What's in a Chain?

[Salicete]

It has likely been done before, though a cursory search of a page or two of history didn't reveal an exact dupe, but....

When you play live, or at rehearsals, anywhere but sitting on the edge of your bed noodling around, what is your signal chain, everything you use, bass to output?

I have lots of gadgets, but the vast majority of the time. It is bass to amp to cab, that is it. Oh, occasionally I'll use a compressor, but usually not.

A Fender and a SVT sitting on a fridge is about all I need.

Anyone else? What is in your chain ~that actually gets used~ on a regular basis.

 

[cheapbasslovin]

I have a Zoom B3 that's always hooked up. Mostly it just has a B15 sim running, but I use some other features as they're called for in songs. If I was playing some funkier stuff with no keys I'd be lighting that B3 up with all the octave and filter effects I can manage, but we have keys so I don't need to.

 

[Geri O]

The only thing in my signal chain between the bass and the amp is a wireless rig and a Radial DI.

 

[RustyAxe]

Playing live ... bass->Korg Pitchblack tuner->GB Shuttle 6.0->GB Shuttle 12T (x2) ... that is all.

 

[WayneP]

I keep it pretty simple. Either:

Bass -> direct to FOH

Or:
Bass -> Ashly pre amp -> dbx 160 compressor (via EFX loop) -> and/or direct XLR output from rack to FOH / Carvin amp -> Aguilar 1-12 cabinet.

(Tuner signaled from a separate output of the pre-amp, so it’s not directly in the chain.)

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt


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[twinjet]

My living room setup is the same as my live setup. Bass --> amp. DI'd into FOH, if provided.

 

[rodl2005]

Bass -> Fender Super Bassman -> Fender Bassman Pro Neo 115 cabs x2
The amp has a foot switch to change channels from clean to drive or just clean to clean. ..whatever you like. Passive eq to active eq channel if ya like. That's about it for "on the floor " devices

 

[4Mal]

2 lakland 44-01's fretted, rounds and flats. Radial bassbone. zoom b3 in the effects loop and korg pitch black in the tuner out. Bassbone DI to the board, amp out to a GK MB-Fusion 500 and fEarful,12.6. Migrating towards taking an aux out from the foh and sending a mix of kick, maybe kick and snare, plus my bass to a very cool mono power amp driving the 12.6 or 12.6 and 12.sub... We'll see...

Been gigging the fearful stuff since the beginning. Haven't found anything I like better for me though Duke's cabs are super cool. Been gigging the Bassbone for a decade. Maybe the least sexy, most useful piece of gear ever... The B3 I like a lot. It ran a ton of gucci effects out of the house... I keep waiting to see what the B4 ? Will be like but it, whatever they'll call it never arrives... I expect a bunch of us would be all over an update to the B3...

 

[s0c9]

Bass -> L6 G90 -> SVT7-Pro (compressor on) -> CAB
SVT7 DI -> PA

 

[stringtapper]

Small to medium gig with amp: Bass->Acoustic Image Ten2
High volume gig with amp: Bass->Mesa Walkabout Scout 1x15
No amp/in ear gig: Bass->Avalon U5->FOH