How many 'always on' pedals are in your chain

[GroovyBaby]

Empress compressor - Aquilar two band pre - Broughton hpf/lpf - Kahn svt di
So that makes four.

 

[Parzival]

3. BDDI (for FOH), Humboldt, and Prestige.

 

[bulldean]

Keeley Bassist Compressor
Darkglass Harmonic Booster
Tech 21 VT

 

[NickyBass]

Seems like 3 is a popular choice. I guess I need to do some shopping because I was only thinking about using 2.

 

[chuck65]

Empress Bass Compressor
Empress Para EQ-D
MXR Bass Chorus Deluxe

 

[scuzzy]

Orange Kongpressor
Growling Krizzly GK preamp
Broughton HPF/LPF
Sonicake IR cab sim

 

[chiphaleonbass]

Seems like 3 is a popular choice. I guess I need to do some shopping because I was only thinking about using 2.

I'd say as many as you feel is necessary to achieve the tone you're looking for is adequate. For some the amp does all of the work; if you're going direct like I do that number varies quite a bit. I typically have 2 always on pedals, 1 being a compressor and the other being a preamp, whether that's a tube pre or something like the SV-Pre I'm currently using as my "amp" sound. On my country board it's just an API LLX preamp eq and a Collaboration Effects Compressor. So usually for me it's tone shaping and compression.

 

[Rib 13]

Compressor...used mostly as a Limiter...is Always On with every bass I use. I have a few Always On EQ patches in my Zoom B3 and B6 but these are for specific instruments when I use them

 

[Derek Williams]

Always on is my Doc Lloyd DLA-2A. I try to make a habit of not getting too used to having other pedals "always on" as I like to use my fully clean tone as my baseline.

 

[groovepump]

Keeley Bassist Compressor (seldom used though)
Sushibox pre-amp (always used)
Broughton HPF (always used)

 

[RestlessBoom]

I have an always-on board that subtly sculpts my tone before hitting anything else (FOH, effects board, "clean" or dirty amps). It goes sFx MicroThumpinator, Doc Lloyd PDR, (currently undetermined boost/saturator), LBA 2020s, CTC Locomotive, Noble. For now.

 

[skyline_01]

Old setup:

-Broughton HPF/LPF
-Providence Bass Boot Comp
-Sushi Box Finally tube DI
-EHX Silencer gate

New Headrush setup:

-HPF/LPF patch
-compressor patch (some rigs have compression at start AND end of chain)
-B7k emulator patch (as clean preamp for main rig, various stages of grit for other rigs)
-built in gate on input settings
-Sushi Box Finally (it's too good to stash away!)

 

[stigbeve]

Always on OD, HPF, compressor

 

[Thumpin6string]

Of the total of 1 pedal I have, I keep my Markbass Compressore always on.

 

[BaltBass5]

3
SushiBox UA
Origin Cali 76
Origin SV Pre

 

[Sid Fang]

My TurboTuner. I use a Boss BF-2B a *lot*, and I guess it's part of "my sound", but even that gets turned off from time to time.

 

[butterfingers1]

Broughton HPF LPF.

Compressor, one of these for my 3 setups, Broughton Omnicomp, Empress Bass Comp, Diamond Bass Comp EQ.

I try to keep my tone pedals off, and work on optimizing the essentials. Passive Fenders > compressor > HPF LPF > Traynor amplifiers.

My tone pedals are Broughton SVpre, Broughton Scorpion, SolidGoldFX BetaV. Presently I'm needlessly GASing for Origin Effects pedals and the Broughton EDTI.

 

[2thAche]

Compressor and HP/LP filter always on.

 

[crguti]

all of them

 

[Hasty]

Normally three:

OvniFX Smoothie
Broughton HPF
My weird preamp/DI box prototype... or a Sushibox Underground Accelerator. Preamp choice is dictated by my whimsical nature.