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Worship Bass Pedalboards
- Thread starter Cshanks5
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Yeah, it is just modulation on the tail end of the verb really, so it has the moving/swirling tails.
Probably room for one more thing on the bigger board if I go that way.
Any envelope filter favorites? Other suggestions?
I have dirt, reverb and compression. Staying away from octave (I know people like them) as I have a synth and I know octave + filter = synth for lots of bass players. Not sure how often I'd use an octave.
Any envelope filter favorites? Other suggestions?
I have dirt, reverb and compression. Staying away from octave (I know people like them) as I have a synth and I know octave + filter = synth for lots of bass players. Not sure how often I'd use an octave.
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Maybe should have simply said..."go check the Ghost Ridge out"
...but for sure, the reverb pedal I've used the most, with both acoustic and slab basses (several YT vids out there)...
My newest other reverb pedal...still exploring what the Specular can (or can't) do well.
...but for sure, the reverb pedal I've used the most, with both acoustic and slab basses (several YT vids out there)...My newest other reverb pedal...still exploring what the Specular can (or can't) do well.
I'm a little torn when it comes to effects. Surprise. I don't really need a number of options for each - like 4 different reverbs for example. At least I don't think I do. Reverb would be something I see myself using for say solos in a jazz gig when everyone drops out. Or maybe for an into at church. So something like a Strymon seems ridiculous. Yet I know that the one setting I use will sound amazing. Same with filter or chorus or whatever. DO I want a lot of goo ad what they do pedals, or...
...lots of people like the Line 6 HX. Get all my "one type, once in a while" effects in one unit. Still expensive. And I don't really like menus and such. That's why individual pedals are nice.
...lots of people like the Line 6 HX. Get all my "one type, once in a while" effects in one unit. Still expensive. And I don't really like menus and such. That's why individual pedals are nice.
TC Electronics has a couple of decent reverbs that aren't too expensive. For the purposes you mention, probably one of them would be ideal.
I think the appeal of the HX is the fact that it is easily reproducible tone. Sticker price seems expensive but it's pretty much a one-stop shop for most people. You start tallying up pedal prices and you will get close to (if not more than) the same cost, and then those are the pedals you're stuck with.
It's attractive to people who are touring / gigging a lot because if life happens, its super easy to source one mass produced unit and be done, then to try to source all your pedals or source a boutique limited run pedal again. You can back up your presets and then load em on a new HX if you damage/lose your old one.
Just my two cents!
That does make sense. I don't tour but I get the logic of cost per pedal and all that. I'll never give up my LA-1A, but that and the HX and a decent DI would be a nice little board. I think Ian Alison runs something like that.
Yeah, you could run the LA-1A either in the effects loop of the Helix or at the end of it, depending on the set up. That would probably darn near fit on a Pedaltrain nano.
This is a tube drive but the size is probably similar:
Unless something has changed, I believe Ian Allison is a happy Noble user
Ian's cool pedalboard! We were able to see it the GTG last November. This was taken in his studio.
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Ian has a great board. If there were a Noble available at this moment I would think about it. I do have tubes in my LA-1A so I can maybe get by without the Noble. The Stomp Is tempting as I would have anything I might need at my "fingertips" which is cool. And after a couple "boutique" pedals I'd be there price wise. Idk. This is where I circular logic myself to death. A Nano play might hold the LA-1A, helix and Rolls. If I use a passive DI like my Radial Pro I can just tack it on. Doesn't need to be on the board. Then I just use the board as is for gigs where I use an amp - like jazz or singer:songwriter type gigs.
Hmm...
I tried running bass->RNDI Thru->JDI->XLR out and that did not affect the RNDI signal to the sound board. It stayed strong the whole time. No difference from when I ran bass->RNDI XLR out-> sound board.
You could almost get one of those balanced 1/4'' to XLR cables also, seems like that is popular with some of the other LA-1A guys as well as Helix users. Gets the DI right out of the way, so then you're just left with the rolls unit. You might be able to squeeze that in there on a nano+?
A lot of people like the Noble. The Oracle is a little over half the price of the Noble and does more of what I want, which is clean(er) tubey goodness. Power can be handled with a $10 splitter cable.
Both my LA-1A and Oracle are always on / set and forget.
Right. I also have a Sadowsky preamp/DI pedal that has similar controls (minus the tubes of course) to other preamp/DI's so guys'd an option as well.
