Pedals that are always on?

[whitefuneral]

Does anyone else have a pedal that they will always keep on, (unless doesn't mix with other pedals) If so, what pedal is it, what settings and what sound does it make?

Currently found a nice setting on my ODB-3 which is set; level: 12 o'clock, high mid: 6, low mid at 3, drive at minimum and gain at full. Nice thick sound that goes well with metal.

 

[dlenaghan]

Sansamp original. The settings vary, but some are perpetually useful: side switch to bass, tube emulation, mid drive I, clean, bright, and close miking switches on. Most knobs at 12', though Output usually come to 9'.

 

[rratajski]

For the longest time, I always had my Green Stache on b/c I was playing really heavy music.
Then I had my Dark Driving on all of the time when we started tuning to D#. Nice, warm, low gain drive.
Now, my Rat Tail on a lower OD setting is neeeeeever turned off!!! LOVE IT.

 

[mellohawk]

Tech 21 VT Bass Deluxe.

 

[Kwesi]

Boss RC-3. It makes no sound .

 

[Lars_Vegas]

For the longest time, I always had my Green Stache on b/c I was playing really heavy music.
Then I had my Dark Driving on all of the time when we started tuning to D#. Nice, warm, low gain drive.
Now, my Rat Tail on a lower OD setting is neeeeeever turned off!!! LOVE IT.

In my more doomish/experimental band my Oh See Demon is only off in clean parts. for some extra mud I blend in my BBM with an ls-2. Works great and always cuts!

 

[crguti]

for me, the Sansamp BDDI and the EBS MultiComp. I need them both to get the tone I like, because my Ashdown ABM 500 by itself cannot reach that tone.

 

[Dave the Bass]

My Aphex Bass X-citer pedal is always on.....

Low Level - 6
Low Blend - 7
High Blend - 3
High Level- 7

 

[vin*tone]

fea dual band comp.

 

[marijn van gils]

1: EBS multicomp for subtle compression

2: EBS Microbass II. Mostly on channel B for a little extra drive/signal boost and mid boost. I sometimes stomp on it to swith to channel A for a low/high boost and mid cut, for songs that need a more modern scooped sound or for the rare slap passage.

Weird, they are my only EBS pedals, but also the only ones I have always on...

 

[NeroJazz]

My EBS MultiComp is always on. I love the impact this little bugger has on my tone!

 

[Zooberwerx]

Tuner and compressor.

Riis

 

[rratajski]

I forgot to mention my Demeter Compulator and SFX Micro Thumpinator are also always on in addition to my Rat Tail!

 

[Faderoktopus]

Yeah, in my original band I actually only have 'set and forget' pedals, except for a few songs where I need something mellower or more dynamic. My Mad Professor FGC is always on with a discrete amount of compression and a bit of boost because that pedal has the best sounding boost I've heard. And then there is my Tonehammer with the AGS on, slight overdrive and a tiny bit of high mid cut, set to unity gain in case I need to lose the drive and regain the mid by turning the unit off. I also have an MXR 10 band eq that I used instead of my amps eq to get the amp as clean as possible and ensure the same signal from the DI to amp and FOH, but unfortunately it has developed some nasty noise issues. nice pedal, though, very versatile.

Martin

 

[Faderoktopus]

Seems like drive/DI boxes and compressors are the always-on shiz. Not very surprising, really.

Martin

 

[whitefuneral]

Yeah, in my original band I actually only have 'set and forget' pedals, except for a few songs where I need something mellower or more dynamic

Martin

Yeah I've had to do this due to the fuzz setting on the ODB3 is nice. Need a separate one for that haha

 

[Swimming Bird]

I'm switching the board around right now, but my pitchfactor was on constantly. Not sure if it counts as it's sort of a multi-effect and I was changing presets on it.

 

[Menno]

EBS multicomp, tubesim mode and a tiny bit of compression.

 

[DeltaPhoenix]

MY DHA VT2-Twin-EQ-STD is always on. I have it on the blue side for my clean sound (still a bit of OD). On some songs I leave it on the Blue when I engage fuzz. The red side is for really pushing my tube head and on two songs I have fuzz going into the red side as well, it gets a really good doom sound.

 

[buckwade]

I always have my Boss CS-3 Compressor on and my Sansamp BDDI as well. Everything on the Boss is set to 12 o'clock except the "Level", its set around 1 or 2 o'clock. The Sansamp varies.