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What are your essential pedals?
- Thread starter Tottery
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it was a boss ceb-3 for a long time. I now have an mxr analog chorus... I plan to use it for a couple of months and see if I really prefer it. I also have a zoom ms-70cdr but I'll probably let it go - multi-effects just don't work for me.
Tuner. Filter. Compressor. Fuzz + Octave and looper! Also love these Warwick rockboard pedalboards. Cheaper than pedaltrain and enough room for a power supply.
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In my neck o' the woods, pre-amping's good; compression's good; tone shaping, via something like a backed-off overdrive's good — having all that sorted can provide a number of ideal refinements, including boosting and filtering and equalization, depending on your selection.
All the rest's icing on the cake. HPF, I believe, should also be very seriously considered, if you're wanting to drive anything overtly hard. And, a good tuner's a given
All the rest's icing on the cake. HPF, I believe, should also be very seriously considered, if you're wanting to drive anything overtly hard. And, a good tuner's a given
On one of boards I run a Hudson Broadcast into the Moog 101 filter. On another of my boards I just run a GK Rails preamp on all the time and hit the boost as my secondary gain.
Does that cut below 50hz qualifie as a HPF? Because this is the curve of the MXR Bass DI+ when the color switch is on, so I would like to know if my essential pedal is or isnt a HPF in disguise
Super DG fanboy here lol. Hate me if you want. Changed my thought process: SVT4-Pro Amp -> Harmonic Booster -> Hyper Luminal -> Vintage-U -> A/O-U -> PolyTune3 -> 2x212Ne. This is what I'm aiming for. Currently half way there, missing 2 pedals and 2nd 212.
Question, would I want the comp before the booster or after the booster, or at the end of the chain? Any thoughts on the order of those pedals?
Question, would I want the comp before the booster or after the booster, or at the end of the chain? Any thoughts on the order of those pedals?
I’d say comp before booster, as any boosted signal will affect how the compressor reacts. Might want to smooth everything out first, then boost that compressed signal.
Maybe an additional comp/limiter at the end of the chain to manage spikes introduced by any of the effects.
I also run my tuner front of chain, that way you don’t have to switch off any FX to tune, plus kills the signal if you need to unplug your bass for any reason.
Yep, agree on the tuner thing. Seemed like common sense to me when I started doing that. Thanks I'll move the comp to the beginning of the chain and try it out, your logic makes sense.
My totally essential pedals are my Rusty Box and an OD, most likely the MBD1. If I had those 2 alone, I could get through any gig.
However, if I had my way, I'd take my board with the following on every gig and jam I did:
Preamps
-Rusty Box
-TC Spectradrive
OD, dist and fuzz (at least 1 each)
-Damnation Para Drive
-MXR Brown Acid Fuzz
-Damnation MBD1
Modulation and Delay
-HX Stomp (added a 2 stomp switcher with it)
Pitch Shifting
-EHX Pitchfork
Tuner
-Peterson Strobe HD
FDeck HPF1
Dunlop 105q (off board)
Damnation Bloop (looper/blender)
Synth and other stuff
-Source Audio C4 (going to try the Boss SY1 for a while though. See how that goes...)
All that is pretty much a necessity.....for the most part....
However, if I had my way, I'd take my board with the following on every gig and jam I did:
Preamps
-Rusty Box
-TC Spectradrive
OD, dist and fuzz (at least 1 each)
-Damnation Para Drive
-MXR Brown Acid Fuzz
-Damnation MBD1
Modulation and Delay
-HX Stomp (added a 2 stomp switcher with it)
Pitch Shifting
-EHX Pitchfork
Tuner
-Peterson Strobe HD
FDeck HPF1
Dunlop 105q (off board)
Damnation Bloop (looper/blender)
Synth and other stuff
-Source Audio C4 (going to try the Boss SY1 for a while though. See how that goes...)
All that is pretty much a necessity.....for the most part....
I maintain a simple pedalboard that consists of a Boss tuner, a Keeley Bassist compressor, and an MXR DI+ for some color/mild dirt. The only other adjustments I make are my amp and/or bass EQ.
I'm with everyone that we bass players don't need a pedal per se. I have an older Trace Elliott head with EQ, compressor, tone shapes & even a mix between solid state and tube pre-amp. It gets me 99% of the way there. I did recently pick up a Boss GT1B, and while it's not everything I'd ever want, it certainly gives me a range of sounds to experiment with.
That said, I have two pedals that I keep coming back to that I really want to start running in my rig. Both are Source Audio, C4 synth pedal that has a TON of functionality hiding under a little hood, and the other is their new envelope filter, which seems to be slow getting to market. For some of the funkier tones out there, these two offer a lot.
That said, I have two pedals that I keep coming back to that I really want to start running in my rig. Both are Source Audio, C4 synth pedal that has a TON of functionality hiding under a little hood, and the other is their new envelope filter, which seems to be slow getting to market. For some of the funkier tones out there, these two offer a lot.
This depends entirely on style of music and style of play... I play progressive rock, and the bass takes on a larger part of the piece than a standard bottom. I use Chorus, Flange, Phase, Octave, Compressor, and Equalizer (multi adjustable tone controls). I like to use one high quality pedal, otherwise you are facing noise issues. I use a Boss ME-50B. It has all this and much more.
You might consider investing in the BB-1x Bass Driver, in line with the BC-1x its fantastic!
Essential: high pass.
Nice: multi-band compressor
Luxury: some light distortion for character and cut-through.
Entirely optional: Tuning pedal (no one will notice if you're not in tune, they probably can't even hear you over the guitarist who isn't even playing in the right key, let alone in tune).
Nice: multi-band compressor
Luxury: some light distortion for character and cut-through.
Entirely optional: Tuning pedal (no one will notice if you're not in tune, they probably can't even hear you over the guitarist who isn't even playing in the right key, let alone in tune).
