What are your essential pedals?

[Kipp Harrington]

As most have said, compressor always on, then Darkglass X7 ( which I have set as a mild drive & is usually on ), a Darkglass Alpha-Omega for occasional dirt, then chorus ( which gets quite a bit of use. Also use a flanger very occasionally and Sub n Up Octaver in places.View attachment 3738751

Very tidy looking board, sir. I respect that.

 

[darren1970]

Very tidy looking board, sir. I respect that.

Thanks Kipp.
I'm quite OCD so untidy cables send me crazy

 

[Kipp Harrington]

Thanks Kipp.
I'm quite OCD so untidy cables send me crazy

Lol. We're two peas in a pod!

 

[zontar]

For me I often play without pedals, but most of the time I sue a volume pedal--so that would be my answer
After that--maybe a chorus.

 

[Maxfenderbass]

I cannot live without Sanford and Sonny Bluebeard and a Volume pedal(pickup is wired straight to the output jack on my bass)

 

[mrjim123]

Thread reboot!

I was pedal-less until less than a year ago, but I now consider these to be essential pedals:

1. Broughton adjustable high pass filter (HPF) - the best $85 I've ever spent on gear. Should have had one decades ago.

2. EHX Pitchfork, which arrives tomorrow. This is necessitated by the fact that we recently dropped ONE song down to E flat (my least favorite key); I got tired of switching basses mid-set. Also - and I can't wait to try this - we are covering "Blow" (Mars, Sheeran, Stapleton). The signature riff of this song is a bear to play at tempo in F#, so I'm thinking of using the Pitchfork to drop down a whole step and then playing two frets up the neck.

Note: Also on my pedal "board" is a Snark pedal tuner. I don't consider this to be an essential pedal, and would probably be just as happy using my clip on tuner.