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Worship Bass Pedalboards
- Thread starter Cshanks5
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I currently use Moondrop Kato UIEM. Very happy with the tuning and quality for the price but they are vented so that slightly affects isolation. They isolate just fine if your drummer is e-drums or behind a shield (my situation). May not work if your drummer is open and very loud. They prob come with best quality cable I’ve seen in this price range. Before that I used the Massdrop Plus which were also a great option. I cannot remember what happened to them.
People kept suggesting I get 64 Studio IEMs at my last church but I was happy enough with my Beats Studio 3 headphones. Then we ended up at a new (to us), smaller church without a silent stage, and I can hear everything just fine without monitors (and no, it's not too loud!) Glad I saved the money.
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Alclair CMVK. Love the isolation of custom molds. Always at the mercy of what you are being fed, but these have loads of low end and and clarity. Had these for two years now and I can't go back. Still have my old Shure SE425s for back up, they served me well in the past but aren't in the same zip code as the Alclair.
I use BASN BMasters. Around $100, and I really like them. I made my own molds for these for a nice seal.
I used Sugru to make a better seal for an older pair of Shure inears. It's a moldable silicone that hardens after about 30 minutes (hardens, but still slightly supple). To be clear, I definitely did not put this stuff raw down in my ear canal. I worked it under the existing tips and around the body of the headphones so that it filled up more space. Let them cure and then trimmed off the excess. They definitely sealed a LOT better after all of that work.
Please tell me how you made your own molds? I have some that I really like, but can’t get any tips that seem to work in my right ear. My ears must be far different.
I tried the Hudson Broadcast side by side with the Teeth, and it looks like the Teeth is staying. I took what I was liking about the Broadcast and tried to set it up on the Teeth. It isn't really that close, but it captures the feel of what I liked AND I can get a lot more tones out of the Teeth. It was a good experiment because I had no idea how much more I could get out of the Teeth. I guess that's what those knobs are for...
Right now, I am using the universal tip IEMs. I am sure that the tone would be better from the custom fit, and that might be in my future...but, probably not for at least a year.
I've been using "universal" fit tips for years. I'm sure custom molds are better, but as I haven't experienced them, I don't know the difference. Ignorance is bliss - and saves a little money. My Westone UM50's have been great for years so until they break or stop working...
I tried the Hudson Broadcast side by side with the Teeth, and it looks like the Teeth is staying. I took what I was liking about the Broadcast and tried to set it up on the Teeth. It isn't really that close, but it captures the feel of what I liked AND I can get a lot more tones out of the Teeth. It was a good experiment because I had no idea how much more I could get out of the Teeth. I guess that's what those knobs are for...
I would be curious to hear your tonal description of the Teeth.
The Teeth is a low gain overdrive. It has a mix knob and a knob that blends between hard and soft clipping, so it is a versatile pedal in that regard. The thing that I think separates it from other pedals is that the lows are unaffected--or maybe less affected--by the drive. So, it is mainly the mids and highs that are driven. The low end retention of the Teeth pedal makes it more usable for me. I tried some other overdrives that would get lost in the mix. I can't really say that I've tried a lot of ODs, because, there are a lot of people who have owned WAY more than me. But, out of the dozen of so that I've owned, nothing has taken the Teeth off the board. I keep looking for other options because I want to find something that makes me want to kick it on more often. Right now, I only use it when the original track has obvious OD. It's possible that I'm just not an 'always on OD' guy, and I really don't know if the right OD is out there for me. But, for now, I haven't found anything that I like better. I've tried the Saturn, FLWR, DCX, VMT, Alpha Omega, Ground & Pound, 1981 DRV, Grizzly Bass, etc. There are things that I like about some of these pedals, but I think the Teeth pedal does most things better---for my needs.
This would sure seal better than any of the foamy tips I have been trying to use. I am concered about getting them too deep into my ear and getting stuck.
For my DIY isolation, I used a combination of these two videos with the $10 Sugru. If I were to do it again, I'd take some inspiration from the above video shared by @Johno Dunn. (But I'd probably still buy Sugru because then there's some leftover for other projects.)
https://www.amazon.com/Sugru-I000941-Moldable-Multi-Purpose-Creative/dp/B089WHQ52C
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I’ll try that next! I have 2 back up packs of the other stuff, but have never needed to replace my initial set.
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I can't justify the time or money to try a ton of pedals in depth. As a guitarist, I'd always wanted to check out a Klon Centaur. I got to wondering if there was such a beast for bass. I found a couple of reviews and videos that suggested the Tumnus Deluxe would work well, and for my needs, so far it's great.At this point, if something gets me 90%+ the way there, I'm good.
I'm glad you found your solution!
Yeah, there are so many options these days. I think I ended up with the Teeth because I had the One chorus, by the same company, and I really liked it. At that point, I didn't have an OD that was working for my needs. I think I had the Vintage Micro Tubes at the time. Which is odd, because people seem to really like that pedal and it is often recommended. I have tried a bunch since then, but I can usually tell within a few minutes if they were a better choice. The Broadcast was one that I wanted to take some time with. There were a few that I would have been happy with. I go through phases where I will try a bunch of pedals. And then I won't think about it for a while. I'm keeping an eye out and if something looks interesting, I'll try it. But, I'm also happy playing what I have now.
