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Worship Bass Pedalboards

#4,863
jacoby75 said:
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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Yes, I afraid that I'm afflicted by a rare, terrible and debilitating psychological condition called IGRD (Involuntary GAS Resistance Disorder). Sufferers like myself still suffer all the afflictions of GAS - looking at YouTube reviews of gear, drooling over posts on social media and spending hours on custom builder "configurator" websites without any of the actual benefits of GAS (ie constant purchasing of lovely new equipment). It also manifests as a compulsion to define exactly what one wants out of a piece of equipment and research it exhaustively until one is completely sure that it will tick the boxes before buying - and then resisting the purchase until completely satisfied. It also means that the suffer will be inclined to obsessively work through any minor downsides or issues which manifest themselves after purchase to overcome them, rather than simply flipping the item to find the next "my last ever" purchase.

In my own case the condition first appeared soon after my first bass was purchased when I tried out the Precision, Flying V and Ricky basses I had lusted after in my local guitar shop. On discovering that, while they looked so cool, I didn't actually like the way they felt in my hand the condition then forced me to make the decision to write them off as potential future purchases, rather than making the sensible decision of determining to work my way through every one ever made just in case there was one whose neck I actually did like.

Since that day I have owned a total of 5 electric basses, four of which I still own today and am entirely content with. The condition, of course, also spills over to other areas such as pedals. It's a hard burden to bear...
 
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#4,864
jacoby75 said:
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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I also started down the effects worm hole when they made me give up my Genz Streamliner 900/Accugroove El Whappo rig up. A couple of months later the VOCALISTS had pounded the MoM into submission and I got my rig back on stage. I was NOT expecting allies from that side of the house!

I don't get to use an amp at my current church and have switched from an analog rig (turbotuner, Darkglass VMTD and Super Symmetry, Red Witch Factotum, 3Leaf Wonderlove, OmniCabSim and BBE Sonic de-mucker on a NOVO 24) to a small board of a HX Stomp and the Morningstar MC6.

I really would not mind making the sound guy poop himself! At my old church, carrying in my pedal board in a road case was enough to cause involuntary spasms!

Dan
 
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#4,866
My weekend board. It's getting smaller. I think the only thing I would change is moving the kliq to my band board. It's just tuner and fuzz. Then I would get a faster tuner for church.
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#4,870
So, I just added me one of these:
|SPARK BOOSTER|Tcelectronic|P0DDN

It's exactly what the Dr. ordered!
I've been on a bit of a quest for that vintage tubey breakup kinda clean tone. This little spark booster into an MXR M81 is a pretty good deal. I have everything on the M81 set at noon, and then just fiddled with the spark booster and was able to get a decent equiv. Of the John McVie "Chain" tone. - what else is kinda neat is that it does that for my flat wound p bass, and you can also change an eq select switch to a more neutral position to get a better foundation for the tone coming out of a bass with an onboard preamp. Not bad for a bargain pedal. - bonus - bought it off reverb from a Church in Pennsylvania!
 
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#4,872
Johno Dunn said:
View attachment 3630063 New board revision. I'll know how it sounds through the IEM's after tomorrow's practice, and Sunday's service!
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I hear great things about the Spectrum. I have the MXR BEF and a Fwonk Beta BEF, but they aren't on my worship pedalboard. Do you find much use for the Spectrum in a worship setting?

I think I've read it serves as a good octave pedal as well. I'm curious about if it has more utility in a worship setting. Thanks.
 
#4,873
B-Lo said:
I hear great things about the Spectrum. I have the MXR BEF and a Fwonk Beta BEF, but they aren't on my worship pedalboard. Do you find much use for the Spectrum in a worship setting?

I think I've read it serves as a good octave pedal as well. I'm curious about if it has more utility in a worship setting. Thanks.
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It does an amazing Octaver. Haven't used filters in the Worship setting, but the Octaver has made an appearance or two. It kills at the OC2 octave down, no dry sound!
 
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#4,878
So what's the DI of choice here these days? Is Noble still #1?
Any plain old DI users like JDI or REDDI?

I like my JDI and it's nice and small and easy (no powered) and all that. Just sometimes (more for the cover band than at church) I don't always sound as good. Last weekend was good.But other times it's not as full. I know different rooms sound different. Is that all it is? Maybe I'm just looking for an excuse. I really don't need a new DI or pre. But the inconsistency of my IEM sound (it really shouldn't change much) is a little irritating.
 
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SteveC said:
So what's the DI of choice here these days? Is Noble still #1?
Any plain old DI users like JDI or REDDI?

I like my JDI and it's nice and small and easy (no powered) and all that. Just sometimes (more for the cover band than at church) I don't always sound as good. Last weekend was good.But other times it's not as full. I know different rooms sound different. Is that all it is? Maybe I'm just looking for an excuse. I really don't need a new DI or pre. But the inconsistency of my IEM sound (it really shouldn't change much) is a little irritating.
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I've owned and used all of the more popular DI's like Reddi, JDI, Noble, RNDI, Firefly, Mesa Subway Plus DI and a few others. The best I've used for IEM and FOH mixes has been the Nordstrand Starlifter DI. The ability to shape your FOH and IEM mix makes a difference IMO. The price point makes it a no brainer.
 
#4,880
dmc79 said:
Belated thanks for all the replies to my question. I must say, the thought of a VTDI appeals. I had one once, but at the time was playing through it (XLR to desk) and then out of a small Roland Cube. In a small church with very inexperienced sound guys. I genuinely felt it wasn't making much difference so sold it for the cheaper MXR M81. To be fair I don't think I gave it enough time and perhaps that setup couldn't show the VTDI's true potential either. Now that I'm playing in an ampless in-ear setup with experienced desk guys, I really think a nice cab sim could add something.

I've read a few things about the BDDI programmable, saying that the users had barely used the other presets, and given the lack of mid controls perhaps a VTDI or BDDI V2 would be a better buy after all.
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I think youve already set your sight on the bddi v2 or vtdi lol. I was in your same spot a couple of months ago and was debating if i should get the programmable one, since you can save presets. I ended up getting the bddi v2 and i really like it.
I only ever use one setting.. everything at 12 oclock and the drive at about 7 o'clock. Sometimes i'll dial back the mid knob a little if it feels too middy for me.
Thankfully we have good sound guys at my church, but i know if i ever had to play somewhere with an inexperienced sound guy, the bddi v2 would allow me to make all the drastic or small changes i would need to make.
 
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