. E. Smith

At 3:08 in this Rig Rundown for G.E. Smith of [Moonalice](http://equipboard.com/band/moonalice), [Saturday Night Live Band](http://equipboard.com/band/saturday-night-live-band), [Hot Tuna](http://equipboard.com/band/hot-tuna), and [Hall& Oates](http://equipboard.com/band/hall-oates), displayed is an Electro-Harmonix Bassballs.
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Paul Turner

"My gig pedals include a 70s Mutron, 70s Bass Balls, [EH Micro Synth](http://equipboard.com/items/electro-harmonix-micro-synthesizer), Boss Octave, Bass Flanger, [MXR Driver](http://equipboard.com/items/mxr-mc401-boost-line-driver) and [Auto Q](http://equipboard.com/items/mxr-auto-q-envelope-filter-m120)." - Paul Turner in this [jamirotalk.net interview](http://www.jamirotalk.net/interviews/paul.html). Jamiroquai's official site does [link](http://www.jamiroquai.com/jamiroquai/links) to this page, which lends to the credibility of jamirotalk.net's information.
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Jonathan Noyce

On the official [Jethro Tull website](http://jethrotull.com/the-attic/musical-instruments/jonathan-noyce/), Noyce states that he uses an Electro Harmonix Bassballs pedal.
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Jacob Moon

Jacob Moon's Photos
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Ignacio Laspada

entrevista a perras
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Roger Waters

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Michael

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Electro-Harmonix - Bassballs - Demo by Dave Weiner - Twin Dynamic Envelope Filter

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euan

218

Great Fun

I have a lot of fun with this pedal, you can make some nice effects - but, there's almost no practical use for it in the type of music I like to play.

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almost 4 years ago
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leobutterworth

447

+ Big Muff

BASS Makes a sort of cliff burtony fuzz with the big muff and i can nail a anesthesia tone with these and a wah

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42 minutes ago
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jclebelleguy

216

Good effect, a bit less low ends with it.

Good effect, very useful and strange for slap bass. It squeeze a little bit low frequency, but it's ok for strange bass sounds ;-)

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8 months ago
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