EQ pedal recommendation?

Hi All,

I think what I'm looking for is an eq pedal. Looking for something that I can use to change my tone when switching from finger style songs and pick songs. About half of my band's songs I play with a pick and the other with fingers. If I eq my amp (or pre amp) for a great tone with a pick, when I play with my fingers it just sounds too warm with no articulation and vice versa, eq'd for fingers then with a pick it sounds too abrasive and bright.

Is there a good eq pedal or something else to engage when I change styles that would solve this?

For reference, my big rig is an SVT/Berg 610t. Small rig is a VTBDI/Quilter BB800/Audiokinesis Hathor 212. Usually some mild grind from DG VMT. Usually playing a Fender P.

Thanks!

 

Thanks for the reply! After I posted my question I started doing more research on all the eq pedals. Maybe I should have done that first. I'm leaning towards the Empress. There doesn't seem to be any bad reviews and the flexibility is a plus. I like the idea of having stored presets on the Source Audio Programable EQ as well.

I've read that the Boss and MXR eq's can add noise and/or tone suck. I'm going to listen to some Youtube reviews on the Empress and the SA.

 

Thanks for the help. I think the Empress is the one.

 

Well I just ordered an Empress. Found one on Reverb close by so I won't have too long for shipping.

I've been using a PT Nano but looks like I'll have to move to my bigger board now.

 

So will the boost work with both the eq engaged and not engaged?

 

Perfect!

 

I'm sure the parametric EQ will have a bit of a learning curve. I have had amps in the past with semi parametric EQ's that I've used with success so I'll figure it out.

My goal with the Empress is to dial in a more aggressive finger style tone with my P bass. I'll have my amp dialed for a nice aggressive pick tone and then engage the Empress for those finger style songs. My thoughts now, even before I have the Empress, is that I'll need to cut some lows and boost mids and highs a bit. Right now the finger tone is just kind of a bloated, bassy, unarticulated sound. What frequencies to boost and cut and what Q's to use? Dunno, but I'll be doing some knob twiddling for sure.

 

I'll try it both ways once it arrives and use whichever works best. Thanks!

 

My Empress arrived today and I've been messing around with it for a while. Like @n1as suggested I set up the VTDI for a nice finger style tone first. I dialed in a great pick tone with the Empress by cutting some of the inherent honky mids from my P bass. I boosted the bass and treble just a bit too. Sounds great! This pedal does exactly what I was looking for. This was just at home though so I'm sure I'll have to tweak it at rehearsal and our gig coming up soon.

Here's a shot of my board with the new addition.

 

Thanks!

 

I really like the VTDI so far. I haven't used it live yet but I will next week. I've been using it at our weekly rehearsals that we always record off our IEM/board. The recordings sound great.

I've been using my smaller rig more and more live recently (Quilter BB800/AK Hathor 212) so I got a couple preamps/DI's to run through the Quilter. The Quilter is nice but the EQ is pretty limited so I wanted some more tone shaping ability plus a DI since we just invested in a nice IEM system. I've had a Two Notes Le Bass for a while and I picked up a new BDDI and the VTDI. I used the Two Notes on our last gig and it was just ok live. The clean channel has no mid control and the dirty channel didn't sound quite right to me. I spent some more time with the VT at home and rehearsals and really like what I'm getting out of it. My big rig is an SVT so I guess I like the Ampeggy flavor of the VT. I use it as a clean preamp into the rear of the Quilter and use pedals for my dirt.

The BDDI is cool but colors your tone a lot. The VTDI is much more natural sounding and lets the tone of your instrument come through. I had to spend a lot of time with it though.