Worship bass pedalboard? This is what I had on Sunday. It killed!
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Worship Bass Pedalboards
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Very nice. I've run that same rig before, it sounds amazing. So warm and punchy.
All this talk about Zoom effects has inspired me to post my complex worship board.
Behold!
Chain: Zoom b1on > Some kind of Berhinger DI
Okay. This is kind of in jest… but also proof that Zoom products can hang.
Context: Our services has under gone some restructuring to a “Blended” format with “traditional” hymns that is led by a single piano/organist, and “contemporary” music by the Praise Band. (Most would call this the Worship Team, but our Worship Team consists of the Tech folk and others). We’re now only playing 1-2 songs a week, so I couldn’t justify lugging my actual board back and forth for just 2 songs.
Normal board.
I use 3 patches my Zoom B1on.
“Clean: Which is an Eden sim and M-Comp
Delay: Eden, M-Comp, Chorus and Tape Delay
Flang: Eden, M-Comp and Flanger
I just use the Clean setting for the most part, but depending if we have our guitar player or not, I’ll use the other do to do some bluesy fills here and there.
On my normal board, the MS-60B serves as a noise box and tuner. I have a bunch of different weird patches saved that consist of auto-wahs, synths and filters that I might only use on my new song here and there (or not at all).
The B1on serves all my needs for the worship service. I used a B3 for a long time and was able to dial in a tone I really liked. The B1on has the same circuit, so I just used the same settings to get the tone I like. We all have the same DIs and they are a little noisy, but we’re on a budget. Turning my treble down alleviates it some.
The ampeg is probably the most authentic sim that is offered but with my Warwick Rockbass, I like how the Eden sim interacts with it a little better. Perhaps it colors it less, idk.
As others have said, no one but us is going to notice the subtle nuances but us. You don’t have to have a “boutique” board to play bass and worship.
While I do feel more comfortable with my other board, and it works well for my other band with the space I have to fill, Zoom has served me well in service with a minimal setup and price.
Behold!
Chain: Zoom b1on > Some kind of Berhinger DI
Okay. This is kind of in jest… but also proof that Zoom products can hang.
Context: Our services has under gone some restructuring to a “Blended” format with “traditional” hymns that is led by a single piano/organist, and “contemporary” music by the Praise Band. (Most would call this the Worship Team, but our Worship Team consists of the Tech folk and others). We’re now only playing 1-2 songs a week, so I couldn’t justify lugging my actual board back and forth for just 2 songs.
Normal board.
I use 3 patches my Zoom B1on.
“Clean: Which is an Eden sim and M-Comp
Delay: Eden, M-Comp, Chorus and Tape Delay
Flang: Eden, M-Comp and Flanger
I just use the Clean setting for the most part, but depending if we have our guitar player or not, I’ll use the other do to do some bluesy fills here and there.
On my normal board, the MS-60B serves as a noise box and tuner. I have a bunch of different weird patches saved that consist of auto-wahs, synths and filters that I might only use on my new song here and there (or not at all).
The B1on serves all my needs for the worship service. I used a B3 for a long time and was able to dial in a tone I really liked. The B1on has the same circuit, so I just used the same settings to get the tone I like. We all have the same DIs and they are a little noisy, but we’re on a budget. Turning my treble down alleviates it some.
The ampeg is probably the most authentic sim that is offered but with my Warwick Rockbass, I like how the Eden sim interacts with it a little better. Perhaps it colors it less, idk.
As others have said, no one but us is going to notice the subtle nuances but us. You don’t have to have a “boutique” board to play bass and worship.
While I do feel more comfortable with my other board, and it works well for my other band with the space I have to fill, Zoom has served me well in service with a minimal setup and price.
The compressor at least is supposed to be an Aguilar design. I would probably still want to feed it through my Khan but it would be fun to try out.
My church used one for a while as the in-house solution. it wasn't very good, and the DI out on it broke. I'm not a fan of the "all-in-ones", but if I did venture to get one, the Analog Alien Bass Station seems pretty rad if you can get over the wacky color scheme. If it's good enough for Pino it's good enough for me!
I think that has a comp, amp sim (b15) and a fuzz/dist.
My church used one for a while as the in-house solution. it wasn't very good, and the DI out on it broke. I'm not a fan of the "all-in-ones", but if I did venture to get one, the Analog Alien Bass Station seems pretty rad if you can get over the wacky color scheme. If it's good enough for Pino it's good enough for me!
Hmm.. can you let us know what wasn't very good about it? I am also looking at one these.
Thx.
I wasn't a fan of the drive, it just didn't really do the trick for me. Compressor was fine. I find a lot of things - especially these kinds of drives and gain stages - don't play nice with active basses.
I don't play active, I'm a passive Fender guy. Other dudes I know play some active stuff and I think they just don't play as nice with pedals, at least stuff in this sector.
If it had an XLR out it could be a thing. I’m kind of looking to replace everything if I made a move.My church used one for a while as the in-house solution. it wasn't very good, and the DI out on it broke. I'm not a fan of the "all-in-ones", but if I did venture to get one, the Analog Alien Bass Station seems pretty rad if you can get over the wacky color scheme. If it's good enough for Pino it's good enough for me!
just my opinion, but I would always use a separate DI regardless of what I was running. The ones they build in to units are not designed with as much thought and care as a standalone. Using my Noble (and in your case, the reddi), does a world of a difference.
I run my Boss GT1000CORE into a Star Lifter DI. Don’t need much more.
Well, it looks like a bass may be heading my way (working out the details) so I’ll probably just toss my Bass Big Muff back on my Nano and call it good for a while.
Anything through a Noble or REDDI sounds 10x’s better.
That’s sort of surprising. Doesn’t really seem like people acquire new basses much around here.
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Fixed it…
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This is I think my permanent “pedal board” now. I used to have a tuner compressor and Sansamp and overdrive on a Nano board, however since it picked this Plex up it has everything I need and use all in one. I’m using it live for the first time and the sound guy is happy with it and so am I so.
Nice setup, I'm liking the Empress Compressor myself.
What does the adapter on your DI output do?
I expect that protects the DI from phantom power from the board. Some DI's cannot tolerate phantom power.
