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Worship Bass Pedalboards

#9,481
Blille said:
I knew "we" used it but not the pros. I thought they were more of a Noble/ expensive tube DI crowd.
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I think it's that they used it and so we used it to get that tone. Personally I never vibed well with the tone hammer but I think that was more the sanctuary acoustics just didn't get along with it because I liked it everywhere else. But now everyone thinks they need a noble because that's what the pros use. In a few years as the music changes it will change again. Then circle back around.
 
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ExaltBass said:
I did a personal power cord project today. I have been wanting to have a Right Angle Power cord for my side mount IEC jack, so the power cable doesn’t stick out on the side. All of the typical right angle IEC cords are molded, and of marginal quality. I have been making power cords for personal, and band use for around 20 years, using high quality components, but hadn’t really searched for a DIY right angle IEC before. Ian Allison asked if I made them, and I knew I could… IF I could find that missing link... :help: and then I did! This one is for my Worship Team pedalboard. What do you all think?

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Very compact/minimal and tidy pb! Always nice to have a few tubes with a good preamp!!:cool:
 
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It is a sweet looking board Dave, and cable. I think that's why I'm having trouble going all in on the "digital" box. Be it a Stomp (which I am currently using), or the Bergantino, even the Quad Cortex. They almost always seem to have tube pedal in front of or behind them.

I guess I still fall back on when I did a direct comparison at a gig between digital and analog, no one but me and maybe my guitar player noticed. My keyboard guy who is fairly picky noticed more when I turned off my compression than if I was digital or analog. This is why for the moment I'm just sticking with what I have. And honestly, when I listen to streams from church, the bass sounds great so why change. I just get influenced by reading these threads and all the nice gear we have.
 
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SteveC said:
It is a sweet looking board Dave, and cable. I think that's why I'm having trouble going all in on the "digital" box. Be it a Stomp (which I am currently using), or the Bergantino, even the Quad Cortex. They almost always seem to have tube pedal in front of or behind them.

I guess I still fall back on when I did a direct comparison at a gig between digital and analog, no one but me and maybe my guitar player noticed. My keyboard guy who is fairly picky noticed more when I turned off my compression than if I was digital or analog. This is why for the moment I'm just sticking with what I have. And honestly, when I listen to streams from church, the bass sounds great so why change. I just get influenced by reading these threads and all the nice gear we have.
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we are a long way past the point where digital wasent good enough, esp in the mix.
What is even better for worship context is digital amp/cab model + IEM is really good solution in both big and small church settings.
I used just a stomp for years, and you really don't need to have any more than that... where I switched to mostly all analogue individual effects is that for me I preferred the interface of playing with knobs rather than sliders, and being able to have metering on a compressor.

But change just cos someone online has got some shiny new flavour of the month pedal is daft
 
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My latest idea: I get a case for pedalboard, but now: theres' no any board under pedals - all guys are placed on thin and long piece of plastic at the moment. I can also put there ALL of my "guitar things".
This case were made by ABS especially for riffle, it's really light-weight, and quite huge [about] ~130x40x15 cm.
To compare I put there one of my 4/4 bass-cello.

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I have wanted an auxiliary small pedalboard to use for WT that had the capability to do synth sounds, and I wanted to do it using separate pedals, rather than the ‘synth’ pedals out there. I haven’t been happy with the results with those. So, today I had the privilege of having ‘the guy’ known for getting a great synth sound come over and dial my aux board in! He showed me also how to quickly and easily get a few nice variations from smooth, to edgy to 80’s.

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In turn, I swapped out the control harness in a new bass of Ian’s for him.

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The new Lull IMA4!
 
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The new arrangement: The Main Pedalboard is an always used pb, then I have the Effects/Synth Pedalboard for those times when needed. Much better and functional than the large heavy pedalboards I was using 5-6 yrs ago.

The Aux board runs in and out of the effects loop in the Bergantino Super Pre, and is accessed by hitting the MEM 2 preset button.

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Love the modular nature! How do you use the JoshWah in a worship context? I'd love some specific examples since envelope filter isn't something I've used in worship. (I use a low-passed filter.)
 
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Erithon said:
Love the modular nature! How do you use the JoshWah in a worship context? I'd love some specific examples since envelope filter isn't something I've used in worship. (I use a low-passed filter.)
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I’ll pretty much only use it when I want an 80s synth sound. It adds that ‘quack’ :laugh:
 
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I sometimes have two basses on stage. Until recently, I just had an A/B switch the basses plugged into, which sent the signal into a single channel. I use slightly different EQ on each of my basses, so I had to stomp the A/B, then switch one EQ off and another on. The setup below has a custom switch, which I originally called the Combobulator, but now call the Dragon Switch. The basic signal chain is:

bass -> switch -> tuner -> comp -> switch -> eq -> switch -> distortion -> phaser -> volume -> preamp
  • There's only one switch. 8^) A single stomp selects an input channel, has an FX loop for common pedals, then connects the FX loop for that channel, then the signal is sent to whatever follows. Currently, each second FX loop just contains an EQ pedal. This lets me use the same signal chain for both basses, but have a different EQ option per bass. Since all my Thunderbirds have different personalities, this is key. How much will I really use this? We'll see. It was a fun exercise. It's a custom switch that Saturnworks (no affiliation) made for me.
  • The compressor is pretty much always on.
  • I bought both EQs used; one came already upgraded.
  • I was going to buy an OD pedal but someone on the forum was selling the distortion pedal for a good price, and it was something I'd been wanting to try. Eventually I'll go to some stores and play with ODs and likely replace the distortion pedal.
  • The phaser was a compromise, trying to get close to the original Phase 90 sound with some extras possibilities.
  • I put the volume just before the preamp because I want the volume pedal to change the sound as little as possible. It's basically like using an expression pedal to change the preamp input level. Yes, it glows in the dark.
  • The Super 800 Plus is stock other than the graphics. I'd originally wanted the same dragon as the switch (it's part of my book series logo) but the preamp face is too busy so I just went with the color scheme I plan to use on anything else I have built (e.g., the Dragon Switch). It's always on. It replaces an MXR M81 that's available in the classifieds.
  • The pedalboard itself is an early Holeyboard, from before they switched to aluminum. It's gorgeous but rather heavy.
  • There's a Walrus Audio Phoenix 15 port isolated power supply under the upper deck of the board.

The teams at both churches I've played bass with have developed our own sounds. I get to define my sound, which I love. I incorporate bass sounds from various areas and genres. I play with a pick and with fingers (not at the same time).
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