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Does anybody just plug and play anymore?
- Thread starter MJ_Sotti
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Yes at times and also no at times. Just depends on situation.
For the most part I have for years. I do use a Sans amp to add some depth to my SS rigs. I think years ago the tube amps just had that warm sound and pushing them broke them up..in a good way. There was less need for effects to get a nasty tones. The SS amps are awesome but allot of them are stale and kind of boring tone wise.
In my new band I'm a pedal junkie and its refreshing to have fun with my bass playing again.
In my new band I'm a pedal junkie and its refreshing to have fun with my bass playing again.
Yes, I do. No need for more. A good bass, a cable and straight to the amp or FOH.
gregbackstrom
These aren't stock curves--things move around!
For church, yes (although my cord is a wireless). For my cover band and rock band, I use pedals.
Up until a few years ago, yes.
But I realized my sound was lacking something for my three piece band, so I bought a big muff.
But I realized my sound was lacking something for my three piece band, so I bought a big muff.
I put a Boss tuner between bass and head so I can mute between sets and unplug active bass... is that unnecessary? It seems my old Ibanez eats batteries every month.
For me this is totally based on my objective.
When I practice technical exercises, metronome exercises, scales, arpeggios, and such, I will keep my signal as clean and uncolored as possible. Usually this means that I am in plug and play mode. I generally use my beat-up PJB Briefcase for this (the small graphic EQ is about all the coloring I need).
When I'm working creatively, I like to expand my sonic palette. That's when the effects and heavier gear come in!
Best,
~Nick "Klaus" G.
When I practice technical exercises, metronome exercises, scales, arpeggios, and such, I will keep my signal as clean and uncolored as possible. Usually this means that I am in plug and play mode. I generally use my beat-up PJB Briefcase for this (the small graphic EQ is about all the coloring I need).
When I'm working creatively, I like to expand my sonic palette. That's when the effects and heavier gear come in!
Best,
~Nick "Klaus" G.
I just use a self-muting cord like this one:
2 STAGG NGC6SWR 20 FT PROFESSIONAL INSTURMENT GUITAR CABLE W MUTE SWITCH 2 PACK
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For the vast bulk of my 25 years of playing I have been. But recently I have fallen in love with the TC Spark Booster which I add in front of my Eden WT 550. My rig is so clean and this pedal provides the grit that my current band needs. I have NEVER been so happy with a pedal, although I did love my sansamp when I had one. Current bass amps are all about being lightweight and super clean which is great, but sometimes I need the grit and grind. I doubt out side of just messing around for fun that I have a need for another pedal.
Abosolutely. Starting in the late 70's I got all tangled up in a quagmire of fx pedals, trying to achieve this ultimate tone or sound that I had in my head. Then about 3 1/2 years ago I got a low powered tube head, plugged my bass straight in, and what do you know? There it was in all of its glory. I had been trying to 'simulate' a sound with toys when I could have spent a hell of a lot less money if had figured that out 20 years ago. Now I use one footswitch to switch between clean and overdrive channels on the amp, and I take both flat and round wound strung basses to the gig. I can get so many varied colors from that set up, and my sound has never been better.
Really? 4 1/2 years on TB and you've never seen the threads in the effects forum that pop up regularly and get shut down because of the heated debate between those that use pedals and those that don't?????
In the end I don't actually care what gear I plug into, but I've always been a fan of simple. For what I need that means an amp and a cab. I'm entirely too lazy to worry over any more pieces of gear.
