Fishman Fission Bass Powerchord Octave Pedal
Stack harmonies and create rich, full-bodied riffs. Shape your sound with this bass effect pedal's 3 voices of harmony, noise gate, overdrive and tone knob.
Overall User Ratings (based on 2 ratings)
Submitted August 15, 2013 by Sully M in Miami, FL
"Secret Weapon"
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I couldn't tell you how much my 3-piece band relys on this pedal, it truly is my secret weapon! Many people don't expect such a "big" sound from a 3-Piece band, and most sound guys seem confused when they see my pedal board running to a bass amp AND a guitar amp. It's also a kick to see people's reaction when I tell them "I play bass and rhythm guitar... At the same time".Disclaimer:It doesn't sound EXACTLY like a guitar, and not everything will sound "ideal" coming through it, you may need to simplify some parts (Particularly if you're playing chords) In my experience I've found that (if using the effect signal with a guitar amp) It's best to run the amp in a clean channel and use the pedal's overdrive than to run the pedal clean and use the amp's distortion (you'll get a cleaner, more consistant signal that way). You'll get an even better sound if you shut off the pedal's overdrive, run the amp in clean channel, and use a dedicated distortion/fuzz/overdrive/whatever-floats-your-boat pedal and the sound will truly be optimally crisp. Just take your time and play around with it!I highly recommend it, but shhh, it's our secret!
Musical Background:
Semi-Pro
Musical Style:
Rock, Metal
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Submitted November 10, 2011 by a customer from yahoo.com
"High priced, probably great for someone that wants more distortion and the choice of a couple octave voices to throw in."
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I would look for something else
Sound
The sound of this pedal was very good I suppose but not for the sound I was looking for. If I was to use this with the overdrive up for max distortion it would be exactly what I would have expected from it but running it clean made the bass sound more like an organ than anything else. Even if I used it with just the octave up it did not sound co-hesive as far as pitch is concerned.
Features
Features are limited to exactly what you see. octave up, fouth below octave up and fith above octave up.Gain and overdrive.
Ease of Use
It's very easy to use. I could not achive the sound I was hoping to get.
Quality
I have no qualms with the manufacturing quality of the pedal
Value
Reasonable price for what you get. I would have liked it to be about a hundred bones cheaper though.
Manufacturer Support
Did not contact them
The Wow Factor
Don't want it. It has been returned
Musical Background:
40 years guitar experience 2 yrs bass
Musical Style:
Christian and rock, country, blues
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