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Worship Bass Pedalboards

#11,561
MikoFX said:
This is a worship thread, bro... Lying is frowned upon so I fixed it for you ;)
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Ha. Well, that's why I said "hopefully."
But, also, there aren't a lot available that I am interested in, but haven't tried. Maybe the Jellyfish or possibly the FTT stuff.



edited to add. OK. I'm interested in ALL THE drives I haven't tried yet. :D
 
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NickyBass said:
I'm slowly coming around to the idea of having an HX One to be my 'catch all' effect.
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My board changes every week while I get sorted. But the HX One stays on there week after week. Great value and utility. Yesterday I used it for auto swell on an intro and outro; modulated delay on a soft verse; chorus on another soft verse; and Octave in several places. Good tuner, as well. I've not been a big fan of the Stomp amps/cabs/comps/drives. But the modulation effects are top notch. The HX One is a great utility solution for that use case, IMHO.

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The HX One (and HX Stomp for that matter) benefit from an external "preset up/down" switch. I have on eon my Stomp that makes it far more useful live. For some simple, basic effects, an HX One with a foot switch would cover a lot of basses for many people. If I didn't use my Stomp for my synth sounds, I could very easily get buy with a compressor, an HX One with a "scroll" switch going into a REDDI, Noble or some other tube di/preamp.
 
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More info for my recent OD thoughts...
Yesterday we did Who You Say I Am, This is Amazing Grace, Goodness of God and Open Up the Heavens.

Miko shared his Grizzly settings and I liked them on Who You Say I Am and Open up the Heavens to add a touch of drive. But, This is Amazing Grace has a nice high end grind and the Grizzly had too much low end for that tone. So, I tried the LVL for that song and really liked it. So, I took off the chorus and put a second drive on the board. But, I was missing that massive overdrive that I get from the Grizzly for building up the bridge on Goodness of God. I just ran with the two drives and made it work. But, then I started thinking that I really don't need the chorus and octave pedals to live on the board. So, now, I'm thinking a light drive, a heavy drive and a 'Phil Wickham' drive.

I forgot about the Holy Fire I have coming, so now I'm thinking a Grizzly, LVL and Holy Fire. That should cover everything. I have the chorus and octave that I can use on the floor when needed, or pick up an HX One.
 
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SteveC said:
The HX One (and HX Stomp for that matter) benefit from an external "preset up/down" switch. I have on eon my Stomp that makes it far more useful live. For some simple, basic effects, an HX One with a foot switch would cover a lot of basses for many people. If I didn't use my Stomp for my synth sounds, I could very easily get buy with a compressor, an HX One with a "scroll" switch going into a REDDI, Noble or some other tube di/preamp.
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Good point. If I were to get one, I would probably spend a few weeks with it and maybe add a switch later if it was going to get a lot of use.
I'm already covered with a few other individual pedals that I can bring when needed. But, the One seems to do a lot.
 
#11,567
NickyBass said:
More info for my recent OD thoughts...
Yesterday we did Who You Say I Am, This is Amazing Grace, Goodness of God and Open Up the Heavens.

Miko shared his Grizzly settings and I liked them on Who You Say I Am and Open up the Heavens to add a touch of drive. But, This is Amazing Grace has a nice high end grind and the Grizzly had too much low end for that tone. So, I tried the LVL for that song and really liked it. So, I took off the chorus and put a second drive on the board. But, I was missing that massive overdrive that I get from the Grizzly for building up the bridge on Goodness of God. I just ran with the two drives and made it work. But, then I started thinking that I really don't need the chorus and octave pedals to live on the board. So, now, I'm thinking a light drive, a heavy drive and a 'Phil Wickham' drive.

I forgot about the Holy Fire I have coming, so now I'm thinking a Grizzly, LVL and Holy Fire. That should cover everything. I have the chorus and octave that I can use on the floor when needed, or pick up an HX One.
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I talked to Alex about the Holy Fire.... But a lot of my questions remain answered. I look forward to hearing a report on how it stacks up to the Grizzly. :)
 
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WhoIsMoo said:
I'm brand new to playing with others and have only played two weekends at my church. Me and the sound guy were trying to figure out why my bass (Yamaha BB734a) was so quiet. Well, I was trying to use it in passive and the DI box was passive; neither of us knew that it mattered at all. Next time I brought a BDI21 and it sort of worked. I tried it DI into the pedal and it seemed to work but it wasn't very high output. Would it make more sense to get an active DI box or to invest in a different DI pedal?
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Before spending a dime on gear, confirm with your sound man that the gain on the soundboard (top knob usually) is turned up enough where the light on the bass channel of the board activates, only changing color to orange or red when you play your hardest. This is referred to as a gain structure, and no ear is necessary to initially get a setting since it is a light. This is the most fundamental thing to running sound. It can't be too strong (clipping) or too low (can't get a signal). This is the most overlooked (and most important) thing I see at churches (lots of times because the IEM volume is set to be controlled by the gain). Next step I'd take before buying any new gear is ensuring your pickup height is set correctly. But, until the gain structure is set effectively, all else is in vain.
 
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I don't need an HX One. I don't need an HX One. I don't need an HX... One... I don't.... need...

NickyBass said:
I'm slowly coming around to the idea of having an HX One to be my 'catch all' effect. I rarely use chorus and I'm using less and less octave. Plus, I'm liking more and more drive on my board. So...
I was thinking about having a bunch of different overdrives on my board and then bring a One to set up on the floor when needed. I've used the chorus once in the past 6 months. And I have the Moog now to cover the synth stuff.
I'd like to revisit the Capo again, but I don't know when that will be. It would be great if they came out with a drive pedal.
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wolffire99 said:
I think it's an underrated pedal given the midi control. You could do all kinds of cool things with something like the fender switchboard like change up placement in your chain depending on the effect you're using.
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projectapollo said:
My board changes every week while I get sorted. But the HX One stays on there week after week. Great value and utility. Yesterday I used it for auto swell on an intro and outro; modulated delay on a soft verse; chorus on another soft verse; and Octave in several places. Good tuner, as well. I've not been a big fan of the Stomp amps/cabs/comps/drives. But the modulation effects are top notch. The HX One is a great utility solution for that use case, IMHO.

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Y'all might have me convinced to at least try one at some point. :blackeye:
 
#11,573
wheelsup247 said:
This is referred to as a gain structure, and no ear is necessary to initially get a setting since it is a light. This is the most fundamental thing to running sound. It can't be too strong (clipping) or too low (can't get a signal). ...But, until the gain structure is set effectively, all else is in vain.
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Excellent! I was trained to "trim the console" by placing all faders at 0, then adjust the input trim knobs to get the level to about 0 dB for each instrument. This is a properly trimmed board and amazingly, sounds like a great balanced mix right off the bat. No wide variety of faders up and down and all over the place.
 
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Dave Hill said:
I can get a decent amount of drive from the A Side or B Side, and even more when combining the two.
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I tried it for a bit. I sold it to fund a Moog. I will get more use out of the Moog. The wait time for the Capo keeps going up, and I would imagine that the used prices will continue to go up. (Maybe/maybe not. That's just my hunch). But, it would be pricey just to use it for overdrive, which is what I would be doing. As a preamp/drive/etc it seems like a good value though.
 
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