I just watched it over the weekend. HOLY MOLY, killer P bass tone both preset 1 clean and with the 2nd preset dirt!
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Worship Bass Pedalboards
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Not cheap, but not completely ridiculous for what you are getting in a very small package. It's tempting.
I agree. Its a, "I want, but really don't need" sorta thing for me
Lord, help me stay strong.....Well, the fact that you can't get one anywhere should help. Same for the Bergantino Studio B or whatever they are calling it. No idea when it'll be out or what availability will be when it is finally for sale.I agree. It's a, "I want, but really don't need" sorta thing for me
Well, if you have ~$500 burning a hole in your pocket, there's always the GK Plex, ya? 
if I had that kind of money to spend on a single pedal I would just get an hx stomp or gt1000 core. When compared with the price of other darkglass offerings, it's a pretty good deal, but still too rich for my blood.
Just finished my board today. I will be switching out the Bass Preacher for the M87 Compressor next week. I have a C4 on order with a Chill Switch for instant momentary synth pads. Excited to see that up and running.
I haven't changed much about this set up in a while. Some of these pedals have been replaced and earn their spot back after some experimentation.
Polytune > Hyper Luminal > Octavbre MK1 (Tim tuned mod by Spencer) > Mantic Hulk (Meatbox clone) > VMT > OmniCabSim > Noble DI > house
Polytune > Hyper Luminal > Octavbre MK1 (Tim tuned mod by Spencer) > Mantic Hulk (Meatbox clone) > VMT > OmniCabSim > Noble DI > house
Nothing fancy here. Just enough to go direct to FOH for silent stages and IEM's.
Since we are "Silent Stage" now, I'm very seriously considering adding that exact SansAmp to my board and stop carrying my 7 Pro back and forth from home to church. Also seriously considering taking my 810 cab from church back home. I looks so cool as backline though. Actually hurts me to not give it any juice because it sounds so much better than our sound system speakers.....
Nothing fancy here. Just enough to go direct to FOH for silent stages and IEM's.
I'd recommend it. Much better than just a basic DI box for sure. it's a simple tool that works, sure there's tons of different pre amp/DI pedals available now and I'm sure any of them would work fine, but this is a simple set it and forget it board that fits in my backpack with my in ears, strap, cables, iPad, etc…
when trying to come up with this I had to remember the ultimate goal. Although I know some dudes that just use a clip on tuner and plug into a REDDI only and it sounds great so that may be an even simpler solution…
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I have a tuner, Empress Compressor and a REDDI. It sounds amazing. Although I may give the new Darkglass Infinity a try. It has everything I use in a small box. But replacing the REDDI is a tall order.
I have two DI outs on my pedal board already, but don't use either one for their balanced outs, I run it all through my SVT-7 Pro head because I like to run my gain up and get a little grit that I believe the SansAmp will provide very well.
I did watch a couple YT videos on that DG Infinity and I must say, that probably would do very well also and I could then remove my DG VMT pedal and make more room that way. That said, I think the SansAmp is a simple proven inexpensive solution to keep me from carrying my head back and forth every Sunday. I would literally probably just leave it at church and leave my amp head at home.
I did watch a couple YT videos on that DG Infinity and I must say, that probably would do very well also and I could then remove my DG VMT pedal and make more room that way. That said, I think the SansAmp is a simple proven inexpensive solution to keep me from carrying my head back and forth every Sunday. I would literally probably just leave it at church and leave my amp head at home.
you can get some grit out of it if you want.
that was my exact thought process, create an inexpensive solution that gets a good usable tone. I'm not to picky, just needed something I knew would work, instead of nothing.
In a related topic, I have a tone hammer and I'm looking to add a pedal to give one more level of grit and sight distortion during the heavy parts of songs. Without having to change the tone hammer. Like just an additional layer. Something affordable <$200 if possible. I use the tone hammer as my DI as well so it would need to go before it in my chain.
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Uh-oh. Here we go again. That age old question to which hundreds of threads on Talkbass are likely dedicated. The search for the perfect drive is a really fun . . . but never-ending . . . one. The problem is "good dirt/drive" can mean different things to different people. Just jump in and start exploring and find what suits your tone best. Are you more of a Geddy Lee? A Billy Sheehan? A John Entwistle? Or just a little tubey grit in your signal? There are so many options out there. As many flavors of dirt as there are bassists, just about.
My number one question is: Do you want overdrive or distortion? I decided that I like both, but for different reasons, and they are very different.
I landed on the Broughton SVPre as the best "pushed tube amp" pedal I've ever tried. It's a great always-on pedal for adding tubey grit. And there are a lot of tones hiding in there. But it's hard to come by. There are other options. The Master Effects Super 300 is also really good. Almost kicked the Broughton off my board. Almost. The Solid Gold FX Beta is also a great one. For distortion, my current favorite has been a Tech21 Dug DP3x for a while now. Just a great, amp-like distortion for adding a little hair on top of your signal. It is a bi-amped setup in one tiny box. But I'm going through a bit of a Billy Sheehan phase lately, and recently picked up a Suncoast BC3XL that is going to replace the Dug for me.
It's been a really long quest, but a lot of fun.
Well, I'll add to the drive quest. I was offered a pretty good price on a new Darkglass Infinity so I ordered one today. We'll see. More than drive, this is also preamp, comp, tuner, DI.
