Mooer Bass Sweeper 4-stars Reviews

Bass Shake

You guessed it: Funky!

It adds depth and movement to my bass lines - one or our songs in particular.

Sound-wise, this has an incredible variety, so you can be creative. Although it looks more suited for Disco and Funk, I use it in Grunge and Metal, and it is useful for covering whatever you like if you have time to discover the tone.

I got this one at the same time I got a Big Muff nano, so I didn't use much of the fuzz.

Funny enough, it is a tiny pedal!

What I dislike: the intensity knob is not that hard to turn, so, it may be messed during the gig, but rarely.

All else is to shake the stage.

Really good for those Bootsy Collins vibes

If you are looking for an inspiring sound coming out of your bass guitar and you are in the like of Bootsy Collins then you should definitely give this pedal a try.

I use it with my fender P-bass and to my Ampeg BA-210 V2 bass guitar amp. It matches really good with the LaBella 760FS Deep Talking flatwound strings that I have installed on this bass guitar. With this set-up I am very close to the James Jamerson (Motown) sound.

By adding the Mooer Bass Sweeper in the chain, I slightly shape the classic Motown sound into a more Bootsy-type sound. This way it cut's better through the mix. But be careful not to overdo it because too much envelope filter can sound annoying. Keeping the intensity knob around 9 - 10 o'clock will limit the pedal's presence in a level that is groovy and interesting enough without sounding cheesy in the mix.

I also own a EBS BassIQ envelope filter which is a more expensive and great overall bass envelope filter, and I have found that the Mooer is pretty good for what it does without breaking the bank. I would recommend it to someone who likes funky sounds.

Handy, small and affordable pedal to have

Delivers a pretty nice sound considering you can wrap your whole hand in it! It's really fun to mess with, but kind of a one trick pony for such a quirky effect. There are a few things that should be noted though.

1- I prefer when the 'Fuzz' is engaged but it gives you a boost in volume when you activate the pedal. The intensity knob reduces the effect itself and not the volume output (which I guess could have been another feature).

2- I play my bass with the knob that controls treble half way turned and even then I found it better to turn it all down. This pedal picks up every string 'pluck' or 'smack' on the pick-ups reproduces it with a very piercing high sound unless you play more calmly. But maybe that's something I'll get used to or fix with more fine tuning on the preamp that's running before.

I basically bought it so I didn't have pay for shipment. Overall, for the price (!!), it's a great sounding pedal and with some other pedals running delivers very tasty sounds that I'm sure will be using!

Nice little toy for the occasional bass freak out

I consider this a nice toy for use with my bass on the odd occasion, say for a whacky bass solo, or the odd bit of funk fueled mayhem. It doesn't break the bank and you can get some decent funky tones out of it with the various controls it has; however if you're looking for a dedicated, high quality envelope filter pedal, I'd look elsewhere. For the odd use here and there tough, it's fine.

compact and good sounding pedal

It's clear that this pedal is an Electro Harmonix bass balls clone. And a good one at that! It sounds practically the same. The sensitivity knob does what the one on the bass balls does and the switch adds the same kind of fuzzy distortion the bass balls can give you.

and it doesn't stop there. with the Bass Balls you have to op up the pedal to be able to adjust the two filters. Not with the sweeper! The good people at Mooer have put to little knobs on there to adjust these filters without having to open up the pedal, which is a nice extra.

So, if you're thinking about buying a Bass Balls, look into the sweeper. It takes up a lot less space on your pedalboard, sounds the same and has the filter knobs in reach. I own both (bass balls & sweeper), but it's the sweeper that's permanently on my board.