How much to replace your board?

[tom once dead]

Kinda don't want to know. Kinda curious.
Please note all prices will be Australian prices!

Warwick Rockbard 4.2 with Flight Case - $355
Strymon Zuma - $419
D'Addario Pedal Tuner - $249
MXR Bass Compressor - $359
MXR Poly Blue Octave - $389
Earthquaker Devices Blumes - $150
Tech 21 VT Bass - $469
Darkglass Alpha Omega - $579
EBS BassIQ - $379
Electro Harmonix Bass Clone - $185
Source Audio Nemesis - $539
TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2 - $259
Ampeg SGT-DI - $749

Total $5080

Damn dawg that's more than I thought

 

[Aledal]

Just worked this out for my 'big' board and nearly threw up on the spot, I may or may not do the same thing for the stomp board and portaboard!!!

Boss EV30: 135
Peterson Strobo Mini: 120
OE Cali76: 300
JF Capo: 500
Broughton Subsonic: 195
IE Subterrograph: 805
IE FMeron: 305
Broughton Calamity: 190
Broughton Scorpion: 165
ED Avalanche Run: 300
Horrothia Type 1: 280
Boss DD3: 180
Broughton Mini Boost: 150

Voodoo Power Plus 3: 280
Cables: I hate to think

Good reminder to make sure everything is insured!!

 

[ghiggin1079]

L6 hx stomp 599.99
TCX3 349.99
SA EQ2 269.99
2Notes opus 289.99
MXR Dyna comp 122.99-215.99
ISP Decimator 149.99
Hotone midi control 106.002(2x)
Voodoo labs PP3 279.99

2274.93-2367.93

if my pedal board were to evaporate tomorrow it'd just be replaced by an HX-XL, eq2 and opus and someother midi controller.

 

[agedhorse]

I got a good chuckle out of this thread, thinking of all the complaints about spending $1k on an amp is outrageous!

 

[gtirard]

I got a good chuckle out of this thread, thinking of all the complaints about spending $1k on an amp is outrageous!

Yeah, but it's easier to buy 5 pedals x $200 than a $1000 amp.
You should sell a modular amp: we could buy separatly a preamp module (solid state or tube), an EQ modules, and power section module

 

[Passinwind]

(…btw, are all of the "I have a cable" and "we don't need a board" comments breaking the "no fx" trolling rule? )

IMNSHO, not if the OP explicitly opens up that discussion, which I think clearly happened in this case. Report posts you think are outside the spirit of this thread if you feel the need to though, of course.

 

[davedamage]

Quad Cortex $1699
Broughton Omnicomp 249
Tronographic Rusty Box 325
Broughton RFE 190
Damnation MBD3 249
johnK Blackbeard 299
Octron 3 219
Pedaltrain PT2 and Deluxe case 190
OneSpot CS12 197
Sennheiser XSD Wireless 379

$4096

That's my gigging board. I'm not adding up the other two boards. Those are total vanity projects.

 

[SideshowDom]

I was currious and this gave me an excuse to see how much, haha.

Templeboard Trio 21 - $129.00
Strobostomp HD - $149.00
Justin Chancellor Wah - $299.99
EHX Cockfight - $132.30
EHX Sovtek Deluxe - $174.20
EHX Operation Overlord Overdrive - $167.80
Walrus Audio Julia Chorus - $219.99
TC Electronics Thunderstorm Flanger - $49.00
Tech 21 SansAmp VT Bass DI - $249.00
CIOKS DC10 - $219.00

Grand total = $1,789.28

Glad I didn't pay full price for most of those pedals, haha. I think I got most of them open box or through some sort of sale.

 

[Michedelic]

I don't know WTH I'd need a pedal board for

To be creative and not run of the mill. I’ve been using pedals on bass since the mid-70’s, inspired by what I heard on recordings.

 

[tidbits]

I've been building a board over the last year or so - I'm getting close to stabilizing so this should be slowing down for the foreseeable future. Like a lot of people I've picked up the majority of this used, but as it stands to replace with new:

• Pedaltrain Metro 20 ------------ $100
• Cioks DC7 ---------------------- $259
• Cioks 4 expander --------------- $149
• SushiBox MORE ------------------ $235
• Empress Bass Comp -------------- $274
• Strobostomp Mini --------------- $119
• MXR Poly Blue Ocatve ----------- $220
• Spaceman Saturn VI ------------- $219
• Fairfield Circuitry Barbershop - $259
• Nobels ODR mini ---------------- $80
• Way Huge Pork & Pickle --------- $190
• Empress ParaEQ mkII Deluxe ----- $349
• SushiBox Finally V2 ------------ $250
• patch cables, etc -------------- $100
• TOTAL -------------------------- $2803

Of course, don't tell my wife...

 

[J Wilson]

To be creative and not run of the mill. I’ve been using pedals on bass since the mid-70’s, inspired by what I heard on recordings.

See, that's great, and it works for you, and I'm all for doing whatever helps you make your best music.

I suppose I'll just have to be run of the mill, although actually I prefer 'minimalist'.

 

[keyofnight]

See, that's great, and it works for you, and I'm all for doing whatever helps you make your best music.

I suppose I'll just have to be run of the mill, although actually I prefer 'minimalist'.

FWIW, the only pedal on my board I think is necessary is the Broughton hpf+lpf. It allows me to tune my signal to the room and prevent the room from vibrating so much that I can't hear myself. The clean gain lets me saturate any amp with any bass.

Aren't there problems you wish you could solve?

 

[Michedelic]

Let's say the one you gig with the most?

Right now I’m revamping my big board, but there’s some unusual routing and patch points for ‘satellites’ if/when needed(more of an experimental thing).
My “B” board(basics, grab’n’go)is this…

As many of those are budget, let alone used, not as much invested, but to replace? Yeah, it would add up. I would have a Radial Bassbone there instead of the graphic and DI box, but on the big board, I had a Lehle Basswitch preamp which is having some problems now, so it’s waiting for repair when I can afford it, and the Radial got shifted over to that. Roughly the same kinds of effects, but bigger models(like a Markbass Compressore, EHX Pitchfork, IE Polytope, etc…$$$). On that board, I also have it set up where the octave up is sent to separate dirt and modulation, and on to a separate amp for a faux guitar sound whenever I’m in a trio situation. The in-line effects loop patch point is for occasional off the wall stuff like the EHX Ravish Sitar and Super Ego, Ring Mods and other weird things, whenever, all on smaller boards.

Then there’s my guitar boards, but I ain’t gonna go there. But if I actually added everything up, even at used prices, I’d probably have a heart attack.

 

[TaylorJ]

See, that's great, and it works for you, and I'm all for doing whatever helps you make your best music.

I suppose I'll just have to be run of the mill, although actually I prefer 'minimalist'.

I think you mentioned in another post that you run into an amp? I probably should have asked in my original question about bass players needing less pedals if they gig with amps. I actually don't even own an amp. Only play quiet stages with IEM. If you were not able to use your amp, just IEM and FOH, do you think you would invest in some type of pedalboard to get a sound you wanted? Or would you still just use a tuner and play without anything?

 

[J Wilson]

I think you mentioned in another post that you run into an amp? I probably should have asked in my original question about bass players needing less pedals if they gig with amps. I actually don't even own an amp. Only play quiet stages with IEM. If you were not able to use your amp, just IEM and FOH, do you think you would invest in some type of pedalboard to get a sound you wanted? Or would you still just use a tuner and play without anything?

IF I were still out there and was in an IEM quiet stage ('quiet stage' . . . . what has this world come to?) environment, I found out using the Mackie board as a practice tool that straight into that can sound mighty sterile, but I put up with it for headphones around the house. Playing in earnest, I can't think of a pedal that would suit so I'd likely use a channel strip: I prefer studio / FOH grade gear for outboard instead of pedals (much less a lot of pedals) so most likely I'd go for something like. . . .

Any of these (and probably a few more) would suit.

 

[J Wilson]

FWIW, the only pedal on my board I think is necessary is the Broughton hpf+lpf. It allows me to tune my signal to the room and prevent the room from vibrating so much that I can't hear myself. The clean gain lets me saturate any amp with any bass.

Aren't there problems you wish you could solve?

None that a pedal would fix. Every bass amp has a filter built in to floor the deep end, and playing fives with the occasional Low C's and D's, dropping them in the wrong places unsettles most tunes worse than room vagaries, which we will always fight, seldom beat, and live with every time we go into a room.

Every time I fight Standing Waves, Standing Waves always wins.

 

[keyofnight]

Yeah, but it's easier to buy 5 pedals x $200 than a $1000 amp.
You should sell a modular amp: we could buy separatly a preamp module (solid state or tube), an EQ modules, and power section module

There's a company called Synergy, and they sell amps that take preamp modules from a bunch of different makers. You can even have one preamp/eq for a "clean channel" and another for a "dirty channel." It's pretty awesome, actually. I don't think they have power section modules. All of this is pretty much for guitarists, tho, and it's still very expensive!

If you're interested: SYN50 - synergyamps.com

 

[TaylorJ]

IF I were still out there and was in an IEM quiet stage ('quiet stage' . . . . what has this world come to?) environment, I found out using the Mackie board as a practice tool that straight into that can sound mighty sterile, but I put up with it for headphones around the house. Playing in earnest, I can't think of a pedal that would suit so I'd likely use a channel strip: I prefer studio / FOH grade gear for outboard instead of pedals (much less a lot of pedals) so most likely I'd go for something like. . . .

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Any of these (and probably a few more) would suit.

Yes, that makes sense.

 

[ghiggin1079]

Yeah, but it's easier to buy 5 pedals x $200 than a $1000 amp.
You should sell a modular amp: we could buy separatly a preamp module (solid state or tube), an EQ modules, and power section module

I'd buy that..

 

[Verticos]

Some of my gear has appreciated a ton since I bought it. My Noble that I got from a TBer for $950 back in 2019 is now worth about $2000 if I needed to replace one tomorrow - yikes! Too rich for my blood, I'm happy to have not paid a premium. The old big-box Octabvre MkII is going the same direction, I guess since some youtubers did shootouts with the newer version and preferred the MKII. Reverb has confirmed sales as high as $600-$800 in the past year and (stupid) current unsold listings of ones for $2999 and $3299 - absolutely ridiculous.

Most else is immediately available either direct from the manufacturer or for reasonable used prices.

item - - - - - - - - - - - paid - - worth
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noble. - - - - - - - - - - 950 - - - 2000
octabvre - - - - - - - - - 250 - - - 700
ffxl - - - - - - - - - - - 185 - - - 200
barbershop - - - - - - - - 215 - - - 260
~900 - - - - - - - - - - - 260 - - - 260
paraeq mkii deluxe - - - - 350 - - - 350
opti-fet - - - - - - - - - 275 - - - 335
lightningboy x-formers - - 300 - - - 300
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total - - - - - - - - - - 2785 - - - 4405

Wow. Not as much as I thought actually, but still crazy.