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Worship Bass Pedalboards

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Just wondering if anyone in here who uses IEMs during worship primarily practices at home through headphones, and if so what preamp / DI do you use? I know there's plenty of preamp / DI topics, and I am looking through them, but it's harder to find thoughts on ones that specifically you can plug headphones into.

I currently use a VTDI that goes straight to the board by XLR. Silent stage so use Shure IEMs through Allen & Heath personal mixer. I'm pretty happy with the sound of my P bass with CS62 pickups through the mixer. But at home I'm increasingly finding I'm not playing much due to the effort it takes to plug everything in.

I can't easily have my Ampeg practice amp out all the time, and just having to carry it into whatever room I want to play in, plug it in, and plug cables into & out of my board (which itself needs plugging in too!) then into the amp, just to play at low volume (it's loud even at volume 1), seems like such a PITA. I can at least plug the earphones into the amp, but I keep feeling like I'd rather just plug into a DI at the end of my board and not even have to use the amp during practice. My Nano board with PSU under, all cables etc, are all in a rucksack, so I love the thought that anytime I want to play at home, I could just grab my bass and bag without having to drag an amp around. It will save my back too.

I think the Tech21 stuff (VTDI, BDDI, Q Strip, etc) is only really let down by not giving a headphone option. Is there a comprehensive list anywhere of preamp / DI units that headphones can be plugged into? I've ruled out Ampeg SCR-DI on the big footprint & negative comments I've read on the Scrambler circuit (I have drive pedals for that), but am interested in general thoughts on these, and specifically which ones are good for home headphone practice. I don't need a load of bells and whistles, something simple but with real nice tone will do, preferably with cab sim options. Don't need extra drive channel. Also please mention any I may have missed. I'm in the UK. Thanks . . .

3 Leaf Enabler (discontinued)
Shift Line Olympic
DSM Noisemaker OmniCabSim (deluxe & mini)
GK Plex
EBS Microbass
TC Spectradrive

Have you thought about giving the BOSS WAZA-Air Bass headphones a try? They're wireless and you can opt to add in a little overdrive, octave, synth, etc whenever you need it.

Background Info: My media room which also doubles as my music room is upstairs, but I spend the majority of my time downstairs.

I will typically receive youtube links to the songs on Wed or Thur. I'll start learning/practicing the songs with the Boss headphones while hanging out downstairs with the family, then I'll finally transition to the media room on Saturday to play through my actual pedalboard to dial in the tones I want for Sunday.

I primarily run a few different patches in the HX Stomp that covers all the tones I ever need (I do occasionally use an analog chorus pedal though), so I generally don't have to change much except switching through the patches for particular songs.
 
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My pedalboard for drone/noise experiments.
 
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Adam took down his sight I believe. However, Mat Ogden from Bethel just posted his HX stomp presets today and I think they sound better.


I can't imagine using any of those "aggressive" presets in the course of a Sunday at my church. I'm sure it works for some people, just not what we/I do I guess. For now I'm happy with a nice basic tone, and I have a little chorus and some light drive available if I want.
 
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Broughton Messenger here. Quite a few years ago (before I had a pedalboard) I had a Tone Hammer DI and ran that into a little Mackie mixer. Small enough to hide, or just leave on the coffee table. Not too much to hook up and you can mix in whatever audio source you have. Practicing got way easier with that setup, the Messenger does the same thing but lives on my board, simplifying it further.
 
Jumping in here to post my favorite pedalboard iteration to date (and there have been a few!)

Spent the day trying different signal paths and settled on the below for a lovely core tone based on the HXS B15 preamp. The BMS does the synth thing in the FX loop, with Aftershock adding or existing as a conservative fuzz on its own. Then to the Atlas and Meseenger for final tone shaping and tightening.
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*chef's kiss*
 
How do you all light the underside of your boards? LED's but I can't find any that are that short. I was thinking about getting a DC7 and using the USB port to power them.
Most strips can be cut every few lights, these show it in the product photos:
ACONDE 6.56 feet USB LED Strip Lights, DIY Indoor Decoration, TV Backlight, 24 Keys Remote https://a.co/d/4GApcAo
 
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Most strips can be cut every few lights, these show it in the product photos:
ACONDE 6.56 feet USB LED Strip Lights, DIY Indoor Decoration, TV Backlight, 24 Keys Remote https://a.co/d/4GApcAo
Sure. It just seems a waste to cut off 10 feet or whatever. I did find a 3 foot option so maybe that's the way to go.
 
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How do you all light the underside of your boards? LED's but I can't find any that are that short. I was thinking about getting a DC7 and using the USB port to power them.

I haven't done that with a board, but I have worked with the LED strips. We retrofitted our store freezers because the stock lights were failing and the replacements were expensive. Most of these can be cut every 1 inch or every 3 inches depending on which ones you get. They have connectors you can slide over them, but those looked like they would come loose. I broke out the solder iron and just soldered them up. I purchased 16.4 feet lenghts rated for low temp and transformers that were slightly over the suggested wattage.

If you dig around Amazon, they have some slick extruded aluminum channels you can mount them in, and even diffusers that snap into the tracks. I installed some of these under a kitchen counter too with the channels.