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Does anybody just plug and play anymore?

damn @Mosfed you have two montery assembly count to five, what a show off :)!

I actually have 3 and a 4th pre-order on the way. ....




And I still haven't really figured out how to use *one*.





Man that pedal has to be the absolute antithesis of Bass-cable-amp. Nothing could be further from your natural sound.
 
Always without pedals except for one band in the 90's. With that one I ran a Rat pedal through an SVT classic. Devastating bass tone to say the least but that is not my sound anymore. I have toyed with the idea of a Sansamp because of what I read on here (just for fun and versatility) but I could live without it.
 
this is definitely me....for 30+ years. I think in high school I would insert a chorus pedal just to experiment...but never used outside of the practice room.

I grew up - and am still part of the hardcore punk scene(I guess?....since you never really "leave" the scene) so it was usually plug my p bass into whatever cab was there.
 
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Lately, I run DI from the pre in my GK amp to the FOH, but use a few toys in what I hear on the stage. The others up there kind of like all the cool sounds, but the audience (it's a church) probably can do without them. Which is fine. We have fun and they don't know it! The praise singers really like the sounds - minister of music doesn't care so much. So it's really sort of both.