So I walk up to my rig today and count my pedals and holy crapoly george lucas i now have 8 PEDALS, and if you count the 2 choruses i'm not using, that's 10 PEDALS! I play metal and prog rock and I want to save up for a Fender active deluxe american standard yadda yadda top of the line 5 string jazz bass (if you do it right the first time, you won't have to do it again) and a darkglass b7k so that i have a good basic rig, but at minimum wage that's a problem (at least i have no bills to pay, for once being a teen has its advantages.) Anyway, my current rig is a Squier CV precision bass with dimarzio model p's into: BYOC Octave Divider, Bass big muff, Bassballs, dunlop 105q, BYOC rat clone, Small stone, Superego, and Bass big muff deluxe. I only paid for the bass big muff, wah, small stone, and superego myself. the rest were birthday/christmas presents and opportunistic freeloading off of my friends. I kinda wanna sell the small stone and superego off, as well as my cheap fender chorus and broken TC corona chorus off for the Microtubes/Jazz bass fund. do you guys think that's a good idea?
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TOO MANY PEDALS!
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I think it is a good idea. Good luck selling your pedals! It probably will take a lot of saving even if you can move those pedals.
We all flip gear to one another to get the toys we want. Nothing wrong with that at all. The B7K is incredible. I own one and it is always on. The B7K will make almost any bass sound gnarly. You should get there quickly by flipping the SuperEgo.
I came to the realization a while ago that I have the gear I have because of the full benefits my music gets out of it. I struggled in letting go of some things for a time but it hit me. Why am I holding on to a synth pedal (or whatever pedal) when Im not in a band that requires me to have it? I have more pedals than anyone I personally know but I thoroughly use everyone all the time. If its important for the music and the band then yes sell those things and get what you think will make your music sound even better. All of this is my opinion of course! 
YMMV
YMMV
Fooey.
No such thing as too many pedals. Whatever amount of pedals we have on our boards is always the right amount. Just like cookies. And girls. But that's another thread, in another forum and another time.
No such thing as too many pedals. Whatever amount of pedals we have on our boards is always the right amount. Just like cookies. And girls. But that's another thread, in another forum and another time.
I came to the realization a while ago that I have the gear I have because of the full benefits my music gets out of it. I struggled in letting go of some things for a time but it hit me. Why am I holding on to a synth pedal (or whatever pedal) when Im not in a band that requires me to have it? I have more pedals than anyone I personally know but I thoroughly use everyone all the time. If its important for the music and the band then yes sell those things and get what you think will make your music sound even better. All of this is my opinion of course!
YMMV
exactly what i realized yesterday, i was in my friends basement and all i turned on was my muffs, my rat, wah, and the octaver. the rest just sat. hundreds of dollars just sitting there...
If you didn't have a goal in mind, I would suggest another course for thought. I have 15 pedals on my board. Weeks may go by without be turning a few of them on. I start to think about flipping them, but then I challenge myself to come up with parts/ textures/ combinations that fit into what we are doing. It makes me a better, more creative musician. Often times, the sounds I come up with spark my bandmates imagination as well, and we end up writing at a much higher level. I usually end up flipping something once I know for certain that I can't find a place for it.
Played a gig last friday, very crowded bar, very entertained people, no stage. Sound was good but loud. The only difference I heard in my sound was distortion on and off. I cut all that delay and phaser stuff after the first few songs.
It was just awesome.
It was just awesome.
Same, friend's basement, me, a guitarist and him, the drummer. i immediately discovered a few things: scooping your mids is one of the worst ideas you can have, fuzz makes you stand out, wah makes you REALLY stand out, phasers make you murky, envelope filters are surprisingly useful, and synths are useless. oh, and octavers are fun.
yeah, nah, you leave gaps between your pedals right?
EDIT: Same goes for streams of thought!
Now that I have a PC in front of me I can edit some returns in and make sense of what the hell you are on about.
I had a small stone, nice phaser, it got traded as one does but it worked well enough I would get another if the one I have now got stolen.
Your priorities are your own, if you sell gear you don't feel you need to get a 2nd bass that is probably best for you.
B7K is the current "must have". I wouldn't give up three of my pedals to get a better overdrive + DI when I have a sansamp for DI and I need my other pedals too, ymmv. Give it six months and they'll be going for $200.
It's hard to sell broken gear. Even marginally damaged stuff loses at least 60% of its original value, often more.
You might want to keep that P-bass as a backup. A p-bass sounds completely different than a jazz, better for rock for many people's ears, and if you've upgraded it, it is probably still a players instrument. I never let myself dip below two basses in the stable, and they're usually a j and a p. Squier makes a quality budget instrument that I would consider buying again.
If you want to save some money, try out the Zoom Ms-60b. One pedal that will do lots of effects. I love mine. At only $99 you can't beat it. I bought mine to save room as I'm downsizing my pedalboard. I am able to sell quite a few of my pedals I only use a few times. But my pedalboard was getting HUGE! An NOTHING will ever replace my B7k!
BTW. I have the Bass your looking for and LOVE it. It's been my only bass for over a year now and if you knew me you wouldn't believe that.
BTW. I have the Bass your looking for and LOVE it. It's been my only bass for over a year now and if you knew me you wouldn't believe that.
You beat me to it!
I'm planning to get one soon to replace a couple of pedals that only get used rarely. Sure the quality of some of the effects may not be as good as boutique pedals, but for just one song in a set, who's really going to notice except you?
GL Fender, B7K and a bridged Crest CA9 into a pair of Peavey Black Widow 15s... There's your Geddy Lee tone, dude. Even better than the real thing! (Man, I wish Ged would use cabs again...)
this thread got pretty sidetracked, but it's no problem since it sidetracked into a nice discussion. anyway, last I heard geddy's using 2 orange AD200B's and 410s now.
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