Show me your compact pedalboard setup

[Johno Dunn]

It does, that's why I got the small one for this board. I couldn't power the normal one from the Noble and it was too big to fit with the other pedals, I now have a small one and a big one haha. They sound identical as far as I can tell.

That’s good to know for future endeavors!

 

[Karlo.kc]

This should be a keeper

 

[IronLung1986]

Here's mine. The Diabolik into the Corona with those settings is the most awesome thing ever. Kick on the OC-3 and you are now speaking the tongue of the Old Ones.

I made a quick recording of it on my phone:

 

[Jebberz]

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This should be a keeper

How this chorus sounds with bass?

 

[Karlo.kc]

Really good! I don't have much experience with chorus pedals (I used only T-Rex chorus a few years back), but I really like this one - it isn't lush/washy, but rather kind of subtle, spacey (almost reverb-y)... if this makes any sense It's really cheap now, you should try it!

 

[Jebberz]

Thanks for the info

 

[JtSD619]

Not the best pic but...

Darkglass - Alpha Omicron
Keely - Bassist Compressor
Ploytune 3

 

[fasterpussycat]

I love a pedalboard that has all top in/out pedals on it. Looks great

Apart from the damned Polytune (but it's worth it).

Better not have really wide feet!

As it happens my feet are long and narrow.

 

[fasterpussycat]

Here's mine. The Diabolik into the Corona with those settings is the most awesome thing ever. Kick on the OC-3 and you are now speaking the tongue of the Old Ones.

I made a quick recording of it on my phone:

Fvck!

That cheered me right up.

 

[Hypercaffium]

I feel like my board, even when it's small like this, is changing all the time. So we'll see how long this lasts. I don't know where else I could possibly go though without increasing my space. I'm happy to get my hands on a small Bass Comp. I've always loved the tone it gives, but the size and power requirements made it tricky to keep on boards.

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[armybass]

My final version of my Voodoo Lab Dingbat Tiny. Used this Sunday and it was a huge impact on my tone from such a small board.

 

[bassbrad]

Pedalboard for a busy weekend 2 jam sessions and a 70-80's funk/dance/oldies private party. A real mix of old and new got two old pedals that are bona fide 80's world travelers literally ripped out of the old case the Boss PSM5 with a buffer added* and the Ibanes CS9 my fave chorus. In the PSM5 loop are the TCE SUb N Up Mini, Mel9, SA Aftershock, BassBalls 3 knob, Digitech BSW- loop return.

*One of the many hats I wore at Showco was putting together effects pedal boards and rack systems for touring artists. I remember grabbing one of these little beauties for myself early on and started using them on boards i put together along with an MXR Noise Gate Line Driver. That pairing resulted in quieter pedal boards that suffered less insertion loss because of the line driver or as they are referred today as buffer. So the tech's at Showco started modding the PSM5 by adding a buffer circuit.

 

[herndonbassist]

No changes at this point from my last layout change, but I DID upgrade power to a Truetone CS6 which tucks nicely under my Metro20 board. My only complaint is that the supplied screws have HUGE heads, which made my pedals sit funny... that was easily remedied at the hardware store. I LOVE what this power supply has done for me, I no longer get a loud hum (thanks to shared power with my EHX SuperEgo) and no longer needing a separate 18V power supply for the ToneHammer. I can't wait to take this to practice tomorrow!!!

 

[deepestend]

Are any of you using a Chorus AND a Phaser on your board? Is there too much overlap there?

 

[herndonbassist]

Are any of you using a Chorus AND a Phaser on your board? Is there too much overlap there?

I almost ALWAYS have a chorus (EBS) and phaser (MXR) on my board. There's some overlap sonically, but I wind up using them in very different manners. (I know the EBS is unplugged in this pic)

 

[deepestend]

I almost ALWAYS have a chorus (EBS) and phaser (MXR) on my board. There's some overlap sonically, but I wind up using them in very different manners. (I know the EBS is unplugged in this pic)

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In your opinion, what’s the appropriate use for each?

 

[jthisdell]

Are any of you using a Chorus AND a Phaser on your board? Is there too much overlap there?

I have a Southampton Pedals Utility Knife, Chorus, Flanger and Phaser in one easy to use pedal (tremelo too but I don't think that is something to use for bass). Simple depth and rate controls, makes a bit of a snapping noise when you switch between modes so not really designed to switch between them mid song. A tad pricey but to have all these in one space saving easy to use pedal is worth it IMHO. I have it on my Pedaltrain Jr but would be useful on a compact board.

 

[herndonbassist]

In your opinion, what’s the appropriate use for each?

Yikes... that's a loaded question. I tend to use the phaser a lot to give a little more interest in tunes where I'm not play a ton of notes (mostly holding roots and changes). I use the chorus with a slower, shallow setting on tunes where I'm playing more melodic stuff, and with that I tend to use a very fast delay with almost no repeats. The only thing I don't use a lot is the filter, but I use the chorus with the sub-n-up quite a bit to blend the octave into my tone a bit more.... I hope some of that makes sense. (the EBS uni-chorus can also be used for modulation or flange)

 

[MCS4]

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The mini-sized Pigtronix bass compressor is great too. I find it to be more transparent than the Accountant, which I thought of almost as much as a tone enhancer as a compressor (not necessarily a bad thing, depending on the circumstances).

 

[deepestend]

Yikes... that's a loaded question. I tend to use the phaser a lot to give a little more interest in tunes where I'm not play a ton of notes (mostly holding roots and changes). I use the chorus with a slower, shallow setting on tunes where I'm playing more melodic stuff, and with that I tend to use a very fast delay with almost no repeats. The only thing I don't use a lot is the filter, but I use the chorus with the sub-n-up quite a bit to blend the octave into my tone a bit more.... I hope some of that makes sense. (the EBS uni-chorus can also be used for modulation or flange)

The octave/chorus thing makes sense. I feel like I could make my Octave stand out a bit more and maybe a chorus could do that.

Background: I just got a 2 for 1 deal on a phase 90 clone and a Boss CE-2 clone.