Pedalboard....

[jonlaster]

Hi! I am not new to playing bass, but I am somewhat new to using effects pedals. For years I have played straight through an amp. Currently, I have an Ampeg BA115HP and I love the Ampeg tone. The pedals I have are: Volume, Wah, Chorus, Driver, Flanger, Tuner and a Digitech BP50 processor. In what order would you recommend putting on the on the board. Example, give me an order in this format:

Amp>Flanger>Tuner>BP50>Wah>Volume>Bass

I appreciate any words of advice.

Thanks!

 

[Toolmybass]

1.Bass
2Tuner
3.Flanger
4.BP50
5.Wah
6.Volume
7.Amp

 

[surfingbird1]

bass
tuner
wah
flanger
bp50
volume
amp

 

[jonlaster]

Thanks for the info. Where would you put the driver in at?

 

[Munjibunga]

Thanks for the info. Where would you put the driver in at?

Next to the 9 iron.

 

[Toolmybass]

Thanks for the info. Where would you put the driver in at?

Between tuner and flanger

 

[bamabass]

bass
tuner
wah
flanger
bp50
volume
amp

This is what I would do. It is awesome to see you here Jon.

 

[TheMutt]

I'd go:

Bass
Tuner
Driver
Wah
BP50
Chorus
Flanger
Volume
Amp

The driver could be moved to after the wah for a different sound (Experiment to see where you like it).

The BP50 could be moved to just after the tuner if you're using it for compression, synth, or octave effects.
If you're using it as another drive pedal, you could pair it up with the driver, or have the BP50 and driver separated by the wah (such as BP50 -> wah -> driver. Again, more experimentation.).
If you're using it as a modulation effect (chorus, phaser, flanger, tremolo, etc), or an eq you could move it to the end of the chain.
Where I placed it in the effects chain above is more or less a compromise spot.

The order of the chorus and flanger could also be reversed to suit your needs (Experimentation... it's kind of like an ongoing theme in my post here. ).

Finally, I'm assuming that your volume pedal can handle a low impedance (active) signal such as that given after a chain of effects (some of which are either buffered, or engaged). If your volume pedal is not designed for this I'd move it to the very front of the chain right before the tuner.

Hope this helps you a bit!