Thoughts on this potential pedalboard

[jindo720]

I've been a casual bass player for about 10 years playing in church. We've been playing a lot of newer songs and our electric guitar player has a proper pedalboard so it made me become interested in getting one myself. I've recently begun to get more into playing bass so I figured I might as well get a proper one while I'm at it. I used to use a Sansamp but that's pretty much as far as my pedal knowledge goes so I wanted to ask if this pedalboard made any sense together. I picked them because I liked them individually but don't know how they'd be together.

Peterson Strobostomp Tuner > Origin Effects Cali 76 Bass Compressor > Way Huge Pork and Pickle Smalls > Electro-Harmonix Micro POG > Jad Freer Audio Capo Multiple Preamp

 

[gregmon79]

Welcome to TB!!

I'd just place the POG before the pork n pickle. Generally you want your octave to get the strongest signal possible. But if you like how it sounds the way you've got it set up, go for it. Nice lil board you'd have there. Are you asking for actual board suggestions too or just thoughts on what you're using?

 

[jindo720]

Welcome to TB!!

I'd just place the POG before the pork n pickle. Generally you want your octave to get the strongest signal possible. But if you like how it sounds the way you've got it set up, go for it. Nice lil board you'd have there. Are you asking for actual board suggestions too or just thoughts on what you're using?

I'm open to all suggestions! I haven't purchased any yet. This is just the pedalboard I have in mind after a little research.

 

[NickyBass]

There is a great worship bass pedalboard thread with a ton of info here: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/worship-bass-pedalboards.831649/page-700#post-28941571
I've learned a lot there and met a lot of good people.
The Bass Micro Synth seems to be more standard over the POG. And the Tone Hammer preamp is super popular. Not that they are better than the ones that you mention, but they are popular options in worship music.

 

[P_Basser]

Just chiming in mostly to say I would rock that board tonight and love ever second of it.

Only notes:

-As others have said, I would swap spots with the P+P and POG. octaves like to see as little info as possible to avoid any warbling, and the drive will give it a bunch of harmonics which can confuse it.
-The POG, being digital, has latency. If you are planning on using the low octave to thicken midrange riffs, it may bother you. I personally prefer analog octaves for this job. If you intend on using the upper octave, POG is industry standard for a reason.

 

[HolmeBass]

I've been a casual bass player for about 10 years playing in church. We've been playing a lot of newer songs and our electric guitar player has a proper pedalboard so it made me become interested in getting one myself. I've recently begun to get more into playing bass so I figured I might as well get a proper one while I'm at it. I used to use a Sansamp but that's pretty much as far as my pedal knowledge goes so I wanted to ask if this pedalboard made any sense together. I picked them because I liked them individually but don't know how they'd be together.

Peterson Strobostomp Tuner > Origin Effects Cali 76 Bass Compressor > Way Huge Pork and Pickle Smalls > Electro-Harmonix Micro POG > Jad Freer Audio Capo Multiple Preamp

Seems very solid to me!

 

[HolmeBass]

I will say in my experience, I run my Cali 76 CB kind of hot, so it is definitely adding some harmonics and ever so slight distortion. I put my analog octave pedals before the compressor, and everything else, including envelope filters, after.

I put my tuner last to cut all sound from bass or board when engaged. I just have to remember to make sure all the modulation is off before I try to tune.

 

[Aledal]

They're all great pedals and I have a very similar setup which fits in my gig bag. Whether you'd want to use them or not, the JF Capo has pre and post eq loops available which come in handy if you ever DI from the Capo and want to keep the front end clean (Octave/Fuzz/Filters etc) and back end saturated (Delay/Chorus/Reverb etc).

 

[Mastiff_5]

I was VERY close to getting a pork and pickle, ended up going with the Damnation Audio MBD v3. (I know, not the best brand name for a worship pedalboard! Haha) and I just couldn’t be happier. It’s fantastic, and I do actually use it!!!

 

[Smooth_bass88]

you shouldn't get a bunch of effects pedals for the sake of getting a bunch of effects pedals. Ask yourself: what tones and sounds does the gig require? start here before you waste a bunch of money on things you will hardly use. I started with a simple overdrive/DI/preamp pedal and as I got into different gigs and genres, I added this and that so I could cop the tones on the recordings I was learning. Especially when it comes to emulating synth bass.

 

[Aidenn7]

Start with a Tuner Comp preamp. Peterson Origin. and something like a tube pre amp or emulation. so I would go with a Sans Amp or Master Effects super 300(svt preamp)

 

[logdrum]

Wow, that's almost 2K in pedals alone.. Make sure do get a good power supply and maybe a Mono pedalboard.

I would not deviate from your choices, except maybe get the full version of the POG . Might as well. Some tasty delay and a tremolo or chorus.

 

[meisi]

No shame in keeping it light and tight either.

Peeps universally seem to like the cali76. Maybe that’s all you really need along with a tuner and DI… which I assume is what your sans amp was for.

If you don’t need bass synth you may ultimately like different octave and fuzz later when the need arises.

Also, go big or go home - get a Noble tube pre DI with what you didn’t spend on the synth.

 

[pgpete]

my pedal board has a tuner, octaver, compressor, and zoom ms70b - and I'm thinking of selling them off and getting a HX stomp XL

 

[DaveParker39]

A little personal experience tip on the Pork & Pickle:

If you plan to use both OD and Fuzz modes, use a washable marker (like Posca) to mark off your settings in one color for OD mode and in another color for Fuzz mode. Then you can change on the fly.