Same here though I usually use a fuzz instead of overdrive, but same idea.
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Worship Bass Pedalboards
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Same here though I usually use a fuzz instead of overdrive, but same idea.
Some kind of octave, some kind of dirt, some kind of time. That gets you in the ballpark. Some filter is sometimes nice.
Minor update: added the Finally tube DI so I can use the temple audio passive DI Mod as a clean send when needed.
I have such a love/hate relationship with temple boards. The quick plates are great for a locked in secure board, and not having to have rolls of Velcro on hand, but an old school Velcro pedalboard was sooooo much easier to move things around on.
I use Dual Lock on my Temple Boards. Never used the plates. Just because they sell plates doesn't mean you have to use them! Best of both worlds!
Same here. I had always been finger-style player....who used only clean sounds..and who disliked Fender P bass quite a bit.
Just recently, I have discovered the beauty of mild overdrive and using pick...especially on a P bass...
Must be something in the water. Started learning to play with a pick 6 months ago and love how it sounds with P&w music. My Darkglass VMT is always on as well.
I use a pick occasionally, but less than I used to. I have tried different kinds of picks and really like the hard rubber ones.
I'm using a pick once in a while, but am still mostly finger style.
Same here. Very few songs do I use a pick all the way through. There are a couple though that I play a pick on certain parts. Otherwise finger-style
I do find a pick on a P with flats is pretty awesome.
Been meaning to post my setup! This is from a worship night last December. Very straightforward setup for me... Spector Bantam 5 > Tuner > Empress Compressor mkII > Empress ParaEq mkII Deluxe > Noble DI
I ran a very similar rig before I went Stomp. I had a Sonic Research tuner, the 2 Empress pedals and ran it to a REDDI. Probably the best bass tone I've ever had.
The hunt is always on!The same reason we all do
Well...
the usual reasons I suppose. Although I did have a purpose. We got a Stomp for use at church. It was so that whomever came to play bass could just plug-n-play. Also, so I wouldn't have to bring my personal stuff, save wear and tear, etc.
Well, one weekend I brought the Stomp to a cover band gig. I did one set with my Empress/REDDI rig, then switched to the Stomp. No one said anything. They didn't notice. Guitar player said he thought he heard a difference but it wasn't much. So that got me thinking. Maybe I'm hauling all this expensive, kind of bulky gear around and know one really notices a difference from the little digital box. Added perk...I can get synth sounds from it so I can leave my synth at home, too. So for 1/6 the price of what I was using, and reducing the carry from a Pelican case, a Yamaha MODX6 synth and stand to a Nano+ I figured I could live with the 10% of the sound/feel I was missing from the analog rig.
That's my story. I have thought about going back, or semi going back, keeping the Stomp for synth sounds and any effects I might use on bass, but going REDDI/Empress for bass, but it sounds just fine as is, no one cares, people still dance, and the band sounds great.
I know people are hesitant (I was) to go digital, and honestly, if you listen close in a controlled environment, analog/tube is probably "better" but so many have gone digital/model that it really is the future for many I think. In my situation, it makes sense. Everyone. in the band has made "sacrifices" for the good of the band. No amps. IEM. Silent stage Electric drum kit. We have so much control over the sound (mix and level) of the band and get so many compliments about how we sound just like the record or whatever. We can play any gig, any room, and be volume appropriate. And really, I don't miss hauling or standing in front of an amp. We have subs all over, including on stage, so we feel plenty of bass.
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That'd be a lateral move though, since the BMS is essentially just those separate effect circuits (along with a filter) put into a single housing.
