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Worship Bass Pedalboards

Here is my IEM board. Aguilar TLC will be replacing the Demeter. Wireless may come off to add some modulation.

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Just got a Source Audio Bass Distortion and their Reverb pedals and am installing them this week. Got to mess with both Saturday night for a while. They both have a ton of tones! Still looking for a used POG2 and I'll be done.
 
Last time I was jamming in church I had an EB VP Jr. into an M13 and that was into a Radial JDI and that was great for me. A little overkill but I used the VP as an expression pedal of sorts for swells and delays so was pretty rockin'. I could probably get away with an M9 if I got another multi-FX unit.
 
Order is definitely subject to personal taste.

I would say tuner first (to give it a clean signal)

Tradition would typically say compressor next.
I would then probably put the blue tube next.
And I'm not sure what draw the GE-7B has if you are using the Tone Hammer. Maybe you want two different eq's available with a foot stomp? Anywho, I would put the Tone Hammer last so that you can use the di out.
 
Order is definitely subject to personal taste.

I would say tuner first (to give it a clean signal)

Tradition would typically say compressor next.
I would then probably put the blue tube next.
And I'm not sure what draw the GE-7B has if you are using the Tone Hammer. Maybe you want two different eq's available with a foot stomp? Anywho, I would put the Tone Hammer last so that you can use the di out.

Sounds right to me, but with that high of a drive setting do you really need a compressor? The bluetube probably has a fair amount of comp to it already
 
Sounds right to me, but with that high of a drive setting do you really need a compressor? The bluetube probably has a fair amount of comp to it already

I haven't fully integrated the blue tube yet, however after messing around with the compressor I don't think it is really doing much for me. I do think I had been running my mids too low on the Tone Hammer and I used the GEB to bring them back. I tweaked on the mids on the tone hammer at home and got it sounding good. So I can probably do away with the GEB also. Too many adjustments on this stuff. Haha
 
I've been attending a new church here in Swindon in the UK, it's a plant from Brazil and it's an awesome place to be.
I'm currently the only bassist for our 4 worship teams...which means I'm pretty much on call every Sunday and one practice session per week. I really need to train up another bassist fast!

Here's my pedal board, I've recently parted with my TE dual band Compressor and I'm currently using the B3 for a lot of stuff. I'm mostly using my MS-60B as a tuner or Zenir gate which works quite well. The separate chorus is particularly well voiced for my fretless, and I can't seem to get the same sound out of the B3 or MS-60B (although there's some great chorus sounds in there). I don't like the dirt sounds out of either...so I might pick up a nice analogue dirt box soon.

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It's really versatile and I love the AB100 switch box, I can plug in my fretless and fretted and swap at a touch of a stomp...very nice.
 
All I run is a Tone Hammer. AGS on. Gain at about 8 o'clock. Level at noon. Mid freq. at about 11 o'clock, Mid, Bass, and Treble at noon. Have also run with the AGS off and the gain at noon.

Will likely get a VT Bass DI for backup, or maybe run the two in series. Not a big fan of dirty bass tone, but a bit of tubish warmth is good sometimes.

I stay away from modulating effects on bass. They always sound to me like I'm going in and out of tune.
 
All I run is a Tone Hammer. AGS on. Gain at about 8 o'clock. Level at noon. Mid freq. at about 11 o'clock, Mid, Bass, and Treble at noon. Have also run with the AGS off and the gain at noon.

Will likely get a VT Bass DI for backup, or maybe run the two in series. Not a big fan of dirty bass tone, but a bit of tubish warmth is good sometimes.

I stay away from modulating effects on bass. They always sound to me like I'm going in and out of tune.

I like to use a tuner to check my fretless intonation as I play. I've only recently been playing fretless again and my intonation drifts unless I use a tuner to spot.
It's funny watching intonation on a fretless when a chorus or octave pedal is activated...the tuner wobbles all over the place....but it does hide a little of my wobbly playing :D
 
We had a guest worship leader for two songs (one which he wrote). He was leading from the keys, but wasn't familiar with this particular board. Since he couldn't find the right patch for a particular song, I decided to kick on the Swollen Pickle and BassIQ (down) for a little nuttyness. I saw a couple people smiling. :D

I have the new board all set up but forgot to take a pic, again!