Low end just got LOWER | Digitech Drop Bass Review/Demo 

I MUST HAVE THIS PEDAL EFFECT! Thank you for the review!!!

I can't stress enough how underrated this channel is. So many reviews for stuff I was or am considering and yet couldn't find a good review on. Amazing work, playing, editing and content choices! BTW I remember watching the Jack & Danny bass review, immediately looked it up. Found your review there too 😅😅 Edit: if I could offer some advice, it'd be to ask the like - sub question right after the intro or thereabouts. Such great work has to be seen by more of us bassists! Have a great day 😁

Thank for the review. yes it is a must specially for people who do covers songs with different tuning.

If I remember correctly the guitarist of Oceans Ate Alaska uses two of these for some super low breakdowns

Wish I’d got this instead of my octave now for all the tuning options. I have a backup 4 string I’d love to be able to flip into BEAD and use with my band. Hmmm maybe il have to get this. Great video demo man ❤️

I got a good B Stock deal on this. I’ve concluded that I could definitely use this for live and home use for switching tunings on the fly. If I were recording though, I would just tune the bass down accordingly.

I haven't tried digidrop but I bet you can get away with the lower settings and track even better if you run a compressor pedal and use it as a clean boost before going to the digidrop and then use a preamp after the digidrop.

nice bass sound, man!

These pedals are great. The kemper has a similar transpose function built in but the digitech does it better. Great for playing live with!

Great review, I have a cheap multi effect pedal that does a similar thing but not as well. I want to get one of these for when I start putting together a pedal board.

ever since I saw it in a Premier Guitar review, I've been interested in one. good option to do covers, without having to have so many bass guitarrs at the same time.

I have this on my rig for my G/F# tuning bass when i would want to go to F or Low E and i love it lol

This is a great demo of the pedal. :) I'mma buy this for my bass player so he won't have to use elevator cables for strings when our guitar player brings out the guitar that he tunes waaaay below our standard A#.

HI Jonny! do you notice any latency when you pitch shift using the pedal? I own a TC Electronic Brainwaves and i played a fretless bass.. when i detune using the pedal, i do notice some latency, a bit slow in attack.

Sounds amazing! This may be what I have been looking for, I play didgeridoo (it's at Low C#) and enjoy running it through a Kick Drum Mic into my Bass amp, then running it with delay and reverb, I can get some pretty incredible sounds out of it :D But I have been wanting to find something that could let me drop the tone further so I could get a incredibly deep, almost soundscape rumble, do you think this would work? Thanks for the amazing video 🙏

Hey Jonny, I've had this one in my setup for a while now. I bought it to use it in my U2 tributeband as the original guys are switching from standard E tuning to half a step down all the time and it would save me an extra bass on stage. In general it does what it should do and does that very well, as long as you don't go further than 2 or steps down, as you mentioned :) However it's the polyphonic part where it's lacking a bit according to my opnion. I use quite a lot of chords and when striking one with the Drop switched on I'm not very happy with the tone quality. Sound as if there's a lack of calculation capacity as there seems to be a small delay. Try it and I think you'll know what I mean. As long as you play single notes though it's good to go for a live-setting. The octave function is also really nice. Anyway, I ended up with an extra bass on stage AND the Drop in my pedalboard :D

With the large number of short scale basses on the market, these pedals seem like a great fit. Shorty strings are already pretty floppy. Drop tuning could require a bridge adjustment.

This pedal sounds so accurate, I couldn't really distinguish between A and B. Do you think you could do one of those phone filmed videos going over how you record and what equipment you use?

Would this pedal help if I wanted to shift from EADG tuning to DGCF tuning on the fly? I've been trying to learn "The Less I Know The Better" by Tame Impala, and it's tedious switching tunings constantly when I get bored.

Nicely pedal. Thanks for your review. Decide no buy it after wach you.

Hello, is it a special pedal for bass guitar or is there only one model (which we find on many websites) for guitar that corresponds to a use with a bass guitar? thank you and great demonstration

I’ve got a 5 string bass and the rock/metal covers band I’m playing in want to play half a step down. Tuning down half a step makes everything a bit flappy as you mention 🥴 and I’m considering this pedal… have you (or anyone here) tried the pedal with a 5 string and if so did the drop track well/ sound good with the low B down half a step. Thanks 👍

The real question is can you hook up an expression pedal to control the knob on the fly.

Thanks for the review! Quick question, would you place the pedal at the start of the pedal chain or at the end?

Would this be useful for going from A standard to G? Or would thqt he to low? As much as i want a multi scale bass i cant afford one yet...

would this be good for like Drop C and Neck deep type stuff?

Hi there! Quick question! Would this pedal work for an EADG bass to be de-tuned to CGCF??

My bassist is tuned to drop B 4 string, but we want to write songs in Drop G. Would this work? I believe it would be 4 knobs down. On the whammy DT pedal, it starts to sound artificial. Would a compressor pedal fix this issue, or something else?

Can confirm the 4 semitones effective range. Anything lower and it gets very flabby. My band plays only 2 songs in D standard so The Drop comes in very handy. No stopping to retune or change instruments. PS I HATE 5 strings....

I play bass in a Black Sabbath tribute band and I'm looking for something better than what I have. I just bought a Morpheus Droptune and it isnt exactly doing what I thought. The main issue I find is that it has built in effects and adds the effects to the sound making your bass sound warbly and weird when you play on the low end. With the Morpheus I can drop to D without much issue but anything after that everything on the low E string sounds muddy with quite a bit of latency. My question is.... How many semi tones can I go on the Digitech Drop before it starts defeating the purpose? I would like to go as far as C#.

Does this identify all dropped tunings or just low string i e Drop D rather than D standard?

Stupid question where would this pedal be on the pedal board chain closer to the bass after tuner or near the amp thanks for your help?

I have got perfect pitch, so i was confused for a second when playing those comparison riffs, because it said "A", but i heard it is in "B(H)"

I have a question, very important to me. Can i use this in my 5 strings bass to go from B E A D G to G# C# F# B E, without losing sound quality? Is for metal, extreme metal haha

Did anyone tried lower their 5 (or 6) string bass tuning from drop G down to D0?

i wanna hear meshuggah use this!

i'm thinking about getting this pedal to go from E standard down to A standard, would that work? would the notes be too fluttery?

Hi. I got a question. Could I go half a step down and c# drop tune with this pedal? Thanks!!

Sounds as if with every drop the sound is less defined, muddier and has less outptut (not only in the lower notes)...

I have the drop from DigiTech, why didnt they mark each number with a letter? So Im not guessing. Or I can mark each light with the Letter I guess.

I realized "tone suck" when I turn this pedal on... Anyone knows how to fix it?

Ok review but to be fair you should have demo’d the bass in standard tuning to start with. It’s a good unit though.

Can anyone recommend a plug-in that works as well as this pedal for downtuning bass. I know latency is always a issue.

Hm...Drop D tunlng only for the E string possible? The Rest of the strings stay in Standard tuning? That would ve great.

I play bass, and I tune to standard E, and turn on the drop pedal. The first light at the top you said is D? I thought it would start out on E Flat then progress down each 1/2 step. Doesnt make sence.

What if I need to transpose up a whole step or two can i do that? Thanks for the vid.

have you compared it to the EHX Pitch Fork?

👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽I'm here for the jokes 🤣

I actually tuned above standard and using this to achieve charity but at a full octave down. Lol.

try the same with pitch fork, I think it sounds better droping notes than digitech

Hi.. Really want this pedal.. Mabe a stupid question but can you just go half a step down, if so how.. Thanks.

Do you notice the volume lowering when you click the Drop on?

I am honestly tempted, but I would be using it for studio situations......four semitones down.....I think I might have to save up for a 5 string bass, even if I get an affordable one (such as a fender player or a marcus miller) I would probably end up in a better place for the various recording situations with different bands/different tuning....

Strange. I have bought a Digitech Drop and i hear two sounds the notes dropped and the original ones , like an ugly harmonization. They're not from guitar cause i play with high volume or with earphones. The wrong notes came from the amp itself...i have to return it

Can i use this with overdrive pedal?

When I use the pedal, no matter what setting, it sounds like it changes my bass tone to be louder low EQ. Overall it makes my Fender P-Bass not sound as good in my opinion. I would rather detune and keep a clear tone.

Was it preety good?

So how do you think this would handle taking a 5 string bass in B standard down to A standard or even G standard? Not everyone can convince their wife they need a multi scale bass!

Just got lower.... like 10 years ago.

02:27 click here to start the video

I would Like to buy this Pedal to tune down from E Standard to C Standard? Would this Work with good Sound?

They are more expensive now, $250 - 350

Holy shit these are expensive now

You have too much treble on the bass to showcase the drop petal, with a drop D tuning, loose the fret rattle dude 😁

This is cheating haha. Not a bad pedal!

So you can sound like a 5 strings with 4 strings ... Stringception

hi my name is johnny and my face is deformed

if you play bass and need a pedal for those songs in drop D, don't bother with this pedal it won't do it. It can't handle a whole step down without a serious note fluttering effect. A big disappointment imo.

I tried this on a Drop C tuned bass. Tried to go down 3 semitones to A and it sounded like wobbly shit. D seems to be the lowest I would go as a starting point for this pedal.