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08-08-2010, 09:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Frederick, Maryland | | | Need a suggestion for a 4th pedal on my mini-board!
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I'm heading up to Ikea today to get a lil' Gorm thinggy to make a small pedal board. I made a big Gorm board last year, but i don't really need all 20ish pedals for any of my bands, live.
So, right now it's gonna be:
-Boss Tuner (TU-2)
-Bluebeard Fuzz
-Boss Bass Chorus (CEB-3)
-???
I was thinking an overdrive, but i don't think i need it... also thinking about my Bass Muff and using it in Dry mode as a super subtle fuzz...
This is for a garage indie-pop band. So it's a pretty fuzzy-buzzy sound, which is why i'm thinking dirt... but if anyone thinks anything else might make a good choice, i'm all ears! 
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08-08-2010, 09:59 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | | | Ditch the CEB-3 and up for a better chorus. I'd throw in an overdrive, but that's just me. Mabey a flanger?
tuner->OD->chorus or flange->bluebeard |
08-08-2010, 10:28 AM
|  | Mostly french, not really fried | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Somewhere near Montreal, CA | | | octaver
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08-08-2010, 10:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Frederick, Maryland | | | I honestly haven't come across a chorus in the $100 and under range that has performed as well as the CEB-3... i've heard that the boss chorus ensamble is good... but i haven't seen one in a while... but i'm open to suggestions...
The flange is a good option... i love my BF-2.
I do NOT want an octaver... octaves and me are not on good terms... over the past three years i have owned the OC-2, OC-3, Micro POG, and an EBS Octabass.... i haven't liked any of them :/
Honestly, the best octave i have found is the lame lil' octave setting on my BSW.
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08-08-2010, 10:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: WI, USA | | | I've played with the CEB-3, I'm not sure why people slag on it so much.
Maybe an EQ for solo boosts, and to help deal with the god-awful acoustics of most rooms? |
08-08-2010, 10:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | | | I have a BF-3, but I'm going to upgrade to probably a Hartman or ToadWorks. If you're sticking to the $100ish price range then use the BF-2. I'm just not a big fan of Boss except for the TU-3. Sell some of your other effects that you don't use too often and go for an Analogman chorus with the deep mod. Personally, I'd go with the Fromel Seraph. You get what you pay for... |
08-08-2010, 10:51 AM
| | | | I'd say definitely and overdrive... If you don't want one, then a synthy fuzz. Try the Mastotron. Or an octaver.
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08-08-2010, 10:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London, England | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Din Of Win  I was thinking an overdrive, but i don't think i need it... | Actually, EVERYBODY needs an overdrive. This is scientific fact.
I like the VT when playing with rounds and a pick, and the SFT for fingerstyle with flats... the BB Preamp is also good and sounds great as a booster going into a muff to give it a bit more of a kick. |
08-10-2010, 09:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Frederick, Maryland | | | Well, it's a toss-up between my BF-2 (my 'eh, why not' choice) and ODB-3 (synthy OD and/or volume booster/light OD).
Again... no octaver!
To the dudes reccomending an upgrade... i also have bad (2nd hand) experience with that. I play LOTS of venues, and some are quite a bit more seedy than others. I'm not gonna roll in with $200 pedals and risk someone walking off with one just for a liiiiitle bit better sound.
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08-10-2010, 09:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | | | If it's between those two pedals, definately go with the BF-2. I had the ODB-3 and thought very lowly of it...not what I was looking for in an overdrive at all. If you want, check out the classifieds. I have a GT2 for sale and that will definately cover your OD section given your price range. |
08-10-2010, 09:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Frederick, Maryland | | | I actually LOVE the ODB-3. I think it's a criminally underrated pedal and i think a vast majority of people don't use it to the best of it's ability. I see young bassists all the time crank everything all the way to the right and it's incoherent killer bees. I keep the blend on mostly dry and keep the gain at around 8 or 9 o'clock and it's awesome for a subtle OD or, more often, a volume booster.
I have a modded bad monkey if i want tubey OD tones, but that's not really what i want/need.
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08-10-2010, 10:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | | | Then go for it! It's your board and you should feel comfortable using it. I know Flea uses the ODB-3, can be heard on All Around the World. |
08-10-2010, 10:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Frederick, Maryland | | | PS - Thanks for the heads up on the pedal for sale, dude! Had i the funds, i'd be all over it!
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08-10-2010, 04:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: America's High-Five | | | Delays are hella fun.
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08-10-2010, 04:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: North San Diego | | | Hella fun
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08-10-2010, 05:03 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Studio City, CA | | | I use my Tu-ner off the pedal board, so my mini board is three pedals: Octaver; Chorus; and Sustain/Compression or OD (depending on the situation).
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08-10-2010, 07:11 PM
| | Mostly french, not really fried | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Somewhere near Montreal, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Din Of Win Honestly, the best octave i have found is the lame lil' octave setting on my BSW. | Same here. I have an MXR BOD, but eerily, Mode 2 on the BSW tracks better, IMHO.
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08-10-2010, 07:17 PM
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08-10-2010, 07:25 PM
|  | God of Thunder...retired. | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Columbus, Ohio | | | Get a brassmaster clone.
You have standard fuzz covered, so you need something over the top. |
08-10-2010, 07:28 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: The Empire State | | | Ditch the bluebeard for an Audio Monk Fuzzpotion and round out the bunch with an MXR Bass DI+ or Sansamp ParaDriver for EQ and tone shaping. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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