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Worship Bass Pedalboards

#7,121
stvnleesmth said:
Direct Box question. How many of you have a DI on your board (excluding tone hammer/sans amp), or bring one with you when you play vs. using whatever DI your church or church you are playing at has?
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I currently use the DI on my SWR Silverado Special, but have plans to go a different route. Most likely nicer DI, go straight into the house, and an In-Ear setup. I haven't totally decided on the exact DI, but definitely a nice one.
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On another note...I have currently rearranged the PB, and added a Dunlop Mini Volume. I've placed the tuner straight out of the Dunlop, but haven't really played through it live....:nailbiting:.

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Mr. Majestic said:
I currently use the DI on my SWR Silverado Special, but have plans to go a different route. Most likely nicer DI, go straight into the house, and an In-Ear setup. I haven't totally decided on the exact DI, but definitely a nice one.
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On another note...I have currently rearranged the PB, and added a Dunlop Mini Volume. I've placed the tuner straight out of the Dunlop, but haven't really played through it live....:nailbiting:.

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Im curious how you are using the MC6 with the MIDI coming back from the Stomp?
 
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MascisMan said:
Im curious how you are using the MC6 with the MIDI coming back from the Stomp?
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I truly thought about how to explain "how", and "why" I'm using the two MIDI cables, but the answer, or answers, can be WAY too many. It basically opens up many more possibilities, so I'm using it to unlock quite a few more doors.
I'm not good enough to explain the "how", so I added a video that explains it pretty well. In the video, the programs are not the most recently updated...but hopefully it can answer your question.

 
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What drive pedals are you all using? Right now my pedal chain is bass --> tuner --> compressor --> Micro Synth --> Tone Hammer --> Neve DI

For what I like to play, the Tone Hammer with AGS engaged is great. However, playing at church and other churches I need to be versatile and have a completely clean sound for certain songs/parts of service. I like what I can get out of the Tone Hammer as well with AGS off, but then that leaves me wanting a drive pedal for some of the faster songs we have in the service.

I was leaning to the JHS Moonshine, or possibly the Tech 21 Sans Amp Programmable DI and be able to set up multi stages of drive. What have you found works best for you?
 
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Tech21 YYZ is my all-time favorite (the small one). It's incredibly flexible and does a lot more than just Geddy. For distortion, the EBS Billy Sheehan is also fantastic. And the Sheehan into the YYZ is ridiculous. It all depends on what you want. You'll probably get a bajillion recommendations.
 
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jacoby75 said:
Tech21 YYZ is my all-time favorite (the small one). It's incredibly flexible and does a lot more than just Geddy. For distortion, the EBS Billy Sheehan is also fantastic. And the Sheehan into the YYZ is ridiculous. It all depends on what you want. You'll probably get a bajillion recommendations.
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I'm not really looking for distortion. Just some break up as I am picking some of the songs at the start of the set (Adam Kiser-esque OD). I know he uses the Tone Hammer for that but I will probably play with the AGS off moving forward.
 
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stvnleesmth said:
What drive pedals are you all using? Right now my pedal chain is bass --> tuner --> compressor --> Micro Synth --> Tone Hammer --> Neve DI

For what I like to play, the Tone Hammer with AGS engaged is great. However, playing at church and other churches I need to be versatile and have a completely clean sound for certain songs/parts of service. I like what I can get out of the Tone Hammer as well with AGS off, but then that leaves me wanting a drive pedal for some of the faster songs we have in the service.

I was leaning to the JHS Moonshine, or possibly the Tech 21 Sans Amp Programmable DI and be able to set up multi stages of drive. What have you found works best for you?
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I use the same setup but in the FX loop of the HX Stomp. There are a ton of good drives in there and you can split signal so you don't lose low end. Also, running the tone hammer into a good IR makes it sound like you have a massive amp mic'd.
 
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stvnleesmth said:
What drive pedals are you all using? Right now my pedal chain is bass --> tuner --> compressor --> Micro Synth --> Tone Hammer --> Neve DI

For what I like to play, the Tone Hammer with AGS engaged is great. However, playing at church and other churches I need to be versatile and have a completely clean sound for certain songs/parts of service. I like what I can get out of the Tone Hammer as well with AGS off, but then that leaves me wanting a drive pedal for some of the faster songs we have in the service.

I was leaning to the JHS Moonshine, or possibly the Tech 21 Sans Amp Programmable DI and be able to set up multi stages of drive. What have you found works best for you?
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You've already got the Tone Hammer.
The Aguilar Agro is a great OD.
How do you like the Micro Synth?
What do you do with it?
 
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stvnleesmth said:
What drive pedals are you all using? Right now my pedal chain is bass --> tuner --> compressor --> Micro Synth --> Tone Hammer --> Neve DI

For what I like to play, the Tone Hammer with AGS engaged is great. However, playing at church and other churches I need to be versatile and have a completely clean sound for certain songs/parts of service. I like what I can get out of the Tone Hammer as well with AGS off, but then that leaves me wanting a drive pedal for some of the faster songs we have in the service.

I was leaning to the JHS Moonshine, or possibly the Tech 21 Sans Amp Programmable DI and be able to set up multi stages of drive. What have you found works best for you?
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JHS moonshine didn't work very well for me. I've heard the the SolidGoldFX Beta is pretty good. In my experience the Benson Preamp is kinda close to the same kind of breakup sound a TH with AGS has. It also sounds great pushing a Tone Hammer when AGS is on.
 
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stvnleesmth said:
What drive pedals are you all using? Right now my pedal chain is bass --> tuner --> compressor --> Micro Synth --> Tone Hammer --> Neve DI

For what I like to play, the Tone Hammer with AGS engaged is great. However, playing at church and other churches I need to be versatile and have a completely clean sound for certain songs/parts of service. I like what I can get out of the Tone Hammer as well with AGS off, but then that leaves me wanting a drive pedal for some of the faster songs we have in the service.

I was leaning to the JHS Moonshine, or possibly the Tech 21 Sans Amp Programmable DI and be able to set up multi stages of drive. What have you found works best for you?
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My experience also has been dialing in the tone hammer so that you can leave AGS on and have it sound clean with fingers but driven with a pick. Can help to use compressor to drive it. I hear what you're saying about another stage of drive in addition and I currently use the 7K in the stomp but also like the minataur, Timmy and tube screamer run on split signal. It is too bad that the db difference between AGS on/off is so drastic.
 

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