Worship Bass Pedalboards

[projectapollo]

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.

I tried the regular Tumnus and it cut too much low end. Interesting good news about the Deluxe version.

Then I watched a video with David Curran (Elevation Worship) and he used a Grizzly Bass pedal for an always on drive. Anyone have any experience with that one?

Right now I use the Red Llama Line 6 model as my drive/boost and it's pretty good. But would like to find a good analog pedal.

 

[NickyBass]

Then I watched a video with David Curran (Elevation Worship) and he used a Grizzly Bass pedal for an always on drive. Anyone have any experience with that one?

I have a Grizzly Bass. It's really nice. I see a lot of good reviews on it. I would be happy with it if it was my only OD. I never used it at a service though. I also don't have an always on OD, so I can't comment on that. I can send it to you to try out if you want.

 

[Naack]

Did y'all see Chase Bliss' announcement of bringing back the Condor? Looks interesting! If I didn't already have an Empress ParaEQ MKII Deluxe, I would be seriously tempted!
Also, looking to get a new drive, thinking of either getting the Science Amplification Mother Preamp or the Hudson Broadcast Dual APII.

 

[SteveC]

If I didn't already have an Empress ParaEQ MKII Deluxe, I would be seriously tempted!

That Empress is the best EQ I've used. I had it, an Empress Bass Compressor (blue) and a REDDI. That was serious bass goodness.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Did y'all see Chase Bliss' announcement of bringing back the Condor? Looks interesting! If I didn't already have an Empress ParaEQ MKII Deluxe, I would be seriously tempted!
Also, looking to get a new drive, thinking of either getting the Science Amplification Mother Preamp or the Hudson Broadcast Dual APII.

They both look excellent but the Empress looks like an amazing para eq! I'm sure the Condor is good, too, but the draw there is more multi-function, assuming it works as I think. But ... I don't need either right now. <gasp!>

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I tried the regular Tumnus and it cut too much low end. Interesting good news about the Deluxe version.

Then I watched a video with David Curran (Elevation Worship) and he used a Grizzly Bass pedal for an always on drive. Anyone have any experience with that one?

Right now I use the Red Llama Line 6 model as my drive/boost and it's pretty good. But would like to find a good analog pedal.

The OD by default does cut some low end (or boost the rest). But (for my purposes), it was easy to find the mix of EQ and Dry mix to take care of it.

 

[projectapollo]

Tomorrow's Rig: OE Trio/HX, Mono Lite/CIOKS, Fender Precision with TI Flats.

Ancient Gates: DCX console tone, HX Adriatic Swell at intro/outro and Octaver in final choruses.
My King Forever, Bethel: Bassrig with DCX boost for driving choruses. Enjoy covering the recording's energetic driven bass part! He makes it all sound so smooth. I really worked on the flow, fills, and tone.
Trust In God, Elevation Worship: DCX Bass, clean deep gospel console tone. Locking in with kick and tasteful passing tones is the key here.
Back to Life, Bethel: Bassrig with drive, HX Octaver low B drone in the vamp section. The build toward the final big fuzz chorus is very cool.
Practicing these songs and working on finding my appropriate place in the arrangements has been a welcome personal worship experience for me all week.

 

[bignc]

Tomorrow's Rig: OE Trio/HX, Mono Lite/CIOKS, Fender Precision with TI Flats.
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Ancient Gates: DCX console tone, HX Adriatic Swell at intro/outro and Octaver in final choruses.
My King Forever, Bethel: Bassrig with DCX boost for driving choruses. Enjoy covering the recording's energetic driven bass part! He makes it all sound so smooth. I really worked on the flow, fills, and tone.
Trust In God, Elevation Worship: DCX Bass, clean deep gospel console tone. Locking in with kick and tasteful passing tones is the key here.
Back to Life, Bethel: Bassrig with drive, HX Octaver low B drone in the vamp section. The build toward the final big fuzz chorus is very cool.
Practicing these songs and working on finding my appropriate place in the arrangements has been a welcome personal worship experience for me all week.

I appreciate you giving the details. Love your approach! Thanks!

 

[FenrirofOld]

Tomorrow's Rig: OE Trio/HX, Mono Lite/CIOKS, Fender Precision with TI Flats.
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Ancient Gates: DCX console tone, HX Adriatic Swell at intro/outro and Octaver in final choruses.
My King Forever, Bethel: Bassrig with DCX boost for driving choruses. Enjoy covering the recording's energetic driven bass part! He makes it all sound so smooth. I really worked on the flow, fills, and tone.
Trust In God, Elevation Worship: DCX Bass, clean deep gospel console tone. Locking in with kick and tasteful passing tones is the key here.
Back to Life, Bethel: Bassrig with drive, HX Octaver low B drone in the vamp section. The build toward the final big fuzz chorus is very cool.
Practicing these songs and working on finding my appropriate place in the arrangements has been a welcome personal worship experience for me all week.

Very nice! Glad to see I'm not the only one rocking a P Bass with flats

 

[SteveC]

P + flats + pick = rock awesomeness.

 

[FenrirofOld]

P + flats + pick = rock awesomeness.

I've been trying out the Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats and I really like them. A bit of top end sparkle to them. Also I didn't have to adjust my truss rod and barely had to make much adjustments for intonation switching from Roundwound Slinky strings which was nice.

 

[jam.majors]

I've been trying out the Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats and I really like them. A bit of top end sparkle to them. Also I didn't have to adjust my truss rod and barely had to make much adjustments for intonation switching from Roundwound Slinky strings which was nice.

I've become a pretty big fan of these. They almost have a roundwound sound, but play so, so smooth.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I've been trying out the Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats and I really like them. A bit of top end sparkle to them. Also I didn't have to adjust my truss rod and barely had to make much adjustments for intonation switching from Roundwound Slinky strings which was nice.

They intonate somewhat differently than most of the rounds on my various Thunderbirds, but otherwise same. They work with a wide variety of pickups for a wide variety of tones. No, they can’t approach RS-66s for the Angry Piano sound, but that’s not me, anyway. They do approach as close as I need to get. I love those strings.

 

[moorebass]

Some new additions to the board for this Sunday: Octabvre, B.E.A.D., Empress Bass Compressor, and mini-VUMP. Signal chain isn't ideal, but I don't run a lot of the effects concurrently. Layout is in preparation for a BIG addition in the next few weeks (hopefully).

 

[erayser]

Still using my same pedalboard I post in this thread, but this is the first time using my personal rack. Still the same wireless gear, and sub amp... but brand new Rolls mixer. It sounded so good in my ears this morning. BTW... I didn't mute the pastor in my mix on purpose... I was just on that page turning down all the vocals in my personal mix... haha

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Still using my same pedalboard I post in this thread, but this is the first time using my personal rack. Still the same wireless gear, and sub amp... but brand new Rolls mixer. It sounded so good in my ears this morning. BTW... I didn't mute the pastor in my mix on purpose... I was just on that page turning down all the vocals in my personal mix... haha

“I had to mute the pastor! He was out of tune and behind the beat!”

 

[1OHM]

Still using my same pedalboard I post in this thread, but this is the first time using my personal rack. Still the same wireless gear, and sub amp... but brand new Rolls mixer. It sounded so good in my ears this morning. BTW... I didn't mute the pastor in my mix on purpose... I was just on that page turning down all the vocals in my personal mix... haha

pastor: "Everyone look at your neighbor and say 'won't He do it!!? "

eraysor: ~still looking at the Rolls smiling.

 

[Naack]

So last week we had some issues with the wireless pack I normally use, so we decided we might as well try using a Rolls wired IEM box. While I wasn't a huge fan of being tethered in, the sheer increase of sound quality has made me never want to go back to a wireless pack. While we do have some top of the line packs, with our church being next to a massive comms tower, we get a lot of static and hiss.

 

[SteveC]

So last week we had some issues with the wireless pack I normally use, so we decided we might as well try using a Rolls wired IEM box. While I wasn't a huge fan of being tethered in, the sheer increase of sound quality has made me never want to go back to a wireless pack. While we do have some top of the line packs, with our church being next to a massive comms tower, we get a lot of static and hiss.

I went wireless for my cover band. Shure GLXD+ for my bass and Sennheiser for my IEM's. While I like being free I do notice a difference in sound, and the occasional hisses and clicks. It's not enough to drive me crazy, but I do notice it once in a while.

At church I am tethered for bass and IEM's. I use a Rolls and a combo cable from Dave and it works great. I just sit at church so the cables aren't a big deal.

 

[fauxtoe]

I went wireless for my cover band. Shure GLXD+ for my bass and Sennheiser for my IEM's. While I like being free I do notice a difference in sound, and the occasional hisses and clicks. It's not enough to drive me crazy, but I do notice it once in a while.

At church I am tethered for bass and IEM's. I use a Rolls and a combo cable from Dave and it works great. I just sit at church so the cables aren't a big deal.

While there is a big convenience factor of the pedal board friendly GLXD+, I had to step away from the original GLXD model when I started getting massive dropouts that I wasn't able to channel select my way out of. If I had tried to use it in our church I'm almost positive it would have been even worse knowing some other problems I've experienced on campus. Thankfully, like you, I'm hardwired on stage from start to finish including my IEM's.

My gig solution - Shure PGXD which runs in the 900 MHz band. Absolutely zero problems, and the receiver runs on a low enough DC amperage to where it actually can be powered by a pedal board power supply. 2.4 and 5.8 Ghz also don't like it when there is something between the transmitter and receiver, like the human body. 900 MHz punches through walls and then some. It's not as fancy or have all the extra features of the GLXD, but it always works. The day someone is able to come up with a similar GLXD-like product that runs in the 900 MHz range is the day I buy another one like it.