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Worship Bass Pedalboards
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I have an Arion bass flanger, Arion bass distortion, mxr wah, korg PB, boss dd-7 delay, and a homemade effects switcher, all powered by a t-rex Jr. I use the delay the most and the wah the least.
I would love to hear how you guys are using effects like delay and synths in the worship tunes.
My church plays songs like wake by Hillsong young and free and Relentless which has a lot of synth stuff so it is pretty easy to fit fuzz and synth stuff in since it is actually in the real song and recording. Then on other songs i just like to put a big Fuzz or synth sound into a huge part of the song to make it sound huge and awesome. I find fuzz very easy to fit into any song.
Then for Delay i use it in my Pads as well as reverb to make it sound full and ambient. i also use it on some melodic high notes in down parts of the songs to fill it out.
For me it is easy to get used to an effect and then find where it will sound good in a song. sometimes I'm like "oh a delay will sound cool over this." or flange etc.....
Nice, I tried a small touch of overdrive on a song that has a super dirty bass on the record, and the sound guy despised it, said it sounded horrible. Have done pads and get the dirtiest looks around. The happiest they are is when I use the crap squire P the church has, the sound guy even gets worked up if I dial in a little bass on an active onboard eq......
I guess I envy you guys that churches are wanting good tone.
I guess I envy you guys that churches are wanting good tone.
Adamixoye
A PT Pro is cool for worship, right?
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I used a big synth sound in a similar way to the post above. The song had a "big" chorus so I kicked on a fuzzy organ synth sound. That's probably the most adventurous I've gotten with bass effects in a worship setting, but I do sneak in other things from time to time. For my baseline tone, I always run slightly dirty and usually get more compliments on it than not. I don't think they actually notice the dirt per se, just the overall tone.
1 Cor. 9:19-23
Don't see it as a setback bro! If God has called you to THAT church to play in THAT context, then rock it out for His glory as best you can!
Get the best clean tone you can and just worship
Sounds like the sound guy and possibly others involved in your situation are not the most gracious people you might hope to encounter, much less create music with.
The beauty of the gospel is that as we continue to understand more just how much love God has shown us in Christ while we were still sinners, we are empowered to likewise show love to people and be gracious to them (e.g., give them the benefit of the doubt) even when they don't deserve it.
Maybe with time you can slowly condition those around you to appreciate the finer aspects of bass tone.
Until then, take joy in God's love and strive to show grace as you have been shown grace.
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Sounds like the sound guy and possibly others involved in your situation are not the most gracious people you might hope to encounter, much less create music with.
The beauty of the gospel is that as we continue to understand more just how much love God has shown us in Christ while we were still sinners, we are empowered to likewise show love to people and be gracious to them (e.g., give them the benefit the doubt) even when they don't deserve it.
Maybe with time you can slowly condition those around you to appreciate the finer aspects of bass tone.
I have similar condition at one church where the WL is guitar virtuoso and wants very basic playing so he doesn't have to contend with blending with anything else. I only play there once a month. My regular church I attend, WL likes the church's Sting P Bass played with a pick. I don't play there at all!
At Calvary. I can use pretty much anything I want to and nobody says anything except one time I kicked the POG 2 and the sound guy walked up and asked what did I do. I keep it pretty mild most of the time with a compressor on almost always and typically run a little mild reverb with a little but of grind. Some songs on Fretless I'll use a little or a lot of Chorus and add POG in on one song, another song I have a mix that has that Circé Di Solé kinda Sound. Upright, I'll use a little reverb but that's usually it. Fretted, I might add a little tube grind to get that SVT sound or heavy reverb/delay for little guitarish stuff for fun on the 6. I love my SA Programmable EQ to change things up a little. Band practice and jams, anything goes!! I do very much try to keep it tasteful in service. Sometime I throw in stuff to bust the lead guitar players chops during rehearsal that I may keep in during service if I don't get the eyebrow from WL. We try to have fun.
I'll try to match the tone the lead guitarist is setting - if he wants emotion-filled, I'll use delay or flanger, if he's getting gritty, I'll use distortion, if the song has a strong fast beat, I might add some wah to provide some emphasis on the rhythm.
I'm still experimenting so don't use these as rules and please post what other's use. I'll see if I can post some specific examples of songs and effects. We mostly play CCLI CCM so the songs are all common to hear on Christian radio and in PBs.
Note that we are encouraged to play the songs in the spirit of the song, not 'verbatim compliance' to a recording.
I'm still experimenting so don't use these as rules and please post what other's use. I'll see if I can post some specific examples of songs and effects. We mostly play CCLI CCM so the songs are all common to hear on Christian radio and in PBs.
Note that we are encouraged to play the songs in the spirit of the song, not 'verbatim compliance' to a recording.
Oh yeah, pic of mine:
That's quite a PT Nano setup. I'm not in a worship group myself, but I do love what some of you have going on with your pedalboards.
Oh yeah, pic of mine:
Providence Dual Bass Station?!? ...and just like that, my pedalboard plan changes yet again.
