I need one more pedal

[tomhanzo]

I need one more pedal for finish my board. I just don't know what I need. Can you guys help?

Right now it goes Squier VM Telebass humbucker with a jazz pickup at the bridge > Tuner > TS-9 > PW-9 > Tube Zipper > ???? > Acoustic B200.

I had a Boss NS-2 in the ???? spot, but it sucked tone something awful. I have an EHX Germanium OD I tried at practice today, but it seems to be overkill on the dirt end. I have an AD-9, but i don't use delay much.


SUGGESTIONS?

[walker rosewood]

compressor.

or the generic TB answer..."if you don't know what you need, then you don't need it."

[kosmicwizard]

Way huge pork loin, Tech 21 VT pedal, Aguilar AGRO

or

MarkBass Compressore. Cheers.

[Headless Llama]

You need something expensive.

[Chowowbus]

Its always just one more pedal...just one more...
But yah a sansamp such as a VT or BDDI are both very useful.

[Gawd]

I you don't know what you need, than you don't really need it do you?

[Von Felgenhauer]

Something with a DI

[kenfxj]

I always need one more pedal. And one more bass.

[Chrisk-K]

I need one more pedal for finish my board. I just don't know what I need. Can you guys help?

If you don't know what you need, you better save money. Empty space on a pedal board is OK.

[tomhanzo]

Well I don't need a VT or anything like that cause of the Zipper. Its like my tube preamp.

My amp has a DI in it, so I'm covered there.

I need one more pedal at the end of my board just because of the layout. The Zipper is at the top and its hard to run a line from it, over my power supply, to the amp. Ill post a pic of it here in a min.

I have thought of a compressor or an eq. I think an eq would be awesome for lead sections. I do some lead lines in my band and it would be nice to shape my tone just for that.

[M0ses]

Originally Posted by walker rosewood

or the generic TB answer..."if you don't know what you need, then you don't need it."

I thought it was, "If you don't know what you need, buy something that looks cool."

[vincenzomauer88]

If you don't know what you want, you don't need anything right now. Wait until you find something that you want so bad you'd buy a bigger board just to put it on.

Check the Winter NAMM 2011 thread, sure to give you plenty of ideas to ooogle over

[onosson]

Originally Posted by tomhanzo

My amp has a DI in it, so I'm covered there.

Does your amp's DI have a groundlift and level control? If not, you might consider picking up something which does. I bring along my old trusty Tech21 Sansamp BDDI just for that purpose - I don't really use the tone controls for my sound anymore (run the uneffected out to my amp), but it gives me a predictable tone to send to FOH as well as being tweakable to the soundman's needs (too much bass, too much level, ground-loop hum? - all fixable). There are also a lot of other options in this regard these days (I've had my Sansamp for more than 15 years)

[CannyBusDriver]

the new Mu-tron by 3leaf Audio. Comes out atthe endof this month, preorder for 179 right now. Its called the Proton. Its a perfect sounding envelope filter. Who knows it could be better than the MuTron.....!!!

[EskimoBassist]

Definitely has to be 3 new pedals! Compressor, Pre/Di (ala Sansamp/MXR M-80 etc) and a FUZZ.

[tomhanzo]

The amp has DI level and ground lift.

I've decided on an eq pedal. Now i just have to search the forums for the right one.

[Robertron]

Originally Posted by Chrisk-K

Empty space on a pedal board is OK.

....

....what?

HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LEAVE THE EFFECTS FORUM AND NEVER RETURN!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Chrisk-K

If you don't know what you need, you better save money.

j/k. It really is.
If you save your money you can save up for something that you really want and can make good use of.
Think of it this way.

Save your money and research effects some more. Don't buy any until you really research. Hard. Google is your friend. So is youtube. Take your time deciding, and be sure to test and compare often.
By the time you've chosen what toy you truly want you may have saved enough money for the price of this toy to not even matter too.

[tomhanzo]

Originally Posted by Robertron

By the time you've chosen what toy you truly want you may have saved enough money for the price of this toy to not even matter too.

I agree. The biggest problem is I have that large sum of money . Like i said earlier I realize I just need a boost or eq. I'm thinking eq to make my tone have lots of highs and cut through differently for particular parts of songs.

I have little soloish parts on some songs that I had been using my EHX Germanium OD for a boost for, but not much tone control. I'm hunting for eqs now.

Thanks everyone for wasting time on me

[NortyFiner]

BBE Sonic Stomp maximizer.