Worship Bass Pedalboards

[IanA]

As a Tone Hammer fan myself, have you had the chance to pair the Tone Hammer with an Origin DCX Bass? I think you will really like that combo if you get a chance. The DCX gives you superior treble/bass controls and the organic feel, the TH delivers the mids and drive.

Not yet, I have just been trying a few preamps this week. When I have sold a couple of them on again I will probably order a DCX and give it a go with the Tone hammer. I do want to try the super vintage again and give it more time.
The Helix LT might just be my next purchase though.

 

[WhoIsMoo]

the more preamps i try, the less difference they seem to make

 

[wolffire99]

The Noble model is not very impressive. Just some shelf EQ to my ears.

Shelf eq, 80-100hz resonance bump and some compression to my ears

 

[mmbassplayer]

Guys… help me make a choice here. I am ready to move on from the Tone Hammer as my DI and try something new. Capo is obviously at the top of my list (not happy with the wait) with the Two Notes Revolt bass a close second. I had been thinking about the Sansamp XB Driver but and kinda moving away from that thought. Looking for super clean and crisp clean channel and light overdrive for second channel and an FX loop. Will be run with Musicman basses and Cali 76 compressor.

 

[projectapollo]

Guys… help me make a choice here. I am ready to move on from the Tone Hammer as my DI and try something new. Capo is obviously at the top of my list... Looking for super clean and crisp clean channel and light overdrive for second channel and an FX loop.

This sounds like a perfect application for the CAPO.

 

[prndltech]

Guys… help me make a choice here. I am ready to move on from the Tone Hammer as my DI and try something new. Capo is obviously at the top of my list (not happy with the wait) with the Two Notes Revolt bass a close second. I had been thinking about the Sansamp XB Driver but and kinda moving away from that thought. Looking for super clean and crisp clean channel and light overdrive for second channel and an FX loop. Will be run with Musicman basses and Cali 76 compressor.

Using a stingray special 5 i got loads of love from everyone on the first note in soundcheck using a cali76 CB, DCX bass and a KHAN VTDI. It sounded absolutely wonderful. Granted, that’s not necessarily clean and crisp but everyone turned and looked and gave me the face of approval.

 

[Zbysek]

Guys… help me make a choice here. I am ready to move on from the Tone Hammer as my DI and try something new. Capo is obviously at the top of my list (not happy with the wait) with the Two Notes Revolt bass a close second. I had been thinking about the Sansamp XB Driver but and kinda moving away from that thought. Looking for super clean and crisp clean channel and light overdrive for second channel and an FX loop. Will be run with Musicman basses and Cali 76 compressor.

I am witing for the XB Driver to become available. I will buy it and compare it to my Tone Hammer. If it is as good as it seems from the available vieos, I will sell the Tone Hammer...

 

[Luke the Fluke]

Guys… help me make a choice here. I am ready to move on from the Tone Hammer as my DI and try something new. Capo is obviously at the top of my list (not happy with the wait) with the Two Notes Revolt bass a close second. I had been thinking about the Sansamp XB Driver but and kinda moving away from that thought. Looking for super clean and crisp clean channel and light overdrive for second channel and an FX loop. Will be run with Musicman basses and Cali 76 compressor.

what doesn’t the tone hammer do that you want to do

 

[MikoFX]

I received the Creation Music Co. Elevation 24 V3 earlier this week & got my main board upgraded.

It's a nice board with decent routing options. As a former machinist it leaves a little to be desired in the fit and finish of the edges where the holes were routed out, but TBH most folks probably wouldn't notice.

It provides 23" width for pedals if you don't install the handles. 22" with handles. And there's plenty of room underneath to mount a Khan VTDI or anything else you might like even with A DC7 + C8 Expander under there.

This will be my primary whenever I'm not traveling (necessitating I bring the smaller board).

While traveling, 9 times out of 10 I'll be bringing this one along instead.

And while I'm here I'll say this, don't sleep on the Niche Devices Humboldt. It's absolutely stellar.

I'm up to three now, having one on my Post Rock/Prog/Synth Bass board as well. Between the transformer saturation, compression, and tone shaping it provides the foundation for the best clean tone ever! Using it to boost the CAPO and other pedals downstream is *chefs kiss* as well. It really livens things up and makes everything sound better.

 

[NickyBass]

There’s a VUMP sized hole in the upper right corner of the small board…

 

[prndltech]

I received the Creation Music Co. Elevation 24 V3 earlier this week & got my main board upgraded.

It's a nice board with decent routing options. As a former machinist it leaves a little to be desired in the fit and finish of the edges where the holes were routed out, but TBH most folks probably wouldn't notice.

It provides 23" width for pedals if you don't install the handles. 22" with handles. And there's plenty of room underneath to mount a Khan VTDI or anything else you might like even with A DC7 + C8 Expander under there.

This will be my primary whenever I'm not traveling (necessitating I bring the smaller board).

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While traveling, 9 times out of 10 I'll be bringing this one along instead.

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And while I'm here I'll say this, don't sleep on the Niche Devices Humboldt. It's absolutely stellar.

I'm up to three now, having one on my Post Rock/Prog/Synth Bass board as well. Between the transformer saturation, compression, and tone shaping it provides the foundation for the best clean tone ever! Using it to boost the CAPO and other pedals downstream is *chefs kiss* as well. It really livens things up and makes everything sound better.

Well done sir! Absolutely beautiful… I have never times any of those

boards like this still give me anxiety

 

[erayser]

Well done sir! Absolutely beautiful… I have never times any of those

boards like this still give me anxiety

So does tap dancing in modeler preset menus. I always used HX Edit, but I've been trying to get familiar with the HX Stomp screen menu navigation this week.

 

[prndltech]

So does tap dancing in modeler preset menus. I always used HX Edit, but I've been trying to get familiar with the HX Stomp screen menu navigation this week.

I honestly don’t adjust anything on the fly and I’m still learning it. A big reason the stomp appeals to me is because of how easy it is to set and forget.
I work ~ 60 hours a week at the day job so I’m a slow learner for bass stuff cuz time.

 

[MikoFX]

There’s a VUMP sized hole in the upper right corner of the small board…

LOL. I don't really like to keep it on the board & I like having the headphone jacks on the Element set back a bit so it's more difficult to accidentally damage it with an errant kick (from me or my kids) to the headphones that are plugged in while practicing at home.

Well done sir! Absolutely beautiful… I have never times any of those

boards like this still give me anxiety

Thanks! It really shouldn't... Not a whole lot of tap dancing is necessary on this board.

If this gives you anxiety you'd have a complete breakdown seeing my Synth Board.

 

[erayser]

I honestly don’t adjust anything on the fly and I’m still learning it. A big reason the stomp appeals to me is because of how easy it is to set and forget.
I work ~ 60 hours a week at the day job so I’m a slow learner for bass stuff cuz time.

I wasn't really implying adjusting on the fly... just the navigation on the HX Stomp itself outside of HX Edit. But I do want to learn to navigate the menus outside of HX Edit. Like a quick volume change between patches to unity gain. I was to dependent on connecting the HX Stomp to the computer to do changes through HX Edit... so I just started messing around this week to finally learn it.

 

[Yamarc]

What do you think Humboldt does best? Why do you prefer it over other similar pedals?

 

[prndltech]

So does tap dancing in modeler preset menus. I always used HX Edit, but I've been trying to get familiar with the HX Stomp screen menu navigation this week.

Oh yeah it does !

 

[FenrirofOld]

Thought I'd share a funny story with you all. Thursday night we had rehearsal, and we did sound check, I was a little distracted going over the songs in my head and I forgot to engage the Tone Hammer on my pedalboard (AGS is always on so that didn't help with the orange light on). So I look down and notice right as we are about to go into the first song. I engage it and look up to say something and the worship leader says "Alright here we go" and we start Not Afraid. Well the bass was definitely thumping even though I tried to play pretty softly. FoH gets it leveled back out really quickly. At the end of the song our Keyboardist says "The bass felt like I was about to vibrate off the stage on that first song!" And I sheepishly said "Yeah sorry about that I forgot to engage the Tone Hammer." FoH is laughing and says "You brought the Tone alright!" And worship leader says "You definitely dropped the Hammer!" We were all laughing pretty good. Anyway hope everyone has a great service tomorrow, and tonight if you are doing Saturday services.

 

[MikoFX]

What do you think Humboldt does best? Why do you prefer it over other similar pedals?

I think this is probably a good way to address your question, if not let me know and I suppose I can get more granular:

What it provides:

•Buffer
•Mid/Treble (650Hz+) Boost/Cut
•Transformer Saturation
•Optical Parallel Compression

What it replaced:

•Pettyjohn Lift MKII LTD (Buffer & Treble Boost/Cut)
•Effectrode PC-2A (Optical Compression)
•Lightning Boy Audio 2020S x 2 (Transformers)

This is a little over $1000 in other devices it kicked off a single board (x 3 boards) & frankly, the ND Humboldt DE as a stand alone device sounds better than the sum of the others. At $239 I find it to be an absolute bargin!!

And then there's the footprint... It takes up less than half the space of the combined footprint of all the others. Fewer taps on the power supply, fewer milliamps, and doesn't require a non-typical voltage/polarity/barrel connector size.

For a full review of the Niche Devices Humboldt check out Scuba's write up, he's already put words to much of my own thoughts about it and addresses more of the technical aspects:

https://www.compressorpedalreviews.com/post/niche-devices-humbolt-compressor-review

 

[FenrirofOld]

I think this is probably a good way to address your question, if not let me know and I suppose I can get more granular:

What it provides:

•Buffer
•Mid/Treble (650Hz+) Boost/Cut
•Transformer Saturation
•Optical Parallel Compression

What it replaced:

•Pettyjohn Lift MKII LTD (Buffer & Treble Boost/Cut)
•Effectrode PC-2A (Optical Compression)
•Lightning Boy Audio 2020S x 2 (Transformers)

This is a little over $1000 in other devices it kicked off a single board (x 3 boards) & frankly, the ND Humboldt DE as a stand alone device sounds better than the sum of the others. At $239 I find it to be an absolute bargin!!

And then there's the footprint... It takes up less than half the space of the combined footprint of all the others. Fewer taps on the power supply, fewer milliamps, and doesn't require a non-typical voltage/polarity/barrel connector size.

For a full review of the Niche Devices Humboldt check out Scuba's write up, he's already put words to much of my own thoughts about it and addresses more of the technical aspects:

https://www.compressorpedalreviews.com/post/niche-devices-humbolt-compressor-review

This one looks great. I feel like I read somewhere that they tend to drop in small batches?