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Worship Bass Pedalboards

#12,982
JeffTCS said:
Has anyone used either the walrus canvas tuner or the Pigtronics one with the top jacks? Trying to get my new board together, would love to not have my tuner separate anymore.
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As an alternative, I have the Sonic Research ST-300 Mini, still side jacks, but with a smaller enclosure takes up the same amount of space as a full size top jack pedal. Also allows me to cram it in smaller spaces.

Peterson Mini Tuner has Top Jacks, but power on the side (unless you power via USB-C on the top) could also be a viable alternative.

I've never used the Walrus or Pigtronics, I've heard the Walrus takes a lot of power for the LCD screen, which may or may not be a concern depending on your supply.
 
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#12,983
Church-Bass said:
I haven’t played in a church band for close to 20 years. I’ve come from an age where I didn’t use pedals. I feel like a dinosaur lol. I’m about to start playing and it’s going to be the bass direct into the PA. I can see the guitar player with a massive board at church though.
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Nothing wrong with that. I have a Stomp but really only use one preset and no effects - other than some compression. Sometimes simple is better.
 
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Church-Bass said:
I haven’t played in a church band for close to 20 years. I’ve come from an age where I didn’t use pedals. I feel like a dinosaur lol. I’m about to start playing and it’s going to be the bass direct into the PA. I can see the guitar player with a massive board at church though.
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It's tough to make pedals work in our churches here because the grand piano is the core instrument. Plus, we'er there to backup a full choir. I use the board to shape my tone since our sound engineer is a volunteer. Having a board makes setting up and tearing down much simpler.

From one band to the next, I need to shift my sonic space a little. Almost all the musicians don't care or know what sitting in the mix is about. Just the electronic wind instrument and myself routinely care about the mix. There's no coordination of the mix among the directors and musicians. Most just play full bore on their acoustic guitars as if they are practicing at home being the only instrument.

But I was like you and never thought why a bass player would need a pedal board at church for years. With that being said, something like a BMS would never fit at the churches here. Or at least the ones I play at.
 
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I'm currently testing this board:
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#12,990
SamuelG said:
Hey projectapollo, I’m sorry if this is a noob question, but what have you used to adhere your pedals to the board?
I’m relatively new to bass and as a result bass-boards.
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3M Dual lock, each corner of the pedal. The dual lock raises the pedal so power can run underneath and you usually don't have to remove any rubber feet that may be on the pedal. I like this 1/2" product. PLUS, when dual lock is removed it doesn't leave a bunch of velcro residue. Comes off clean.

 
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#12,992
mrperkolator said:
Any suggestions for a volume pedal for smooth swells? The rest of my board is analog, so I don’t think an expression pedal is what I’m looking for.
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I've always used the Ernie Ball VP Jr. Same model most of the other bassists I know use with passive basses. Others using active basses use the 25KΩ Active model. There are other fancier models with tuners built in or stereo/pan effects, but the basic is just fine.
 
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@MadJack and @Trundle thanks for your input. Would the active/passive matter if it was after compressor but before DI?

How’s the sweep? There’s always a few reviews out there complaining of a bad sweep.

Anyone tried the Morley 20/20 wah/volume? I know I’d probably use the wah 1% of the time, but I like the versatility, and it’s supposed to be quiet, and hum is distracting for me.

Edit: or just the Morley volume since the yellow one is more $. Not sure I’d get much use from wah
 
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mrperkolator said:
@MadJack and @Trundle thanks for your input. Would the active/passive matter if it was after compressor but before DI?

How’s the sweep? There’s always a few reviews out there complaining of a bad sweep.

Anyone tried the Morley 20/20 wah/volume? I know I’d probably use the wah 1% of the time, but I like the versatility, and it’s supposed to be quiet, and hum is distracting for me.

Edit: or just the Morley volume since the yellow one is more $. Not sure I’d get much use from wah
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I run compressor -> volume pedal and then the rest of my chain to be safe.
 
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Question for those of you that use a Moog or other bass synth in addition to your bass guitar. How do you deal with the signal?

I would like to just give one output to make it easier. The two options I’m considering are just route it through the board (in the second HX One input) the pro is simplicity, con is that I’m not sure I would love the same Tonehammer tone for it. The other alternative is to use a DI and have some kind of pedal to switch between the two going into it like an LS2. What do you use?
 
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I started out in a worship band in 1998. Though I have a Boss GT6B for my gigging bands, but the only effect I use in church is a compressor. I'm a huge fan of the KISS method for the worship band. The congregation is not looking for a bunch of amazing tones. They want a sold sound that works well with the drummer and the song. That's about it. All effects are done with my fingers... I'm a big fan of the theory of "less is more". I don't even use the GT6B much except for songs that had a trademark bass sound I'm trying to emulate.
 

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