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Worship Bass Pedalboards

I wanted to share my worship synth swell preset with you guys that are using HX/Helix. I've gotten a ton of compliments on this one. It's great for quiet string driven sections.

it has foot switches to turn the swells on/off and also an optional tap tempo tremolo.


 
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Very cool. Excited to get home, load this up, and try it out.

I'm constantly trying to figure out how to cop Jimbo Hart's cello-like swells from Jason Isbell's "If We Were Vampires". If this sounds anything like that, I'll be thrilled!
I love Jimbo's playing. He and J.t. Cure (Chris Stapleton) are some of my biggest influences.
 
This is a vintage inspired preset I made and love. It's a combination of an Ampeg b15 and noble di sims with just a touch of optional hall reverb. Inspired by Carol Kaye. It's my preset for playing with flats.

In a worship setting it works great for folkier hymn stuff. Think Shane and Shane.

 
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Hey fellow worshippers. I'm wrapping up a preamp shootout between the CAPO, Mother, and Tone Hammer. All things considered, the CAPO is making the cut, smallest footprint, flexibility, etc. Anyhow, I will be listing both the Mother (limited color edition) and the Tone Hammer if anyone is interested - PM me. I really like the tone shaping and drive tones of all three quite a bit.

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I also have a self imposed limit of 18" (Nono+, Mono Lite+). I had a Studio Slips custom case made for my Mono board (it's really quite nice) so that helps me avoid moving up. My personal challenge is to get the best tone and flexibility onto that 18" limit. I really have to think about redundancies when selecting pedals.
Yeah, I basically use a Stomp for everything. Bass tones. Bass synth tones. I could also have some presets for guitar, although I don't play that much out anymore. I've been trying to stick to just my Stomp, but I do have room for one more "normal" sized pedal. Two if I got rid of my DI and just went with my 1/4" TRS to Male XLR adapter.

I think I could squish my GLXD+, Stomp and Noble if I was creative. Maybe. I could for sure use an external compressor. Not sure I really need it though. The IMA Ultimate DI works well for a nice tight sound.
 
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Hey fellow worshippers. I'm wrapping up a preamp shootout between the CAPO, Mother, and Tone Hammer. All things considered, the CAPO is making the cut, smallest footprint, flexibility, etc. Anyhow, I will be listing both the Mother (limited color edition) and the Tone Hammer if anyone is interested - PM me. I really like the tone shaping and drive tones of all three quite a bit.

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Someone here should snag that Mother! It's fantastic & the limited color way is pretty darn cool.... The drop for it lasted all of a couple if minutes & I've seen the previous limited colorway sell for stupid money on the secondary market.
 
Here is my WL's board from this past Sunday. How can I possibly compete? LOL.... But my sound was way bigger!
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That is a beast haha. Our worship leaders isn't quite that big but it is still a brute. He keeps joking he is only one pedal away from a full Strymon collection. His board does sound great though.
 
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