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Worship Bass Pedalboards

Not quite...and I'm a little OCD so sideways, while practical, doesn't work for me. It fits if I get rid of my Empress Bass Compressor, but most people I see with the HX use a separate compressor.
Not me...you know TB is full of enablers. I have an HXS, FS7, BT Page turner, Rolls unit, and a Kahn. I could fit it on a smaller board but it is on what I had available, a Novo 18.
 
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Would a low pass filter help with some of the “harsh” highs I think I hear from my Roscoe’s (more so the LG) with the Bartolini 3 band preamp? I know the Bartolini treble frequency is fairly high at 10 kHz. I mostly like the Bart preamp as it’s been in all my favorite basses - Roscoe and others before like Lakland and Modulus.
 
Would a low pass filter help with some of the “harsh” highs I think I hear from my Roscoe’s (more so the LG) with the Bartolini 3 band preamp? I know the Bartolini treble frequency is fairly high at 10 kHz. I mostly like the Bart preamp as it’s been in all my favorite basses - Roscoe and others before like Lakland and Modulus.
A Broughton LPF/HPF is a game-changing pedal. It was the gateway drug to my board full of Broughtons. I never knew I needed it until I tried it, now I wouldn't want to play without it. (Technically, I graduated to the RFE, which is a similar concept with a few more tricks up its sleeve). There are other options out there as well, but the Broughton is a classic. And it is perpetually in stock, unlike most of his stuff.
 
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I just bought a Zoom B6 with the possibility of using it during the service. Haven't had much experience with effects so wanted to get the group's thoughts on how to put together a decent "pad" patch for the bass. We don't have a keyboard and it might be helpful for quiet passages with the acoustic guitar.

Apologize if someone has addressed this in the thread. If so, please feel free to point me to thread/post.

Thank you
 
I just bought a Zoom B6 with the possibility of using it during the service. Haven't had much experience with effects so wanted to get the group's thoughts on how to put together a decent "pad" patch for the bass. We don't have a keyboard and it might be helpful for quiet passages with the acoustic guitar.

Apologize if someone has addressed this in the thread. If so, please feel free to point me to thread/post.

Thank you

Can't help you but you could ask the question in the Zoom B6 thread.
 
I never use pedals in my church band. That said, I'm not saying there is no need for them. In all my years of playing "church" music, I've only ever used a phase shift on one song. (I was playing Rhythm back then).
For me, the pedalboard is to replace the amp I don’t get to use. Pedalboards can be for tone shaping as much as for effects.
 
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Played guitar yesterday, and rather than take my guitar pedalboard (Which isn't all assembled yet--still deciding on some options), I took two pedals off my bassboard and added two other ones (A distortion & a different chorus)
Other than the volume pedal, I used those two on most stuff.
The distortion was set on a subtle boost setting & the chorus more wavy than I do for bass.
Got a positive response.
So while I have two pedalboards I may still swap stuff around as I don't use all 5 pedals on the bassboard for Sundays.
 
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Nice to see another bass player with the Walrus Audio EB-10. I’ve been through a huge amount of pedals, but have always loved this pedal…and have never had any thought of letting it go!

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I love it! The simplicity is great and I'm able to have 3 very useable presets for different sounds right there. One of them is even a little overdriven, a nice mild grind to it. I feel like it is definitely a sleeper for bassists.
 
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This looks interesting. Clean tube at 3:55. Usually all you hear from Darkglass is over the top drive. Compressor. Eq. Blend. XLR DI. Tuner. Hmmmm….

Is this another video where Patrick tells us he's being paid by Darkglass but his review is TOTALLY objective?
 
I believe, Ian Allison? Also has a demo, but I haven't watched it because I don't care about Darkglass stuff.
I have no ill will toward Darkglass (I own one pedal, though I think some of their marketing is downright silly) or Patrick (he's just another guy) but I can't take him seriously when he says that.

If you like the Darkglass sounds this pedal seems interesting, but it's rather large and pretty pricey...
 
I believe, Ian Allison? Also has a demo, but I haven't watched it because I don't care about Darkglass stuff.
Yes, Ian has a review as well. I tend to believe him more. I did like the tone at 3:55 in that video though. I thought it was an interesting option. Darkglass seems to be one of those love 'em or hate 'em companies. Although I suppose that could be said for a lot of companies. Darkglass just seems to be a little more polarizing in than others. Probably the way they seem to market towards the heavy side of music.