Yeah, it sounds as good as you are imagining! Genzler MG800 pushing two BB3 cabs. Simply put: Effing awesome.
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Official Barefaced Bass Cab Club
- Thread starter Stumbo
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Your guitarist needs more pedals...
We have a stomp problem. We all have big boards. But we also use every pedal during a show, so it's all for "go".
This is my main board. And a separate, slightly smaller, almost identical but exact signal chain concept makes the trip with me as backup.
I can barely (only way I could relate this comment to Barefaced) operate pedals with one knob. Sixteen pedals? I'd be standing there, stunned, with the vacant thousand-yard gaze of someone who can't figure out the right answer to a hot question.
Our keys player has said multiple times that he's never seen a bass player with a pedal board as big as mine - I have 9 pedals on it. But most are utility pedals - tuner, DI, clean boost (for basses that have relatively low output), compressor (only used to smooth my output level as I switch overdrives on and off), and HPF. The others are just different overdrives to change my sound to match the song - one that's my standard tone and the others to give me different levels of OD with lighter or darker tone. I don't really use "effects" - chorus, octave, reverb, pitch shifter, delay, wah, etc. Not that there's anything wrong with them. I just don't need them for what my band plays, though I do have several of those kinds of pedals that I just use at home for fun or for when the day comes that I need one of them for a song we add.
I'll have to show him that picture next time he comments.
Our keys player has said multiple times that he's never seen a bass player with a pedal board as big as mine - I have 9 pedals on it. But most are utility pedals - tuner, DI, clean boost (for basses that have relatively low output), compressor (only used to smooth my output level as I switch overdrives on and off), and HPF. The others are just different overdrives to change my sound to match the song - one that's my standard tone and the others to give me different levels of OD with lighter or darker tone. I don't really use "effects" - chorus, octave, reverb, pitch shifter, delay, wah, etc. Not that there's anything wrong with them. I just don't need them for what my band plays, though I do have several of those kinds of pedals that I just use at home for fun or for when the day comes that I need one of them for a song we add.
I'll have to show him that picture next time he comments.
I use a Peterson Strobostomp. One and done.
I should qualify my previous post. Yes, that's what's on my board, but I only use my board about 2/3 of the time. If I'm feeling lazy and prefer to carry and set up less gear or if we're going to be crammed into a tight stage area, then I leave my board at home. I use use it to "sweeten" my sound, but I don't consider it critical. It's for my own enjoyment rather than being critical to my/our sound.
Just to get on topic, here's a pic of my two BB2's from a festival we played two weeks ago. They're partially hidden behind me, but at least you can see logo of the bottom one.
Just to get on topic, here's a pic of my two BB2's from a festival we played two weeks ago. They're partially hidden behind me, but at least you can see logo of the bottom one.
Aha! Another member of the Pedalboard On The Amp Club! Nice to see there's at least two of us!
Put me down as a member of the 2xBB3 club!
I've gotta get another. It's the only thing that makes sense
I built that board specifically to fit atop the aggie. Other times the board weighs more than bass, amp, and cab combined.
Ok, so, the pedals...only really about ten on there. Buffers at the beginning and end of the chain (the gold one far upper left with the switch is also a booster if I wanna solo or punch through the mix). The wireless receiver, compressor and 'uncompressor' (the DG Harmonic Booster), volume pedal, and EQ are the rest. And, full disclosure, three are Octavers - one to go low (traditional), one to go high, and one that goes low but also has a growl. When in a four piece cover band, these stomps allow me to fill lots of space/cover lots of parts people anticipate hearing. Ex: The Boss Waza Chorus for the Don't Stop Believin' intro (and the other guitarist not pictured has a piano patch, so when we play that one, we are very close to the record). The Synth stomp for the intro to Prince's Let's Go Crazy - I cover the synth and Hammond B3 parts, get that "church/testify!" vibe. And the Line6 Stomp allows me to get the tone of the track. And all those tunes that have string swells, etc. Gotta cover those parts or it sounds hollow. Same reason I play 24 fret basses...
Yeah, lots of pedals, and lots of time programming patches, then fine-tuning the character of the signal from when it hits the board vs what the rig sees. And since the BB3's are FRFR, what goes in is what comes out.
We are fortunate that we play a variety of venues. And, at some of them, classic material goes over better. So we match the set list to the venue. Ex: We do a seven song block of Zep...and nail it. So, for those shows I bring the Six10T instead of the BB3 cabs, because of what it adds naturally: All the SVT you can eat, but without the calories! @alexclaber
A clip of the rig in action.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/DwnuC878RCbjChUx/
Yeah, lots of pedals, and lots of time programming patches, then fine-tuning the character of the signal from when it hits the board vs what the rig sees. And since the BB3's are FRFR, what goes in is what comes out.
We are fortunate that we play a variety of venues. And, at some of them, classic material goes over better. So we match the set list to the venue. Ex: We do a seven song block of Zep...and nail it. So, for those shows I bring the Six10T instead of the BB3 cabs, because of what it adds naturally: All the SVT you can eat, but without the calories! @alexclaber
A clip of the rig in action.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/DwnuC878RCbjChUx/
I'd love to get another Super Compact too, I've been told it's a complete different experience even if you don't need play louder. But I already have too much gear, and I would never be able to bring 2 cabs to a gig, since I don't have a car (I live in Paris, I only take the Métro).
The paradox is that it would be impossible to justify using 2 cabs, since I already play too loud, but I know that it would help me play less loudly since I would hear myself better by having the second cab closer to ear level.
So the obvious solution is to put my amp on a chair to raise it up closer to my ears.
Did anyone try that with a Super Compact?
Will it loose some low end?
But God, I would really love to try playing with 2 Super Compact just once, just to see how it feels!
I used a milkcrate for many years even when using a pair of Genz Benz 1x15 cabs, an EA CL-310 monolith, and a Bergantino HT322.
The small amount of low end loss is easily correctable with a small amount of bass boost.
I've been to Europe several times, in fact I was just recently in Croatia. It is a very different driving experience than being in America. The roads in many parts of Europe, and especially in Croatia, are suited for small cars, not the "yank tanks" that populate our roads (an Australian friend told me that nickname for American cars, and it always made me laugh), especially the big vans and pickup trucks we have here.
My minivan (which is quite large, despite having "mini" in the name) would be impractical in Europe, but it's indispensable for me here. I could quite easily haul two BB3s around, along with my bass rig, lights, etc., and never notice the difference.
I don't really need another BB3 for volume purposes. I do, however, eventually want to do some recordings and performances in stereo. I could do that now, I suppose, by using my Phil Jones C8 cab along with my BB3, but it would just look so much cooler to have the other BB3.
Put me down as a member of the 2xBB3 club!
Well..I've just received my SC.. haven't had a chance to play it out yet.. and I've already convinced myself I'm getting another.. with a tweeter.. despite only running a 100w tube head through them. 
Haven't had a chance yet with my SC, but have done so with every other cab I've used. That coupled with the occasional liberal use of an HPF. Any low end lost can definitely be made up downstream via eq.
