One on the front to cut any "noise" to the effects and the one at the end to cut any low rumble from an octave or whatever.
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The TB "Essential" Pedalboard?
- Thread starter MultiScaleMale
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One on the front to cut any "noise" to the effects and the one at the end to cut any low rumble from an octave or whatever.
Ric5
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- Jan 29, 2008
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- I like 5, 8, 10, and 12 string basses
Ric5
Inactive
- Jan 29, 2008
- 29,772
- 30,452
- Disclosures
- I like 5, 8, 10, and 12 string basses
Ric5
Inactive
- Jan 29, 2008
- 29,772
- 30,452
- Disclosures
- I like 5, 8, 10, and 12 string basses
A TB pedalboard must be full of expensive clones of already excellent pedals.
OC2? Nope! Ovtavbre or COG!
Muff? Nope! Musket or Wren and Cuff!
Rat? Nope! Idiotbox or ODB!
(Boutique pedal owner)
OC2? Nope! Ovtavbre or COG!
Muff? Nope! Musket or Wren and Cuff!
Rat? Nope! Idiotbox or ODB!
(Boutique pedal owner)
This has been a good exercise for me. I have a HPF on the way and after being super critical I'm finally realizing that I really don't like octaves. I'm rearranging to add my EHX Bass Micro Synth pedal. It's big, even though it's the smaller version, but I love the varieties of tones you can get, primarily the Moog / Billy Jean type of sounds. Please don't tell me Billy Jean wasn't a Moog. Oh, and I'm including a Coda Music STOMP bluetooth page turner for my iPad. Some will hate that, I know I'm supposed to memorize everything like the pros on tour with their teleprompter do.
Wah Pedal > HPF > Pre-amp (Zoom B3n in my case. Amps, cabs, and effects all built in with pre-sets that I can put in setlist order; and it actually sounds pretty good) (there's more on my pedalboard, but those things are for that short necked mini-bass with the thin, close together strings) > rack mounted BBE 362 (legacy unit which combines a sonic maximizer and a noise reducer) > signal split to board and a power amplifier for my own cabs.
The best musicians I've ever played with used iPads with Bluetooth footswitches. On book or off book makes no difference if you're playing what you need to play.
Let me plug the Coda STOMP - it runs off Boss 9V power and has zero drop out issues. Nice effect style footswitches. So much better than the crappy little plastic, flex things that I used to use.
Ive basically never seen anyone use half of what Ive read in this thread.
...in my IRL gigging, I needed a
- Tuner
- Multi-effect for "that one sound in that one song" in every set
- DI with amp/speaker simulation.
Lots of great options mentioned. Wasn't my always-used board, but I preferred a Boss TU2 as the buffer sounds better than TU3 (and I want a buffer first thing), Line6 FM4 if I had the space and power, definitely always a Boss PS3 (octave, pitch shift, chorus, delay), and a Tech21.
I bet a Line6 HX Stomp and/or Eventide H9 wouldve been my ideal upgrade if Id kept gigging. But I did cover band gigs in China; tiny bars and wedding gigs where you had to clear everything off stage when you werent playing.
Cheers
...in my IRL gigging, I needed a
- Tuner
- Multi-effect for "that one sound in that one song" in every set
- DI with amp/speaker simulation.
Lots of great options mentioned. Wasn't my always-used board, but I preferred a Boss TU2 as the buffer sounds better than TU3 (and I want a buffer first thing), Line6 FM4 if I had the space and power, definitely always a Boss PS3 (octave, pitch shift, chorus, delay), and a Tech21.
I bet a Line6 HX Stomp and/or Eventide H9 wouldve been my ideal upgrade if Id kept gigging. But I did cover band gigs in China; tiny bars and wedding gigs where you had to clear everything off stage when you werent playing.
Cheers
Which is an HPF/LPF of sorts, so you've at least heard of that
I like my individual pedals, but I was absolutely blown away with this unit when it first came out and I happened upon one at a local music store and demo'd it with a friend. Really impressive! And the price is crazy good for everything it can do. It's pretty easy to use and dial in as well, so friendly for situations where multiple people would be using it (church/rehearsals, etc.).
If I ever hear noise, I figure out which pedal is causing it and get rid of that pedal. But to each his own.
I also keep the number of devices in the chain as low as possible. I don't need a pedal tuner. Couldn't see it if I had to anyway with my eyesight. I tune up beforehand and I'm in tune for the next few months. My hipshot handles my drop-D needs.
My amp has a LPF and limiter so I really don't need a compressor either.
I'm not using or needing any dirt lately. I'm doing more ambient spacey stuff. So a good chorus, phaser or vibe for slow-wobbly modulation, an envelope filter, delay and reverb are my essentials.
Actually All I really essentially *NEED* is the amp. But where's the fun in that?
So the front HPF cleans things up more for the effects, and the back HPF is more the overall filter?
Sure, I can see on paper why you'd take that approach. And it's not something I'd be opposed to trying, but I don't know if I ever will since I personally don't really use effects on bass.
