A good bass guitarist understands the importance of leveling up their sound, exploring new approaches, and looking for ways to differentiate their playing style. Bass effect pedals add character to a remarkable sound. Although the six-string crowd gets the lion’s share of stomp boxes, these pedals are a coveted element of low-frequency fans. Branching way further than icons such as MXR Bass Compressor or the Electro-Harmonix Bass Big Muff Pi, effects like Aguilar Filter Twin and DOD Meatbox showcase the enormous world of sonic possibility for bassists.
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Bass, Distortion
Aguilar AGRO
Aguilar’s AGRO is based on the saturation channel of its famed AG 500 bass head. It can produce anything from warm, tube-like overdrive to extreme distortion, delivering the grind you want without sucking out your low end. The AGRO provides various overdriven sounds within a user-friendly, 4-knob layout. It includes CONTOUR control that lets you dial in a scooped or more powerful boosted midrange sound, SATURATION control which introduces a tremendous range of distortion, output LEVEL control to ensure that you get your desired distortion, and PRESENCE knob for adding the perfect amount of “attack.”
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Bass, Chorus
Aguilar Chorusaurus
Aguilar Chorusaurus Bass Chorus Pedal is not your dime-a-dozen chorus. Delivering Aguilar’s signature warm, rich tone, the Chorusaurus leverages analog bucket-brigade technology for a luxurious, organic chorusing. The Chorusaurus provides bassists unparalleled control over their tone with an intuitive, 4-knob layout. The WIDTH, RATE, and INTENSITY controls enable maximum tonal sculpting, while the BLEND controls the ratio of wet and dry signals. The Chorusaurus allows you to dial in full-on chorusing, subtle swirling textures, and anything in between.
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Bass, Filter
Aguilar Filter Twin
The Filter Twin utilizes two similar filters sweeping in opposite directions—one down in frequency, the other up in frequency—to produce original filter tones or classic 70’s-inspired funk sounds. Two filters sweeping at once provide you a more natural, vocal quality and let you create expressive new sounds. Use the THRESHOLD control to determine the unit’s sensitivity to different playing styles, BLEND to adjust the mix between the filters, and VELOCITY controls to determine every filter’s speed.
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Bass, Fuzz
Aguilar Fuzzistor
Delivering Aguilar bass pedals’ trademark textured and deep tone, the Fuzzistor offers classic silicon transistor distortion. It evokes the sound of classic vintage dirt while maintaining the low end goodness put out by your bass. Crafted particularly for bass guitar, the Fuzzistor tightens up low frequencies instead of choking or lopping them off entirely. This classic silicon transistor circuit adds warm-fuzzies to your sound and includes some fundamental contemporary features, such as a wet-dry blend to bring some untouched signal back into the mix and tilt-style EQ for an extensive range of tonal shaping.
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Bass, Phaser
Aguilar Grape Phaser
If you are in the market for a bass phaser that will not zap your low end and is easy to use, check out the Aguilar Grape Phaser. This simple two-knobber produces fat, funky filter effects and liquid-y movement on the fly. The Grape Phaser contains a RATE control that manages your modulation speed and COLOR control that sends a portion of your signal back through the phase-shifting circuit to produce super funky and unique bass sounds. Needless to worry about root notes popping through as its four-stage circuitry maintains your low end.
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Bass, Octave & Pitch
Aguilar Octamizer
All bassists crave a deep, organic tone. The Octamizer produces an extensive range of musical sounds one octave below your original note. It boasts independent volume controls for both the Octave and Clean sounds, making dialing in the perfect amount of each a breeze. Both discrete signal paths have their tone controls intended to improve and broaden their musical possibilities. The CLEAN TONE control allows for boosting of bass while cutting treble and vice versa, while the OCTAVE FILTER control allows you to shape the octave sound from deep and smooth to aggressive and edgy.
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Bass, Compressor
Aguilar TLC
The TLC Compressor is an invaluable musical tool, whether you are recording or onstage. It is built to empower you to control your dynamics in a flexible and musical fashion. Thanks to Aguilar’s proprietary Trans Linear Control (TLC) circuit, it can deliver unprecedented levels of performance within a compact package. The Aguilar TLC Compressor provides you with a range of control often available only in pricey studio compressors and lets you dial in just the right sound.
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Bass, Equalisation
Aguilar Tone Hammer
The Aguilar Tone Hammer preamp/direct box allows you to take full control of your tone. It is an invaluable addition to every bassist’s toolbox. Built on the OBP-3 preamp, the sturdy Tone Hammer boasts wholly sweepable midrange frequencies, treble, and bass controls. This powerful combination places multiple sculpting capabilities at your fingertips, and you may directly connect it to a live sound system or your recording rig. The Tone Hammer is rocking the Adaptive Gain Shaping circuitry, allowing you to dial in anything from serious overdrive to vintage tones.
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Bass, Tuner
ammoon Mini Chromatic Tuner
It might not be the most glamorous of guitar effects pedals, but a good tuner is a must-have essential for any and all musicians. Whether you shred a six-string or slap a bass, you can make sure you always stay in tune with the Mini Chromatic Tuner from ammoon. Its big, bright LED display lets you know your exact tuning easily even when you’re playing on a dark stage surrounded by dry ice fog, and its true bypass switch means you won’t have to worry about your guitar signal getting corrupted.
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Bass
Behringer Bass Limiter Enhancer
Every bass player knows that volume inconsistency is unavoidable even when you’re playing at the highest possible performance level. Well, until the Behringer Bass Limiter Enhancer BLE400 came around, that is. The BLE400 evens out your tone to make it as robust as your playing by smoothing out harsh volume peaks, making it invaluable for bass players who often employ slapping and popping styles in their playing. The Ratio knob controls the amount of compression while the Thresh knob controls when you want the compressor to kick in.
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Bass, Overdrive
Behringer Bass Overdrive
With massive fat tone, silky smooth sustain, and tube-like distortion, the Behringer Bass Overdrive BOD400 Authentic Tube-Sound Overdrive is a must for any bass player who wants their sound to truly growl and snarl. Its Balance knob lets you mix the exact amount of overdriven sound you want with your natural bass sound for extra clarity and punch. Best of all, the BOD400 is specially designed for bass guitars, so there’s no danger of your tone’s bottom end dropping out when you turn it on—even if you have a five- or six-string bass.
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Bass, Overdrive
Boss BB-1X Bass Driver
Let your bass go big and bold like never before with the Boss BB-1X Bass Driver, a badass bass overdrive pedal that goes beyond other bass-specific overdrive pedals and acts more like a preamp. Whether you’re eliciting natural clean tones or biting, growling distortion, the Boss BB-1X Bass Driver keeps your bass guitar’s core tone crystal clear and doesn’t muffle your low end. Use its quartet of powerful settings dials to shape your sound further and add more punch, body, and presence to your tone.
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Bass, Compressor
Boss BC-1X Bass Comp
The Boss BC-1X Bass Comp is a compressor pedal with attitude. Boasting Boss’ game-changing Multi-Dimensional Processing (MDP) technology for pro-level multiband compression and intelligent circuit controls, this easy-to-use effects pedal helps make sure you get a completely natural sound no matter the setting by applying just the right amount of compression to each of your signal’s frequencies. The Boss BC-1X Bass Comp is the easiest way to get studio-quality sound at every gig you play.
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Bass, Chorus
Boss CEB-3 Bass Chorus
When you’re all about that bass, you need a chorus pedal that can keep up with your bottom end. The Boss CEB-3 Bass Chorus is specially designed to handle the strictest demands of a professional bass player, applying rich chorus effects to higher frequencies while minimizing muddiness on the low end with a Low Filter knob. The Boss CEB-3 Bass Chorus is the perfect stompbox for bassists who want a greater range of expression and a resonating, more compelling sound.
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Bass, Equalisation
Boss GEB-7 7-Band Bass EQ
The Boss GEB-7 Bass Equalizer is the pinnacle of seven-band equalizer pedals built specifically to handle the bottom-heavy frequency ranges of electric bass guitars, including five- and six-string models. Thanks to a frequency range that goes as low as 50Hz, the GEB-7 can also handle tone and depth adjustments for an upright bass outfitted with pickups. Each of the GEB-7’s seven EQ bands can be boosted or cut by up to 15dB, while a gain control features a range of +/-15dB.
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Bass, Multi-effects
Boss GT-1B Bass Multi-effects
The Boss GT-1B gives bass players professional-level tonal control in a small and sturdy package. Whether you’re in at home, in the studio, or on stage, you can easily engage a massive selection of amp sounds and effects optimized exclusively for bass. You can tweak parameters quickly on the fly thanks to the GT-1B’s streamlined user interface, adjust multiple effects in real-time with the onboard control switch and built-in express pedal, or discover new sonic soundscapes by connecting to Boss Tone Central.
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Bass
Boss LMB-3 Bass Limiter/Enhancer
With a limiter effect and specially designed enhancer circuit built specifically for electric bass signals, the LMB-3 Bass Limiter/Enhancer effects pedal gives you complete and total control over your bass guitar’s dynamic range and get consistent bass lines that sound as steady as a rock. Use LMB-3’s Enhance knob to dial in a punchy, cutting sound, the Ratio knob to get more flexibility in adjusting the limiter level, and the Threshold level control for precise fine-tuning.
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Bass, Multi-effects
Boss Me-50B Bass Multi-Effects
Boss makes every bass player’s multi-effect dreams come true with the ME-50B Bass Multiple Effects floor-based multi-effects processor built specifically for electric bass signals. The ME-50B features COSM Compressor/Limiter and Drive effects, T-Wah, Slow Gear, Defretter, and more. You can keep time with the new Kick Drum effect, sustain low notes when playing on top with the Sound Hold function, and skip the menu-surfing thanks to dedicated control knobs for each of the ME-50B’s effects sections.
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Bass, Overdrive
Boss ODB-3 Bass Overdrive
Bassists already excel at putting out chest-pounding rhythms and lines, but if you want to push the envelope even further then the Boss ODB-3 Bass Overdrive pedal is the right stompbox for the job. Designed specifically for bass guitar signals, the ODB-3 gives you all the bone-shattering distortion you need for your aggressive hard rock, thrash, and punk riffs. You can control your dry and overdriven sounds with the Balance knob, while an onboard two-band equalizer lets you sculpt your tone even further.
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Bass, Synth
Boss SYB-5 Bass Synthesizer
Getting fatter and funkier bass sounds has never been easier than with the Boss SYB-5 Bass Synthesizer stompbox. Based on the classic SYB-3, the SYB-5 takes synth pedals to a whole new level by using the latest in Boss’s Digital Signal Procession (DSP) technology to recreate the SYB-3’s classic analog synth tones and giving it more punch and sonic power. You can even use the stompbox’s pedal to hold a note and jam to it.
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Bass, Fuzz
Caline Fuzz Bear
The Caline CP-46 Fuzzy Bear Fuzz guitar effect pedal gives you smooth, classic fuzz sound powered by a vintage germanium transistor. It’s tiny, sturdy, and its fuzz tones punch way above its price point, giving you crunch and dirt highly reminiscent of an Arbiter Fuzz Face or a Hartman Germanium Fuzz. With only two dedicated control knobs for Level and Fuzz, the Caline CP-46 Fuzzy Bear Fuzz is very easy to use and comes with a true bypass feature.
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Bass, Overdrive
Carl Martin Bass Drive
The Carl Martin Bass Drive Bass EQ Effect Pedal boasts tweaked EQ and crunch to give a warm “tube” sound to new digital bass rigs and enhance their performance. Achieve that signature John Entwistle tone, round, big and phat with the perfect amount of sustain to position your bass properly within the mix and enable it to “pop” in recording and live situations. Instead of sitting on top, the Drive knob blends with your bass tones evenly and naturally keeps a full bottom-end.
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Bass, Speaker Simulation
Catalinbread SFT
The Catalinbread SFT is the brand’s take on the respected Ampeg SVT circuit, offering tone shaping and drive options for bass and guitar. Boasting a two-band Baxandall EQ circuit, along with the Gain and Volume knobs, the SFT is capable of outright distortion, amp emulation, subtle tone-shaping, or painting all shades of saturation in between. Whether you are in the market for a bass overdrive, guitar distortion, or the ultimate heavy drop tune saturator, the Catalinbread SFT can do the job.
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Bass, Preamp
Darkglass Alpha Omega Ultra
The Alpha·Omega Ultra from Darkglass is arguably among the most versatile bass preamps available. It boasts two separate distortion circuits, which let you explore fantastic tonal frontiers while indulging in an immense dynamic range, and a six-band active graphic EQ for creating new sonic textures. The Distortion and Bypass footswitches permit individual use of the EQ and distortion. The Alpha·Omega Ultra also features a switchable ground lift for removing unwanted hum, headphone output for silent practice sessions, and Micro-USB B port for loading new virtual cabinets from your PC or Mac.
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Bass, Overdrive
Darkglass Alpha Omicron
Enjoy exceptional versatility, harmonic lush and bone-crushing sound with the Darkglass AlphaOmicron. It is made for bassists seeking a preamp to be distinctively heard in various musical contexts. The Blend knob combines processed and clean signals. The Level control sets the volume of the overdriven signal, allowing for fine mix tuning, while the Drive knob adjusts the amount of overdrive gain. The Alpha-Omicron features two discrete distortion circuits—Alpha is punchy, tight with plenty of definition, whereas Omega is merely raw and brutal.
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Bass, Fuzz
Darkglass Duality
Achieve your ideal fuzz tones with this highly customizable Duality fuzz pedal from Darkglass. It features two distinct fuzz circuits—a raunchy high-gain sound and a gated saw-tooth wave—that you can blend to achieve a massive selection of unique sonic textures. The Duality consists of Blend, Level, Filter, and Duality knobs. Filter adjusts the amount of high-frequency content, Blend combines the clean with the fuzz signal, Level sets the output volume of the affected signal, and Duality selects and mixes fuzz circuits.
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Bass, Compressor
Darkglass Hyper Luminal
Get a studio’s worth of compressors that fit on your pedalboard with the Hyper Luminal compressor pedal from Darkglass. Incorporating digitally modeled sidechain circuits and a 100% analog signal path, the Hyper Luminal recreates some of the most iconic compression tones of all time. It gives you three selectable modes (BUS, SYM, and FET) and access to advanced fine-tuning and mapping through an inbuilt USB interface and free Darkglass Suite software. The Hyper Luminal also features a 10-segment Gain Reduction meter for setting your compression level.
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Bass, Distortion
Darkglass Microtubes B3K 2.0
The Darkglass Microtubes B3K V2 provides you with all the features of the original, plus the ability to restore the mid frequencies for natural character. The attack switch was replaced by the Tone knob, delivering further control of the higher harmonic content. The Microtubes B3K V2 also features the Grunt switch which allows you to set the amount of LF content to be saturated and a Mid Boost switch that gives a subtle 6dB boost to 300Hz. This pedal will surely bring a powerful and defined saturation in an intuitive format.
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Bass, Preamp
Darkglass Microtubes B7K Ultra
The Darkglass Microtubes B7K Ultra V2 builds on its predecessor’s sonic tenacity and provides extreme versatility for your bass tone. At the request of several players, Darkglass has incorporated a balanced XLR output with switchable cabinet emulation—you can get whole, amp-like tone by merely going straight to the recording chain or sound system. You may also connect to your PC or Mac using a USB to load up various virtual cabinet emulations. From your rehearsal to recording or performance, the Microtubes B7K Ultra V2 is a handy bass preamp pedal.
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Bass, Preamp
Darkglass Microtubes B7K Ultra Gold
Whether you are going direct or plugging into a bass amp, the Microtubes B7K Ultra V2 bass preamp pedal from Darkglass is an excellent way to optimize your bass tone. It combines an independently switchable overdrive, powerful preamp, and four-band EQ to bring ample sonic options. The Microtubes B7K Ultra V2 carries Grunt and Attack switches that determine how the overdrive circuit affects your lows and highs. This pedal is great for bolstering your bass tone for recording or performance.
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Bass, Preamp
Darkglass Microtubes B7K V2
The Darkglass Microtubes B7K V2 bass preamp pedal goes beyond an exceptional DI. It is a pedal-sized preamplifier and aggressive-sounding drive. It leverages the exact dynamic saturation circuit, four-band EQ, and balanced line driver that has earned Darkglass its place on numerous bassists’ boards. The V2 boasts exceptional tonal shaping abilities thanks to its Attack and Grunt controls as well as two mid-frequency selector switches. The dual outputs make parallel processing and running your signal into a mixing console or PA system a breeze.
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Bass, Preamp
Darkglass Microtubes X
The Darkglass Microtubes X perfects the recipe for a powerful distorted bass that keeps the low-end impact. The key to punchy distorted bass is letting your highs and mids give the harmonic drive while keeping your low fundamentals undistorted and firm. The Microtubes X pedal does that by dividing your signal to two variable filters before the gain stage, allowing you to shape your drive tone with the perfect blend of bite and boom. It is capable of delivering defined bass tones regardless of how thin or boomy your bass may sound alone or how old your strings are.
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Bass, Preamp
Darkglass Microtubes X7
Bassists playing various styles love the flexibility of the four-band graphic EQ on the Microtubes X7 pedal. Regardless of how many vocalists, keyboards, and guitars you are working with, you can dial in the ideal midrange character to sit perfectly in the mix. You get low and high shelving bands, along with sliders for 1kHz and 500Hz. A master level slider lets you compensate for intense boosts or cuts. Equipped with a four-band graphic EQ for nailing your midrange character, the Microtube X7 pedal offers strong, tight, defined tones with any bass.
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Bass, Preamp
Darkglass Vintage Deluxe V3
The Vintage Deluxe V3 serves up the tube-like tone of Darkglass’ Vintage Microtubes and provides improved functionality, including a balanced line driver, active four-band equalization, and parallel outputs. Apart from Drive and Level controls, the pedal equips you with four secret weapons—Grunt switch, Attack switch, Blend control, and four-band EQ. The Vintage Deluxe V3 is perfect if you want to supercharge your bass tone with the organic compression and natural dynamics of vintage tube amps and tape machines within a tiny unit that fits inside your gig bag.
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Bass, Overdrive
Darkglass Vintage Microtubes
The Darkglass Vintage Microtubes allows you to produce natural-sounding warm, tube-like tones. Playing through this pedal gives an organic compression evocative of vintage tube amps and tape machines. The Vintage Microtubes features Blend, Drive, and Level knobs you can utilize to dial in and fine-tune its overdriven and clean signals. The pedal boasts an Era knob that delivers anything from ’70s midrange warmth to contemporary metallic punch. The Vintage Microtubes might be just what your tone has been missing.
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Bass, Overdrive
Darkglass Vintage Microtubes Deluxe
The Vintage Microtubes Deluxe from Darkglass serves up the Vintage Microtubes’ signature warm, tube-like tones and includes a four-band active EQ, balanced line driver, and parallel output. It gives that natural dynamic response and organic compression of vintage tape machines and tube amplifiers, cramming four decades of iconic tones within a unit that fits inside your gig bag. The Vintage Microtubes Deluxe features controls for Blend, Drive, Level, Hi Mids, Low, Low Mids, and Treble, as well as Attack and Grunt switches.
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Bass, Preamp
Darkglass Vintage Ultra
Enjoy broader sonic options for live and studio applications with the Darkglass Vintage Ultra V2 pedal. At the request of players, the Vintage Ultra V2 has an individual switch for the overdrive section, letting you toggle it without changing your other settings. Every mid control includes a three-way toggle switch for six distinct mid-emphasis settings in total. The Master volume control allows you to adjust your signal. Boasting a switchable impulse-response cabinet emulation for realistic direct tone, the Vintage Ultra V2 serves as a one-stop shop for an awesome bass tone.
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Bass, Compressor
Diamond Bass Comp
The Bass Comp is the first Diamond pedal specially designed for bassists. It was launched in response to the interest of bassists in its famed Compressor. With higher headroom and low-frequency response extending down to 20Hz, the Bass Compressor is perfect for active and passive 4/5/6 string basses. The Tilt EQ control has been revoiced, letting you select between the original 900Hz and new 250Hz setting using the mini toggle. The Bass Comp boasts premium audio components, smooth optical compression/limiting, and true bypass signal path.
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Bass, Compressor
Diamond Bass Comp Jr
Just like the original BCP1, the Diamond Bass Comp Jr provides a similar high-quality optical compression as well as a simple yet efficient Tilt style EQ control featuring selectable center frequency (250Hz or 900Hz), increased frequency response and high headroom to fit various active or passive 4/5/6 string basses. All that within a more compact and pedalboard-friendly enclosure compatible with a broader selection of pedalboard power supplies. The Bass Comp Jr features true bypass operation, bi-color LED, and premium audio components.
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Bass, Multi-effects
DigiTech BP90
The DigiTech BP90 boasts five stompboxes, five cabinets, 11 amps, 27 effects, and 100 presets locations (50 factory and 50 user). It includes 40 high-quality drum patterns you can practice with while placing an inbuilt chromatic tuner and headphone jack for silent playing. You can also get real-time control of volume, wah, and DigiTech Whammy effects, thanks to an inbuilt expression pedal. Do not settle for just one bass tone, level up your bass with the BP90 bass multi-effects pedal.
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