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Worship Bass Pedalboards

#4,843
The Meatbox is such a great pedal. Very useful in a church setting. I used mine last night for some long, deep sustained bass roots in 'Silent Night.' The drummer looked over to me in approval. We both sort of did the "frown-nod" of satisfaction. As a matter of fact my Mantic Hulk arrived and I plan on having this on my other pedalboard; it's effectively (;)) a Meatbox clone.
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jacoby75 said:
I love, love, LOVE my EHX Bass Clone. Chorus isn't for everyone, but I'm a child of the 80's and it's in my blood. When used subtly and sparingly, and in the right context, it's fantastic in a worship setting. I don't use it all the time, but on bridges, intros, vamping parts, those quiet, mellow parts inbetween songs or when someone is talking, etc. And the Bass Clone has the crossover so you still have a strong fundamental with the chorus on top, and you dial in our how shimmery you want the chorus with the EQ. It's been one of those "game change" pedals for me.
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I could not agree more... the Bass Clone is a lovely pedal. Very versatile but for me it sits on an 80s shimmer sound too just ready for the next ballad to come along! I had an old Boss bass chorus for about 3 decades which I loved too but when it died I looked around and the EHX ticked all my boxes. The switchable crossover and bass/treble controls are a real boon too.

Also very fond of my EHX Stereo Pulsar tremolo. Again. Used sparingly in the right place it adds a great highlight tone - eg on sustained notes when you go to a "down" bridge...
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Rayjay said:
The Meatbox is such a great pedal. Very useful in a church setting. I used mine last night for some long, deep sustained bass roots in 'Silent Night.' The drummer looked over to me in approval. We both sort of did the "frown-nod" of satisfaction. As a matter of fact my Mantic Hulk arrived and I plan on having this on my other pedalboard; it's effectively (;)) a Meatbox clone. View attachment 3626521
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Frown nod is known as stank face.
 
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JKos said:
Man, you guys and getting to use effects at church. We are still a keep it clean and dry place.

- John
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That used to be me too, until everybody started going ampless. And now I'm all over here like . . .

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And this is the SMALL board. If I ever pulled out the big board, I think my sound guy would poop himself.
 
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TrevorR said:
I could not agree more... the Bass Clone is a lovely pedal. Very versatile but for me it sits on an 80s shimmer sound too just ready for the next ballad to come along! I had an old Boss bass chorus for about 3 decades which I loved too but when it died I looked around and the EHX ticked all my boxes. The switchable crossover and bass/treble controls are a real boon too.

Also very fond of my EHX Stereo Pulsar tremolo. Again. Used sparingly in the right place it adds a great highlight tone - eg on sustained notes when you go to a "down" bridge...
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I've seen this picture of your pedalboard on here several times now, and I don't think it's ever changed. Maybe once. I don't think you're doing it right. You know you're supposed to continually buy and flip pedals and change your pedalboard weekly, right? Or maybe that's just me.
 
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JKos said:
But, of course. Everyone is ampless and direct electric guitar sounds pretty bad. :smug:

Bass gets an Avalon U5 and some compression at the board.

- John
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I've never dealt with or heard the Avalon U5 live, but it looks like a sweet DI.

We never had effects for bass at our church (all three campuses) either until one day I just showed up with my SansAmp (not my whole pedal board but just the SansAmp) to use in place of our normal DI. I didn't ask, I just did it lol.

During the pre-service warmup/rehearsal, the guitarist stopped mid-song and waved everyone down and said "hold on, the bass sounds distorted." Mind you, it was a song that had some bass OD in the original version.

I locked eyes with him, then motioned my head to the SansAmp and then glanced over at his pedalboard (as if to say "if you can do it, then so can I). He shrugged as if to say "I hear ya, cool." I looked at the WL and she said "let's take it from the top."

I used the SansAmp for the next few times I was in the rotation, then I finally brought in my smaller pedal board (Temple Audio Solo 18) with just a tuner, compressor, EQ, HPF/LPF and SansAmp. The guitarist on rotation that day saw it and said "that is one cool pedalboard!" and asked if I wanted to borrow his HX Stomp to play around with different effects. The rest is history.

I guess the moral of the story is you never know until you try. Unless the WL explicitly dictates he/she doesn't want bass effects, then you have nothing to lose by trying. Even if they did state they don't want bass effects, I'd prayerfully and tactfully challenge them on that...first citing that if it's good enough for guitar then it's good enough for bass, then I'd let them know about the numerous pro worship bassists that use effects. David Curran of Elevation Worship even has a video rundown of his effects rig. Good luck.
 
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JKos said:
But, of course. Everyone is ampless and direct electric guitar sounds pretty bad. :smug:

Bass gets an Avalon U5 and some compression at the board.

- John
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Ugh. I played at a church for a bit where the electric guitar player just plugged his pedalboard (no amp, and no amp sim or speaker sim) straight into a direct box. He was a great guitar player, but it sounded sooooooooooo bad. Like a tin can full of wasps.
 
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B-Lo said:
I've never dealt with or heard the Avalon U5 live, but it looks like a sweet DI.

We never had effects for bass at our church (all three campuses) either until one day I just showed up with my SansAmp (not my whole pedal board but just the SansAmp) to use in place of our normal DI. I didn't ask, I just did it lol.

During the pre-service warmup/rehearsal, the guitarist stopped mid-song and waved everyone down and said "hold on, the bass sounds distorted." Mind you, it was a song that had some bass OD in the original version.

I locked eyes with him, then motioned my head to the SansAmp and then glanced over at his pedalboard (as if to say "if you can do it, then so can I). He shrugged as if to say "I hear ya, cool." I looked at the WL and she said "let's take it from the top."

I used the SansAmp for the next few times I was in the rotation, then I finally brought in my smaller pedal board (Temple Audio Solo 18) with just a tuner, compressor, EQ, HPF/LPF and SansAmp. The guitarist on rotation that day saw it and said "that is one cool pedalboard!" and asked if I wanted to borrow his HX Stomp to play around with different effects. The rest is history.

I guess the moral of the story is you never know until you try. Unless the WL explicitly dictates he/she doesn't want bass effects, then you have nothing to lose by trying. Even if they did state they don't want bass effects, I'd prayerfully and tactfully challenge them on that...first citing that if it's good enough for guitar then it's good enough for bass, then I'd let them know about the numerous pro worship bassists that use effects. David Curran of Elevation Worship even has a video rundown of his effects rig. Good luck.
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Sounds like you need a new WL.
 

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