Pedals Order

I would start with Tuner > Octave > Muff > Comp > EQ
But I would suggest trying every order because it depends on the sound you want and your playing style.

 

Personally, I'd go

Boss Tuner
MarkBass Compressor
MXR Octaver
Boss EQ
Big Muff

I don't know anything about compressors (as I don't own one) but I've heard they're supposed to go before octavers and I've also heard it doesn't really matter where EQs go in the chain, I'd like more info on this since I'm picking up my GEB-7 tomorrow.

 

I'd do:

MXR Octave
MarkBass Compressore
EH Bigg Muff
Boss GEB-7 Equalizer
Boss Tuner

The tuner at the end can kill any noise from the other pedals when you're not playing if you get into a less than ideal power situation. Try flipping the octave and compressor to see which one works best. I usually do octave first so it gets a clean sound. The EQ after the Muff can be used to fine tune the Muff's sound and make it more versatile.

 

So you're saying to put EQs after distortion/OD/fuzz?

 

I would. Then you can make the distortion sound like anything you want.

Oh, and for vintage fatness I bump up the bottom slider and cut a little on the second slider. Some bump on the 4th. Then roll off the top 2-3 bands. I can't remember the frequency bands, so that sucky description will have to do.

 

EQ before modulation and stuff? Any suggestions for the following? I hate starting new "effects chain order" threads. My chain currently goes:

bass > Wah > TU-2 > OC-2 > phase 90 > bassballs > bass big muff > MT-2 > ODB-3 > GEB-7 > TR-2 > DD-5 > BF-3 > CE-3 > NS-2 > amp.

Just got the phase 90 and the GEB-7 today so I haven't had much time to play around with them yet.

 

Pedal order is very subjective. Experiment and see what you like. A general rule of thumb is to put your drive pedals ahead of modulation effects, but there's no "wrong" way to order effects.

 

+1, just play around with them until you're happy.

 

Personally, the first thing I'd try is Comp>EQ>Oct>Muff>Tuner

 

Too many pedals for me to really suggest much. I guess I'd suggest a loop pedal so you can take them all out of the signal path with one click should there be any problems and to eliminate signal degradation.

 

Yeah, I like to keep everything connected when I'm at home so I don't have to go looking for a pedal or some patch cables if I need to throw another pedal in the line. For gigs, it's much less complicated. For the last ones I did I had: tuner, bassballs, delay, flanger and chorus... although I haven't done a gig since November, lol.

Are you talking about making a loop with the NS-2? it has the send & return inputs, I tried to wire it like that when I got it but it ended up being a huge mess of wires. Or are you talking about using something like the LS-2? (which I think might work, I've never tried one)

 

He's referring to something like the LS-2, where you'd have a couple of groups of pedals that can be switched in and out in one move.
If that's what you want.

Using the loop of the NS-2 is handy if you've got pedals that are noisy and you don't want that noise to keep the gate open. It uses the clean tone of your bass to open and close the gate.