Do I really need to use pedals ... and if so, which one(s)?

[sloppy_phil]

Sorry ... I meant the low pass/high pass filter.

A pedal like this can tame unwanted harsh treble frequencies (low passing) in a much more precise way than most amp EQ's, and likewise it can tame that wooly, low rumble that just seems to overtake things (high passing) with similar precision. It's a great tool for dealing with rooms that are boomy, have harsh reflections, or both. Some amps have very precise EQ points that can do similarly, but I would contend that most do not, so a L/HPF pedal can be a very useful utility device.

It may be worth looking into, despite the limited amount of gigs coming up, but I expect you'll be just fine running straight into your amp for the remaining shows.

 

[REV]

Sorry ... I meant the low pass/high pass filter.

In a building with lots of hard surfaces or high ceilings the high pass filter will tame some of the low end. I also use a foam pad back by the bridge underneath the strings. These two things make the bass sound much more manageable.

 

[bass12]

No need for a pedal unless you want what that particular pedal has to offer. I have several pedals but most of the time I leave the pedalboard at home and bring only a tuner. I personally don't like using a compressor pedals. If FOH wants to add some light compression to my signal that's up to them, but out of my amp? No thanks.

 

[Ralph124C41]

In a building with lots of hard surfaces or high ceilings the high pass filter will tame some of the low end. I also use a foam pad back by the bridge underneath the strings. These two things make the bass sound much more manageable.

Thanks. With the smaller 12-inch speaker I don't detect a lot of low-end mud ... but that may be my hearing. However, as I said, a few of the gigs coming up will be on concrete floors I think so I would like to improve the sound a bit ... on the cheap however ... so I'm thinking of some type of foam padding or something to raise the unit up a tad. I know there have been posts here about the merits of raising an amp but this would just be a small bit.

 

[Ralph124C41]

A pedal like this can tame unwanted harsh treble frequencies (low passing) in a much more precise way than most amp EQ's, and likewise it can tame that wooly, low rumble that just seems to overtake things (high passing) with similar precision. It's a great tool for dealing with rooms that are boomy, have harsh reflections, or both. Some amps have very precise EQ points that can do similarly, but I would contend that most do not, so a L/HPF pedal can be a very useful utility device.

It may be worth looking into, despite the limited amount of gigs coming up, but I expect you'll be just fine running straight into your amp for the remaining shows.

Thanks. I wonder if I could achieve that through the settings on my amp and/or the use of that EQ pedal I have. It's a general-purpose EQ pedal but it does have .

Actually now that I look at it (it was a box of pedal I want to sell) I see it is an ENO 7-bnd (Not 10-band) pedal but it does offer +/- 15 dB and goes down to 64 Hz so that should help me with my 4-string bass.

Are there some suggestions for settings I could use. I looked at the remaining gig schedule and there seem to be at least two and as many as four venues that will have concrete bottoms. Our "big" gig is coming up next week at the county fair and I don't know what surface it will be on.

 

[fnp5150]

Since you don't have any pedal experience, by the time you figured out a multi-Fx and how to program it, you would no longer need it. At least that's the conclusion I came to when I thought about buying one.