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Worship Bass Pedalboards
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Quick question, guys. Does any of you own/have any experience with the Boss Line Selector? If so, how do you use it? I got it earlier this year to explore different signal chain options with it but I ended up complicating my board more than anything else. I was using it either as an A/B channel for clean/synth bass tones or as a blend between both, but I find it gets a little noisy when using the A+B option (apparently, this isn't uncommon with this pedal).
Had it listed for sale locally and someone offered a trade, but he backed out at the last second, so I'm thinking about trying the LS-2 again whenever I have time this week to rewire my whole pedalboard
Here's what it looked like before I took the LS-2 out (I have since got a couple more EBS flat patch cables, so it looks a bit better now):
Bass into the Polytune and then into the Boss.
Loop A: Tone Hammer for the "clean with a bit of dirt" tone.
Loop B: everything else except the Element.
Then the LS-2 into the Element, and that to FOH.
Had it listed for sale locally and someone offered a trade, but he backed out at the last second, so I'm thinking about trying the LS-2 again whenever I have time this week to rewire my whole pedalboard
Here's what it looked like before I took the LS-2 out (I have since got a couple more EBS flat patch cables, so it looks a bit better now):
Bass into the Polytune and then into the Boss.
Loop A: Tone Hammer for the "clean with a bit of dirt" tone.
Loop B: everything else except the Element.
Then the LS-2 into the Element, and that to FOH.
If it doesnt need to be a "fuzz" then I would highly recommend the often mentioned MBD-2 as well.
It seems most people have a “traditional” pedal or two with their “all in one” pedal. Often compression. Quite a few drives. I like the idea of an all in one, but if I pay $2K I’d like to to have a good compressor and a good drive.
I need to stop thinking about some miracle all in one option for myself and just accept my rig and be happy.
I need to stop thinking about some miracle all in one option for myself and just accept my rig and be happy.
I keep pulling my Aguilar stuff out, my Sansamp stuff out, my Boss stuff out, but whenever I A/B them I prefer my HX Stomp into the Khan. We all have a preferred sound and it’s best not to fight it. Embrace your tone and rock it!
I’ll tell ya what I’ve been loving if you want compression and dirt/fuzz: the Ultrawave. That thing has a fantastic comp and some wild dirty options. Also an Eq in post and an Eq at the front.
It’s maybe not an all in one, but it might take care of what you’re indicating without blowing the budget.
Or exercise patience and self control. That’s not a bad option!
True. Never been a strong point for me but I am getting better. Part of me wants to embrace technology, but part of me likes the simple rig I have that sounds really good.
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Hey how do you have connected your Rolls with Khan? I mean whole monitoring system... thanks, new to IEM so trying to find best solution
My Stomp goes into the Khan 1/4” and the XLR out goes with a short cable to the Rolls XLR input. I connect the house XLR to the Rolls for their feed then my IEMs connect to the Rolls. I connect the Aviom mixer to the 1/4” input on the Rolls to mix the rest of the band with my signal in my IEMs. I have a dual cable that runs to my bass and has an IEM cord attached to it to plug into.
So from Khan XLR to Rolls, also house (monitor) XLR to Rolls... then you blend both your bass and band monitor with Rolls, right?
That means Rolls has two inputs to mix?
Thanks for pick and everything.
Rolls has an (MIC IN) Input XLR from the KHAN and a (MIC THRU) XLR Output to send to FOH. Our FOH sends a monitor mix to Aviom mixers for us on stage. I take the output from the Aviom and send it to the Rolls Monitor Input on a 1/4". The Rolls will mix the MIC IN (XLR from Khan) and the 1/4" Input (Monitor) and send out through either 1/4" or 3.5mm headphone output. So my Rolls has 1 XLR input (Khan) and 1 1/4" input (return from FOH). Those are the two inputs it mixes.
I think there are other Rolls units with different input/output configurations that should work for about any scenario. Once in a while I play for a local church that uses floor wedges. I take one of the output 1/4" from a. wedge and feed it into the Monitor Input on the Rolls and get a useable mix although not EQ'd great.
So I sent an email to ACME Audio the other day about their Motown DI as I was wondering what its turn ratio was. After some highly educational information shared by the fine people at ACME, they made one comment that confused me a bit.
"Most passive direct boxes would be a 1:10 Ratio. If you want a proper match to a passive it is the best option. You will most likely find a gain loss on any 1:10 winding."
I always figured that Active DIs and Passive basses were the proper match (unless you have a high output bass like a G&L) and Passive DIs and Active basses were the other pairing. Does this have to do with passive pickup loading?
"Most passive direct boxes would be a 1:10 Ratio. If you want a proper match to a passive it is the best option. You will most likely find a gain loss on any 1:10 winding."
I always figured that Active DIs and Passive basses were the proper match (unless you have a high output bass like a G&L) and Passive DIs and Active basses were the other pairing. Does this have to do with passive pickup loading?
I'm sure I'll just stay with what I have, but I think a Quad Cortex would be fun to try. The interface and logic seems really simple. Tap and add. Drag and change. Maybe I'd get along with a more self contained unit. I don't like having to hook up to a computer or app.
It seems like digital units and modeling is the future. I mean, what is going to be new and revolutionary in the bass world? Amps already weigh 5 pounds, put out more than enough power, and fit in your gig bag. Cabs are at least 1/2 of what they were, maybe even less. Super efficient. Same with guitars.
Seems the only new innovations are multi effect, IR, modeling units.
It seems like digital units and modeling is the future. I mean, what is going to be new and revolutionary in the bass world? Amps already weigh 5 pounds, put out more than enough power, and fit in your gig bag. Cabs are at least 1/2 of what they were, maybe even less. Super efficient. Same with guitars.
Seems the only new innovations are multi effect, IR, modeling units.
