This :
Into this (minus the EHX Black Finger, which unfortunately has gone faulty)
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Into this (but minus the pedals on the top of the Peavey amp, and with the old battered body of the Ibanez GSRM20 Mikro Bass replaced for a newer GSRM20B Weathered Black finish body)
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Making my entire setup look like this, explained in written form :
(*pedals listed in
[ red/bold/underline text ] are "always on" effects*
)
4 string 28,6" scale Ibanez GSRM20 neck + GSRM20B body Mikro Bass (equipped with a DiMarzio Model P, P pickup, wired directly to the output jack socket, and strung with gauge .95 - .75 - .55 - .40
D'Addario XL nickle roundwound steel core strings, tuned in F# standard tuning, 2 half steps above regular 4 string bass E standard tuning) ->>
TC Electronic SpectraComp (always on compressor) ->> TC Electronic Sub'N'Up Mini (always on digital polyphonic octaver, used as an 1 octave up effect mixed with clean bass signal, giving an effect similar to that of an 8 string "octave" bass, with pairs of respectively bass and octave strings) ->> Boss LS-2 [A+B Mix <-> Bypass] (always on, parallel effect loops mixer/switch) ={ [Loop A Send] ->> Joyo Orange Juice (always on low gain overdrive, really primarily used to enhance harmonic content, [Tone] set at about 11 o'clock, [Voice] set to boost a wide curve around a 800Hz center frequency about +3dB pre gain stage, always mixed with the clean {bass+octave up} signal from parallel effects [Loop B])) ->> [Loop A Return] ->||<- [Loop B Send] ->> (empty effects loop used as clean {bass+octave up} signal blend for the Orange Juice overdrive in parallel effects loop [Loop A]) ->> [Loop B Return] ([Loop A] + [Loop B] mixed at an about 55/45 ratio)
}=>> Boss LS-2 [A+B Mix <-> Bypass] (parallel effect loops mixer/switch) ={ [Loop A Send] ->> Behringer VP1 Vintage Phaser (EHX Small Stone clone, used in the high feedback and deep sweep mode, always used boosted by the Orange Juice in front of it, and almost always used mixed with flanger in parallel effects [Loop B]) ->> Joyo Orange Juice (low gain overdrive, always either used to boost the Behringer phaser behind it and make it a bit brighter or stacked into the Metal Zone in front of it) ->> Boss MT-2 Metal Zone (distortion, always used with the Orange Juice overdrive behind it stacked into it, and always used mixed with the Rat distortion in parallel effects [Loop B]) ->> [Loop A Return] ->||<- [Loop B Send] ->> Monarch MFL-22 (flanger, most often used mixed with phaser in parallel effects [Loop A]) ->> Mosky Black Rat (RAT clone, in original classic RAT [Vintage] mode, quite raunchy, fuzz-esque, high gain distortion, always used mixed with the Metal Zone distortion in parallel effects [Loop A]) ->> [Loop B Return] ([Loop A] + [Loop B] mixed at an about 50/50 ratio)
}=>> Zoom G1Xon (Used for 3 patches, which respectively are as follows: Tremolo+VintageCE (Boss CE-1 emulation), chorus patch :-: Plate Reverb+HD Hall Reverb+Tape Delay, lush reverb patch :-: Plate Reverb+HD Hall Reverb+Tape Delay, extremely thick lush reverb patch, used as a reverb pad effect with volume swells) ->> NUX Tape Core Deluxe (Roland Space Echo tape delay emulation) ->> Zoom MS-70CDR (used respectively for parametric equalization, as a subtle plate reverb, and a faux, equalizer based, cab sim, all in one always on patch)
->> Art Tube MP Project Series (tube preamp, with HPF at 40Hz) ->> [Effects Return] (poweramp input) of Peavey Solo Special 112 (160W, solid state guitar combo, with the build in 4 Ohm 12" speaker unit disconnected and instead hooked up to the SWR Triad I bass cab) ->> SWR Triad I (400W bass cab, equipped with 1x15" + 1x10" speaker units + high frequency tweeter horn, the 15" speaker unit receiving the full signal, the 10" unit only receiving the part of the signal that is between 100Hz and 5kHz, and the high frequency tweeter horn receiving everything above 5kHz of the signal, used with the build in tweeter attenuator set at noon, which according to the manual is the "normal setting", practically meaning an about -4dB cut of the signal send to the tweeter)
This setup used for the musical project that currently has my main focus, a bass/vocals and drums sort of progressive psychedelic stoner/doom rock duo, named
"all I nil".
But I seriously ponder on replacing the Peavey with either the extremely small and lightweight Class D BAM 200 head, a Class D PA poweramp, or an old solid state transistor Trace Elliot head (the Peavey is plenty loud for my needs though, and sounds absolutely great too, just not all that practical).
Also planing to get a proper pedal board to mount my pedal setup on in the nearest future.
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