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Worship Bass Pedalboards

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Been thinking a lot about how best to facilitate 2 basses. Passive P and Active 5 Barts. I'm not sure the Sadowsky is the right thing. I think it works great for a single bass that's passive and when you want to have that "active" sound once in a while without buying another bass or converting your passive bass. If I just played a passive bass, I think that would work, but it isn't really designed to be a switcher between 2 basses.

So I'm thinking this may be the answer.
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2 channels - with either 1 or 2 cables.
Separate levels for each - a big plus.
EQ on each.
Effects loop wet/dry - yeah, I may have to start using some drive for the cover band.
Tuner out - dump my pedal and just use a standard tuner like a Korg. Th eboost can be a mute.
Part of me is hesitant as I love one bass and a simple board.
Part of me wants to use more than one bass (I love them all) and maybe some effects to better represent the song - mostly for cover band but I can see using multiple basses at church.

Thoughts?
 
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@SteveC This is what I went with. Trickfish Trilobite Review

About as easy as it gets. Super versatile. Sounds awesome.
Hmm. Looks interesting. I've had really good luck with Radial, but I am not married to them. I just want a simple way to swap basses. The effects loop with wet/dry is a nice bonus on both of them. It is 2x as expensive, but it's only money.
 
Been thinking a lot about how best to facilitate 2 basses. Passive P and Active 5 Barts. I'm not sure the Sadowsky is the right thing. I think it works great for a single bass that's passive and when you want to have that "active" sound once in a while without buying another bass or converting your passive bass. If I just played a passive bass, I think that would work, but it isn't really designed to be a switcher between 2 basses.

So I'm thinking this may be the answer.
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2 channels - with either 1 or 2 cables.
Separate levels for each - a big plus.
EQ on each.
Effects loop wet/dry - yeah, I may have to start using some drive for the cover band.
Tuner out - dump my pedal and just use a standard tuner like a Korg. Th eboost can be a mute.
Part of me is hesitant as I love one bass and a simple board.
Part of me wants to use more than one bass (I love them all) and maybe some effects to better represent the song - mostly for cover band but I can see using multiple basses at church.

Thoughts?
I use the V1 of that pedal. I love it. Swapping between frets and fretless takes 30 seconds and I can have identical levels. It's perfect. The effects loop is very handy.
 
Question for a few here. I have a new pedalboard being finished up for me and It will have a power switch montes on the left hand side with a on-off switch. U see Seth it will have a pig tail hard wired into so I can hook my power supply up. I was wondering do the make a pig tail that I could split off and have another hookup for pedals or such that requires abnormal power requirements.
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Question for a few here. I have a new pedalboard being finished up for me and It will have a power switch montes on the left hand side with a on-off switch. U see Seth it will have a pig tail hard wired into so I can hook my power supply up. I was wondering do the make a pig tail that I could split off and have another hookup for pedals or such that requires abnormal power requirements.
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yep... https://www.amazon.com/Cablelera-Po...keywords=ac+split+cable&qid=1580614872&sr=8-1
I just searched AC split cord and there were many hits.
 
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Been thinking a lot about how best to facilitate 2 basses. Passive P and Active 5 Barts. I'm not sure the Sadowsky is the right thing. I think it works great for a single bass that's passive and when you want to have that "active" sound once in a while without buying another bass or converting your passive bass. If I just played a passive bass, I think that would work, but it isn't really designed to be a switcher between 2 basses.

So I'm thinking this may be the answer.
View attachment 3689715
2 channels - with either 1 or 2 cables.
Separate levels for each - a big plus.
EQ on each.
Effects loop wet/dry - yeah, I may have to start using some drive for the cover band.
Tuner out - dump my pedal and just use a standard tuner like a Korg. Th eboost can be a mute.
Part of me is hesitant as I love one bass and a simple board.
Part of me wants to use more than one bass (I love them all) and maybe some effects to better represent the song - mostly for cover band but I can see using multiple basses at church.

Thoughts?
Heartily recommend the Lehle 3@1 - used one for years switching between different levelled basses in a covers band. Built like a tank and very high quality circuitry. Worked great for transparently reducing my Wal’s volume to match other basses.
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I didn’t bring 2 basses this morning, but we have a gig Saturday and I’m going to give the Sadowsky a try. Run my active 5 through it without the preamp/volume engaged. Then run the passive P through it with the preamp/volume engaged and adjust the volume to match the active output.

I’m going to try and run my combo cable through an unused hole in the strap so the strap and cable stay with me and I simply mute, unplug, undo the straplocks swap, plug and go. We’ll see how it goes. This would be the simplest, least expensive way to do it. If it doesn’t work, I’ll try another option.
 
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So the cable thru the strap hole won’t work. Maybe just through the belt loop of my pants? Just need to keep it from falling on the ground while I quickly swap basses.
Planet Waves do these cool little cable ties you could loop through the strap hole...
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Or even better, Velcro ones from the hardware store...

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Can’t go zip tie cause I want to be able to take it off at the end of the night. Velcro tie is a good option, as are the loop ties. Have to see what I can find. The strap loop is a thought as well.