Hey everyone I am looking to get a few effects that are quite with no hiss or pops and I don't know all the lingo and what ones are quality, true bypass or buffered ?and was hoping you would all be kind and point me in the right direction, and were to start, and what to stay away from. I am on a budget but would rather buy one at a time and get quality user friendly effects, nothing to complex. I am looking to get a overdrive, a octave, a chorus and a bass wah that don't suck out my tone or low end. No multi effects. So far I have a Sans amp bass driver and I love it but I am just using it for my tone only.Thanks in advance
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STARTING SMALL PEDAL BOARD
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MXR Blowtorch, Boss OC-3, Boss CE-5 and a Dunlop Bass wah. I'd go with a flanger instead of a chorus, MXR flanger to be exact. Get a compressor too, Aphex Punch Factory is cheap and works great. I think octave pedals are useless, but that's just me. Good luck.
Search, and then read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read read. All the answers you want are here. 
True bypass pedals pop, can't get around that with those. Right now I have a bunch of true bypass pedals lined up with one buffered one at the end, very minimal tone suck that way.
True bypass pedals pop, can't get around that with those. Right now I have a bunch of true bypass pedals lined up with one buffered one at the end, very minimal tone suck that way.
A really good starting point would be right here. The magic search feature. Tons of usefull info on all things fx. Be careful though, you start out with a few, and wind up spending a small fortune on these things, like enough for a nice bass. Good luck.
I have a compressor on my head and I am happy with that. Just getting back in the scene and have spent a lot of cash already and I think this site creates gas. Still need one more bass a 5 string or another 4 strung b e a d I don't like wide necks, trying to keep my spending under control and make wise choice's with my gear since money is always a issue with me.
IMO opinion the Blowtorch is great, but it's not an OD...it's a fuzz. Lots of people like the Sansamp as an OD pedal.
+1 on the flanger over chorus, but really it comes down to personal taste.
If you wanna save some coin, do some research here, go out and try some stuff and then buy used.
+1 on the flanger over chorus, but really it comes down to personal taste.
If you wanna save some coin, do some research here, go out and try some stuff and then buy used.
So true....When I started building my "small board" a month ago it was going to be 12x16 with a single tier with room for maybe eight pedals. It's not quite done yet, but it now measures 18x24 and has three levels with room for more pedals than I really need. The sad thing is, I haven't even finished it yet and have ten pedals ready to go on it.
Yes, pedals are addictive.
Well, mine's pretty much stayed the same, but that's as much from lack of funds as being content with what I have. My board's all Boss right now:
bass -> TU2->LMB3->CS3->ODB3->CEB3 -> amp
I like pretty much all of these effects; I may have the CS-3 custom-modded into an "atom smasher" compressor (lower noise floor, more max compression/sustain).
The ODB-3 is not an OD pedal; it's distortion. You're never going to be able to plug a solid-state pedal into a solid-state amp and get tubey drive. It just isn't going to happen. I sometimes wish I had a true OD since my bass pedalboard is also my g****r board, but there's a huge advantage to the ODB-3 as a guitar pedal; you quite simply have no problem with lack of low end.
I think the one pedal I'd add to this board is a Line6 Verbzilla. I've avoided DSP effects up till now, but for a reverb pedal there's just no two ways around it unless you get the older Boss RV-3. The Verbzilla is one heck of a reverb pedal as well.
