Valeton Dapper Bass Effect Strip 4-stars Reviews

the dapper, great choice

sounds are very good, cotrole knobs are quite small but overall very happy with this pedal !

Handy starter kit for gigging with a bass

For the amp simulator and compressor alone, this pedal is well worth it, especially to just get going playing bass live without lugging an amp and researching a lot of pedals.

The chorus, fuzz, and octave effects are fine but limited. They might suit your sound but you will eventually expand beyond this.

Again, for the amp and compressor alone, this was great purchase.

Handy, good effects

Although the size makes it a very compact gadget, it also affects the quality of the effect. Does 80% of what a high end effect gadget should be doing.

A lot of sound in a little strip, but with a little trouble at the start

The Boost/Comp/Tuner switch was a bit finicky at the start, but I was able to loosen the bolt on it, move it around, blow some air through the gap to maybe dislodge some dust, find where it likes to sit, tighten it down, and it's working reliably again.

I got the Dapper Bass to get a tuner, a preamp, and a DI for the bass so I can record with it easily, but as it turns out the other effects on it are pretty useful and great.

The Boost/Comp on this has a lot of oomph in it, and even with both the boost and comp all the way down it's basically a "make my bass feel better" switch. Probably my favorite effect on the whole strip if I'm honest. I'll probably end up using this more than the premp section of the bass.

The tuner is good, not great. Not the most precise, but it works well enough and is easy to use.

Dirty Q is fun and easy to play around with, but hard to find practical uses for. It's a very sensitive envelope filter, and the fuzz effect, while also fun, makes it a bit goofy sounding.

The preamp section is Sans Amp-ish and gives a good amount of EQ control with a nice warm gain sound (like a wool sweater that's a bit itchy). With everything at noon, there does seem to be a bit of a volume drop off, but there's more than enough in both the volume knob and gain knob to make up for that. With all the tone flat, it has a noticable effect on the tone, making it a good bit darker, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. The bass I got, the Harley Benton MB-4 Deluxe, is a bright bass on its own, and the premp section here helps tame it a bit for when that birghtness is not wanted as much.

The octave really makes it rumble when turned up, but I wish it were one octave down and one octave up instead of two octaves down.

The chorus only has a depth knob, but it has a great range on that one knob. It goes from nice and subtle to a big smooth wavey sound. Definitely useful, if only a bit of a one trick pony.

Nice little thing for the money.

All know the features of the Valeton bass effect strip - just enough for every bass player. I personally use it for tuner and envelope filter. Both could be better tracking, but still working. Compressor is useless for me, Octaver is tracking ok , chorus is simple but ok. Preamp section could be useful. All and all Ok.